Xerox Phaser 5500DN

The Xerox 5500DN offers speed, quality, and outstanding capacity for your heavy-duty needs.

By M. David Stone, PC Magazine

Think of the Xerox Phaser 5500DN ($3,400 street) as Xerox's answer to the HP LaserJet 9050dn. Both are designed as departmental printers, with 50-pages-per-minute (ppm) engines and a 300,000-pages-per-month duty cycle. And the Xerox entry offers similar paper handling, with a built-in duplexer, the ability to print on up to tabloid-size paper, and a default 1,100-sheet capacity.

Canon Pixma MP780 Photo All-in-One

The Canon Pixma MP780 Photo All-in-One does well with text and graphics as well as photos, not to mention scanning, faxing, and copying.

By M. David Stone, PC Magazine

The Canon Pixma MP780 Photo All-in-One has a lot in common with the Canon Pixma iP4000, which is our current Editors' Choice for ink jet personal printers (February 2005). Built around the same engine, the MP780 is designed for photo printing, with five inks that include both a pigment-based black for standard printing and a dye-based black for photos. More significant, it delivers the same fast performance as the iP4000 and offers the same high-quality output. It even includes a PictBridge connector, so it can print directly from cameras.

Dell Photo All-In-One Printer 962

The Dell Photo All-In-One Printer 962 offers speed, fax features, and a 50-page ADF.

By M. David Stone

Dell says that the Dell Photo All-In-One Printer 962 ($179 direct) is meant as the next step up from the 942. In truth, however, it's less of a photo printer than the 942; it can print from PictBridge cameras but not from memory cards. On the other hand, it's more of a full-fledged AIO. With its built-in fax modem and 50-page ADF, it works as a printer, scanner, standalone copier, and standalone fax machine. And it will let you fax, as well as scan and e-mail, through your computer.

Epson prints 13-inch wide photos that last up to 200 years

Epson announced the Stylus Photo R1800 inkjet printer that builds on the previously introduced R800 model.

Source: Tom's Hardware Guide

Compared to its smaller brother, the R1800 can prints of up to 13 inches wide and 44 inches long.

According to the manufacturer, the device can print 11 by 14-inch color images in less than two minutes and Epson's fastest photo printer to date. The maximum available resolution is 5760 x 1440 (interpolated).

3-D printers give picture of future

Machines that allow rapid production of prototypes are expected to evolve into low-cost devices for use at home

By Dennis Nishi, Chicago Tribune

Derek Ellis has been getting a lot of unusual requests.

The account manager at PTE Distribution Inc. in Willowbrook typically makes prototypes of potential new products for big companies like Procter & Gamble Co. But lately he has been doing more work for smaller firms and even some entrepreneurial-minded individuals.

Canon Pixma iP6000D Photo Printer

The Canon Pixma iP6000 photo printer is best reserved for photos, which it prints quickly and at very good quality.

By M. David Stone, PC Magazine

As a rule of thumb, a higher model number in a printer line means more speed, better quality, more capability—and a higher price. Not so with the Canon Pixma iP6000D Photo Printer ($179.99 direct).

Priced $20 lower than the iP5000, the iP6000D is far slower for business applications and offers slightly lower output quality for text and graphics.

Xerox WorkCentre PE120i

The Xerox WorkCentre PE120i is a good choice if you don't print many photos, and a better choice if you connect directly.

By M. David Stone, PC Magazine

The Xerox WorkCentre PE120i ($649 direct) works as a standalone copier and fax machine as well as a printer. It can't scan or fax over a network, but if you connect to it directly, you can use it to fax from or scan to your computer, including scanning to e-mail. This either-or choice between features is a big part of what makes the PE120i worth considering, but far short of a slam-dunk choice.

Epson Stylus CX4600

The Epson Stylus CX4600 is strong on output quality, with very good ratings for text, graphics, and photos.

By M. David Stone

The Epson Stylus CX4600 ($129.99 direct) comes up short on speed and on AIO niceties, with no ADF and no fax features other than a scan-to-fax option, which assumes you have a separate fax modem and fax program. For those who care about output quality, however, it makes up for these shortcomings with great-looking text, graphics, and photos.

Lexmark's fast, easy-to-use multifunction products reduce costs, increase flexibility for workgroups

Advanced Lexmark technology in three new MFPs strengthens e-workflow solutions for office workers

Source: Hardware Zone

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Lexmark International, Inc., unveiled three new, powerful multifunction products that give businesses the ability to move documents seamlessly from paper to digital formats. Lexmark's unique solutions allow organizations to re- engineer hardcopy workflow with platforms that enable print, copy, fax and scan to network with greater ease and efficiency.

Xerox Multifunction Printers on the Way

Xerox this week is shipping new high-end multifunction printers for large enterprise workgroups.

By Shelley Solheim, eWEEK

The WorkCentre Pro 165 and 175 print at 65 and 75 ppm (pages per minute), respectively. The devices also copy, scan and fax.

The WorkCentre Pro machines ship with Xerox's Smartsend software, which allows users to scan and send documents to multiple destinations, including e-mail in-boxes, document management systems, network folders, FTP folders, Web addresses and remote printers.

HP Color LaserJet 3550n

The HP Color LaserJet 3550n delivers among the best-looking output for color lasers at any price.

By M. David Stone, PC Magazine

The Lexmark X762e MFP ($9,399 direct) manages only middling scores on the core tasks of speed and output quality, but you can't judge it fully on the usual criteria. Its value lies instead in a set of uncommon features that make it particularly appropriate for a large office—or better yet, a company that needs to install a fleet of AIOs in multiple departments and can fully benefit from features that save time, effort, and money.

PC photo printers challenge pros

Some home printers produce photos that are cheaper and better quality than the High Street, tests show.

Source: BBC News Online

Home printed pictures can be cheaper and higher quality than those from High Street developers, tests shows. A survey carried out by PC Pro magazine looked at which of 100 home photo printers offered a better deal than handing your snaps to a photo lab.

Lexmark X7170 All-In-One

The Lexmark X7170 All-In-One offers all the right features.

By M. David Stone, PC Magazine

If you're looking for an all-in-one for your home office or small office, don't need a network connection, and are willing to compromise just a touch on output quality, the Lexmark X7170 All-In-One ($250 street) may be the one. Although text and graphics could be better, it has all the features you probably need, including scanning, the ability to fax and copy without the computer on, a 50-page ADF, and a utility for scanning from any program on your system. It even prints photos at reasonably high quality, albeit at relatively slow speeds.

HP Business Inkjet 1200d

The HP Business Inkjet 1200d is fast enough to beat a slow color laser for text and graphics.

By M. David Stone, PC Magazine

With color laser prices dipping below $500, it's getting hard to argue for high-throughput ink jets aimed at business use. But at $199.99 direct, the HP Business Inkjet 1200d helps make the case. It not only turned in the fastest time we've ever seen on our ink jet business-applications suite, its times reached into territory normally reserved for laser printers.

HP LaserJet 4250n

The HP LaserJet 4250n is astoundingly fast for a printer that can fit on a desktop.

By M. David Stone, PC Magazine

If you're in the market for a departmental laser printer but don't need to print on anything larger than legal-size paper (8 by 14 inches), the HP LaserJet 4250n ($1,249.99 direct) can save you a bundle over printers designed to handle tabloid paper (11 by 17 inches). The 4250n sits on your desk, measuring 14.8 by 16.5 by 17.8 inches (HWD) and weighing only 45 pounds. But its print speed leaves no doubt that there's a 45-page-per-minute (ppm) engine inside the box. Its paper-handling features are in line with its speed.