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COLOR LASER PRINTERS
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1. Samsung CLP-300
Still think color laser
printers are big and
expensive? Samsung’s
letter- and legal-size
CLP-300 has a 151/2 x
14-inch footprint and
a $299 price ($399 for
the network model).
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2. HP Color LaserJet 5550n
HP’s network-ready 11
x 17-in. Color LaserJet
5550n starts at $3,549
with two paper trays
holding 600 sheets,
and can grow to a
$6,299 office monster
with five-tray, 2,100-
sheet capacity, its
own 20GB hard disk,
and duplexing.
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3. Lexmark C762
Lexmark’s letter- and
legal-sized C762 color
laser ($1,499 and up)
boasts 25-ppm performance,
a 100,000-
page monthly duty
cycle, and SWOP and
EuroScale simulation
color tables with
Pantone calibration.
Options include stapling,
hole punch, and
mailbox capability.
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4. Xante CL30
Print shop specialist
Xante Corp.’s 30-ppm
CL30 color laser is
available in a heavystock-
enabled model
capable of up to 12.9
x 47-in. printing on
80-lb. bond, 130-lb.
cover, or 200-lb. index
media.
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INK-JET PRINTERS
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5. HP Designjet 90
HP’s six-ink Designjet
90 ($995) can handle
13 x 19- or 18 x 24-in.
paper—or, with an
optional roll feed, 18
in. x 50 feet.
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6. HP Deskjet 6980dt
Cons: The HP Deskjet
6980dt is no speed
demon, and it can
handle only 81/2-in.-
wide (albeit up to 24-
in.-long) media. Pros:
It combines four- or
six-color duplex printing
with both Ethernet
and WiFi networking
for a low $200.
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7. HP Photosmart 8750
Nine—count ’em—
nine inks boost the
color gamut of HP’s
Photosmart 8750.
Five—count ’em—five
C-notes buy this Adobe
RGB-compatible inkjet
capable of prints up to
13 x 19 in.
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8. Epson Stylus Pro 4800
Epson’s Stylus Pro
4800 accepts 17-in.-
wide media ranging
from 22-in.-long
sheets to rolls to
1.5mm posterboard.
The eight-color inkjet
offers resolution up to
2880 x 1400 dpi.
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9. Canon Pixma iP8500
The Canon Pixma
iP8500 allots 768
printhead nozzles
to each of eight ink
tanks. That helps
the $350 lettersize
printer achieve
impressive 4800 x
2400 dpi resolution.
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ALL-IN-ONES
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10. Konica Minolta
Magicolor 2480 MF
The Konica Minolta
Magicolor 2480 MF
($699) combines a
20/5-ppm color laser
printer with scan,
copy, and PC fax
functions, including a
50-sheet automatic
document feeder.
Options for this letterand
legal-size AIO
include a duplexer
and 500-sheet second
paper drawer.
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11. Xerox WorkCentre C2424
Xerox’s Phaser 8500
replaces laser toner
with solid-ink technology,
and so does
its multifunction
cousin, the scanand
copy-capable
WorkCentre C2424
($1,999 and up). This
letter-and legal-size
unit supports ICC and
PostScript deviceindependent
color management systems.
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