Epson AcuLaser M2300D Cartridge Review

The Epson AcuLaser M2300D printer is neither tiny or interestingly fashioned. Basically, it's a substantial mass of plastic, and there's no tangible signs of Epson attempting to do a single thing to try to make it more appealing.

The design and style, using the conventional laser formula, is good enough however, with the paper being fed in via the durable tray at the base, and then popping out into the large output tray carved into the top. And the input capacity is actually significant. A 250-sheet tray as well as an additional 50-sheet tray adds up to lots of prospective paper for an nearly sub-£100 product. Should that not be sufficient, it is possible to bolt on an supplementary 250-sheet tray - placing anywhere up to 550 sheets at your convenience. Memory might also be enhanced.

The M2300D printer feels and looks strong on the exterior, although we weren't as pleased with the inside design. Indeed, it took us practically 20 minutes to install the somewhat clumsy toner cartridge

The M2300D is certainly not a quiet unit, by any stretch of the imagination, and it ended up being hard to disregard it when it was churning through page after page. Inside an office setting, that may be less likely to become an issue, but if you are looking for a muted model for the purpose of a home office, this is not going to be ideally suited.

PCL6 (HP's printer command language) support is supplied within the M2300D, and even though there isn't any network interface with this model, an enhanced edition, the M2300DN costs an additional £40 and comes with just this function.

The M2300D carries a proud boast of having the ability to produce 30 pages per minute. However although this figure may well be a little wide of the mark, the Epson continues to be among the list of quickest mono products we've seen, creating literally 20 pages per minute in assessment. The text quality is rather favorable, with adequate letter definition and also fine depth of characters.

There is an automatic duplex preference, that lets you print to both sides of the paper all at once. This lowers the speed by a rather hefty 40%, yet still is able to to reach a figure of close to 12ppm, which happens to be currently as fast as many a simplex product, and could well help to make duplex a reasonable (as well as cost-effective) alternative.

Mono graphics employing the Epson AcuLaser M2300D printer cartridge are quick (close to 16.7ppm in testing), although there was not the perfect attention to fine detail, and some banding marred the prints. Mono printers are hardly ever going to be utilised for graphics nonetheless, and with regard to creating the occasional PowerPoint presentation, it really is okay.

The Epson M2300D isn't pretty, or even tiny. It's not the most convenient to install, nor is it very discreet in operation. Nonetheless, the general performance is extremely quick as well as effective, while the potentially really strong paper handling features and automatic duplex are good to see on a £101 printer. When it comes to text churning, it is a swift-footed choice which will seldom leave you waiting around.

Epson AcuLaser M2300D printer toner cartridges are available here.