With a price above 30k, first question is why anyone would go for this
monochrome laser printer when market is filled with MFDs that can perform
additional tasks. We were trying to answer this by checking features, print
speed, and print quality of this device. LBP 3370 comes with zero-warm up time
based on On-Demand Fixing technology that uses ceramic heater. Other
technological advances in this device are Ultra Fast Rendering II technology
combined with Load balancing technique (between computer and printer) that
results in fast document processing and printing. Compression technique used in
LBP 3370 is H-SCoA (High smart compression architecture) that compresses print
data into more manageable size. It comes with USB 2.0, network printing
capability and maximum resolution of 2400 x 600. 64 MB internal memory adds to
efficiency of this device.
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In our test setup, LB 3370 was able to print first page in excellent time of
less than 7 seconds, 2 seconds less than LBP 3360 (rev in June 2007). To print
one page of graphics this device took almost same time. Quality of text was
excellent as expected from laser printer. One more test to check quality of
print was by printing character of font 2 and 4, print was crisp and clear. In
one minute LB 3370 was able to print 26 pages, 6 more than LBP 3360.
Bottomline: If you sneed high speed monochrome
laser printer for your small business, go for this product.