May 1995 / BYTE Lab Product Report

29 Printers That Mean Business THE IMPRESSIVE PARTS	Con centrate on the basics, but add color to get the edge - by Michele Guy and John McDonough
11- To 30-PPM Lasers WEIGHTING FOR BEST OVERALL WEIGHTING FOR HIGH-QUALITY BEST OVERALL: Kyocera Ecosys FS-3600A HIGH-QUALITY: Lexmark Optra Rx Kyocera Ec osys FS-3600A Lexmark Optra Rx Virtual Printers	Essential for large workgroups
Price vs. Performance and Features Price vs. Performance and Features
Honorable Mentions Dataproducts Typhoon 20 Epson's Stylus Color Ink Jet Printer The DEClaser 3500	T he Dataproducts Typhoon 20 The Dataproducts Typhoon 20 offers multiple paper-handling options.
6- To 10-PPM Lasers WEIGHTING FOR BEST OVERALL AND LOW-COST BEST OVERALL: QMS 1060 Print System LOW-COST: DEClaser 5100 QMS 1060 Print System DEClaser 5100 Multifunctional Peripherals Toshiba TF505	We tested eight 6- to 10-ppm laser printers, which are well suited for stand-alone use and for small workgroups.
Color Ink-Jets BEST OVERALL: Tektronix Phaser 140 Tektronix Phaser 140	Unless you really need the quality of a color laser printer, why not cut your expenses with one of the seven color ink-jets reviewed here?
Color Lasers BEST OVERALL: Xerox 4900 Color Laser Printer Xerox 4900 Color Laser Printer	Color laser printers are targeted toward business workgroups that require fast, professional output that contains some spot color for logos, charts, and business graphics.
How We Tested Measuring Color Colortron Colorimeter	Our test suite enables us to evaluate a printer's performance (i.e., speed), quality of printed output (with separate tests for monochrome and color), usability, and features.

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