Lexmark CX820de
One printer to do it all, almost
Up until this point we’ve looked at printers that do one or two things well, the Lexmark CX820de is a jack of all trades and sports a number of features to back that up.
For starters the CX820de is fast capable of print speeds of 50 pages per minute, that’s almost a page a second! What’s more is that this printer is able to keep that speed up whether printing in colour or black and white. The printer’s maximum monthly duty cycle is also rather high at 200 000 pages per month.
This printer is also perfectly suited to offices with high print demands, the black, cyan, magenta and yellow toner cartridges included in the box are rated for 8 000 prints.
Sadly where this printer falls short is the fact that it doesn’t support A3 prints. With that having been said, you are getting a number of more business minded features such as the ability to scan searchable PDFs.
The CX820de supports a wide range of operating systems which means it should blend into your office environment without too much fussing.
In terms of connectivity Lexmark’s machine offers up gigabit ethernet (the only one in our spread of printers) optional wireless connectivity and the usual swathe of USB ports for printing directly from a thumb drive.
Of course with big printers you need to take power consumption into account and while the Kyocera printer seemed power hungry it’s hardly as bad as this beast.
In sleep mode the CX820de consumes an average of 3.2W but once it starts copying power consumption shoots up to 870W. While printing the power consumption is a more reasonable 760W.
The printer weighs in at 82.3kg and will reach a peak noise level of 58dBa while copying.
Overall the Lexmark is a solid work-horse designed for workspaces that have extremely high printing demands. It also helps that the CX820de has a number of business-centric features so you don’t have to buy multiple printers. Unless you need to print in A3 of course.
