Fit to Print: 9 colour laser printers tested

T&B Editor's choice Editor's Choice: Ricoh Aficio CL7100 and Lexmark C762


Contents
Introduction
 Ricoh Aficio CL7100
 Fuji-Xerox Phaser
 HP 9500hdn
 Kyocera FS-C8026N
 Oki C9500dn
 Konica Minolta magicolor
 Tally Genicom
 Epson AcuLaser C3000N
 Lexmark C762
 Specifications
 How we tested
 Sample scenario
 Editor's choice
 About RMIT
We decided to give two Editor's Choice awards one each for the two classes of printers. For the medium- to large-sized workgroup printers the award goes to the Ricoh Aficio CL7100. The Ricoh CL7100 is well made, it's fast and offers great paper handling capabilities. The only place it was let down was its print quality but we are being really picky here.

On price we couldn't go past the Ricoh Aficio CL7100 as it shipped with a Booklet Maker worth more than AU$4000 and still managed to cost less than most of the other printers in its class. The base device is $8250 and the extras that were included for this review device included: 1000 sheet Booklet Maker -- AU$4290; 2000 sheet Paper Bank -- AU$1980; 40GB HDD -- AU$660; 256MB memory -- AU$220; Duplex Unit -- AU$440.

For medium-sized workgroups we liked the Lexmark C762. It wins the second Editor's Choice award for the same reasons as the Ricoh -- it's well priced and offers good upgrades.

This article was first published in Technology & Business magazine.
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