The toner cartridge looks cheap and their handling a bit bulky. Otherwise, the printer is ready to welcome quickly.
The printer offers when using the network interface to a management website. This makes all the settings of the small operator menu on the top panel. In addition, print settings can be made, which will take effect if one uses it as a plain text printer. The portal also offers all the modern functions of IT security, so administrators can be set up and limit the access otherwise. Even encrypted access is possible. The printer can print status emails to send, but also receive for printing. Furthermore, it can be moved expressed over NetBEUI, LPD, FTP, IPP, Raw and WSD. Overall, the printer qualified by also suitable for use in large workgroups. Whether it's rugged enough for it, I can not say for a month.
Choosing the paper source between Cassette or MP tray is carried out at the printer unfortunately using the media type that you want to print. Therefore, the printer prints not necessarily loaded in the MP tray medium when leaving the setting for Paper Source on automatic source selection. In addition, the MP tray is set to the paper type "labels". You have in the print settings either the media type also suitable choose (what we have never thought in time) or just specify the source, which then still valid for the next printing. The choice of the media type matching paper source makes contrast with the differentiation of several cassettes sense that you indeed can also be retrofitted.
The printer controls an eco-print image, saving really clearly visible on toner. Correspondence I would not write it, but for reading concepts or the like that is fine. For eco concept also includes the duplex capability of the printer and that his driver multiple pages per sheet support, which is still not over it each application itself.
Print speed is laser-usual fast. The printing of multiple pages at a stretch is not liquid and is interrupted by pauses, which pass through the repeatedly re-startup of the mechanics, the printing time in the length. Since we have connected the printer via Ethernet, only the processing speed of the computer or the printer's memory offer themselves as the cause of what we have not been able to clarify. In any case, not every result page prepared fast enough before the previous sheet is out and the printer already touring the mill down again.
The power requirements of the printer varies at startup and pressures between 400-800W and is during standby with fan running at 10W. After a minute, he goes into a sleep mode with 6W consumption and after another five minutes to sleep with 1W power consumption. When two power he is no longer heard. The times are adjustable.
Overall, the printer is good both for beginners and for experienced power users and for professional workgroups. In principle, you can unpack it and immediately begin printing. The functionality is extensive and adjusted in many details thanks to sophisticated software. At the same time, the printer provides the well-known from other laser printers in the print image quality.