The Okidata C5200 printer is moderately priced at around $800, making it, along with its 42127401 toner, one of the most affordable color laser printers around. It has been on the market for about six years, but a lot of people are still interested in it because it provides solutions that no other laser printer can offer. We are going to review the specifications that have made this model one of the best-selling laser printers of its time.
It is important to get a printer that is fast enough to handle multiple users. The C5200 isn’t always the fastest laser printer out there, but its speed is enough to handle most print jobs. For monochrome prints, it averaged 24 pages per minute, while for color prints it was able to get around 16 pages per minute.
A printer doesn’t just need to print fast, they also need quality. The quality of the text from the Okidata printer was excellent. The text was even legible at 4 points. However, the same cannot be said for color printing. Color and photographic prints showed signs of fading.
Cost is something to check because an office can spend hundreds of dollars just to print. Oki C5200 ink and toner were able to produce prints that can cost 2 cents per page, which is good for a device that costs less than a thousand dollars. However, color printing is a bit pricey, costing around 14.1 cents per page.
With a duty cycle of 50,000 pages in a month, this puts the C5200 a cut above the rest. It is capable of providing an average of 20,000 more pages compared to other laser printers in its class. The combined total of all your paper trays can handle up to 930 sheets. The Okidata printer is also network compatible as it has an Ethernet port. It does not require any special configuration. Just plug it into your router and it will configure itself. Since the printer can be connected directly to a router, you don’t need a dedicated computer to be your server. Anyone on the network will be able to use it. You can also connect directly via USB.
Black and color print resolution can support up to 1200 x 600 dots per inch or dpi. An optional duplex printing device is available for around $300 if you find you need to print on both sides of the paper. The size of the Okidata C5200 printer is comparable to a large toaster oven, which is good for an $800 printer. However, it weighs 57.3 lbs. Moving it from one place to another will literally break your back. Put it in a convenient place so you don’t have to move it every time you need it.
It is powered by a powerful 200MHz process and 32MB built-in memory. Both the processor and memory can handle a small office. However, if the printer freezes, you can expand the memory up to 288 MB. In addition, the feeder can accept almost any type of paper.
