Design

Measuring 490mm wide, 275mm tall, and 563mm deep and weighing 20.2Kg, the HP LaserJet 5200LX is a heavy and boxy printer with an understated appearance suitable for a professional environment. It consists of 2 paper cassettes in the front centre of the plain enclosure, while the 250-sheet output tray occupies most of the topmost part, adjacent to the small control panel. The device runs on a 460MHz processor with 48MB of RAM.

Advantages

The HP LaserJet 5200LX printer can be upgraded with optional Ethernet connectivity. The standard expandable memory is also upgradeable to 256MB. There are 2 industry-standard slots for compact flash cards on-board. Text documents are printed quickly at up to 30ppm and in high 1200dpi resolution. The maximum duty cycle of the HP LaserJet 5200LX monochrome laser printer is up to 55,000 per month. Meanwhile, the black HP LaserJet 5200LX printer cartridge offers a long-lasting yield of 12,000 pages and achieves a low cost-per-copy.

Disadvantages

Users need to purchase the HP Jetdirect print server if a workgroup needs to share the HP LaserJet 5200LX laser printer. Additional memory should be purchased for this expensive printer, too, so print speeds aren't compromised by the number of users connected to it through a network. The display screen is poorly angled, which could make it difficult to view the status of the HP 5200LX LaserJet printer under poor lighting.