Customer Reviews
Nice Printer! 
2007-08-28
The Konica Minolta Magicolor 2400W Color Laser Printer is a super product for the price. I have been using this printer on a low to medium-low scale for about a year and a half. The toner is pricey, but it lasts a fairly long time. I've never really compared the amount spent on toner verses ink on other printers, but even if this comes out as a little more, it is worth it due to the color laser quality. Only gripes I have are with the occasional paper jam and the size - it's too large for the average desk, right now I have it on my floor.
Magicolor 2400W - Disaster 
2007-06-26
Having owned and operated a Konica-Minolta Magicolor 2400W for the last year and a half I am not surprised this item has been discontinued by the manufacturer. I purchased a brand new unit which promptly broke down in days of installation. Minolta did replace it with a REFURBISHED unit. Strange, I bought new and they replaced it with a used unit.
The printer is incredibly noisy and dirty - it spills a lot of toner inside the printer so you get to clean it frequently if you want clean printing. The toner is outrageously expensive. Replacing all four toner cartridges is more expensive than buying a new printer.
Break downs and error messages are a fact of life with this printer. Konica Minolta's web page help site is of no help what so ever. Unless you somehow forgot to remove the packing tape when you first installed the unit, all help does in recommend you call customer service.
After 18 months of repeated frustration I pulled the plug and went with HP color laser printer.
Bought 2, both failed 
2007-06-03
Very good picture quality for a color laser unit but mechanically very cheap. First page printout is slow but speeds up for multiple copies. I bought 2 to use in my home office and both failed mechanically within 6 months. I would not consider Konica Minolta again due to the cheap quality.
Works great! 
2007-01-04
My first post and I just felt that I had to write a positive review after seeing all the negatives. I got a refurbished one at a discounted rate (less than $150) a couple days ago. B/W text printing is amazing as usual for lasers; colour printing isn't bad at all (under 2400x600 dpi). Unless you look at it up close, you won't notice the pixels.
I don't have the printer long enough to really comment on it's build quality... however, I just want to point out that if you want to print on thick stock (anything > 24lb) you have to go into Printer Preferences and choose "thick stock" under the Paper tab. I just printed using a 32lb stock and it works fine! I noticed that under the "thick stock" setting, the paper feeds slower; presumably to prevent jamming.
Noise level is acceptable to me. The other laser printer I used was one from Samsung and they don't sound any different.
Overall, I'm extremely happy with it for the price I paid.
Good prints but too many problems 2006-12-20
I bought it because it was cheap ($200); I thought it was less than the cost of the ink cartridge set but it needs a black cartridge after only a couple of thousand pages so, as another reviewer said, the cartridges must be "starter" cartridges. A full set of cartridges cost 50% more than the machine. Print quality is good, and it's fast when printing black-only. But it's noisy -- lots of loud clanking, like someone's inside with a hammer, and machinery whirring. There's no envelope feed so printing an envelope or 4x6 card requires removing paper stock and resetting paper guides; printing 4x6 cards produces jams, if they can print at all. The machine is discontinued so this is all academic now. I'll probably buy a black cartridge but when the color cartridges need replacement I'll probably replace the machine instead. At the time, I could have bought an HP color laser for $100 more; I should have. I've seen the HP operate -- smooth, quiet, with an envelope feed, easily the better buy.
Need tp know what you are doing to make this printer work! 2008-05-09
This line of printers has been discontinued. The ink and drum cartridges are difficult to replace, and the printer has problems knowing when they have been replaced. All this can be overcome using menu commands, that take a while to figure out.
20 lb paper and nothing else 2008-03-05
Decent color. Noisy, slow, and will NOT accept anything heavier than 20 lb paper. If that's all you use then it is an ok printer. Great for letterhead printing (then send the letterhead through your B/W laser), but won't do your envelopes. Oh yeah, the cancel button does nothing at all as far as I can tell.
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! 2008-02-21
I set the printer up in my home office two years ago and have used this printer extensively. I HATE IT. Yes, it prints out pages rapidly and has been a "workhorse," I suppose, but not a well-behaved one - and certainly not an inexpensive one. While the initial price tag was attractive, I have spent an average of $600-700 PER YEAR for print cartridges etc - the cost of supplies alone has exceeded the original value of the printer many, many times over. I have found that the lifetime of the cartidges is far less than advertised - even for the high capacity cartridges. The printer is loud, fussy, messy, and the print quality is just okay. I'm taking my useless piece of technology to the trash heap momentarily ... and believe me, I will be celebrating.
I hate this printer! 2008-02-16
I have had this printer a few years. I wanted it for printing many pages at a time, as well as printing photos. It prints fast, once it actually starts printing (it takes a long time and a lot of noise to start). The print cartridges are expensive and don't seem to last very long. It is terrible at printing photos, and it is VERY loud!
Problem with printing 2007-11-22
After casual use of this printer for about two years it frequently fails to load paper. I found on internet that other people have the same issue.
Another problem, the driver for this printer has some issues. If you do remote printing it works very slowly and the most important part it is not very reliable. It may unexpectedly forget previous settings. It happens time to time.
While second issue you can live with it you won't tolerate first one. Therefore I suggest avoiding buying printers from this company.
