Color laser printer prices have never been this low, and the downward slide continues. The LBP 5300 from canon is an economical printer for highvolume priting.
Build quality is very good, and the printer is more than suited for daily office work. At 22 Kg, it is preety heavy. It is also a bit bulky-a bit wider than a 19 inch CRT and taller than an average PC cabinet, but this size is to be expected of a colour laser printer.

The standard input paper tray has a gapacity of 350 sheets, while the optional paper tray can accommodate up to 500 sheets. Duplex printing is supported. The device connects to the PC via the USB 2.0 interface, and also features a network interface-10Base-T/100Base-TX. The bundled Netspot Device Installer makes installing this printer on a network straightforward. The optical printing resolution is 600*600dpi, and whan we tested the devic, both mono and colour prints are fairly sharp.
Text was legible at all point sizes, and colour graphics were from the artefacts typical of laser printers. A mono text document at normal quality took us 11.6 seconds to print, while a complex colour document took 14. seconds-pretty good by any standard. We lohhed a sustained pages per minute rate at a good 17. This isn’t really meant for photo printing, but we tried priting an A4 size photo; it took 16.8 seconds, which again is very good.The warm-up time is about 43 seconds. The LBP 5300 comes with software for windows, Mac,and Linux. It consumes 415 W during operation and 45 W during standby, and just 13 W in energy save mode.

Specification :

• Printer Resolution: 600×600 dpi (optical), 9600×600 dpi (enhanced)
• Printer Language: Canon Advanced printing Technology (CAPT)
• Input Tray Capacity: 350 (standard), 500 (optional)
• Interface: USB 2.0, 10/100, MAC, Linux
• Memory: 16 MB SD-RAM
• Weight: 22 Kg
• Dimensions: 412mm x 453mm x 437.7mm (WxDxH)

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