VERDICT:Overall the scanner unit does a decent job. At Rs 9,800 the Panasonic KX-MB262CX is priced slightly on the higher side as compared to similar spec products from HP and Samsung. However the KX-MB262CX has it’s advantages too, the separate drum and Toner unit will save a lot of money in the longer run. As a high volume laser printing all-in-one, the Panasonic KX-MB262CX makes a good choice.
Robust And Affordable All-in-one
The KX-MB262CX is the latest in the range of successful Laser multi-function devices from Panasonic. Like other Panasonic all-in-one (AIO) devices, the KX-MB262CX is based on the robust copier print engine; where the toner and drum are separate entities
The KX-MB262CX sports an industrial design but yet looks appealing. The all white body with large green button reminds us of Panasonic FAX machines. The operating console has a 2 line LCD display with the right buttons clustered for easy access.Overall the console looks clean, is easy to use and sports perfect ergonomics.
Once installed, the machine takes around 5-10 minutes to get going.
The print engine boasts of 18 PPM and during our tests it managed to deliver close to 16 pages, impressive. First print is dished out in just 10 seconds. While the print unit is fast at printing text it takes 3 seconds more to print complex graphics documents. The KX-MB262CX doesn’t really excel at the copy; it took around 20 seconds to complete our test document.
Print quality is brilliant and graphics as well as text come out really good. The print engine is rated at 600 x 600 dpi and at this resolution the printouts show no visible artefacts. Printouts taken at 300 dpi show increased graininess in graphics but text still remains sharp and crisp.
The scanner output quality is reasonable good for mundane jobs such as copying and colour scanning.
