The years best printers :at a glance
Published January 18, 2008 at 10:43 pm · Filed under Printer / Copier
Once a year, BLI gives awards for the industry’s outstanding printer and MFP line-ups based on the results of its product tests. This year’s winners are Sharp and Ricoh.
Outstanding MFP Line of the Year Award 2007
Sharp
“Ever since the introduction of Sharp’s AR-M350 and AR-M450 in 2001, which were way ahead of their time, Sharp has been steadily building what BLI’s testing has shown is now the industry’s best copier MFP product line. First it expanded its mid-range monochrome line, then it added the colour MX series, which earned Sharp BLI’s award for ‘Colour MFP Line of the Year’ in 2006. Then it introduced its phenomenally reliable production-oriented product series, each of which has earned ‘Highly Recommended’ ratings and ‘Picks’ in their respective segments.”
BLI Managing Editor Daria Hoffman
Outstanding Printer Line of the Year Award 2007
Ricoh
“Ricoh offers printers in every segment of the market, from small workgroup to departmental printers, designed to meet the diverse needs of business users. It has taken top honours for its colour printers two years running and now, after submitting its line of monochrome printers to BLI testing, Ricoh has proven to be the clear choice for this honour, as its products have received more Highly Recommended ratings and ‘Picks’ than any other vendor.”
BLI Senior Printer Analyst Marlene Orr
Pick of the crop
Twice a year BLI announces its ‘Pick’ awards, which are given to the best machines in each of the major printer and MFP categories. The Buyers Lab Autumn 2007 Pick Award Winners are as follows.
Mono Printers
Outstanding Mid-Size Workgroup Monochrome Printer
Dell Workgroup Laser Printer 5210
Outstanding Large Workgroup Monochrome Printer
Ricoh Aficio SP 8100DN
Outstanding Departmental Monochrome Printer
Ricoh Aficio SP 9100DN
Colour Printers
Outstanding Personal Colour Printer
Dell Color Laser Printer 1320c
Outstanding Small Workgroup Colour Printer
HP Color LaserJet CP3505dn
Outstanding Mid-Size Workgroup Colour Printer
InfoPrint 1764dn
Lexmark C782dtn
Outstanding Large Workgroup Colour Printer
InfoPrint 1767
Lexmark C935hdn
Outstanding Critical Colour Printer
Xerox Phaser 8860DN
Monochrome Multifunctional (MFP) Printers
Outstanding Non-Networked Personal Monochrome MFP Printer
Xerox Phaser 3200 MFP/B
Outstanding Networked Personal Monochrome MFP Printer
Canon i-SENSYS MF4690PL
Outstanding Small Workgroup Monochrome MFP Printer
Dell Multifunction Laser 1815dn
Outstanding Mid-Size Workgroup Monochrome MFP Printer
Lexmark X644e
Colour Multifunctional (MFP) Printers
Outstanding Small Workgroup Colour MFP Printer
Xerox Phaser 8860MFP/D
Outstanding Mid-Size Workgroup Colour MFP Printer
HP Color LaserJet CM4730fsk
Outstanding Large Workgroup Colour MFP Printer
InfoPrint 1769
Lexmark X945e
Monochrome MFPs
Outstanding Segment 1 Monochrome MFP
Ricoh Aficio MP 1600 Series
Ricoh Aficio MP 2000 Series
Outstanding Segment 2 Monochrome MFP
Ricoh Aficio MP2500 Series
Outstanding Segment 4 Monochrome MFP
Sharp MX-M450N
Outstanding Segment 5 Monochrome MFP
Sharp MX-M700N/U
Outstanding Segment 6 Monochrome MFP
Sharp MX-M1100
Colour MFPs
Outstanding Segment 2 Colour MFP
Xerox WorkCentre 7328
Outstanding Segment 3 Business Colour MFP
Ricoh Aficio MP C3500
Outstanding Segment 4 Business Colour MFP
Konica Minolta bizhub C451 (41-50ppm)
Xerox WorkCentre 7345 (41-50ppm)
Konica Minolta bizhub C550 (51-60ppm)
Konica Minolta bizhub C650 (61-69ppm)
Outstanding Critical Colour MFPs
Xerox DocuColor 242 (51-60ppm)
Xerox DocuColor 252 (61-69ppm)
Xerox DocuColor 262 (70+ppm)
