May 31st, 2006 by Ken ( No Comments )
PC Magazine has a review up on the new (April 2006) OKI C5500n color printer. It’s a LED printer, like most of the OKI Printing Solutions printers and it’s pretty as well, unlike most others. The C5500n has a one-pass color engine with a speed of 20 pages per minute (ppm) in color and 24 ppm monochrome and it’s network-ready.
PC Magazine gives this LED printer a “very good” rating, citing its speed, network interface and large paper capacity as its most compelling features. They are somewhat disappointed in the glossy toner though. They write:
The Oki Printing Solutions C5500n is by far the fastest printer in its price class and offers better paper handling than most.
Read the complete review at pcmag.com
May 23rd, 2006 by Ken ( No Comments )
Dell launches five new laser printers in an effort to stay competitive. They also made some changes to their OpenManage administration software so it can track (networked) Dell and 3rd party printers as well, the popular HP WebJetAdmin has a new rival…
Two of these new printers are color lasers, the Dell Laser Printer 3010cn ($379 USD) and 5110cn (sub $1,000 USD). The Dell 3010cn has a printing speed of 5 pages per minute (ppm) in color and 30 ppm monochrome. The bigger 5110cn prints 40 ppm in black and white in 35 ppm in color. Both color printers are network-ready but unfortunately there isn’t a product page yet on the Dell 5110cn, which leaves us somewhat in the dark.
Then there is the Dell Laser Printer 5210n ($899 USD) and 5310n ($999 USD), two new monochrome laser printers aimed at the larger workgroup. They are basically the same except that the Dell 5310n model has a little more of everything. It prints at 50 ppm instead of 40 for the Dell 5210n, has a faster processor and comes with double the RAM: 128MB instead of 64MB.
The last one of this new generation of laser printers is a multifunction device, the Dell 1815dn ($429 USD). As its name does suspect, it comes with a network interface and a duplexer out of the box. It can scan, fax, copy and print, the latter at a speed of 27 pages per minute.
May 16th, 2006 by Ken ( No Comments )
Ricoh introduced 2 new color laser printers today, the Ricoh SP C410DN and the Ricoh SP C411DN. Both printers are identical except that C411DN is slightly faster. As their name does suspect, they both come with an integrated 10/100 BaseTX Ethernet interface as well as a duplexing unit. The C410DN can print at a speed of up to 26 pages per minute (ppm), the C411DN can chew out 31 ppm, both monochrome and in color.
Standard paper capacity is set at 550 sheets and is upgradeable to 1,750 sheets with two optional paper trays. More details are available at their respective product pages:
May 10th, 2006 by Ken ( No Comments )
PC Magazine just reviewed one of HP’s color laser printers. The HP Color LaserJet 3600n is a single-pass color laser printer able to print at speeds of up to 17 pages per minute, both in color and monochrome. It’s an ‘n’ model so there ’s also a built-in network controller and this printer features a standard input capacity of 350 sheets (max. 850). It should be able to handle quite some volume since its monthly duty cycle is set at 50,000 pages.
PC Magazine gives this printer a “fair” rating, noting that the graphics and photo quality isn’t what it should be for a color laser. Performance and text quality on the other hand, are its stronger points. This is not too different from Macworld’s conclusion two months ago. PC Magazine writes:
The HP Color LaserJet 3600n does okay on performance and text quality, and reasonably well on graphics. But its price and subpar image quality keep us from strongly recommending it.
The complete review is available at pcmag.com .
May 10th, 2006 by Ken ( No Comments )
The Infoprint 4100 isn’t probably the best choice for your home or small office since it takes up quite some space. But it’s always fun to look at pictures and specifications of the bigger printing systems.
Systems like this are targeted at companies and organisations with enormous printing volumes: book printers, direct mailers and the like. And when they start specifying their speed in both pages and meters per minute, you know you’ve got yourself one fast machine able to print 1,000+ pages per minute.
If you would like to see more details, get them at the IBM Infoprint 4100 product page.
May 3rd, 2006 by Ken ( No Comments )
OKI just launched another color LED printer, the OKI C3400n. The design is a little different from what we are used to see from OKI. They apparently decided to slowly move away from the rounded beige enclosures, something we also saw when they introduced the C5500n exactly a month ago.
This LED printer has a single-pass engine that spits out pages in color at a decent 16 pages per minute (ppm) and 20 ppm monochrome. Network connectivity is included, and it has a standard paper capacity of 250 sheets. The OKI C3400n is aimed at the small office in need of a color printer but with a not too large printing volume.
More details are available at the OKI C3400n product page.
April 29th, 2006 by Ken ( No Comments )
TrustedReviews has a review up on Lexmark’s smallest laser printer, the E120n monochrome laser printer. Introduced in February this year, the Lexmark E120n has already been reviewed by the people at PC Magazine, who found this printer to be a good choice for home or small office use.
TrustedReviews verdict is also quite positive, giving this printer an overall rating of 8 / 10 and writes:
In many ways, this is an excellent mono laser printer. It’s quick by most standards, and very quick for a machine costing under £100. It’s cheap to buy, it produces good quality prints and is very easy to use. So why shouldn’t everybody dash out and buy one? Simply put, it’s the most expensive mono laser to run that I’ve tested. Not by much, but at 3p per page, you really need to value its other qualities to justify the purchase.
You can read the complete review at trustedreviews.com .
April 21st, 2006 by Ken ( No Comments )
HP launched three new LaserJet models, in part to address business customers in fast-growing emerging markets.
The first new LaserJet is part of the 1000 series, a series known for its small footprint, monochrome printing engine and aimed at the low-budget market. This new HP LaserJet 1018 can print 12 pages per minute and has an input capacity of 150 sheets. It’s a sober model without any bells or whistles. There is also no support for duplexing or networking, which can be expected from low-budget laser printers. It’s however somewhat disappointing that there is no multi-purpose feeder. This small monochrome laser printer should set you back about $129 USD and is expected to be available May 1.
The second new model is the HP LaserJet 3050 all-in-one, a laser multifunctional device built on a monochrome print engine. The 3050 has a speed of 19 pages per minute and can print, copy, scan and fax. This MFD comes with a standard 250-sheet input tray, a 10-sheet priority feeder and an automatic document feeder that can handle 30 sheets. Price is estimated at $299 USD.
HPs last new laser printer is the HP LaserJet 5200, a fast (35 ppm) monochrome A3/Tabloid laser printer. Designed for high volume printing, the 5200 has different models as usual that can provide an optional duplexing unit, networking and/or an extra input tray. These models come with different price tags:
- HP LaserJet 5200: $1,439 USD
- HP LaserJet 5200tn: $2,139 USD
- HP LaserJet 5200dtn: $2,539
April 20th, 2006 by Ken ( No Comments )
The Konica Minolta PagePro 1390MF is a laser multifunction device, launched at the start of this year. PC Magazine has a review up on it but isn’t too impressed by its powers. The reviewers cite the lack of a network connection and not being able to fax from your computer’s hard disk as the biggest cons. PC Magazine gives the 1390MF a “fair” 2.5 out of 5 rating and writes:
Small and lightweight, the Konica Minolta PagePro 1390 MF is a reasonable fit for a small office, but there are better all-in-one personal laser units out there.
You can read the complete review at pcmag.com .
April 18th, 2006 by Ken ( No Comments )
The Canon LaserShot LBP5200 is a small low-end color laser printer that prints at speeds of up to 4 pages per minute (ppm) in color and 19 ppm monochrome. Networking is optional with an external axis print server. It ’s also - just like the rest of the LBP series - not available in North America. TrustedReviews doesn’t seem to be too enthusiastic about this printer and writes:
This is a colour laser printer with a few corners cut. It doesn’t have a main paper tray as standard, makes a lot of noise when it’s running and prints fairly slowly. Print quality isn’t quite up to Canon’s usual high standard so it’s a question of whether you can live with this and its other shortcomings.
Read the complete review at trustedreviews.com