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by M. David Stone
by Melissa Riofrio
PC World ranks 10 color laser printers in this chart with summaries of each review and links to the full reviews and test reports. Individual reviews are not comparative and are largely descriptive. Text… and image quality is described but not shown. However, testing is very good, and the test reports provide a basis for comparison. Reliability information is also charted, but it applies to brands, not models, and some of the information is dated. Dell models currently top the list.
by Editors of PC Advisor
British magazine PC Advisor has reviewed about 20 color laser printers in the last year. Reviews are written by the same people as those from PC World, a sister publication on this side of the ocean, and… the reviews are very similar. Write-ups are short and offer little direct comparison, but each color laser printer is assigned an overall rating and subcategory ratings. Build quality is one of the subcategories; that's an important buying consideration rarely addressed in reviews from other sources. Two printers earn Recommended designations. Oddly, one of them is the Xerox Phaser 6180, even though it receives a middling review and one of the lower overall ratings.
by Felisa Yang, Justin Yu
CNET regularly reviews new laser printers. The reviews provide superb, relevant direct comparisons and do a fine job of positioning each printer relative to its competitors. However, reviews are overly… focused on features, and design and speed are evaluated before print quality is even addressed in each review. While the better reviewers attempt to measure cost of use, CNET relies on the manufacturers' claims of the number of pages per cartridge.
by Dave Stevenson, Dave Mitchell
British magazine PC Pro reviews color laser printers with the same frequency as other computer magazines. The reviews are comparative, but they're less comprehensive and minimally documented. Reviewers… appear to be using the manufacturers' claimed "pages per cartridge" ratings to evaluate cost of use. The Dell Color Laser 3130cn replaces the HP Color LaserJet CP4005n on the A List, the publication's list of top-rated products.
by Simon Williams
U.K. website TrustedReviews.com is one of the most prolific reviewers of printers, including about eight color laser printers in the last year. Testing is shallow, however, and no proof of text or graphics… quality is provided. Speed is measured and cost-of-use is reported, but we aren't certain if Simon Williams attempts to calculate the figures or uses the manufacturers' claims. The reviews are balanced, occasionally comparative, objective and performance-oriented. Many recommended models are not sold in the U.S.
by Editors of ConsumerGuide.com
by Editors of IT Reviews.co.uk
The U.K. website IT Reviews provides a steady flow of individual laser printer reviews. The reviews are short and non-comparative, and products aren't rated or ranked. Yet this is an exceptional secondary… source for information because other reviews don't state the true resolution of each printer. IT Reviews typically does, and this specification makes a huge difference in fine print quality. Most reviewers either don't mention resolution or use the manufacturers' software-enhanced figures. Not all reviewed laser printers are available in the United States.
by Editors of Printer Showcase
An online retailer, Printer Showcase reviews printers it sells. There's an inherent conflict in that philosophy, which consumers should keep in mind when considering the site's recommendations. Still, the… editors seem to make an effort to be objective, rating the printers on setup, print quality, speed, paper handling, supplies and service/reliability. The company claims its reviews are completely unbiased.
by Edward F. Moltzen
This website publishes articles and reviews from CMP Channel, CRN and related companies aimed at sellers of technology products. While the intention here is to give dealers an idea of whether to carry a… product, the reviews are substantively similar to reviews directly oriented toward consumers. In this roundup, eight color lasers are examined. Other printers are occasionally reviewed elsewhere on the site. Print speed and quality are tested in these reviews, but little information about quality is revealed. Comparisons are general.
by Contributing Editors
U.K. magazine Personal Computer World covers a good selection of modestly priced laser printers. Most are sold in the U.S. The reviews are short and only generally comparative, but they're substantive.… Overall ratings and subcategory ratings provide some distinctions, but none of the subcategories cover any aspect of performance. Conclusions marginally give readers a good idea if they want to buy a particular model. No testing documentation is provided.
by Chris Holt
Macworld has reviewed few color laser printers in the past year. All are rated highly and, except for occasional speed comparisons, reviewers provide no distinctions for readers. This roundup gathers… summaries of three printers, with some general buying advice on color laser printers. The reviews are not Mac-centric and are of equal use to anyone shopping for a color laser printer, as testing was done with an Intel-based Macintosh. Note that the magazine does not review anything below about $400.
by Editors of Computer Shopper
by Peter Piazza
Peter Piazza writes some detailed reviews about other types of printers, but he hasn't evaluated many color laser printers. And because the reviews are not dated, we can only gauge the age of these reviews… by assessing when the products were available. The Samsung CLP-315 appears to be the most recent review posted. Each printer gets a short write-up that focuses on warm-up time and output quality. (Note: ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but the two don't share an editorial affiliation.)
by Editors of Good Gear Guide
Australian PC World and sister publication Good Gear Guide regularly review color laser printers. The reviews are uneven, and some are very short. The PC World reviews by Robin Morris are productively… comparative, but other reviews aren't. In all reviews, features garner the bulk of reviewer attention. With multiple reviewers and a narrow range of ratings, no color laser printers reviewed by these publications stand out against the competition.
by John Breeden II
by Vincent Verhaeghe
In this article, Vincent Verhaeghe reviews four one-pass color laser printers. Testing is described and documented. Verhaeghe measures cost per page and speed, and he evaluates text quality, graphics… quality, features, ergonomics, noise level and value. Comparisons are mostly limited to charted data, and the printers aren't ranked. The particular strength of this review is that it gives readers enough information to pick a model based on their own priorities. Despite the still-useful background material here, models are no longer current and the article has not been updated since 2007.
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Dell Color Laser Printer 2130cn - Printer - color - laser - Legal, A4 - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 20 ppm (mono) / up to 16 ppm (color) - capacity: 250 sheets - Parallel, USB, 10/100Base-TX
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Xerox Phaser 6280N - Printer - color - laser - Legal, A4 - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 31 ppm (mono) / up to 26 ppm (color) - capacity: 400 sheets - USB, 10/100Base-TX
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