Cannon LBP-5050

In the era of MFDs and with a price tag of 21k, this laser printer is meant

for personal or small office use. The printer comes in two versions with and

without network connectivity(LBP-5050 and LBP-5050N). The one we received in our

labs was without network intercase switch. This color printer uses Cannon

Advanced Printing Technology (CAPT 3.0) with Hi-SCoA for fast printing and comes

with zero-warm up time that means just press a button and print. This is due to

On-Demand Fixing technology that uses ceramic heater. Other worth mentioning

features include built-in 16 MB RAM, two paper feeds,tray cassette capable of

holding 150 A4 sheets and USB 2.0 support. This printer can print up to 600x600

DPI resolution for mono and up to 9600x600 DPI for color print.

To test this printer, we carried out performance tests in our labs and we

found out that it took under 5 seconds to boot,and we were able to print a A4

border less photo in 36 seconds. Besides, we were able to print 12 monochrome

and 8 color pages per minute. Xerox Phaser 6180 (reviewed in October 2008)was

able to print 26 monochrome and 10 color pages per minute, but for this

performance you have to pay double (Rs 44,595). Quality of print for both color

and mono was excellent with color printer showing excellent details and

sharpness.

Bottomline: Owing to its excellent print quality, this one is for

individuals who have an eye for detail.