At its event in China today, Huawei also announced its first desktop printer, the PixLab X1. The printer packs some pretty interesting features, some of which work best with other Huawei products. It is also powered by HarmonyOS.
The PixLab X1 is a laser printer that can only print in black and white. It can print up to 28 pages per minute and Huawei says it also supports automatic double-sided printing. The printer also doubles as a copier and a smart flatbed scanner. When scanning documents such as ID cards, the printer will automatically correct the orientation of the card if positioned randomly.
Weighing almost 9.5 kilograms, the Huawei PixLab X1 comes in a single colorway – white. It has capacitive touch controls that occupy the entire length and the spec sheet says it has 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage. There is a USB 2.0 port, a 10/100 M Base-TX port, Bluetooth 5.0, and Wi-Fi 5. It also has NFC, so you can easily print from a device with NFC such as your phone with a single touch.
Huawei says that once a user account is connected to the computer, all devices under that account are automatically added to the printer, so there is no need for a separate pairing for each device. Users can also share the printer with family and friends connected to their devices. The PixLab X1 also supports remote printing and uses a toner cartridge (X-15000 and F-1500).
The spec sheet says the printer is compatible with devices running Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8/10, Windows Server 2003 and up, Ubuntu 14.04 and above, macOS 10.9.x and above, and RedHat 7.0 and above.
The PixLab X1 is priced at ¥1899 (~$294). It is already listed on Vmall but is not yet available for purchase.
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