Oki B4300 Laser Printer Review
For under $400 you get solid moderate volume performance with the Oki B4300 laser printer. Very cheap running costs and fast printing make this an attractive choice but less than perfect print quality lets the side down.
Oki B4300 Laser Printer Review
Fast high volume laser printer performance
The Oki B4300 offers some very nice design features. I'm fond of it's quiet operation and fast printing performance, it also features a convenient low profile design.
Fast printing and low running costs are the Oki B4300's highlights
Hovering around the 7 second mark for spool and print times this laser printer is exceptionally fast. This feature alone will endear it to many. Another feature usually only found on more expensive models is the LCD display that gives you print information and settings, there is also eight buttons allowing you to view menu options, change values and cancel print jobs.
The low profile design is handy since the printer is compact and the clearing paper jams is also a synch.
Print quality for text is great but it is image print quality that prevents the Oki B4300 from being a truly great printer. Images occasionally have minor blemishes and look a little washed out.
Here are the specifications:
- black: up to 18 ppm
- 16mb memory (expandable to 48mb)
- Total Input Media Capacity 250 sheets expandable with 2 500 sheet input trays)
- 1200 dpi x 600 dpi for monochrome documents
- Duty Cycle: 15,000 prints/month
Oki B4300 Laser Printer, solid moderate volume laser printer?
With expandable memory capacity and possible ethernet card this printer is ready for workgroup usage. Along with a solid memory capacity the Oki B4300 has a 200Mhz processor to accelerate big print jobs.
Text was always crisp but image quality was not the best in it's class. However what makes this laser printer stand out are very low running costs. One you start printing over 3000 sheets a months the savings will really add up.
If you don't need high image quality and print mostly text then this printer is worth a look, especially if you have higher than average print volumes.