November 1995 / BYTE Lab Product Report

12 Network Printers Set The Pace Built for Speed	Keep those print jobs rolling with these fast, 16- to 32-page-per-minute networked laser printers and stay ahead of the paper flow - by Jim Kane
16- To 20-PPM Printers Weighting for Best Overall Weighting for High Quality Best Overall: Xerox 4520mp Desktop Laser Printer High-Quality: Lexmark Optra Lx Macintosh: Kyocera Ecosys FS-3600A Xerox 4520mp Desktop Laser Printer Lexmark Optra Lx Kyocera Ecosys FS-3600A	For most needs, one of the nine 16- to 20-ppm laser printers that we tested should be fas t enough for midsize offices with 25 to 75 users wired to a network.
20- To 32-PPM Printers B est Overall: QMS 3225 Print System High-Quality: QMS 3225 Print System Macintosh: QMS 3225 Print System QMS 3225 Print System QMS 3225 Print System QMS 3225 Print System	The three high-end network printers we tested -- the Dataproducts Typhoon 30, QMS 3225 Print System, and Xerox 4230/MRP -- are all built for speed and durability.
Network-Printer-Management Software MarkVision Printer Utility	Most network printers come bundled with software for managing printers from across the network.
Honorable Mentions Xerox 4230/MRP Dataproducts Typhoon 30	Masochistic as it may sound, we actually enjoyed clearing paper jams with a couple of these printers.
Dubious Achievement Senseless Sensing Tabs	Although the QMS 3225 Print System has many attributes we like, it has one feature that we really can't stand: Page Sensing Tabs for the paper-input trays.
How We Tested Project Manager Jim Kane, Hard at Work	To pick the top network laser printers, we test the devices' performance (i.e., speed), quality of printed output, features, and usability.

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