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Rick Rizner
At first look, the Lexmark E330 resembles the E232 we reviewed in November 2004. It has the same black case and angular styling (reminding us of Darth Vader's mask) but it's faster than its predecessor and costs less to run. On the other hand, it also costs nearly twice as much ($399) up front.
The PC World Test Center timed text pages emerging from the E330 at a rapid 20.5 pages per minute. That makes it as fast as any small- office laser we've seen, and faster than many workgroup printers costing hundreds of dollars more. Print speeds for graphics were outstanding, too, at 11.4 ppm. Regrettably, though, the E330 doesn't...