Bang for your buck: 4 Budget printers tested

By Alex Kidman
26 March 2004 09:35 AM
Tags: printer, printing, page, 3550, epson, canon, unit, colour
Model Canon i250 Epson Stylus C43UX HP Deskjet 3550 Lexmark z605
Phone 1800 021 167 1300 361 054 13 23 47 1300 362 192
Web www.canon.com.au www.epson.com.au www.hp.com.au www.lexmark.com.au
RRP $99 $99 $99 $99
         
Dimensions (HxWxD) 16.55 x 38.55 x 19.55cm 17.2 x 42.4 x 22.9cm 19.69cm x 42.16cm x 24.38cm 13.4 x 40.3 x 21.55cm
Weight 2.3kg 2.5kg 2.04kg 1.77kg
Connections USB USB USB USB
Operating System
Compatibility		 Win98+, Mac 8.6+ Win98+, Mac 8.1+ Win98+, Mac 9.1+ Win98+, Mac 9.04+
Input tray capacity (Plain Paper) 100 sheets 100 sheets 100 sheets 100 sheets
Cartridge Type(s) 1 Black, 1 Tricolour 1 Black, 1 Tricolour 1 Black, 1 Tricolour 1 Black, 1 Tricolour
Cartridge Costs Black $13.95, Colour $29.95 Black $18.95, Colour $30.95 Black 34.45, Tricolor 40.45 Black $32.99, Colour $35.99 (moderate),
Black $47, Colour $51 (high yeild)
Expected Black Yeild 300 pages 330 pages 220 pages 205 moderate, 410 high yeild
Expected Colour Yeild 170 pages 180 pages 190 pages 140 moderate, 260 high yeild
Max resolution 4,800-optimized dpi 2,880 optimised 2,400-optimized 4,800-optimized dpi
PPM Black 12ppm 12ppm 14ppm 14ppm
PPM Colour 9ppm 5.4ppm 10ppm 8ppm
         
Test Results        
Single Page Text 24 seconds 39 seconds 18 seconds 23.5 seconds
10 Page Text 144 seconds/4.16ppm 366 seconds/1.63ppm 125 seconds/4.8ppm 135 seconds/4.4ppm
Single Page Colour 17.4 seconds 65 seconds 22 seconds 43 seconds
10 Page Colour 141 seconds/4.25ppm 628 seconds/0.95ppm 150 seconds/4pmm 333 seconds/1.8ppm
A4 Photo Print 4 mins 30 seconds 36 minutes 9 seconds 7 mins 17 seconds 27mins 31 seconds
All specifications listed as as per manufacturer quoted details.
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Talkback 3 comments

    A Canon wins and the ads on th ...Anonymous -- 01/04/04

    A Canon wins and the ads on the site are for Epson? Ya gotta love that.

    Thanks for the review info. Lo ...Anonymous -- 11/04/04

    Thanks for the review info. Looks like Canon offers most economical operation with reasonable quality and print speed. I'm not worried about the output tray - will mount printer on a shelf, and make my own tray, which I will screw with some brackets under the printer shelf to catch the pages being spat out.

    Thank you! A big help in my se ...Anonymous -- 21/03/05

    Thank you! A big help in my search for a cheap printer.Have tried very hard on lots of websites to buy the:Canon i250 bubble jet printer,but no one have one 4 sale,not even a second one.

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