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Written by Branko Vrhovac
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
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Page 1 of 2  SCX 4300 is newest product from very successful Samsung SCX series A4 monochrome laser multifunctional printers. There were no revolutionary products in this product category for a long time, but SCX 4300 is device that brings few innovations regarding to SCX 4200. These innovations are related only to esthetics and printing speed.
Differences between SCX 4300 and its predecessor SCX 4200 are: insignificant shape change, black color and a little bit faster printing results. Connection with computer is realized through fast USB 2.0 connection, and direct communication between user and device is achieved through a large number of command keys and two-line display.
Maximum scanning resolution is 600x2400dpi supported with average 24bit color palette. In case of monochrome scanning or copying, maximum resolution is 600x600dpi with 256 shades of grey.
During autonomous copying, it is possible to deliver 99 copies of the very same document (you can choose this option directly on command panel) and you can do scaling of any document in range from 50% up to 200% from its original size.
Printing is realized in maximum resolution of 600dpi and it is supported with 8MB of internal device memory. Sheet cassette can hold 250 paper sheets, while output tray has capacity of only 50 sheets (face down). Capacity of “starter” cartridge that is included with Samsung SCX 4300 is also minimal. To be exact, this “starter” cartridge is expected to last for 1000 pages which is actually half of standard (replacement) cartridge capacity. So it would be advisable to activate printing option with less toner consumption, until you purchase new cartridge of full capacity. In reality this means that you need to add price of replacement cartridge to price of device itself if you plan to use its printing capabilities a lot. This device doesn’t offer optional additions for duplex print or larger input paper cassette.
Results of test for standard printing, scanning and copying are presented in table. These results point out that this is very good balanced device attended for moderate home and business use. Printing speed is, as expected fastest for text printing and for other types of documents, printing speed is similar to this value, so we can say that Samsung SCX 4300 is printing with maximum speed of 16 pages per minute.
As for print quality is concerned it’s clear that device of average scanning resolution and printing will generate documents of average quality, but that quality is still quite adequate for most applications.
There is one more fact that we must underline. Manufacturer has declared that the maximum monthly predicted printing volume is 10.000 pages. It seems that this is too optimistic because it’s very hard to imagine that this device can handle printing 300–400 paged per day for next several months in continuity. And even if it can handle this rate of printing, this means that you will need to buy 5 new cartridges per month, which is a big expense. So for all of you that need printer with big printing capacity, you should consider some other printer, that’s more appropriate to your needs.
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