HP Color LaserJet 2600n - Expert Reviews

Review summary: With the lowest price of any of the printers reviewed here, HP's Color Laserjet 2600n is an excellent way of achieving high-speed...

Pros: Low price; fast colour printing; quiet with good-quality output

Cons: High running costs; slow mono printing; low-capacity toner cartridges

Verdict: An excellent low-cost introduction to colour laser printing for those who output mainly colour pages in relatively modest amounts. Watch out for the slow mono printing speed, though

Pros: Compact and lightweight, good quality text printing.

Cons: Poor colour printing, too slow, high cost per page.

Verdict: Given the 2600n's high costs per page and lagging print speeds, consider spending more for the much faster and more efficient Dell 3000cn.

Review summary: This simple-to-use model prints very sharp text, but does so slowly, making it best suited for home offices.

Review summary: The $399 HP Color LaserJet 2600n is easy to maintain and is best suited for a small workgroup with modest demands. Lightweight at only 40.5 pounds, the printer is also compact and should squeeze into the most cramped of workspaces.

Pros: Compact footprint

Cons: Lagging print speeds High costs per page

Verdict: The four toner cartridges are the only replaceable parts, and they slide easily into individual slots behind the fold-down front door of the printer. The 2600n comes with full-capacity cartridges, though their rated capacities are modest: just 2500 pages

Review summary: This network-ready colour laser printer is affordable, but we prefer the faster Samsung CLP-510

Pros: Inexpensive; easy to use; great black-text quality

Cons: Prints text slowly; expensive toner; mediocre colour-graphics quality; USB cable not included