Review on ECOSYS P5021cdw Color Laser Printer by KYOCERA 1102RD2US0 by Stanislaw Gorka ᠌

Name: ECOSYS P5021cdw Color Laser Printer by KYOCERA 1102RD2US0
Item: ECOSYS P5021cdw Color Laser Printer by KYOCERA 1102RD2US0
Rating: 5

May 03, 2023

The quality is top notch, be sure to try it.

The printer is heavy, I barely dragged it alone)
When you first turned it on, it did a selftest for a very long time (it buzzed for about 5 minutes and performed the “Drum Cleaning”), I even thought that something was wrong with it, I started to google - I didn’t find anything, but while I was looking for selftest ended.
Wi-Fi works either in Direct mode (up to three devices) or via WPS to the router (for example, I don’t have WPS). But if you connect via the Ethernet port and go through the browser to the printer settings, then everything is very easy to configure: you specify the access point, encryption and password.
In general, all settings are in the web muzzle, which is very convenient.
Warming up after sleep (when printing the first sheet) about 7-10 seconds, then much faster.
 Many write that the photo prints poorly, prints poorly on glossy, etc. People! It is written on the paper what type of printer it is intended for, you can’t take photo paper for an inkjet, put it in a laser printer, and then swear that it’s not a photo, but some kind of garbage.

Pros

+ Print quality: I took it for printing drawings, children's tutorials and other things (I didn’t even try the photo, there is an Epson L800 inkjet for photos); + Print speed (That's why I decided to buy this printer in addition to the inkjet); + Ease of use. Ability to print from your phone/tablet + Support for duplex printing; + Relatively low cost of the printer itself (I bought it for 12k in June 2022)

Cons

- Very small starting cartridges (nothing at all, I indulged and ran out); - Expensive original cartridges (4500 apiece), but there are good analogues (cactus) at 900-1500 apiece; -Unable to connect to an access point without WPS (resolved, see comment); - Color rendition is slightly worse than my inkjet one (although I set it up for a very long time for an acceptable result, maybe this one can be adjusted); - Very inconvenient menu navigation on the printer itself.