Pros
- Text prints looked sharp and well formed
Cons
- Slow text output speed
- Mediocre color printing
At A Glance
This model's performance and print quality didn't impress us. It has good paper-handling features, though.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 5250218400 |
| Inventory Number | 23945 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 64.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.576 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | No |
| Parallel Port | 1 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 800 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 170 watts |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 16.7 inches |
| Depth | 20.5 inches |
| Height | 17.3 inches |
| Weight | 66.4 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 250 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 1 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Standard |
| Max Input Trays | 3 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 1200 x 600 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 1200 x 600 dpi |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | PCL 6 |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Very Good |
| Print quality: Color photo | Fair |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Very Good |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 3 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Color Output Quality | Fair |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Very Good |
| Color Photo (secs) | 28.7 |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Fair |
| Line Art Output Quality | Very Good |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) | 29.09 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 66.36 |
| Color Photo, Normal Settings | 28.7 |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) | 75.22 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 202.28 |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Very Good |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 0 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 48.99 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Fair |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 2.4 |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Very Good |
