Name Price Rating Comment PPM MAX DPI PS Supplier Tel Issue Page no Additional comments, notes
MONO
Laser
Brother HL 1260 £1,249 llllmm Very fast output. A no frills printer with a small footprint. 12 600x600 N Brother 0161 330 6531 9 62
Brother HL 1260 £1,249 llllmm Capable and reasonably priced. A good network printer. 12 600 Level 2 Brother 0161 330 6531 7 99
Data Products LZR888-1 £1,265 lllmmm Lacking in features but a good choice for the space conscious. 8 600x600 N Dataproducts 01734 884777 9 62
Digital DEClaser 3500 £1,600 llllmm Very fast but mixed quality output. 12 600x600 Y Digital 01709 547177 9 63
Epson EPL-5200+ £839 llllmm Fast page processing and high output quality. 6 300 option Epson 01442 611144 10 102
Epson EPL-3000 £399 llllmm Cheap yet capable. 4 300 option Epson 01442 611144 7 96
Epson EPL-5500W £330 llllmm One of the better personal lasers. 6 600x600 N Epson 0800 220 546 25 162
Epson EPL-9000 £1,745 lllmmm Comparably slow but excellent output quality and easy to use. 8 600x600 N Epson 01442 611144 9 63
FACIT P8086 £875 llllmm Good image quality and paper handling at a low price. 8 600x600 N Facit 01634 868000 9 64
Fujitsu Printpartner 14 £999 llllmm Fast and excellent print quality. 14 600x600 Y Fujitsu Europe 01869 253361 24 155
Genicom 791R £1,299 llllmm A network managers dream. 12 1200x1200 Y Genicom 9 64
HP LaserJet 4M Plus £1,749 lllllm A leading performer. Good for networks with remote control. 12 600x600 Y Hewlett-Packard 01344 369222 9 67 speed and quality
HP Laserjet 4V £1,899 llllll Excellent network printer, with A3 output as a bonus. 16 600 option Hewlett-Packard 01344 369222 1 99 recommended
HP Laserjet 5M £1,659 lllllm A worthy successor to the Laserjet 4, with pin-sharo output. 12 600x600 Level2 Hewlett-Packard 0990 474747 21 120 recommended
HP Laserjet 5MP £970 lllllm Personal and workgroup laser printing at its very best. 6 600 Y Hewlett-Packard 01344 369222 8 101 recommended
HP LaserJet 5SiMX £4,049 lllllm Ideal departmental workhorse with excellent print speed. 24 600 Y Hewlett-Packard 01344 369222 15 90 recommended
HP Laserjet 6MP £845 lllllm An excellent choice for personal use or small workgroups. 8 600x600 level 2 Hewlett-Packard 0990 474747 25 167 recommended
Kyrocera FS-3400 £1,859 lllllm Admirably compact, very fast. 18 300 Y Kyrocera 01734 311500 8 105 recommended
Kyrocera FS-3500 £2,769 llllmm Very fast, with wide range of expansion options. 18 300 option Kyrocera 01734 311500 2 130
Kyrocera FS-1600 £1,469 lllmmm Good with simple tasks, gets slower with more complex jobs. 10 600x600 option Kyrocera 01734 311500 9 67
Lexmark Optra £299 lllllm Flexible, well specified and competitively priced. 600 Y Lexmark 01628 481500 6 104 recommended
Lexmark Optra N Pro £5,094 lllmmm Fast, with lots of expansion options. 24 600x600 Y Lexmark 01628 481500 25 161
Lexmark Optra R £1,299 llllmm Excellent ergonomics and front panel design. 12 1200x1200 Y Lexmark 01628 481500 9 68 distinction
Lexmark Winwriter 200 £479 lllllm Quality output on a budget price. 4 300 Lexmark 01628 481500 3 104 recommended
Lexmark Oprta E £549 lllmmm Comparatively high price, though good print speed. 6 600 N Lexmark 01628 481500 18 96
Mannesmann Tally MT9104w £389 llllmm Dreadful paper feeder, but good quality output. 4 300 option Mannesmann Tally 01734 788711 1 104
Mannesmann Tally T9008 £1,109 llllmm Definitely no frills. A solid if unexciting workhorse. 8 600x600 N Mannesmann Tally 01734 788711 9 68
Mannesmann Tally MT T9005 Plus £749 llllmm No nonsense desktop printer with high specifications. 5 300 Mannesmann Tally 01734 788711 6 107
Mannesmann Tally T9108 £449 llllmm A reasonably compact and straightforward printer. 8 600 Mannesmann Tally 01734 788711 22 136
Oki OL400W £379 llllmm Compact with good output. Paper handling disappointing. 4 300 N Oki 01753 819819 15 91
Panasonic KX-P6100 £369 llllmm Delivers good quality low volume output. 6 300 Panasonic 01344 853508 11 105
QMS 1060e Print System £2,195 llllmm Well featured with a large RAM. 10 600x600 Y QMS 01784 442255 9 76 Value
Sharp JX-9200 £329 lllllm Compact alternative to inkjet. High quality, fast output. 4 300 N Sharp 0800 262958 14 130 recommended
Silentwriter Superscript 610 Plus £420 llllmm Fast GDI printer, enticintly affordable. 6 300 NEC 0345 300103 6 110
Star Wintype 4000 £399 llllmm Aggressive price and more features than some. 4 300 Level 1 Star 01494 471111 2 127
TI Microlaser 600 £699 lllllm Beautiful printing at an affordable price. 5 600 Y Texas Instruments 0181 875 0044 6 102 recommended
TI Microlaser Win/4 £399 lllmmm Incredibly small. Question marks over system compatibility. 4 600 N Texas Instruments 0181 875 0044 18 97
Xerox 4510 £1,479 llllmm Mixed quality but good all round performance. 10 600x600 Y Xerox 01895 251133 9 76
Inkjet
Canon BJ200EX £259 lllmmm A good performer for the small office or home user. 3 720x360 Canon 0181 773 3173 9 96
Epson Stylus 820 £219 llllmm Good quality output, but noisy and flimsy feel. 2.5 720 Epson 01442 611144 17 95
Mannesmann Tally T7010 £245 lllmmm Neat and light. Flimsy construction. 2 300 Mannesmann Tally 01734 788711 13 118
Olivetti JP 70 £199 llllmm Cheap, and well designed, with acceptable print quality. 3 300x300 Olivetti 01908 220111 23 139
Laserjet
HP LaserJet 5L £479 lllllm Small footprint. Recommended for low print volumes. 4 600 N Hewlett-Packard 01344 369222 13 106 recommended
Pentax PocketJet £400 llllmm Tiny, very light portable printer. 300 N Europatec 0171 431 5051 13 101
Specialist printing
Brother P-Touch PC £399 llllmm good if pricey label printer but width not wider than 24mm. Brother 0161 330 6531 8 106
LED
Oki OL600EX £419 lllmmm Compact and sturdy, but weak graphic performance. 300 N Oki 01753 819819 19 116
OkiPage 4W £220 llllmm Small, neat and cheap with good quality output for the price. 4 300 Y Oki 01753 819819 22 138

Last Update: 11/10/96

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