Electronic equipment has gone through the most amazing revolution in the last couple of years, along with this revolution TV’s PC’s and Mobile phones have slimmed down into the most stylishly developed electronic imaginable. The only piece of equipment that doesn’t seem to have fared so well is the Printer. They are still built out of bulky pieces of plastic that seem to have been thrown together as cheaply as possible. As least this was the case until the Samsung SCX 4500 printer came along.
Although this is more than likely less true in the case of laser printer, it certainly applies to color inject printers that come in below $100 and have almost become disposable, rather than replace the ink cartridges. Samsung is not a manufacturer that operates in this way fortunately, and although their equipment is easily affordable, they have also been intent on improving their quality of design.
The Samsung SCX 4500 multifunction printer is a case in point, and really fits the profile of the “coolness factor”. It is a slimmed down, full feature, full functionality but powerful marvel of electronics design. It is a slim 13 x 15.5, x 6.5″ with a stylish exterior. It is simple to operate and incredibly quiet. In fact you are barely able to hear it when it is printing.
The MFP features a control panel with touch sensitive controls, but be warned, the settings are pretty limited. It makes use of SmartThru software for scanning and some of the printer functions and installing this to Windows XP took us 5 minutes. Remember to make sure that you have a USB printer cable handy as the machine is not shipped with this. You could make use of your old printer cable if you have one. There is very little warm-up time needed and you are able to copy a printed page in around 10 seconds.
The paper tray is concealed below the printer itself and does not hold a great deal of paper, but if small design is what you are looking for, then you will have to live with refilling it regularly. The price tag is around $300 and for this amount of money your print quality is not going to be fantastic, but it is adequate.
Although greyscale printing is good and the scan quality is excellent at 600 x 2400 dpi. It is also a very simple task to replace printer toner plugs, just remove and replace.
For home use the Samsung SCX-4500 MFP is ideal, as far as networking goes this printer does not have a built in Ethernet, so it is not ideal. It also does not have a USB port for USP to print function. With a print speed of approximately 16 pages per minute it is not the fastest, and some of the competition is way ahead of this. But if you want style then the trade offs are bearable.
Summary: If it is a cool printer you are looking for then you will get cool with the SCX 4500 Printer Toner. For the best possible print quality and efficiency you must make use of Samsung Printer Cartridge, this will ensure your printer has a long life as well as keep it reliable. For more information visit http://www.qtoner.us