Dell Color Laser Printer 1320c - Expert Reviews

Review summary: With a footprint barely bigger than many A4 inkjet printers, the new 1320c is Dell's smallest colour laser to date.Refreshingly, the 1320c also lacks the hernia-inducing properties of many colour lasers

Pros: Lightweight for a laser, Good driver software, Fast in operation

Cons: No Ethernet connectivity, Frequent need to change cartridges

Verdict: Compact, quick and produces reasonable quality prints

Pros: Affordable ; can be upgraded to network printer ; fast color printing

Cons: Does not support auto-duplexing ; cannot accept a second paper tray

Verdict: With its relatively small footprint and solid performance, the Dell 1320C brings quality color laser printing to the small- or home-office market at a price that's hard to beat.

Review summary: Dell's Color Laser Printer 1320c offers surprisingly good color quality for a low acquisition price. Its toner is expensive, however, and its control panel is confusing.

Pros: Great photo quality; easy setup Toner cartridges are easy to replace

Cons: High toner cost per page Confusing control panel

Verdict: Inkjets still tend to handle color better than lasers do, but the Color Laser Printer 1320c strikes an impressive balance. It plodded through plain-text documents at a mere 12.4 pages per minute; all fonts looked slightly thick but otherwise precise. ...

Review summary: Dell's Color Laser Printer 1320c offers surprisingly good color quality for a low acquisition price. Its toner is expensive, however, and its control panel is confusing.

Pros: Great photo quality ; easy setup, Toner cartridges are easy to replace

Cons: High toner cost per page, Confusing control panel

Verdict: This printer costs little to buy, more to resupply; color quality is impressive.

Review summary: Compared with the frankly enormous, weighty colour laser printers that typified the market a few years ago, some of the latest 'personal' colour lasers have footprints barely larger than an A4 inkjet.

Pros: Compact, Speedy

Cons: Slightly expensive

Verdict: A worthy addition to the ranks of compact laser printers, if not quite the best there is