Beautiful color

We have two of these copiers hooked up to our network at work. Because of this, I am able to use the printer in 3 ways; 1. as a color copier 2. as a color printer and 3. as a scanner.

1. The Color Copier
Put whatever you like on the glass and hit the "go" button. What comes out is EXACTLY like what is on the glass.

Color reproduction from originals is top quality on this machine. When I use photographic paper I can hardly see any second generation quality loss in the copy. When using bond paper, quality loss is more noticable, but only when compared with the original. Copying a second generation bond copy onto bond however, you lose saturation. You can tell that it is a copy of a copy, but the prints are still useable and clear.

2. The Color Printer
For the record, I am generally printing from PageMaker or Photoshop onto bond paper.

The CLC 1120 is very quick. It gets its 11 ppm by printing onto 2 8 1/2" x 11" sheets at once. Even if, say I'm printing two 11 page files, the last page from the first file and the first page from the second will be printed at the same time. This does mean that the printer is only half as fast with 11 1/2" x 17" and a bit slower with manual feed paper. (You cannot manual feed 11 1/2" x 17", I tried, it was a disaster)

The color from the printer needs to be set. When it is set, the color is perfect. Exactly what you expect. When it is not set, you get either strong magenta, cyan or yellow tones. Usually the tones are not so bad that someone who doesn't know will be able to point out the problem, but they may say that it looks a little "off"

3. The scanner
We scan into photoshop.
The CLC 1120 as a scanner is the quickest scanner I've ever used. A single two or three second pass and you are scanned, no matter the resolution.

Images do tend to come out dark when using the CLC as a scanner, but they are not so bad that photoshop can't fix them with the auto functions.

Scanning is all done through photoshop. You place the item on the glass and then control everything through Photoshop.

If someone is printing a file on the machine, we've been able to scan while the machine is printing saving some valuable time.


And the Drawbacks

Toner is not as easy to change as it could be. As much fun as it is to follow the toner box directions to drop and shake, a small toner cloud always escapes when you remove the bottle after it has been emptied into the machine. I would prefer that the CLC used the cartridges of toner instead. Less possibly cancerous chemicals in the air for us all.

The manual feed is touchy. If you want to add more paper to the diminished stock, you must remove the paper on the tray and wait for the CLC to reset the tray before you add more paper, otherwise it will register a non-existant paper jam.

Paper jams are easy to deal with on this machine. The paper path is clear and simple, but if the machine jams with toner on the drum then you must clean off the powdery toner by hand or the CLC will register another non-existant paper jam.

The CLC 1120 runs HOT. This limits your ability to print on different sorts of media. If you run transparencies (the type made for laser copiers) and the machine is too hot, you will keep jambing until the CLC cools down.
If you try to run vellum through a hot machine, it will melt and stick to the drum causing a call to the repair company