August 24, 2009

Brother DCP-9045CDN Plus 10 More Printer Reviews

By Databazaar Blog

Review Roundup: Brother DCP-9045CDN, Samsung CLX-6210FX, Samsung CLX-6240FX, Lexmark X204n, HP CP1515n, Lexmark C734dn, Canon Pixma IP4700, Epson Workforce 600, HP Officejet 6500, Lexmark X7675

Thank goodness for the British. They gave us the Beatles and Top Gear, and they also review a lot more printers than American publications. This week's Review Roundup winner comes courtesy of British technology publication Trusted Reviews, which recommends the Brother DCP-9045CDN (see photo above).

Color Laser Multifunction Printers

Brother DCP-9045CDN

"This is an impressive multifunction device, with many of the features needed in a modern office. It's useful to have the facility for duplex copy and scan, as well as print, though the copy speed is disappointing. Even so, the print quality and ease of use of the machine makes it a good choice for general-purpose document printing." — Simon Williams, TrustedReviews

Samsung CLX-6210FX | Read Our Take

"Samsung's colour laser multifunction is unnecessarily large, takes a while to warm up and is confusing to use. Though affordable, there are plenty of better quality alternatives." — James Hutchinson, PC World Australia

Samsung CLX-6240FX

"Samsung's CLX-6240FX multifunction printer is a vast improvement over cheaper models from the company, providing better print quality and speed. Some design flaws do remain, however, and the control panel is confusing for first-time users." — James Hutchinson, PC World Australia

Monochrome Multifunction Laser Printers

Lexmark X204n

"This is a good, general-purpose multifunction printer, with a fair turn of speed, but with some shortcomings in its copy quality and a driver glitch which needs sorting. It also costs noticeably more than some of its rivals to run, unless we see a drop in the consumable price as it becomes more widely available." — Simon Williams, TrustedReviews

Color Laser Printers

HP CP1515n

"The Color LaserJet CP1515n is a bit of a puzzle as it has a solid build quality, high-grade black text quality and competitive pricing alongside restrictive paper limits, low quality colour photo printing and noise and speed issues." — IT Reviews

Lexmark C734dn

"It perhaps won't be superlative print quality that draws you to the Lexmark C734dn (although both text and graphics are quite easy on the eye), but if your business needs a heavy-duty printer packed with a huge range of options and possessed of considerable versatility, the C734dn fulfils most of its functions with a good deal to spare." — Robin Morris, PC Advisor

Inkjet Multifunction Printers

Epson Workforce 600 | Read Our Take

"The only problems I saw? First, there's no two sided printing. Second, the screen is a little small to get a real sense of the image you're printing. The best part? Built-in scanning to memory card or USB key. This has been an absolute lifesaver and is one of my favorite features." — John Biggs, CrunchGear

HP Officejet 6500

HP says it has successfully reproduced all three of these problems and is working on ways to fix them.… Despite the problems I found, the Officejet 6500 Wireless is well worth considering. If HP had left these features out altogether, it would count as only a small oversight, so even though running into features that don't work can be frustrating, it's hard to count the problems all that heavily against the printer. — PCMag

HP Officejet 6500

"We loved its fast print speeds and automatic duplexing, and it also uses inexpensive high yield inks. On the minus side flesh tones looked a little orange on plain and HP papers, and its scanner is a little slow. The PC World test center gave it a score of 84 out of 100 which is very good." — Sarah Jacobsson, PC World

Lexmark X7675

"We think the Lexmark X7675 is a good printer for the home office environment and offer excellent functionality." — Carrie-Ann Skinner, PC Advisor

Inkjet Printers

Canon Pixma IP4700

"The Canon Pixma IP4700 really impressed us. It is a good quality inkjet printer that produces excellent results in a short amount of time. We also liked the fact that it was exceptionally quiet. If excellent prints are what you need and you aren't in the market for either copying or scanning features, this is the ideal printer." — Carrie-Ann Skinner, PC Advisor

About Review Roundup
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