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TOP 10 PRINTERS.(Buyers Guide)
TOP 10 PRINTERS
Street Speed for plain
price Overall text/full-page
COLOR LASER PRINTER (2/9/01) rating graphics (ppm)
1 Minolta-QMS [*] $1895 87 9.8/1.3
Magicolor 2200 GN
877/778/2687
www.minolta-qms.com
2 Lexmark [*] C720N (NEW) $2399 86 12.0/2.0
888/539-6275
www.lexmark.com
3 Oki Data Okicolor C7200n (NEW) $3222 86 11.9/2.3
800/654-3282
www.okidata.com
4 Minolta-QMS Magicolor 6100 $1995 83 5.6/0.9
DeskLaser
888/778-2687
www.minolta-qms.com
5 Lexmark Optra C710N $2199 81 9.5/1.6
888/539-6275
www.lexmark.com
6 Brother HL-2400CeN $1999 81 9.4/1.1
800/276-7746
www.brother.com
7 Tektronix Phaser 750N by Xerox $2295 79 7.3/1.4
877/362-6567
www.xerox.com/officeprinting
8 Tektronix Phaser 850N by Xerox $2495 76 6.8/2.4
877-362-6567
www.xerox.com/officeprinting
9 HP Color LaserJet 4550dn $3769 75 8.1/1.6
800/613-2222
www.hp.com
10 Brother HL-3400CN $3499 75 10.4/1.1
800/276-7746
www.brother.com
Print quality
for text/color
COLOR LASER PRINTER graphics
1 Minolta-QMS [*] Excellent/
Magicolor 2200 GN Very good
877/778/2687
www.minolta-qms.com
2 Lexmark [*] C720N (NEW) Excellent/
888/539-6275 Excellent
www.lexmark.com
3 Oki Data Okicolor C7200n (NEW) Excellent/
800/654-3282 Good
www.okidata.com
4 Minolta-QMS Magicolor 6100 Very good/
DeskLaser Good
888/778-2687
www.minolta-qms.com
5 Lexmark Optra C710N Very good/
888/539-6275 Excellent
www.lexmark.com
6 Brother HL-2400CeN Very good/
800/276-7746 Good
www.brother.com
7 Tektronix Phaser 750N by Xerox Good/
877/362-6567 Very good
www.xerox.com/officeprinting
8 Tektronix Phaser 850N by Xerox Very good/
877-362-6567 Adequate
www.xerox.com/officeprinting
9 HP Color LaserJet 4550dn Very good/
800/613-2222 Good
www.hp.com
10 Brother HL-3400CN Good/
800/276-7746 Adequate
www.brother.com
COLOR LASER PRINTER Comments
1 Minolta-QMS [*] FEATURES: Rated 20 ppm monochrome/5
ppm
Magicolor 2200 GN color. Standard 128MB of RAM,
1200-by-1200-
877/778/2687 dpi maximum resolution, 650 pages
input, 500
www.minolta-qms.com output. SUMMARY: Fast text printing,
great
print quality, and lots of extra
features
keep the Magi-color 2200 GN in first
place.
A $904 price drop makes it the least
expensive on the chart. Graphics
appear
especially smooth and rich for a color
laser.
2 Lexmark [*] C720N (NEW) FEATURES: Rated 24 ppm monochrome/6
ppm
888/539-6275 color. Standard 64MB of RAM,
2400-by-1200-dpi
www.lexmark.com maximum resolution, 250 pages input
and
output. SUMMARY: Lexmark's speedy new
color
laser creates beautiful images. Text
appears
sharp and fine, and color graphics
show rich
colors, shadings, and detail. The
price is
reasonable, but this model lacks the
paper
features of other color lasers.
3 Oki Data Okicolor C7200n (NEW) FEATURES: Rated 20 ppm monochrome/12
ppm
800/654-3282 color. Standard 64MB of RAM,
1200-by-600-dpi
www.okidata.com maximum resolution, 530 pages input,
500
output. SUMMARY: Oki Data's new model
debuts
with the second-fastest text and
graphics
speeds on the chart. Text quality is
also
impressive, with thick, dark letters,
though
colors appear too bright. Oki Data
offers
lots of extras with this model as
well.
4 Minolta-QMS Magicolor 6100 FEATURES: Rated 24 ppm monochrome/6
ppm
DeskLaser color. Standard 32MB of RAM,
1200-by-600-dpi
888/778-2687 maximum resolution, 250 pages input
and
www.minolta-qms.com output. SUMMARY: The entry-level
version in
Minolta-QMS's 6100 series drops more
than
$800 in price, becoming one of the
least-
expensive lasers here. It has strong
print
quality, an intuitive design, and
top-notch
support, but it's too slow for busy
offices.
5 Lexmark Optra ...
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