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Canon LBP-5000 Reviews

Canon’s LBP-5000 is priced at Rs 29,999, so it doesn’t fit in the entry-level segment. It’s more of a mid-range colour laser. Canon has taken a minimalist design approach, which is OK, but we would have liked an LCD. The two-tone colour is nice, and the clean lines help hide its bulk. The 250-sheet paper tray fits snugly. Eight LEDs indicate different problems such as paper jam, toner empty, warnings, etc. There are no buttons; this is strange, considering the lack of an LCD. The driver is compre-hensive, though, and additional features such as watermarking, manual duplexing, etc., are cer-tainly there. Instead of basing printing on dpi, Canon uses pre-sets such as Graphics, General, etc., and a help box to inform you when to use them. Canon’s
status window is still the best across the printers we tested. While installing the driv-ers, our
machine hung, but a restart fixed it. The LBP-5000 has a single-pass engine, so paper jams are few. Canon claims 8 ppm for both black and colour, and our tests revealed speeds of 7 ppm for black and 6 ppm for colour—commendable. The Combi-document took 23 sec-onds to print.
In terms of quality, the LBP-5000 delivers results as good as the HP LaserJet 2600n. 2-point
text is clearly legible, reverse text (yellow on black) printed well, colour gradations were smooth
across colour bands, and even the photo document was flaw-lessly reproduced with minimal loss of detail or tonal deviation. Cartridges cost Rs 17,680. The ratings say you will get 2,500
black prints, and that colour car-tridges are good for 2,000 prints. The cost per page works out to Rs 1.60 for black and Rs 2.24 for colour, which is really expensive. The Canon LBP-5000 delivers on speed and print quality, but loses out badly on price—in terms of initial investment as
well as running costs.
Specifications:
600 dpi; 8 ppm (black and colour); 8 MB memory plus system memory used; 250-sheet paper cassette; USB 2.0; optional Ethernet...

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