Stiftung Warentest: Laser printer test
In the October 2014 edition, Stiftung Warentest took a close look at laser printers from all major manufacturers: Faster, sharper and more reliable, was the testers' verdict. We show you which laser printer did particularly well in the test in our summary of the most important results.
Product test in the laser printer check: 3 categories - 3 first places for Samsung
Stiftung Warentest tested seven black and white laser printers and 8 multifunction devices in issue 10/2014:
- Black and white laser printer: The Samsung Xpress M2835DW is among its peers with the grade 1.8 ("good"). With only two seconds per page, it is particularly fast and at the same time uses very little toner. The price is around 145 euros.
- Black-and-white laser multifunction printer: The Samsung Xpress M2070W performed best in the three-way battle "print-scan-fax" and received the rating "good" (grade 2.2). Printing and scanning worked quickly and in commendable quality, only when copying the experts were not entirely enthusiastic about color pages and photos. The price was around 140 euros.
- Color laser multifunction printer: The Samsung Xpress C460W with a price of around 220 euros belongs to the middle class among the color laser multinationals, masters printing, scanning and copying but without any noteworthy problems - top! Only the toner costs of almost 20 cents per color page and 1.20 euros for an A4 photo are about twice as high as those of the competition. The price for the device is around 220 euros.
Laser printer: The affordable alternative in 3rd place
- If Samsung's black-and-white laser printer is too expensive for you, you can also choose the Canon i-SENSYS LPB 6020B. This costs about 65 euros.
- The bargain is about as handy as the test winner and only makes small compromises on color pages. The printing speed is also exemplary. The only drawback: the printing costs are slightly higher. But with cheap foreign ink or inexpensive toner in online shops you can save up to 70 percent.
- All details about the test can be found at test.de.
Unbeatable: The most economical printer ever at Stiftung Warentest
In the previous test (October 2013), Stiftung Warentest announced a sensation: a toner printer undercuts all laser printers. In this test of the latest laser printer models, too, no printer came close to the test winner from 2013. The printing price for the OfficeJet Pro X476dw is one cent per page. No other printer has come up with this value so far.
Samsung, on the other hand, sees product testing in front of Brother and Oki
A look at the CHIP leaderboards puts two other laser printers into focus.
- The Oki B431dn tops the best list of black and white laser printers with a "very good". The special feature: It prints incredibly quickly in top quality at a significantly cheaper price (1.52 cents / page).
- The Brother HL 4570cdw tops the list of color laser printers. It prints faster than everyone else, but is also more expensive at just under 400 euros.