A direct competitor to the Dell Smart Printer S2830dn, our Editors' Choice entry level monochrome laser printer, the Canon imageClass LBP251dw ($209) comes close to the Dell model in print speed, print quality and features, and its list price is $70 less. But it falls a little short in one key area, the per-page cost of toner. This may seem insignificant, but if you print a few thousand pages or so each month, even a 1 cent difference in the cost per page (CPP) will cost you significantly over the life of the printer, far more than that $70 price difference. Otherwise, the LBP251dw is an outstanding low-priced monochrome laser printer, making it an excellent alternative to the Dell S2830dn for low to moderate volume output in a home based or small office, or as a personal monochrome laser printer.
A stage up from the Canon imageClass LBP151dw, another best pick, the LBP251dw measures 11.8 by 15.8 by 14.9 inches (HWD) and weighs 27.2 pounds with the toner cartridge installed, which makes it somewhat bigger and around 8 pounds heavier than the Canon LBP151dw kin, and comparative in size to the Dell S2830dn. The similarly valued Epson WorkForce Pro WF-M5194, an independent monochrome inkjet laser elective, is a couple of inches more extensive, yet generally about a similar size and weight. What's more, HP's more affordable, and less fit, LaserJet Pro M102w is essentially littler and around 17 pounds lighter.
The LBP251dw's paper input limit is 300 sheets, split between a 250 sheet tape and a 50 sheet multipurpose plate. On the off chance that 300 sheets are insufficient, you can add on a 500 sheet tape ($199.99), bringing input ability to 800 pages from three separate sources. The Dell S2830dn's default input limit is 50 sheets higher, expandable to 900 sheets by means of one 550 sheet cabinet, while the Canon LPB151dw holds up to 256 sheets, with no extension choices; the Epson WF-M5194 monochrome inkjet can be redesigned from its default 330 sheets to 580.
The greatest month to month obligation cycle for the LBP251dw is 50,000 pages, which is a large portion of that of the Dell S2830dn. It's still superior to the Canon LBP151dw (15,000 pages) and HP's LaserJet Pro M102w (10,000 pages). The Epson WF-M5194 monochrome inkjet's most extreme month to month rating is 45,000 pages, which is only 5,000 pages lower than the LBP251dw.
Arrangement and observing, for example, setting security alternatives and checking toner status, can be taken care of from either the control board, which comprises of a few catches, a 10 number keypad, and a 3.5 inch monochrome content show, or by means of an implicit secure site you can access from processing gadgets on your system or over the web.
Network and Security
The LBP251dw's network choices incorporate Wi-Fi, 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet interfacing with a solitary PC by means of USB 2.0, and Wi-Fi Direct. The last is a distributed system that enables you to associate your cell phone to the printer without it is possible that it or the printer being associated with a system.
Security comprises of the standard IEEE801.1x, SNMPv3, HTTPS and IPSEC arrange conventions, and in addition Department ID Management for checking use and securing access for particular people or gatherings of people (divisions). You can, for example, piece particular clients from getting to specific highlights, or from printing by any means, or require that specific people sign in to a record on the printer before being permitted to print.
Respectable Speed at the Cost
Like most Canon laser printers, the LBP251dw is designed out of the crate to default to two sided printing as a cash sparing measure; thus, I tried it in both two sided (duplex) and uneven (simplex) modes, over Ethernet from our standard testbed Intel Core i5-prepared PC running Windows 10 proficient. Ordinance rates the LBP251dw's two-sided print speed at 16 pages for every moment (ppm) and its uneven mode at 30ppm.
When printing a two sided adaptation of our 12 pages Microsoft Word content record, the LPB251dw oversaw 14.8ppm, or only 1.2ppm short of its 16ppm rating. The Dell S2830dn oversaw 21.6ppm when printing duplex pages. The Canon LBP151dw was tried with a past procedure, subsequently making utilizing its outcomes here temperamental. What's more, since neither the HP M102w nor the Epson WF-M5194 default to two sided printing, we didn't record their duplex outcomes amid testing. When printing our 12-page Word report in simplex mode, the LBP251dw demonstrated a throughput of 30.1ppm. The Dell S2830DN came in a little more than 7ppm higher, however the LBP251dw outpaced both the Epson WF-M5194 and the HP M102w by, at least 10ppm.
To test the LBP251dw's printing oomph on more unpredictable records, I timed it as it produced a few discrete vivid designs and photograph loaded Acrobat, Excel, and PowerPoint archives, and afterward joined those print times with the outcomes from the past Word report test, to concoct a normal for printing our whole suite of test reports. The LBP251dw oversaw 1 minute 44 seconds on this piece of our test, which is 4 seconds behind the Dell S2830dn, 3 seconds speedier than the Epson WF-M5194, and the greater part a moment slower than the HP M102w.
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You wouldn't regularly utilize a monochrome printer to print photographs; all things being equal, I tried the LBP251dw's photo printing ability in any case. Between the gadget itself and its drivers, it changed over our test 4 by 6 inch depictions to grayscale and printed them at a normal of 7 seconds. That is no less than 4 seconds behind alternate printers examined here, with the slowest, the Dell S2830dn, falling behind by well more than 10 seconds.
Gorgeous Output
Like most Canon laser printers I've taken a gander at, the LBP251dw's general yield quality was better than expected for a monochrome laser printer, particularly such a minimal effort one. Content yield is better than expected, near typesetter quality, with very much molded characters down to around 4 or 5 focuses. Diagrams, charts, and PowerPoint presents with dim fills and inclination foundations (however all in grayscale) printed with no discernable banding or blotching in our tests, and hairlines (1 point and littler) turned out very much outlined.
Photographs, as well, printed with great detail in appealing grayscale that did the full shading firsts equity. Truly, the pictures weren't as noteworthy as when they're imprinted in shading, yet they're more than appropriate for incorporation in presents, pamphlets, and other highly contrasting special material.
Day to Day Operational Costs
Given all there is to like about the LBP251dw, its 3 cent CPP, while mostly competitive with several other entry level monochrome laser printers, is too high compared with the Dell S2830dn's 2 cent CPP. Keep in mind that a 1 cent difference in running costs will, for every 5,000 pages you print, cost (or save) you $50. Not so much, you say? Say that you own and use the printer for four years, and in that time, you print 100,000 pages (that's slightly more than 2,000 pages per month). A 1 cent CPP difference will cost you $500, more than enough to buy two more LBP251dw models, with money left over for toner.
In other words, the more you print, the more the CPP matters. That said, the HP M102w's running costs are just shy of 1 cent higher than the LBP251dw; the Canon LBP151dw costs a half a cent more per page to use; and the Epson WF-M5194 inkjet laser alternative delivers running costs of 1.4 cents lower than the LBP251dw's, making that inkjet laser alternative's CPP 0.4 cent lower than the Dell S2830dn's. (At that rate printing 50,000 pages, the Epson WF-M5194 is $700 cheaper to use than the LBP251dw).
A Highly Capable Monochrome Laser
Ordinance's moderately little imageClass LBP251dw prints content, and grayscale designs and photographs and in addition or superior to most other monochrome laser printers, and it does as such at a decent clasp and an aggressive cost for every page. Be that as it may, Dell's Smart Printer S2830dn conveys tantamount quality, speedier print speeds, double the month to month obligation cycle, and lower running expenses, for not significantly more cash. All things considered, there's next to no to despise about the LBP251dw. It's a fine section level monochrome laser printer, and a feasible answer for locally established and little workplaces and workgroups that require fantastic yield at generally quick speeds.
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