Oki Data C7300N COLOR LED PRINTER 20PPM COLOR 24PPM MONO NETWRK 128MB (Okidata-62417304)

Oki Data Oki C7300n Review

by Dan Littman

- Like Oki's other printers, the Oki C7300n is not a laser printer--it uses four arrays of LEDs instead of a laser beam to draw an image--but that doesn't slow it down or interfere with its print quality. The C7300n printed text at 18.6 ppm in our tests--3.5 ppm faster than the average; it printed graphics at a less rocking 2.8 ppm. The unit's $1960 price tag is a comparative bargain, even excluding the new flood of wide-format color laser printers. And in PC World's page-yield testing, the C7300n proved itself one of the less expensive beasts to operate, using 11 cents' worth of toner for a color page. It produced light but perfectly formed text, and clean and distinct narrow parallel lines. We even liked its gray-scale photos, which had a slightly sepia cast, though details looked sharp. Color photos came out dark though detailed; some colors looked inaccurate, but flesh tones were attractive.