Lexmark CS730de colour laser printer A4, white

A laser printer applies toner to the paper and fixes it with heat. Unlike ink, toner does not dry out when the printer sits unused, so a laser printer suits offices where heavy print days alternate with days when the printer stands idle. Each page comes out dry and can go straight onto a stack or into a binder.

The CS730de is a colour laser printer, so besides black-and-white text it prints colour diagrams, letterheads with logos, presentation handouts and information leaflets. For an office this means colour material does not have to be ordered from outside or printed on a separate device; it comes out of the same printer as everyday documents.

The maximum paper size is A4, which covers most office documents: letters, contracts, invoices, reports and spreadsheets. This printer does not support A3, so large drawings and posters need a different device. Smaller paper sizes are not listed separately in the manufacturer data.

The product type is listed as printer rather than multifunction device. That means there is no built-in scanner or copier and the device concentrates on printing alone. In an office that already has a separate scanner this can be an advantage: the printer is simpler and its upkeep covers a single task.

Offices and departments that print both black text and colour material every day; marketing and sales teams that produce their own leaflets and presentations; and companies that already have a scanner and need a dedicated A4 colour laser printer.