A lot of people prefer a mono laser printer than an inkjet even though they have to spend money a bit more to get one. Of all mono printers that Canon has ever manufactured, the Canon LBP3100B is not the most impressive laser printer you’ll ever find in the market, but it does have its own charm that attract people worldwide.

The printer looks compact from any angle, but only as long as the input and output paper trays are closed. Once they are all folded out, somehow it becomes a bit bulky, but it shouldn’t pose a problem because they can be closed again as soon as you finish printing. On the contrary, people who have a habit to leave their printers as the way they are after printing may find it an eyesore sometimes.

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Some people consider 16 ppm is already fast enough for a personal printer, while others are not satisfied with the speed. Regardless of both opinions, one thing for sure is that the speed is not the fastest one among many mono laser printers.

There are many other printers, even those with inkjet technology, can print much faster. Having said that, it sounds a waste to buy a personal laser printer that can print as fast as lightning if you only print one or two pages every time you turn on the printer.

What is more impressive than the reasonable print speed is the fast start-up times. A printer usually needs to warm up before it can print the first page, and the Canon LBP3100B only takes about 16 seconds to print it.

Text quality is generally good. Graphics and photo quality, on the other hand, are not always satisfying. The Canon LBP3100B can print documents at a resolution of 600 dpi which can be enhanced by software interpolation up to 2400 dpi x 600 dpi.

The mono printer comes with a half-filled toner cartridge that can last only about 700 pages. You can wait until the toner runs out to buy the replacement or buy a new one as soon as you can so that it can be replaced immediately when it is already empty.

Papers are handled by an input tray that folds down on the front to hold 150 sheets of plain papers, an exit tray that folds up on the top of the printer, and an additional tray to handle more types of print media. The last mentioned is a versatile one-sheet slot.

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Simply by looking at how many sheets the paper tray can hold, it is enough to conclude that the Canon LBP3100B is not a printer built for high volume printing needs, so the speed of 16 pages per minute sounds very reasonable.

Many users don’t even print as many as 150 documents each month. The half-filled toner cartridge included in the box is likely to be enough to last for more than just a couple of months. You can click the link below to download Canon LBP3100B Driver for Windows: