Canon N2000
The Canon N2000 isn't a laser printer like the other printers in this review but rather an inkjet printer. It's capable of printing in A3+ and combines a good mix of speed, quality, and cost-efficient operation. Canon suggested to us that their N2000 BubbleJet printer would be more cost-efficient than a laser. We found out that this actually was true. However, the case for laser printers in the past has been print speed.
Canon claims the N2000 is capable of printing 20 pages per minute in monochrome. We only managed to get the N2000 to print 10 pages per minute in monochrome and just
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The N2000 features a 250-sheet paper tray, manual feeder and if you want to increase your paper capacity you can purchase an optional 250-sheet paper feed unit. You can't however purchase a hard disk drive, duplexing unit or more memory for this printer. This is a very simple printer and for that reason it has a very simple control panel.
One of the good things about this printer is that it's virtually maintenance free. The print head is quite durable and lasts 50,000 or so pages. So all you will really be replacing are the individual ink tanks.
The print quality of this printer wasn't too bad. The print quality wasn't very good when we were printing at full speed and on plain paper. Text appeared fuzzy and photos appeared a little washed out. We were, however, able to dramatically improve the print quality by using glossy paper. Images then appeared realistic. Ink drops were barely visible to the naked eye and as a result the detail was crisp. Some banding was evident at first, but after we ran a series of cleaning tests we were able to get rid of the bands.
| Product: | Canon N2000 |
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| Price: | AU$2577 (includes the optional 250-sheet paper feed unit) |
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| Vendor: | Canon |
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| Phone: | 02 9805 2000 |
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| Web: | www.canon.com.au |
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½Parallel, USB, Ethernet. |
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Print speed may be of a concern in the future. |
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| ROI: |
Very low running costs. |
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| Service: |
1-year RTB warranty, onsite optional. |
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| Rating: |
If you're mainly concerned about running costs and your print volumes are generally low, this may be what you are looking for. |
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