For nearly a year, DigitalBenchmarks Lab has had hot and cold running printers, with different models coming and going just about every week. We put each through its paces – testing for speed, performance, image quality, value, media costs and so forth, comparing it to others meant for the same market – write the review (most often for
Computer Shopper at present, since we’re doing almost all their printer reviews), then pack it up, ship it out and set up the next one.
It’s become an interesting routine, but last week, we had to laugh, when we received delivery – one after the other – of a teeny 2.63 pound Sony DPP-FP97 Digital Photo Printer, a sensible 31 pound Lexmark X204n monochrome laser all-in-one, and a humongous 189-pound, 44" HP Designjet Z3200 Photo fine art giclee printer.
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