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![]() Elsa Wenzel, associate editor | Do you cringe when a printer runs out of paper halfway through your due-yesterday report? Stop jonesing for a bigger paper tray and splurge on a printer that will support your office's printing habits. For starters, here's a handful of laser models--some grayscale, some color--that hold at least one ream of paper. Most consumer lasers provide just half that space. Do you print often on envelopes, company letterhead, or forms? These machines also unpack with an extra, 100-sheet auxiliary tray.
And if that's not enough, you can always pay more to expand. Add a whopping 2,000-page capacity to the Lexmark C762n for $1,250. The Dell follows in expandability, demanding $500 to hold 1,000 more pages. The Dell, by the way, is the only model in this bunch to include double-sided printing at no extra cost. | |||
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Lexmark C762n |
Xerox Phaser 4500B |
Oki C5200n |
Brother HL-6050D |
Dell Color Laser Printer 5100cn |
| Review date | November 24, 2004 | April 15, 2004 | October 20, 2004 | February 14, 2005 | February 9, 2005 |
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| Review summary | A good fit for law or accounting firms, the C762n has the speed, the print quality, and the features to support a whole office. | The Xerox Phaser 4500B is a fast and capable printer that is perfect for a small business with plans to grow. | The Oki C5200n joins the ranks of low-cost, network-enabled business color printers. | The HL-6050D is a reasonably priced option for a growing business. | This respectable, middle-of-the-road color laser printer stands up to heavy network use but won't bankrupt the company. |
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| User comments | Be one of the first to rate this product! | Be one of the first to rate this product! | 6.9 Good (from 12 users) | Be one of the first to rate this product! | 5.2 Average (from 26 users) |
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| Printer type | Workgroup printer | Workgroup printer | Workgroup printer | Workgroup printer | Workgroup printer |
| Technology | Laser | Laser | LED | Laser | Laser |
| Printer output type | Color | Monochrome | Color | Monochrome | Color |
| Monthly Duty Cycle (Users Qty) | 100,000 pages and more | 100,000 pages and more | 50,000 - 99,999 pages | Info unavailable | 50,000 - 99,999 pages |
| Media type | Plain paper , Cards , Transparencies , Banner paper , Glossy paper , Labels , Envelopes | Plain paper , Bond paper , Cards , Greeting cards , Transparencies , Index cards , Labels , Envelopes | Plain paper , Cards , Transparencies , Proofing paper , Labels , Banners , Envelopes | Recycled paper , Plain paper , Labels , Envelopes , Foil paper | Plain paper , Transparencies , Coated paper , Labels , Envelopes |
| RAM installed size | 128 MB | 48 MB | 32 MB | 32 MB | 128 MB |
| Min Operating system | SuSE Linux 8.1 , Red Hat Linux 8.0 , Apple MacOS X , SunSoft Solaris 8 , Novell NetWare 3.x , Novell NetWare 6.x , Apple MacOS 8.6 - 9.x , Red Hat Linux 9 , Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition , Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 , SuSE Linux 8.2 , SunSoft Solaris 9 , Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition , SuSE Linux 9.0 , Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 , Microsoft Windows XP Professional , Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition / Windows ME , SunSoft Solaris 7 , IBM AIX 5.2 , Novell NetWare 4.x , Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition , Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 , IBM AIX 5.1 , IBM OS/400 3.1 , Microsoft Windows 2000 Server , Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server , SuSE Linux 8.0 , Citrix MetaFrame XP 1.0 , HP-UX 11.10 , HP-UX 11.0 , Novell NetWare 5.x , Red Hat Linux 7.3 , Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 | HP-UX 11.x , Microsoft Windows 2000 / NT4.0 , Novell NetWare 4.x , SCO Unix , Novell NetWare 3.x , Novell NetWare 6.x , IBM AIX 4.2 or later , SunOS 4.1 or later , Apple MacOS 9 , SunSoft Solaris 2.4 or later , Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/XP , Novell NetWare 5.x , Linux , Apple MacOS 8.0 , Apple MacOS X 10.1 , UNIX | Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition , Microsoft Windows XP , Microsoft Windows 2000 , Microsoft Windows , Apple MacOS X 10.x | Apple MacOS 8.6 - 9.2 , Apple MacOS X 10.2 , Microsoft Windows XP , Microsoft Windows 95 , Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 , Linux , Apple MacOS X 10.1 , Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000 , Microsoft DOS | Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP , Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 |
| Software type | Info unavailable | Drivers & Utilities , Xerox CentreWare | OKI PrintSuperVision , Drivers & Utilities | Drivers & Utilities | Drivers & Utilities |
| Service & support type | 1 year warranty | 1 year warranty | 1 year warranty | 1 year warranty | 1 year warranty |
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| Product name | Lexmark C762n | Xerox Phaser 4500B | Oki C5200n | Brother HL-6050D | Dell Color Laser Printer 5100cn |
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| Price range | Email me when this product is available | Email me when this product is available | Email me when this product is available |
$189-$413 from 20 stores | Email me when this product is available |