subject: Canon LBP7200Cdn Review [print this page] Canon produces lots of laser printer engines, not only for itself, and the i-SENSYS LBP7200Cdn implements a fresh in-line design which decreases the overall length of the machine, whilst still giving it a fairly low profile.
That's not to say this is a discreet printer; it really is quite big for an A4 device with a rating of 20ppm, although it does contain duplex print as standard. Coloured in cream and light grey, its design and style is actually quite unexceptional, having a curved front edge and two independent handles intended for pulling down covers.
A drawer at the bottom of the front panel retains up to 250 sheets of plain paper and another tray, of the identical volume, may be installed as an option. The model claims to be for small workgroups, therefore we'd really like to get a higher capacity tray as standard. A simple 50-sheet multi-purpose tray at the rear of the fold-down front panel, though, thus an all round default capability of 300 sheets is not bad.
The control panel is certainly not special, with no LCD screen as well as only eight indicator lights pertaining to consumables' status as well as error issues. There is a solitary button so that you can cancel an active print job, although in our assessments the machine seemed to be pretty happy to continue turning out pages despite the fact the cancel light was flashing.
At the back are sockets intended for USB as well as Ethernet, each standard, yet there is not any wireless selection. You can, nevertheless, make use of a third-party wireless print server without having a lot of trouble.
The Canon i-SENSYS LBP7200Cdn toner cartridges happen to be furnished within a pullout holder, which is to be found once you have folded down the entirety of the printer's front panel. They are four small tidy units, with capacities of 3,400 pages for mono as well as 2,900 pages with regard to each individual colour. Yields are fair although, as is so typical, Canon provides 1,400 and 1,200 page 'starter' cartridges with the appliance.
There's definitely not much in the way of software programs, besides a driver plus a consumables monitor. Drivers are provided for Windows 2000, XP as well as Vista, as well as for versions of OS X above 10.4.1. No Linux support is listed.
Our five-page examination jobs resulted in speeds of 10ppm, so merely fifty percent what is stated, however for extended documents of 20 pages the rate increases to 15.6ppm, more than three quarters of the claimed speed.
This device comes with an internal duplexer. The exact same 20-page document, when printed duplex, delivered a speed of 8.6spm, or 4.3ppm, that's disappointingly poor.
Monochrome text is well-defined as well as tidy, if not really as black as from other lasers we have looked over.
Colour artwork are bright as well as eye-catching, along with hardly any indication of fill patterns plus excellent registration of monochrome text above coloured backgrounds. Colours are usually top notch and also lively therefore you wouldn't be ashamed to hand full-colour documents printed on this device to valued clients.
Our sample photo print is likewise nicely reproduced for a laser printer. There's almost no hint of banding and sleek colour fills are in evidence all through. Foreground detail is well-defined and precise and shows nicely within shadowed aspects of the pictures nicely as in really brightly lit up ones.
The i-SENSYS LBP7200Cdn is a good mid-range colour laser printer, which is straightforward to manage and also creates high quality print with respect to text, graphics and also pictures. Speed is acceptable. This is a decent all-round colour device.
