Personal laser winner
Lexmark C540n
Verdict
Fast, top-quality prints, good running costs and a competitive price make the Lexmark our new favourite colour laser printer
Review Date: 27 Nov 2009
Price when reviewed: £0
Overall Rating
Alternative products
Brother HL-2270DW
All the features a home office needs, with the added bonus of impressive speed and quality as well
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Comparison
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Brother HL-2270DW
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Lexmark C540n
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| Details | ||
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| Part Code | HL-2270DW | 43212105 |
| Review Date | 26 Oct 2010 | 27 Nov 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £121 | £180 |
| Price inc VAT | £142 | £207 |
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| Speed rating | 6 | |
| Printer language & OS Support | ||
| PCL level | 6 | |
| PostScript level | 3 | |
| Basic Specifications | ||
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| Resolution printer final | 2400 x 600dpi | 1200 x 1200dpi |
| Rated/quoted print speed | 26PPM | 21PPM |
| Maximum paper size | A4 | A4 |
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| Consumables | ||
| Monthly duty cycle | 35,000 pages | |
| Drum life | N/A | |
| Fuser life | N/A | |
| Transfer-belt life | N/A | |
| Standard mono toner life | 1,200 pages | 1,000 pages |
| High-yield mono toner life | 2,600 pages | 2,500 pages |
| Standard colour toner life | 1,000 | |
| High-yield colour toner life | 2,000 pages | |
| Supplied mono toner life | 1,200 pages | 2,500 pages |
| Supplied colour toner life | 2,000 | |
| Power and noise | ||
| Peak noise level | 47.0dB(A) | |
| Dimensions | 368 x 360 x 183mm (WDH) | 424 x 400 x 292mm (WDH) |
| Performance tests | ||
| Mono print speed (measured) | 24.0ppm | 20ppm |
| Colour print speed | N/A | 20ppm |
| Media Handling | ||
| Input tray capacity | 250 sheets | 251 sheets |
| Output tray capacity | 100 sheets | |
| Connectivity | ||
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| Ethernet connection? |
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| Bluetooth connection? |
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| WiFi connection? |
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| PictBridge port? |
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| Other connections | none | |
| OS Support | ||
| Operating system Windows 7 supported? |
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| Operating system Windows Vista supported? |
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| Operating system Windows XP supported? |
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| Operating system Windows 2000 supported? |
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| Operating system Windows 98SE supported? |
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| Other operating system support | Novell Netware, Novell Open Enterprise Server, Sun Solaris SPARC, Sun Solaris x86, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux (various) | |
