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Color & Monochrome Lasers
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Mid Range Monos
Mid Range Monos
HP LaserJet 2430n
Price: Rs 59,999 (1 yr warranty)
Contact: HP India, Gurgaon
PH: 2566111
Email ID: kakuni.mahto@hp.com |
+ Automatic duplex and low cost per page
– Costly RAM upgrade |
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This printer has a perfect balance of price, performance and features. It
comes with 64 MB RAM which can be expanded to 320 MB. There is also a USB and
Ethernet interface for network printing. On the front panel, there is an LCD
screen and a navigation button to configure the settings of the printer.
In addition, it has an automatic duplex unit for two side printing. The
printer took only 10 secs to print the first page. Plus, the printer was able to
achieve its rated speed of 33 ppm.
The printer can print at 1200x 1200 dpi at best quality; therefore it showed
fine and crisp prints in all the print quality tests. The print quality was
excellent in gray scale printing and there was no banding at all.
The printer is a bit costly which does not matter in this segment, as people
would be more after good quality mono prints. However, in the long run it will
benefit you in terms of cost of consumables, because it has lowest cost per page
of 50p only.
Bottom Line: This printer gives you good
quality and economical prints at a fast speed.
Canon LBP3460
Price: Rs 54,995 (2 yr warranty)
Contact: Canon India, Gurgaon
PH: 5160000
Email ID: info@canon.co.in |
+ Good printing speed, automatic duplex function
– Average quality prints in grayscale |
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This printer was launched just as we were about to send this issue to press.
We received the test printer for evaluation with broken cartridges and were not
able to get a replacement in time. Therefore, we decided to repair the cartridge
ourselves and use that for our tests.
On the features front, the printer ships with 64 MB RAM that can be upgraded
to 320 MB. It has a USB as well as an Ethernet port. In addition, it has an
automatic duplex function for double-sided printing. The input as well as output
tray capacity is 250 sheets. The printer has a rated speed of 33 ppm which was
easily achieved in our tests. The time taken to print the first page was 11 secs.
The printer can print at a maximum resolution of 600x600 dpi. The quality of
mono prints was very good barring the grayscale test where there was visible
banding. The printer gives you mono prints with cost per page of Rs 1.40. It
also has an LCD panel and navigational buttons to manage and configure the
settings.
Bottom Line: A fast printer, that's
good for heavy text printing requirement of a small workgroup.
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