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C750n
Lexmark
http://www.lexmark.com
Reviewed in September 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/09/reviews/colorlaser
This color laser printer prints good-quality output, but it does so slowly. It includes only 64MB of RAM.
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Color LaserJet 2500L
Hewlett-Packard
http://www.adobe.com
Reviewed in March 2003
http://www.macworld.com/2003/03/reviews/hpcolorlaser2500l
The LaserJet 2500L’s reasonable price tag and combination of crisp, clean laser output and PostScript support means that small workgroups with big printing needs can get the benefits of color laser technology without putting too large a dent in their budgets.
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Color LaserJet 4600
Hewlett-Packard
http://www.adobe.com
Reviewed in September 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/09/reviews/colorlaser
This printer is fast and inexpensive, and it has very good color laser output. However, the color quality suffers due to missing ICC profiles, and the OS X driver has some problems.
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DeskJet 5550
Hewlett-Packard
http://www.adobe.com
Reviewed in March 2003
http://www.macworld.com/2003/03/reviews/inkjetprinters03
The DeskJet 5550 is a great all-around document printer that produces heavy but clean and legible text, as well as good photos. An optional $25 photo cartridge transforms the 5550 into a six-color photo printer.
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HL-4000CN
Brother
http://www.brother.com/usa/index.html
Reviewed in September 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/09/reviews/colorlaser
The good: This color laser printer comes with a built-in duplexer. The bad: It needs more RAM than it ships with to print larger files, and it has mediocre output quality.
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i850
Canon
http://www.canon.com
Reviewed in March 2003
http://www.macworld.com/2003/03/reviews/inkjetprinters03
The Canon i850 is the best all-around ink-jet we’ve ever seen. Although other printers in its class might print slightly crisper text or cleaner graphics, the i850 was good at printing both types of documents, and it produces amazing photo prints.
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Magicolor 3100DN
Minolta-QMS
http://www.qms.com
Reviewed in September 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/09/reviews/colorlaser
This inexpensive color laser printer has a built-in duplexer. In our tests, Photoshop images printed very slowly.
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Phaser 6200N
Xerox
http://www.xerox.com
Reviewed in September 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/09/reviews/colorlaser
This fast color laser printer has mediocre output, particularly when printing text, and the color is unstable.
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Photosmart 1315
Hewlett-Packard
http://www.adobe.com
Reviewed in June 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/06/features/printers
While this printer features a built-in LCD screen, its prints suffer from poor tonal graduation and color fidelity due to its four-color ink system.
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Photosmart 7550
Hewlett-Packard
http://www.adobe.com
Reviewed in February 2003
http://www.macworld.com/2003/02/reviews/6inkhetprinters
The only reason we’d consider buying the HP Photosmart 7550 would be its duplexing capability. In all other respects, other six-color ink-jet photo printers simply outclass it.
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S530D
Canon
http://www.canon.com
Reviewed in March 2003
http://www.macworld.com/2003/03/reviews/inkjetprinters03
The Canon S530D offers speedy prints of very good quality, but its distinguishing feature is the built-in media-card reader, which allows you to transfer photos from a digital camera to your Mac for editing, or print directly from the camera. The S530D’s text was very clear, and its photo output, though a little dark, was also very good.
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S820D
Canon
http://www.canon.com
Reviewed in June 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/06/features/printers
The S820D is speedy, and it delivers excellent print quality, but it has some OS X driver issues.
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S830D
Canon
http://www.canon.com
Reviewed in February 2003
http://www.macworld.com/2003/02/reviews/6inkhetprinters
If computerless printing appeals to you, the Canon S830D may be just what you need. It also delivers high-quality images fast, though getting extremely accurate color may be a challenge.
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S900
Canon
http://www.canon.com
Reviewed in June 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/06/features/printers
This printer is expensive, but it offers fast print times and borderless, high-quality printing.
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Stylus C82
Epson
http://www.epson.com/northamerica.html
Reviewed in March 2003
http://www.macworld.com/2003/03/reviews/inkjetprinters03
The Stylus C82’s long-lived and waterproof inks make it great for printing high-mileage documents, such as restaurant menus. It doesn’t claim to be a photo printer, but it does a fine job nonetheless if you print on matte paper.
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Stylus Photo 2200
Epson
http://www.epson.com/northamerica.html
Reviewed in October 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/reviews/epson
Despite the limitations OS X places on the print driver, the Stylus Photo 2200 is the best photo ink-jet printer Epson has produced. If you’ve been waiting for a stable, long-lasting, large-gamut ink set, your wait is over.
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Stylus Photo 785EPX
Epson
http://www.epson.com/northamerica.html
Reviewed in June 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/06/features/printers
It’s inexpensive and it prints well, but it performs slowly and has OS X driver issues.
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Stylus Photo 820
Epson
http://www.epson.com/northamerica.html
Reviewed in June 2002
http://www.macworld.com/2002/06/features/printers
This printer sports an appealingly low price and excellent print quality. But it’s slow and its ink tanks are small.
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Stylus Photo 960
Epson
http://www.epson.com/northamerica.html
Reviewed in February 2003
http://www.macworld.com/2003/02/reviews/6inkhetprinters
If you place a high priority on getting the best images you possibly can, consider the Epson Stylus Photo 960, which offers excellent image quality with the widest dynamic range, best highlight detail, and biggest variety of paper options, but at a somewhat lower speed.
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Stylus Pro 7600
Epson
http://www.epson.com/northamerica.html
Reviewed in February 2003
http://www.macworld.com/2003/02/reviews/epson7600
The Epson Stylus Pro 7600 offers the best and most efficient output for photographers or artists looking to sell their work in quantity, especially at larger print sizes. With excellent quality and print speed, a color gamut rivaling that of dye-based printers, and true archival print life, the 7600 is a great buy.
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Z65 Color Jetprinter
Lexmark
http://www.lexmark.com
Reviewed in March 2003
http://www.macworld.com/2003/03/reviews/inkjetprinters03
The Z65 is a great printer for black or color text; it produced the cleanest, sharpest text we saw from any of the printers we tested. However, it produced noticeable dots in light areas of printed images.
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