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Laser printing is digital printing that involves a xerographic printing process in which the image is generated as a laser beam is directly scanned across the printerâ??s photoreceptor, to produce text and graphics of high quality on plain paper.

The speed of Laser printers is contingent on a several factors including the graphic intensity of the job being processed and differs greatly with the fastest black and white modes printing over 200 monochrome pages and colour modes a 100 colour pages, per minute. Printers of such speeds are typically utilized for mass mailing of personalised documents like credit card or utility bills and are now vying with lithography in some commercial applications.

Furthermore, various factors go into determining the cost of laser printing, such as the price of paper, toner, and the replacement of the drum or other consumables like fuser and transfer assembly. Printers with soft drum can have very high cost of ownership which does not become apparent until the drum requires replacement.

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HP LaserJet M553x

HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M553dn


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HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M553x
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M277dw
HP Color LaserJet Pro M252dw
Samsung Multifunction Xpress M2885FW
Brother HL-L2300D
HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M553dn
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M277dw
HP Color LaserJet Pro M252dw
Samsung Multifunction Xpress M2885FW
Brother HL-L2300D
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Release Date
May 2015
Jun 2015
Oct 2015
Jul 2015
Apr 2015
Printer Type
Laser, Printer Only, Standard All-Purpose
Laser, All-In-One
Laser, Printer Only
Laser, All-In-One
Laser, Printer Only
Output Type
1-pass color
1-pass color
1-pass color
Monochrome
Monochrome
Platform
Linux, Mac OS, Windows
Linux, Mac OS, Windows
Linux, Mac OS, Windows
Linux, Mac OS, Windows
Cost Per Page (Mono)
1.7 cents
3.2 cents
3.2 cents
2.7 cents
3.5 cents
Cost Per Page (Color)
10.9 cents
16.3 cents
16.3 cents
Maximum Resolution(BW) - Horizontal
1200.0 dpi
600.0 dpi
600.0 dpi
600.0 dpi
Maximum Resolution(BW) - Vertical
1200.0 dpi
600.0 dpi
600.0 dpi
4800.0 dpi

With a wider range of features, better speed, and slightly better print quality than the Editors' Choice HP M551dn, the HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M553x is an excellent printer, but it sells for a substantially higher price.

  If nothing else, this LaserJet is small and handsome as color lasers go, and it is loaded with features for the price.

This isn’t bad for a colour laser in this price range.

Prints, scans, copies, and faxes.

Add in its fast speed and more-than-acceptable output quality, and it's an easy pick as our Editors' Choice low-cost, personal monochrome laser printer.