This review first appeared in issue 353 ofPC Pro.
Its a big beast, designed for use insmall businessesand workgroups, and it comes with a suitable specification.
Printed pages emerge into a 250-sheet tray on the top.
The big and fast HL-L9430CDN has good paper-handling features
So far, so standard, but the HL-L9430CDN offers direct control through a large 8.8cm color touchscreen.
Hidden nearby on the left panel theres a USB host port for walk-up printing.
It comes with USB and gigabitEthernetports.
The printer comes with generous amounts of toner
Theres also a rear USB port for secure printing.
Load it up and youll see the usual nag about setting the correct paper jot down.
Start printing and its clear that this is a very rapid gear.
However, if its been idle for any length of time the warm-up period can be toe-tappingly long.
This pause aside, the HL-L9430CDN made mincemeat of our tests.
It reached 30.6ppm when printing 25 text pages, and managed 34.9ppm on our 50-page document.
Discount this and it was almost bang on target.
Like allprinters, the HL-L9430CDN was slower when printing our challenging color graphics test.
It duplexed ten sides onto five sheets at a rate of 14ipm.
This printer arrives with generous 9,000-page black and 6,500-page color inbox toners.
With the largest replacements good for 12,000 black or 9,000 color pages, maintenance intervals shouldnt be too frequent.
Black text was as good as youd expect, too.
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