The Kyocera is a real colossus, weighs 30 kg and comes in a huge box. It is also larger than the HP, which should be noted is that the tray absorbs a lot more paper and duplex device also requires space. The printer is packaged very well and therefore should be the exception rather transport damage. Due to its weight and external dimensions he is alone but not so easy to unpack.
Construction and equipment:
I do not know what the people of Kyocera thinking, but the Quick Installation Guide is anything but a quick guide to commissioning. The small pictures without any text are usually anything but self-explanatory, the Transport lock in the picture is probably the toner carriage and when this does not move, the toner cartridges can not be used properly and the cover is not going to. Did they then struggled painfully through the jungle pictures, all set up, heaved the colossus into place and connected, the driver only needs to be installed. For me, the driver CD was going on which detailed guidance is about 236 pages, but also here is not a reasonable guide for commissioning it. After the first time you turn the printer will take a while until all furnished and cleaned and by the way stinks quite formidable. It must be said that this was no longer the case since then.
Operation:
What can I say? Is the Kyocera first ready, so he's really fun. The paper tray can hold a whole 500 pieces and if you like all printers some air between the sides can before loading, then jam should not be a tiresome topic. The printing speed is 26 pages / minute really fast and even with two-sided printing large documents to be printed quickly. The printed result is great, especially for color printing I was very surprised that HP was already good, but this is better by far. Contrast and brilliant and assuming heavy glossy photo paper for photo prints on the bypass tray, what a smooth handover, so the result can be improved further.
Robustness and usage:
About longevity and actual toner usage I can not comment, but agree the data provided by 7000 Print for the black toner and 5000, so is the average consumer a few years have for the color toners his pleasure in it.
Interfaces:
I operate the printer directly via USB, the cable is not included in the delivery and of course he is also network-capable and therefore suitable for office use, especially since there are also paper tray enhancements for this model. An iPhone I no longer own and so I could not test the Airprint interface. The direct printing via USB mass storage port works in principle, but thanks to the small screen is not very easy to use and with PDF documents, it is possible that the wrong font is used, and Times New Roman suddenly as the calligraphy of a student looks. My recommendation: Better print through the PC, with SSD is booted quickly.
Conclusion:
All in all, a good device, which is worth the money, but please love service team by Kyocera, a Quick Installation Guide does not mean that its creation is to go fast, but that is the setting in no time from equip which we practice better again!
