If at least once we passed in front of an electronics or IT shop we will have noticed that, when it comes to printers, one of the parameters that is hardly mentioned or explained correctly is that relating to the speed of printing. So if we intend to buy a fast printer, we will only have the " pages per minute " parameter (often abbreviated as PPM ), which can say all or nothing. In this guide we will show you in detail which are the fastest printers for each type of scenario (color or black and white printing) and at the end of the guide we will also see a series of selected fast printers on the Amazon store. In this way, we will be able to equip our office or our workplace at home with a decidedly faster printer than a random choice without criteria.
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1) How to recognize a fast printer
The parameters to be considered in order to choose a fast printer "in the dark" (ie without actually seeing it at work) in any online or physical store are:
- The printer is laser ">
- Is the printer multifunctional ? If we also want a scanner and copier without using a PC, it is better to focus on a multifunction model.
If instead we only need printing, we save something and focus on "printer only" models.
- What should we print? It might seem like a silly question, but knowing in advance what we will print during the year is essential in order to choose the right printer. Buying a color printer to print only photocopies and text documents is a waste of money and very expensive toner money.
- How many sheets can we load? This is linked to all the other previous features since, if we need great printing speed, we also need a very large sheet container. The minimum capacity of a laser printer should be 100 sheets, but multiple reams fit into various compartments on larger printers, so that you can print many more sheets for hours on end.
After this small overview of the features to watch for choosing a fast printer, we can divide the choice between two common scenarios in which we can reflect ourselves:
- If we want maximum speed and we only print documents, we take a monochrome laser printer: it will change our lives, even in the home!
- If we also print photos or documents with graphs and diagrams, we take a single-pass color laser printer, so as to have an adequate printing speed.
2) Faster printers: buying guide
We see in this part of the guide the fastest printers that you can buy online on Amazon, so you can save something.
The best monochrome laser printers that we can view are.
- HP LaserJet Pro M15W (€ 59): up to 18-19 pages per minute
- Brother HL-1110 (€ 64): up to 20 pages per minute
- Epson WorkForce AL-M300DN (76 €): up to 35 pages per minute
Instead the best color laser printers that we can view are:
- Brother HL-3140CW (€ 157): up to 18 pages per minute, both in color and in black and white
- HP Pro M254nw (179 €): up to 21 pages per minute, both in color and in black and white
- Brother HLL3230CDWYY1 (204 €): up to 18 pages per minute, both in color and in black and white
For offices and for the most demanding there are multifunction laser printers, both in color and in black and white, which we can view in the following list:
- Brother MFCL2710DW (€ 158): monochrome, up to 30 pages per minute
- Brother DCPL3550CDWYY1 (€ 283): in color, up to 18 pages per minute
- HP Pro M281fdw (€ 297): in color, up to 21 pages per minute
- Canon I-Sensys MF 643 CDW (€ 356): in color, up to 18 pages per minute
If, on the other hand, we are on the hunt for primatists, that is , printers that print in record time :
- HP D3Q20B Page Wide Pro 477dw (€ 436): inkjet printer with fast nozzles, up to 50 pages per minute in black and white, up to 40 pages per minute in color.
- OKI C911dn (2568 €): professional office laser printer with LED technology, A3 printing support, color, automatic duplex and 50 pages per minute.
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