This printer weighs about 45 pounds, and has measurements of 17.2″ x 20.2″, in its 16-inch high casing. The black-grayish plastic case has a curved front so it doesn’t look too squarish at all. It features a single line LCD display in front, one USB port and one Ethernet port at the back, although remember that the cables are not included.

The front panel easily allows you to change your Dell cartridge. It also has the multipurpose tray for thicker media, letterheads and small envelopes. The paper path at the back keeps up to 500 sheets of paper straight.

The Dell M5200 Printer has a base model, 5200n, and it has a total memory of 64MB. Users, however, may select to upgrade this memory upon purchasing. Its RAM can be upgraded up to 320MB, a rather useful option for small businesses which need high volume printing. Other optional upgrades include extra paper trays, duplexing unit, an envelope feeder, and sheet drawers. When fully loaded with all possible upgrades, it has a quite large capacity of up to 2,600 sheets of paper.

The printer comes with a CD, and it also guides you to install the printer into your network. It supports Windows operating systems, and even Novell and Linux, so you won’t have any problems of using different operating systems across your network.

Upon installing the Dell M5200 printer software, it also makes an icon in your desktop which gives you links to order cartridges. You may choose to order via the internet or through the phone. It also gives links to various paper media and Dell Laser M5200 toner cartridge to keep your printer in top condition.

It offers a maximum resolution of up to 1200 x 1200 DPI, making those details intricately printed in your documents. It can take up to A4-sized or Legal-sized sheets of paper. With its affordable price, you can have a fast solution to your high volume printing, without compromising the quality.

This Dell printer averages 10 to 11 pages per minute when printing graphics. It offers a nice and gradual shading on photos and pictures, and decent levels in drawings and lines when printing various graphics.

There are various ink and toner which may be costly, but would give you so many pages in return. A normal high-yield toner cartridge for this printer can give you around 18000 to 32000 pages in one, thereby reducing the number of times to buy Dell printer toner cartridge.