The C9500dxn's 19.9 ppm text-printing puts it near the front of the pack, at about 30 percent faster than the color-laser average, though its color graphics printing speed was one-third below average, at 2.7 ppm. Text performance eliminates any concern that this color printer might bog down office workflow. Office workers will also appreciate the sharp, clean black text and near-perfect narrow parallel lines. This model also does better than other Okis--or most color lasers for that matter--on gray-scale prints, too: The prints show some cross-hatching but have good detail and shading. The C9500dxn even printed decent color photos with fairly accurate colors and sharp detail, though banding was evident.