Top 10 LED Printers

Everyone who has ever had to deal with printed documents knows about the purpose of printers. Like any other type of technology, printers are divided into several fundamental types:

• matrix - practically not produced and out of large-scale use due to obsolescence;
• inkjet - the most budget type of printer at the moment, with a small working resource and satisfactory print speed;
• Laser - the most popular printers with increased service life, providing optimal printing characteristics of documents for modern offices.

Not so long ago, printing devices were presented to users, the idea of ​​functioning of which was borrowed from laser printing technology. The main working body in them became economical LEDs, which significantly reduced the cost of production and maintenance of printers with a noticeable improvement in the quality of work compared to laser devices. But since the technology is fairly new and in need of fine-tuning, laser printers still remain at the peak of popularity as the most stable and reliable printing systems.

Despite the fact that the segment of LED printers is still not replete with the breadth of the range, the consumer is already facing the danger of choosing a frankly bad device. In order to prevent such incidents, we selected eight of the best LED printers for use in home and office environments, divided into three main categories. The following parameters were used as the criteria for the selection of goods in the rating:

• feedback from owners on the experience of using printers;
• the opinion of professionals and experts in the field of computer peripherals;
• combination of price and build quality parameters;
• optimal performance;
• the degree of durability of the elements and the value of the total work resource;
• quality and key aspects of printing.

The best LED printers for home and small offices

4 Xerox Phaser 6020

High-quality printer with support for 4-color LED printing, dressed in a formal plastic case to match all Xerox office models. Allows you to print documents at a speed of 12 pages per minute, which is the most modest result in the ranking of the best. However, in terms of quality, it is far superior to most competitors.

According to user reviews, the Xerox Phaser 6020 resource is designed for printing up to 30 thousand pages per month, taking paper with a density of 60 to 220 grams per cubic meter. At the same time, the resource of cartridges (black and color) is enough for output of 2000 and 1000 pages, respectively.As a nice bonus to the existing capabilities, manufacturers have equipped the printer with a wi-fi receiver, thereby leveling a slight bias in price towards optimal values.

3 Brother HL-3140CW

The representative of the company Brother with an increased cartridge life and advanced paper feed trays was also ranked among the best. Unlike other competitors in the receiver HL-3140CW can put 251 sheets, without worrying about the ability of the gripping roller to carry sheets through the mechanisms of LED printing. The output speed of printed pages is 18 units per minute - even if it is not the highest, but the quality is guaranteed to be qualitative (without regard to the maximum print resolution).

As for the capacity of cartridges, the resource of ink in black and color (cyan, magenta, yellow) is enough for 2500 and 1400 pages, respectively. There is a Wi-fi connection module, AirPrint technology is implemented (for devices based on iOS and OS X), as well as a standard USB interface for a wired connection. There is a model for its segment a little expensive, but it has a high working resource reserve, along with great potential for user upgrades.

2 Xerox Phaser 3052NI

In addition to the attractive price, this printer has impressive operating and operational characteristics with the possibility of connecting to a personal computer via a Wi-Fi connection. The print speed of the Xerox Phaser 3052NI comes to 26 pages per minute. This is not the most outstanding result, but the difference in quality with a similar laser model is very noticeable. The printing resource per month is 30 thousand copies - for home use such a resource will be very redundant, but for a small office it will be the optimum.

As in the case of laser models, the device needs a preliminary warm-up to start working: the benefit is that the delay time is only 14 seconds. Another plus Phaser 3052NI is power consumption. In standby mode, the LED printer consumes only 2 watts of power, which makes it the most economical in this category. But, unfortunately, the limitation on printing color does not allow to put it on a higher level.

1 OKI C532dn

The next line of the rating goes to another grande of LED color printers, the brainchild of the Japanese company OKI - model C532dn. The “severity” of this printer knows no bounds: its filling contains a 1024 MB memory module, thanks to which the LED lightly handles large volumes of documents. Another important and obviously advantageous parameter is the print resource - in one month OKI C532dn can print up to 60 thousand pages, which makes it suitable for both intensive home use and for small and medium-sized offices.

The printer has a print speed of 30 pages per minute at a resolution of 1200x1200 dpi for both color modes. It is not enough, but for small printing purposes, such values ​​will be enough. But the warm-up parameter before printing a little pumped up: the device takes about 27 seconds to bring itself into working condition. The category of negative nuances can also be attributed to high power consumption, but for devices of this level this is quite normal.

The best LED printers for medium offices

3 OKI C823dn

OKI C823dn is a case in point when the cost and size of the model completely levels the small operational advantage that the owner has at his disposal. This printer was created specifically to provide offices with the ability to print in color on paper with a density of up to 256 grams per square meter.There is little positive in this: firstly, all operating modes were understated specifically for extreme cases, so the printing speed of standard A4 sheets leaves much to be desired. Secondly, several indicators of print resource per month (75 thousand copies for this level of price — too little, especially for OKI), and power consumption increased (in idle mode it is 100 W).

Positive points in OKI C823dn relate to the above performance characteristics. The Japanese intentionally equipped the printer with a more durable detail, which, on the one hand, affected the increase in the total resource, and on the other, affected the growth of overall dimensions and weight. Therefore, if the priority is reliability of equipment - this unit is the best (albeit expensive) option for purchase.

2 Ricoh SP 400DN

Perhaps the most balanced LED printer in black and white printing, presented in the category of devices for medium-sized offices. The low cost of the Ricoh SP 400DN is ideally related to all the technical specifications, "wired" in not the worst stuffing: print speed is 30 A4 pages per minute, and the resource does not exceed 50 thousand copies per month. Yes, for an average office with intensive document flow, this volume may not be enough, however, according to users, this happens very rarely.

Among other iconic features, it is possible to single out the almost complete de-energization of the Ricoh SP 400DN system in idle mode: charge distribution allows you to manage only 1 W of power, which is the best result among all the models represented in the rating. However, in the mode of operation, the consumption amounts to a whopping 990 W - with this component, Ricoh clearly miscalculated. Nevertheless, this printer model is running, and the number of positive feedback from consumers significantly prevails over negative ones.

1 Xerox Phaser 6510DN

Another representative of the lineup Phaser from the company Xerox still got to the leading position. Model 6510DN is a successful combination of low prices with excellent operating performance, which naturally resulted in the universal praise and priority of the device over its competitors.

Despite the fact that the developers decided to slightly raise the threshold of maximum paper density (from 162 to 220 grams per square meter), they managed to maintain key characteristics at a competitive level. The printing speed is 28 pages per minute at 1200x2400 dpi quality. The printer starts without warming up, however, the waiting time until the first printout is 12 seconds. There is a support function ArtPrint, greatly simplifies the life of the owners of "apple" gadgets. The printing resource is 50 thousand copies per month - a bit, but for medium offices it is enough.

In general, it would not be possible to briefly mention all the positive nuances - the device that won the recognition of a large number of office workers turned out to be very high-quality.

The best LED printers for large offices

3 OKI C712dn

Unlike the more expensive and functional category leader, OKI C712dn is designed to solve problems of a slightly different kind. The main advantage of this printer is a high degree of reliability, with which other Japanese brands are capable of arguing.

To put it bluntly, the OKI C712dn is a LED printer for servicing “near-large” level offices. The fact is that both in terms of resource and overall print quality, its applicability is limited to formal firms with decent but not intensive document flow. This device allows you to print up to 100 thousand copies per month, the quality of which will not exceed 1200x600 dpi. In such a situation, a print speed of 36 pages per minute looks like a kind of redemption, which also has a number of “pitfalls”.One of these is the warm-up time of the printer: it takes up to 60 seconds before printing, which doesn’t fit in with the notion of “modern printer” at all. Anyway, OKI C712dn is sold and bought very briskly, sometimes it gets a portion of the negative, but generally supports the brand of a good device for formal printing.

2 Ricoh SP 450DN

The LED printer of the Ricoh SP 450DN model, which has a print resource of 150 thousand pages per month, did not pass the rating either. His main problem lies only in the use of black-and-white printing method, strictly limiting the circle of users to formal offices without being used in design. However, it would be wrong to call this a problem - without the presence of additional “buns”, the reliability of the printer has increased significantly, and the cost has decreased accordingly.

As for the technical characteristics, the Ricoh SP 450DN is capable of printing up to 40 pages every minute, giving the first sheet within 5 seconds after the file is accepted for printing. The photodrum resource in the LED model lasts an average of 20 thousand pages, and the cartridge - 2.5 thousand. A tray for feeding paper at a maximum allows you to place up to 1600 sheets, which with such compact overall dimensions is very, very cool. Consumer feedback traces a clear satisfaction with the speed of printing and ease of maintenance, with a slight hint of the obsolescence of the software package and individual components.

1 Xerox VersaLink C7000N

The Xerox VersaLink C7000N is a powerful color printing device, the main feature of which is the ability to work with the A3 format. This indirect increase in versatility greatly affects the overall functionality: the speed of printing on A3 is 19 pages per minute. The increase in the dimensions of consumables naturally affected the hardware of the printer: the installed processor frequency is 1050 MHz, and the memory module has a volume of 2048 MB. Such high performance allows us to solve the global problem of providing streaming services to large offices, for which, in fact, the VersaLink C7000N was created.

Judging by the user reviews, the main advantages of this printer are high print resolution (1200x2400 dpi), a decent resource of 153 thousand copies per month, as well as the availability of a booklet maker, but this feature is rarely used. Considering not the highest cost in the class, the Xerox VersaLink C7000N can easily argue for being the best in its competitive category.

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