Name | Price | Rating | Comment | PPM | MAX DPI | PS | Supplier | Tel | Issue | Page no | Additional comments, notes | |
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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 | ||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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Brother P-Touch PC | £399 | llllmm | good if pricey label printer but width not wider than 24mm. | Brother | 0161 330 6531 | 8 | 106 | |||||
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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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