Buying a printer is not an easy task. Rarely do users understand technical specifications. And for home use it is practically unimportant. The main thing is that the device prints documents and abstracts to school. Otherwise, additional data is not needed.
But for offices and various industries, this point is worth studying carefully. It’s important to understand what printer speed the printer has, what is its average load, etc.
Device
Typically, a printer is called all devices that can print, xer, scan. But in reality this is not so. A classic printer is a device for outputting text or graphic information. It works in tandem with a computer and translates the necessary information from digital media to physical. By the latter is meant paper. The main feature of the printer is printing in small print runs.
Conventionally, this device can be called mobile, because it allows you to print the necessary information at any time. At the same time, mass launches, the creation of printed forms, etc. are not needed. It is enough to turn it on, click “Print” in a text editor, and that’s it, the document is ready.
Diversity
Before we consider all the advantages and disadvantages of the Kyocera FS-1120, you need to understand the classification of printers. Since their release, and this is 1984, many types of this device have appeared. They differ in size, printing methods and other parameters.
Printers have black and white or color printing. Devices are divided according to the structural component and the principle of image formation. So, among printers of shock-free type, string and laser printers became the most famous. About them a little more.
An inkjet printer is a rather slow printing device, especially when compared to a laser printer. But the device produces very high-quality prints. Forms an image using dots. They are made in the form of a matrix with liquid dyes.
The laser printer, to which the reviewed Kyocera FS-1120 MFP belongs, works much faster. He has a no less high-quality print. The work uses xerographic printing. A laser beam is involved in the image formation, which illuminates the photosensitive elements of the device through the exposure.
Series
Kyocera FS-1120 is a representative of a series of laser printers and MFPs. They are in the middle price category. For a home, their purchase will be superfluous, but for a small office just right. The series has large devices, multifunctional and powerful. Their appearance is very similar. They have a black top and a white bottom. The buttons on all models are located on the top panel. The interfaces are all at the back.
Features
The Kyocera FS-1120 printer with its "brothers" have features. So they have enough capacious toner. This is the only consumable item in the device. It has a large resource, in small models it can create up to 3 thousand prints. For a small office, this is a good indicator. If the enterprise is large, then toner is needed there for no less than 20-50 thousand copies. The smallest models in the family make up to 1000 prints.
And the second feature of the models in this series is their drum unit. It is of high quality, made of durable materials, ceramics with silicon. Resource in the smallest printers of a family to 100 000 pages or 3 years of continuous work. But these are only conditional indicators. In fact, models live many times longer. They can easily cope with tasks and more than 5-7 years.
MFP
Kyocera FS-1120 MFP is not just a laser printer, it is a real multifunction device (MFP). Despite the fact that it performs many tasks, at the same time it is considered budgetary. In general, it can even be put at home if you really print a lot or work at home.
The appearance of the printer is familiar to the family. Unlike many similar models, the case is larger in height than in width. It can conditionally be divided into two parts. The top is painted in dark color. It is difficult to call it black, rather dark gray. The lower part is white.
The top cover is hinged, there is a scanner, and you can immediately see the elements of the fax. Nearby are all the buttons and a small display. The connectors are located on the rear panel. In the light part of the case is a paper tray.
General characteristics
The Kyocera FS-1120 MFP has a younger analogue - this is the Kyocera FS-1020 MFP. Devices differ in the presence of additional functions. In the older version, automatic sheet feeding appeared - up to 40 pieces. A fax board is also included. The device provides safe operation, good performance for a small office.
So it scans the device up to 18 sheets per minute, during the same time it prints up to 20 copies. In addition to being produced by a renowned company, it is considered the most balanced multifunction printer.
Multifunctionality
What could be expected from a similar model of MFPs? If you are looking for a machine with optimal productive work, high-speed printing - 1 sheet in 3 seconds, automatic document feeding, a 250-sheet paper cassette and a 100-sheet output tray, this model fits perfectly. It also works easily with Windows and Mac OS.
The printer in this model works with toner. Kyocera FS-1120 issues 20 sheets per minute on the black-and-white press, the color printer does not support. Resolution can be 600x600 or 1800x600. The time between the print command and the first sheet is short - up to 9 seconds. There is an internal memory of 64 MB, and the processor runs at 390 MHz.
The fax was also good. Works with ITU-T Super G3 technology. Sends a document in less than 5 seconds. It is possible to organize the newsletter and save the received data in memory. You can use 100 contacts in the address book.
The scanner shows a good result. It works with a standard USB 2.0 interface, so there should be no compatibility issues. It can save the file in various formats, among which there are popular JPG, PNG and PDF. On average, a model handles scanning a single color sheet in 10 seconds. If you scan a black and white image, then it will cope three times faster. And of course, the copy function was not without.
Reviews
The model really was not bad. She received positive reviews. Kyocera FS-1120 noted a cartridge with a volume of 2-3 thousand pages. The users also liked the ability to print on paper of different densities from 60 to 220 g / m 2 . The device easily copes with many hours of continuous operation, does not lose productivity and meets the declared characteristics.