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Xerox Phaser 6180N Laser Printer

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009


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In today’s worlds small businesses need an affordable and effective color printer. Xerox heard their pleas and responded with the Xerox Phaser 6180N Laser Printer a printer made for small business. It prints 20 color papers per minute. Its tray can hold up to 250 sheets of paper. It works exclusively with Macs. Its resolution is 600X600 dpi (dots per inch).

Pros: It prints wonderfully and truly brings out the color of life. It’s made by Xerox, so you know it’s good.

Cons: It weighs almost 77 pounds, making it a lot heavier than some all-in-one printers. Also the fact that it only works with Macs is rather disappointing as well.

Conclusion: If you’re running a small business that deals with a more graphic orientated aspect of work, I highly recommend you buy this. However don’t waste your money on it if you’re only going to use it to print out reports and tables and statistics. That is like throwing slat into an open wound once you see what this guy can really do.

My rating: 4.5 out of 5

HP Officejet Pro L7780 Multifunction Printer

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009


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In today’s world we rely heavily on compaction, saving time and space. The HP Officejet Pro L7780 Multifunction Printer offers both you traditional printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine all into one simple to use machine. Overall I must say I’m quite pleased with this printer. It prints about 35 pages a minute, for both black and cmyk modes. The quality of the scanner and copier are suburb. The fax is an added bonus if you have the need for one. Calls over the fax are clear and quite nice if I must say so myself.

Pros: The printer and copier are very fast and accurate. The scanner has pin-point abilities picking up on the smallest details. The faxing capabilities are suburb compared to other fax machines.

Cons: The weight is the major problem with. It weighs close to forty (40) pounds making it very heavy.

Conclusion: It’s a must buy for the work office. My only concern is the weight, but that can be easily solved by just placing it on the floor!

My rating: 4.0 out of 5

HP LaserJet P3005DN Printer

Monday, January 19th, 2009

The HP LaserJet P3005DN Printer is one of the newest and hottest printers out there. It is ideally simple and easy to use, plus setup is easy as 1-2-3! It prints 35 pages per minute which is about average nowadays. I love the fact that HP is trying to go green and has since given the HP LaserJet P3005DN Printer an Energy Star.

Pros: Supports Macs, Auto Duplexing, Output bins hold 250 sheets, print resolution is 1200 X 1200 dpi, and 80 MB. It holds an open USB port which is fantastic. It also has a one open EIO slot

Cons: 35.7 pounds, a little costly at $452, and warranties (12 months, 24 months, and 36 months) cost you some more.

Conclusions: Overall I love this printer. It’s great for small business’ that want to go green. It has a good ppm at 35 a minute. This allows for you to easily print out any document, presentation that you might need in a matter of minutes. Low matentience is a good plus since normally most printers have so many problems with paper jams and etc. Luckily the HP LaserJet P3005DN Printer doesn’t get any of those nasty jams, and the one I did get was fixed within seconds! It is a must buy for anyone looking to increase their business’s output.

I give this product a 4/5

HP LaserJet P2015DN Printer

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Summary:

This HP LaserJet printer is your perfect black and white printer solution for all of your needs. This fits in perfectly anywhere you want it, be it at the office, in school, or if you simply want a fast and reliable printer in your household. It is sleek and attractive, and designed for minimal tray protrusion. It fits nicely on your desktop or a small corner where it won’t take up too much space. Its reliability is 15,000 pages per month, an outstanding amount that is more than necessary for small offices and workplaces. It also has an amazing maximum resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi.

Pros:

Fast and reliable, easy network access, conservative toner use, quiet, easy to set up, has a built in network card and doesn’t even require any drivers to set up.

Cons:

High up front cost, and when the toner runs out, that costs quite a bit as well.

Rating:

5/5 – In terms of reliable and fast printers, this HP LaserJet is really at the top of its class. It’s small, quiet, fast, efficient, the only thing that you’ll have to get by is the high up-front cost, but the price is definitely justified by how well this printer performs. The amazing resolution is also a bonus.