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Lexmark C530dn Laser Printer (24 PPM, 4800x1200 DPI, Color, 128MB, PC/Mac)

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Pros
High print quality.
Built-in duplexer.
Cons
No paper tray options.
Good standard paper capacity.

$3,895.95
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Performance: Good: 72
Features: Good: 75
Design: Good: 79

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
300dpi Line Art Image (secs)	16.26
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs)	35.13
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs)	23.25
Color Output Quality	Good
Color Photo Quality	Fair
Copy Output Quality	n/a
Copy Quality	n/a
Grayscale Glossy Output Quality	n/a
Grayscale Output Quality	Very Good
Line Art Output Quality	Very Good
One-Page Webpage (secs)	14.49
Overall Scan Quality	n/a
Sports Action Shot (secs)	59.2
Ten-Page Word Document	37.66
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	37.66
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	3.6
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	1
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm)	2.6
Tested Lineart Speed (ppm)	3.7
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	20.7
Text Output Quality	Very Good
Three-Page Word Document	19.01
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	19.01
Two-Page Excel Document	17.31
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	17.31

Text Printing
Text output quality	Very Good

What You Should Know about the C530dn Laser Printer (24 PPM, 4800x1200 DPI, Color, 128MB, PC/Mac)

Duplex Printing a Must for Busy Offices

A printer with duplex capability contains an internal mechanism for turning the paper over to print on the other side. (This is not to be confused with the manual duplexing that some printers offer, where driver software walks you through the process of turning over the paper yourself.) Any high-volume office should seriously consider this feature. The duplexing process slows down your print job a bit, but it also immediately cuts your paper use in half -- good for your budget, good for the environment.

Reviewed by: restructuring

Duration of ownership: 6 Months

Strengths: fast print for the price, good color accuracy

Weaknesses: Misleading software and drivers- requires inputting instructions on the printer itself. This printer has a driver that allows you to specify where to source the print material from such as Multi-purpose feeder or maintray, and also the paper type which is required to avoid jamming for thicker paper stock. This printer doesn't read the instructions in these menus, consequently the only way to change tray type and paper stock is to manually make the changes on the printer itself which makes the printer useless in a conventional office setting with multiple users. After extensive discussions with Lexmark, they refused to fix the problem. At one point they said they would exchange mine for the c532 because it would work, but then then a service manager named, Tom, said it none of the c530x line work correctly with those menus. Other than that its very fast,and provides accurate colors,

Overall Evaluation: great printer for if you use one type of paper all the time, and it's completely useless in a multi-user environment
Reviewed by: SamanthaBerkos

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: beautfil prints

Weaknesses: none yet

Overall Evaluation: I have had this printer only a few days now, but wow! We love the quality of the output. We used it over the weekend to print out a ton of material for meetings this week, and we are very happy with the quality of the output.