The Dell M5200 Printer features packed features and affordable price tags with this cost-effective monochrome laser printer. It has a rather fast printing capabilities, allowing it to print up to 35 pages per minute. This makes it easy for users to print their documents, manuscripts and different files without waiting for a rather long time. It also has an Ethernet port, which lets you connect it to your network.
This printer weighs about 45 pounds, and has measurements of 17.2" x 20.2", in its 16-inch high casing. The black-grayish plastic case has a curved front so it doesn't look too squarish at all. It features a single line LCD display in front, one USB port and one Ethernet port at the back, although remember that the cables are not included.
The front panel easily allows you to change your toner cartridge. It also has the multipurpose tray for thicker media, letterheads and small envelopes. The paper path at the back keeps up to 500 sheets of paper straight.
The Dell M5200 Printer's base model, the 5200n, comes with a RAM of 64MB. Should you wish to upgrade, it can take up to 640MB. This allows different users to customize the printer's capabilities. There are also other optional upgrades, such as the extra paper trays, a dedicated feeder for envelopes, a duplexing unit, and sheet drawers. When fully equipped with all the upgrades, it can take up to 2,600 sheets of paper - fairly enough for high volume printing needs of businesses.
The printer comes with a CD, and it also guides you to install the printer into your network. It supports Windows operating systems, and even Novell and Linux, so you won't have any problems of using different operating systems across your network.
Upon installing the Dell M5200 printer software, it also makes an icon in your desktop which gives you links to order cartridges. You may choose to order via the internet or through the phone. It also gives links to various paper media and toner cartridges to keep your printer in top condition.
It can print resolutions of up to 1200 x 1200 DPI, so you're sure that details are always there in your documents and black & white imaged. In addition, it also takes paper sizes like A4 and legal-sized. With laser sharp prints and a rather decent graphics and images printed in black & white, this Dell printer can surely be at par with other more expensive printers.
This Dell printer averages 10 to 11 pages per minute when printing graphics. It offers a nice and gradual shading on photos and pictures, and decent levels in drawings and lines when printing various graphics.
Overall, the Dell M5200 printer is a definitely useful laser printer to any home or business network. Toner might be a bit costly, but it can yield around 18000 to 3200 pages in one Dell Laser M5200 laser toner. With such high volume yields, you won't be buying Dell printer toner as often as you did before. Think of it as a rather good investment for your business, with the returns of providing you a fast solution for printing your needed documents.
