Pros
- Fast text printing, low price
- Extra 530-sheet tray costs only $199
Cons
- No manual paper tray
- Legal paper requires $129 upgrade
At A Glance
The C500n prints fast, high-quality text at a competitive price, though color graphics quality was disappointing.
Manufacturer’s Description
C500n Color Laser Printer offers quality color printing for office workgroups. Easy-to-share, high impact color laser printer prints 31 monochrome pages per minute and 8 color pages per minute with 1200 x 600 dpi. First page emerges in 13 seconds for monochrome and 19 seconds for color. Ethernet network-ready printer offers 200MHz processor, 64MB standard memory and 250-sheet input tray. Windows and Mac compatible. Energy Star qualified.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 22R0010 |
| Inventory Number | 25341 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 64.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.064 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| Wireless connection | Yes |
| USB 1.1 | No |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | No |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 670 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 35 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 18.9 inches |
| Depth | 16.5 inches |
| Height | 15.2 inches |
| Weight | 66.0 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 250 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 0 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 2 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | 10/100/1000 Mbps Optional |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 1200 x 600 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 1200 x 600 dpi |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | Host based |
| Postcript Type | Host based |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Superior |
| Print quality: Color photo | Good |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Fair |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 24.9 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Overall Scan Quality | n/a |
| Color Output Quality | Fair |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Fair |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 32.77 |
| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 3.6 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 2.5 |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Fair |
| Line Art Output Quality | Very Good |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 31.99 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 16.65 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 31.38 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1.8 |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Very Good |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 21.59 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 1.9 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 31.32 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Poor |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 26.4 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 24.19 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 3 |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Superior |
