600 12.1 25.1 7.0 23.8 4.9 7.5 12.1 20.2 8.2 denotes Editors' Choice. Bold type denotes first place within each category.
High scores are best.
We asked the vendors to submit products for testing in typical configurations, which are not necessarily the base models. We also asked vendors to set up their printers on our network as they are typically found in the real world. The Xerox entries boasted the highest engine ratings and dominated the field in two out of three workgroup categories. In the large-workgroup area, the Lexmark Optra T614n kept up page for page with the Xerox DocuPrint N2825 . We tested them with some of the most popular applications around, using test files of typical size and with typical contents, to represent a printer's performance in real-world settings.