A review of the top 5 Laser printers   

Printers are one of the important gadgets in an office. It has to be sturdy to withstand all the printing jobs that it has to face. It must also be easy to maneuver as well as in changing the ink. The type of printer that you would require depends on the type of job you are to accomplish. You might want a printer that is of excellent quality, a printer that can do everything, an uncomplicated inkjet or a photo printer. I have listed the top 5 laser printers to help you with your quest.

Dell 3130cn

Perfect for home and small to large workgroup offices, Dell 3130cn is not as bulky as it is only 53.5 lbs with a dimension of 15.8 x 19.8 x 18.5 inches. It will not fail your expectation of excellent quality printouts. You may say that it should be because it is a laser printer and I do agree; but this one gives you the same quality even with a regular paper. For monochrome printing, the speed is 31 ppm while for colored, it is 26 ppm giving you a 600 x 600 resolution and an image quality of 2400.

The Dell 3130cn, like most laser printers, has 128 MB standard memory but can be increased to 1280 MB depending on your liking to provide your all-embracing printing requirements. It is well-suited with Unix, Mac and most of Windows operating systems with the exception of Windows 7 that needs the assistance from Dell software, for downloading. It also features USB, Parallel and Ethernet port interfaces.

Lexmark C543dn Laser Printer

An easy-on-the-pocket printer, Lexmark C543dn laser printer, is easy to install and manage. It does not require a big area with its size of 1.5 x 16.7 x 15.7 inches and a weight of 54 lbs., thereby saving you more space. A total of 35,000 pages can be printed in a month. The C543dn also features double-sided printing with a 1200 x 1200 dpi maximum resolution for both monochrome and colored printouts. It is cost-efficient since you only need to change the toner that comes with it after you have printed 2,000 pages. It has an input tray capacity of 250 sheets with a typical memory of 128 MB and is compatible with USB and Ethernet interfaces.

With features such as these, any business will surely appreciate the capabilities of Lexmark C543dn.

HP Color CM1312nfi LaserJet Printer

The latest addition in HP Laserjet printer series, CM1312nfi, is also capable of scanning, copying and faxing. Setting it up is uncomplicated, although it is a multitasking printer. Fifty sheets can be placed in its automatic document feeder input tray and can produce 12 pages black and white prints per minute and 8 pages colored prints per minute. It delivers excellent photos owing to its fixed resolution of 600 x 600 dots per inch. With a photo paper size of 8 x 10 inches, you get clear and great photos and are even clearer and better with 4 x 6 inches photo paper size.

Another good feature of HP Color CM 1312nfi is the memory card reader allowing you to print your photos directly from your memory card. Scanning and saving documents are saved in jpg formats. An added bonus is the built-in networking.

Brother HL 4040cdn

Rank # 4 on my list is Brother HL 4040cdn that also features duplex printing and networking. With a speed of 21 ppm, this printer gives you dazzling color printouts both in black and white and colored printing. It boasts of a 2400 x 600 dpi output quality. Printing your color brochures, reports and presentations is effortless from your desktop; and not only that, you can print them straight from your PictBridge-enabled camera or from a USB flash memory drive. Replacement toner cartridges in high capacity are accessible to cut down your operating expenses.

Other features of Brother HL 4040cdn laser printer are: flexible paper input capacity that includes a fold-down multi-purpose tray for letterheads and envelopes; a fixed duplex printing for double-sided documents; and a fitted Ethernet network interface so it can be shared with a small workforce.

HP CP1518NI Color LaserJet Printer

Giving you professional quality output, HP CP1518NI has add-ons like the HP marketing devices that easily change your documents making an updated printout that satisfy your clients’ needs. It has an enhanced quality output for a selection of media types with the latest preconfigured printing timesaving method. Your documents are printed with finer text and pictures as well as brilliant color. Adding digital images to your manuscripts are trouble-free. By simply putting in your photo memory card into one of its fitted slots, then peruse it from your PC and choose the illustrations you want to use. You can also print it straight from a PictBridge-enabled camera like the digital camera by utilizing the fitted USB dock.

Using HP PCL 6 and HP postscript level 3 emulation printer drivers, this laser printer has a printing speed of 12 pages per minute for mono and 8 pages per minute for color prints. The input tray can accommodate 150 sheets with a single sheet priority input tray for special type of media plus an output tray for 125 sheets.

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