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The Canon LBP621C is selling with free international Prime shipping to Australia. Canon don’t sell this model or similarly priced models here. I’d likely have to order compatible toner, or parts online internationally. I don’t print a lot, but I’d like to print photos as well as documents and artwork. It’s much cheaper than anything comparable, but it’s Canon Japan, not Canon Australia, if I need to get a repair under warranty. It would be heavy to return to an Amazon centre! Should I get it?
QUESTION: Does the LBP674 offer better image output quality compared to the 632/633?
IMPORTANT: Image quality
NOT IMPORTANT: Print speed, interface screen, duty cycle, and tray capacity
My most demanding prints will be PDFs generated by Adobe InDesign & Illustrator, so the lack of Postscript support (footnote) of the other two puts the 633 into my leading choice. What do you think?
After consulting https://www.reddit.com/r/printers/wiki/how_to_shop, I am leaning towards Canon
...Canon provides exceptional color laser printers that offer high quality prints...Their lasers offer a quality machine at an affordable price for low frequency users who aren't concerned about the price of replacement cartridges.
CANON COLOR LASER PRINTER COMPARISON
| MODEL | LBP632Cdw | LBP633Cdw | LBP674Cdw |
|---|---|---|---|
| COST | $247 | $379 | $626 |
| PAGE DESCRIPT LANG | UFR II | UFR II, PCL, Adobe PostScript 3 | UFR II |
| SPEED | 22ppm | 22ppm | 35ppm |
| DUTY CYCLE | 2500/month | 2500/month | 4000/month |
| TONER | Cartridge 067 | Cartridge 067 | Cartridge 069 |
| CARTRIDGE | 1 year | 1 year | 3 years |
| INTERFACE | 5-line LCD Monocolor | 5-line LCD Monocolor | Color Touch |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1200x1200 | EQUAL | EQUAL | EQUAL |
| DUPLEX | EQUAL | EQUAL | EQUAL |
| PAPER 60 to 200 g/m² | EQUAL | EQUAL | EQUAL |
| Color imageCLASS | EQUAL | EQUAL | EQUAL |
FOOTNOTE -- An r/printers discussion on Postscript and PDFs:
PDFs and Illustrator can output vector graphics as postscript very natively, which the printer renders if it supports postscript. If your printer does not, the PC has to translate and convert - curves can lose fidelity and other types of content are often altered when a printer driver is doing halftones/image compression. permalink