Typical price: £150
What is it: An affordable monochrome LED printer
What we think: The Oki B4250 is an affordable home-office monochrome printer, but it won't work with Macs or hook up to a network
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 26 October 2004
Tags: OKI Systems, Okidata Oki B4250, PCs, information, installation
We like:
Small and simple; prints quickly; inexpensive
We don't like:
No networking option; hard to open the paper tray; no Mac capability
CNET UK judgement:
The Oki B4250 is an affordable home-office LED monochrome printer, but it won't work with Macs or hook up to a network
Full review:
The Okidata Oki B4250 is a compact, greyscale printer that best fits a small office or home. This machine prints on a par with laser printers in terms of quality, using LED arrays instead of a laser beam to paint a page. This knocks a few pounds off the cost and aims to offer improved reliability. The B4250 includes a 23-pages-per-minute (ppm) engine that proved to be swift in our tests. Continue Reading...
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