This
monochrome speed demon prints as fast as you can blink
If you're
big on printers, OKI is probably a name that you'd definitely associate with
big printers that are meant for office use. Known mostly for their superbly
reliable monochrome printers, we're here to take a look at yet another offering
in their burgeoning stable of monochrome Multifunction Printers, the MB461.
The MB461
is a triple function MFP. Besides printing, it also does copying and scanning,
with only the latter being in colour. Depending on your strength, you may need
more than one pair of hands to carry this hefty beast out of the box and onto
the table, as it is quite a big and heavy printer.
Setup and
driver installs are fairly straight forward, and made easier by the on-screen
instructions provided by the driver CD. You can choose to install the driver
over USB or the network (yes, this is a networked printer, but cable only).
This is great as you would only need one printer in the office, and it can be
shared by a small number of users!
MB461′s keyboard
The MB461
also has a Recirculating Automatic Document Feeder (RADF) that is capable of
duplex printing without having to manually turn the pages over after one side
is done printing. On the downside, however the document feeder is only capable
of holding up to 50 pieces of 80gsm A4 papers. Not really ideal for
large-quantity printing.
Where print
speed and quality is concerned, the MB461 utilises its very own LED print
technology, which more or less combines the crisp printouts the best of speed
with the best in print quality. With a print speed of 33ppm, it also has a
sleep-to-first-page time of 25 seconds, but from our experience with the MB461,
it takes less time than that to start printing from sleep.
As far as
scanning and copying are concerned, the MB461 is great at both. Scans come out
mostly clean on the computer, and copies are near identical to actual
printouts, especially when copying documents.
OKI
MB461 Monochrome MFP
Price $371.99
Info www.oki.com
Specifications
Print Resolution: 600dpi
Print Type: LED
Feeder Capacity: 50 sheet
Scan Resolution: Up to 600dpi
Connectivity: USB2.0, Ethernet
Dimensions: 455 x 427 x 425mm
Weight: 20kg
Comments
(+) Fast print speed
Good print quality
Easy duplex printing
(-) Smaller feeder capacity
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