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The nonnetworked Dell 1700n connects to Windows 98 PCs and up but not to Macs, sorry. You'll have to buy the cables to hook up to either its contemporary USB 2.0 or the old-school parallel port. The setup poster's illustrations ease installation and toner-cartridge placement, and the manual makes networking simple, with a CD-ROM user guide providing even more depth. Once you network the 1700n, an online status monitor will check a job's progress and the printer's toner levels, and it will even e-mail you before the toner runs dry.
The 1700n's driver menus feature roomy, tabbed windows and large image buttons for picking print quality up to 1,200dpi. The menus illustrate how to reinsert a document for manual duplexing after the first side prints. And the account-tracking feature records how much people are printing. The driver also can retrieve watermarks and overlays from the network, although only the system administrator can create or delete them. Other options include multiple page or n-up printing, booklet and poster layouts, draft mode, and a halftone option.
The Dell 1700n is covered by a standard one-year exchange warranty. Dell also sells up to four additional years of exchange coverage, ranging from one extra year at $29 to three years at $119; the company offers support packages with a next-business-day onsite response. Dell provides toll-free, 24/7 technical service via telephone and the Web.
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