Mono laser printers are still the stalwarts of business and enterprise and in these, shared, workgroup environments there are three key requirements: high speed, low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and good expandability. The economically-named E650dn claims to do well in all three areas.
As you might expect for a workgroup laser printer, the T650dn is a large machine. It's made larger by its duplexer, which rather than being an internal device, sticks out the back, a bit like a coal bunker on the back of a council tenement. It adds an extra 150mm to the depth of the machine and, as the printer itself sits on top of it, raises it by 55mm, too.
The front panel includes a backlit LCD display, buttons to navigate its menus and a number pad that can be used in collaboration with the printer's internal memory to hold jobs and release them only when an operator enters a pin or password at the printer. There's also a front panel USB socket for secure, walk-up printing. These two facilities are becoming increasingly important in many businesses and it's good to see them both here.
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