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| I am looking to purchase a printer that would produce the same quality pages (color) as used in a library-style book but yet economically priced. What would be your suggestions.
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Thanks for visiting our web site and for the question.
I'm not exactly sure what you would consider economically priced. However, color laser printers will be the least expensive printers to use. Also color laser printers generally produce the same look as a four color press which is how most publications are printed.
Major considerations for you should be resolution (dpi) and cost per page. The 1200 dpi PostScript3 color lasers will produce the best quality and color accuracy. Cost per page will be determined by the cost of supplies divided by yield but will also greatly depend on the amount of color coverage on a given page.
You may want to read some of our reviews on color laser printers. The Minolta-QMS 3100DN is worth a look. It may be the best combination of price/ performance today. There are other good printers out there as well however.
I hope this helped and feel free to drop an email in the future.
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Dear Madam or Sir:
I found it very disappointing that you don't show the Lexmark printers on your site. I'm especially interested in the C750 or its equal. I hope you find it rewarding to show them in the future.
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Thanks for the email. We encourage users of our site to provide some feedback in order to help make our site more useful. Your point on the lack of coverage on the Lexmark line of laser printers is valid. The Printer Showcase does not actively market the Lexmark color lasers right now. However, you could make the same argument for the Tally, Brother, Samsung, NEC, IBM, Xante, and many other manufacturers with single digit market share.
We don't want to crowd our site with information overload so we focus on the most popular printers currently. Things change all the time. About five years ago our best selling color laser was in fact the Lexmark SC1275N. We felt that it was the best combination of engine and controller. Of course there were not as many printers to choose from at the time and most of them were not good. HP was selling a Color Laserjet 5M that was such a horrible printer we refused to sell it. Xerox was selling a C-55 that was almost as bad( didn't sell it). Minolta was selling a Color Page Works that was a prety good printer. The Lexmark SC1275 was actually made by Minolta but had a better controller then the Color PageWorks. Now the color laser landscape is crowded. Xerox has had the best line of color lasers overall since they bought Tektronix. Minolta is up there too since they bought QMS.
HP's new printer, the 4600, is not that great but it is HP so we must address it. Okidata was first with a single pass engine and is a very good service organization. Unless Lexmark has a model with tangible advantages over the market leading brands it does not make sense for us to promote them.
If you end up with the Lexmark printer maybe you can submit to us your own review of the product. However you should consider some of the Xerox and Minolta models. You should be looking at price/ performance but don't overlook service and supply availability as well.
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