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Consumer Reports Buying Guide 2013: Printers
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QuickGuide PRINTERS, ALL-IN-ONE
if ail you do is print, you can save money and space bypurchasing a dedicated printer. But if you want to copy orscan, or even fax, it's worth investigating an all-in-one.
What to iook for• If you don't need to print incolor or scan color photos, anall-in-one laser for superiorquality, faster print speed,and a lower cost per page• An all-in-one inkjet, if youwant color printing and amodel that excels at printingyour photos• A built-in duplexer to printon both sides of the page
What to skip• High ink- or toner-cartridge
costs, which can make abargain-priced printer a baddeal in the long run• An inkjet with a single colorcartridge, because separatecolor cartridges may be moreeconomical, depending onyour photos
What you'ii payAll-in-ones are actually gettingless expensive and more ver-satile. Inkjets cost $60 and up.
For more buying advice, go toConsumerReports.org/printers
Shopping tipIf you're printingphotos, a memorycard readeror PictBridgecompatibility canbe helpful.
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Guide to the RatingsOverall score is based on speed and quality of print, scan, and copy functions, plus ease of use.The displayed score is out of a total of 100 points. Ink and paper/month is estimated cost (indollars) for ink and photo paper in a month of typical use, based on our tests and how our readerstold us they print. For inkjets: 23 text pages, 9 graphics pages, 2.4 large photos, 3.6 small photos,and 3.5 photos on plain paper. For lasers: 62 text pages, 24 graphics pages, 1.7 large photos, 1.9small photos, and 2.3 photos on plain paper. Photos cost the most, text documents the least, soyour results may vary from these figures, but they are useful for comparing models. Photoquality reflects a photo's appearance. The 4x6 photo time score reflects how quickly the modelcan print one 4x6 photo on photo-quality paper. One minute or less is excellent; 1 to 2 minutes isvery good; 2 to 4 minutes is good; 4 to 6 minutes is fair; and longer than 6 minutes is poor. The8x10 photo time score reflects how quickly the model can print one 8x10 photo on photo-qualitypaper. Two minutes or less is excellent; 2 to 4 minutes is very good; 4 to 6 minutes is good; 6 to 8minutes is fair; and longer than 8 minutes is poor. Text quality assesses clarity and crispness ofblack text. Text speed score reflects how quickly the model can print text on five pages of plain, ,letter-sized pages. Thirty seconds or less is excellent; 31 to 60 seconds is very good; 61 to 90 sec-onds is good; 91 to 120 seconds is fair; and longer than 120 seconds is poor. Graphics quality as-sesses the appearance of color graphics produced by the printer. Black and white lasers were iudgedon black and white graphics. Scan quality is for color photos, graphics, and text scanned at eachmodel's default settings. Copy quality is for graphics and text. Power savinq indicates how wellthe printer conserves power between uses. For networking, E indicates the model can networkusing wired Ethernet; W indicates wireless capability. Price is approximate retail.
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QuickGuide PRINTERS, REGULAR
Ini^jet and laser printers have become moreaffordable and increasingly full featured.
Shopping tipA printer withan EnergyStar label willconsume verylittle power whennot printing.
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What to iooit for• A iaser printer, if you wantfast, low-cost, top-qualityblack-and-white text• An inkjet, if you want themost versatile printer. Youcan print color photos andgraphics, as well as text• Features such as a memory-card reader, PictBridge sup-port, or a wireless interface,if you want to print photoswithout a computer
What to skip• Color laser printers, which
are more costly than theirmonochrome counterpartsand unsuited for photos• Snapshot printers, mostof which didn't provide thephoto quality of the best reg-ular Inkjets in our tests
What you'll payColor inkjets can cost as lit-tle as $50, and monochromelaser printers less than $80.For rnore buying advice, go toConsumerReports.org/printers
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Guide to the RatingsOverall score is based mainly on speed and text/photo guality. The displayed score is out of atotal of 100 points. Ink and paper/month is estimated cost (in dollars) for ink and photo paperin a month of typical use. For inkjets: 23 text pages, 9 graphics pages, 2.4 large photos, 3.5 smallphotos, and 3.5 photos on plain paper. For lasers: 62 text pages, 24 graphics pages, 1.7 largephotos, 1.9 small photos, and 2.3 photos on plain paper. Photo quality reflects a photo's appear-ance. The 4x6 photo time score reflects how quickly the model can print one 4x6 photo onphoto-quality paper. One minute or less is excellent; 1 to 2 minutes is very good; 2 to 4 minutesis good; 4 to 6 minutes is fair; and longer than 6 minutes is poor. The 8x10 photo time scorereflects how guickly the model can print one 8x10 photo on photo-guaiity paper. Two minutes orless is excellent; 2 to 4 minutes is very good; 4 to 6 minutes is good; 6 to 8 minutes is fair; andlonger than 8 minutes is poor. Text quality assesses clarity and crispness of black text. Textspeed score reflects how quickly the model can print text on five pages of plain, letter-sizedpages. Thirty seconds or less is excellent; 31 to 60 seconds is very good; 61 to 90 seconds isgood; 91 to 120 seconds is fair; and longer than 120 seconds is poor. Graphics quality assessesthe appearance of color graphics produced by the printer-or black and white graphics for blackand white lasers. Power saving indicates how well the printer conserves power between uses.For networking, E indicates the model can network using wired Ethernet; W indicates wirelesscapability. Price is approximate retail.
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