Epson AL-C1900
The Epson Acu Laser C1900 still uses four-pass technology unlike all the other colour laser printers we received (which use single-pass technology). For the Epson this means it prints colour pages at one quarter of the speed it normally does in monochrome.
Epson claims this printer can print in monochrome at 16 pages per minute and colour pages at four pages per minute. Epson was pretty much spot on with its ratings as we were easily able to replicate the claims in our tests.
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We found this printer to be the noisiest of the lot, which could be a bit of a distraction in the workplace. The control panel was very small which meant it took us a little longer to go through the menu system and configure the printer.
Print quality on the other hand was very good. Epson uses a number of exclusive technologies like RIT (Resolution Improvement Technology) that offers printing resolutions equivalent to printing at 2400dpi. It pro-duced the sharpest looking text as well as the sharpest colour photos. However, we were a little disappointed in its colour fidelity. None of the colours seemed to be very vibrant and vivid but rather flat and washed out. The Epson was also very fast at printing full colour photos. This has to do with the large amount of RAM it had pre-installed.
| Product: | Epson AL-C1900 |
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| Price: | AU$2629 |
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| Vendor: | Epson |
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| Phone: | 1300 361 054 |
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| Web: | www.epson.com.au |
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| Interoperability: |
Parallel, USB, Ethernet, EIO x 1. |
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| Futureproofing: |
Slow in colour. |
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| ROI: |
½Low initial cost, but very expensive to run in colour. |
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| Service: |
½1-year onsite warranty. |
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| Rating: |
Excellent print quality but expensive to run and slow in colour. |
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