The QMS magicolor 330 EX workgroup-ready laser printer is targeted at design professionals, who will find it impressive. Resolution is 600dpi actual and 1,200dpi enhanced. Setup and software installation is clear and easy. The rated speed of the 330 engine is 16 pages per minute for letter-size, monochrome printing, and 4ppm for color, but our test results were a bit different.
Manufacturers sometimes get the highest ppm rating by printing the same page multiple times.
When tested in that manner, the printer indeed lived up to its claims. However, most print jobs involve a sequence of different pages. Taking this into consideration and printing from QMS' own CD-based reference manual, we established 12ppm to be the average for serial printing. This can be an important consideration for graphics-minded users to whom every printable inch is holy ground. The multipurpose feeder holds 150 sheets of 20-pound stock up to 13 x 19 inches.