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More…Oki Printing Solutions' printers use an array of LEDs instead of a moving laser beam to create a printed page. But its B4400n monochrome LED printer has more to it than this technical difference: it's fast, well built, and generally well designed. Unfortunately, it's also a little expensive ($329 at the time of review) for what you get.
Oki Printing Solutions B4400n
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Media Handling
| Manual Feed Slot | Yes |
| Maximum Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Maximum paper size, height | 14.0 inches |
| Maximum Sheets With All Paper Trays | 750 |
| Output Tray Capacity | 0 |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum paper size, width | 8.5 inches |
| Standard input sheet capacity | 250 |
| Duplex printing | No |
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Pros
Very sturdy; nice software interface
Good speed and print quality
Cons
Expensive for what you get
Bottom Line
This sturdily built, solid performer is overshadowed by lower-cost competitors with similar specs.
Oki Printing Solutions B4400n Monochrome Laser Printer
B4400n Review, by Melissa Riofrio January 8, 2008
The B4400n is one of the better performers in this class. It printed plain-text documents at 28.8 ppm (pages per minute), and graphics at 8.9 ppm. The printer's toner seems to be more charcoal-colored than true black, which detracts a bit from overall quality. This was especially apparent in photos, which looked a little yellowish and grainy, though nicely shaded otherwise. Text looked delicate and precise, but a little light.
Many low-end lasers sacrifice design for price, but the B4400n generally doesn't. I didn't like the control panel--LEDs with icons instead of words for labels; on the other hand, it was easy to reach the toner and imaging drum through the top panel. The 250-sheet, letter/legal input tray is surprisingly sturdy, but it has minimal markings for adjusting width and length. The legal-size paper extension still fits within the printer's footprint. For thicker media, open the manual-feed tray from the front and the rear exit tray from the back. At this price, the one thing I miss is automatic duplexing-especially when a few cheaper models (like the Dell 1720dn Laser Printer) do include it; at least the manual-duplex prompts are very helpful.
The Status Monitor is another friendly aspect of the B4400n. It starts as an icon in Windows' System Tray and simply changes color from blue (all's well) to yellow (problem). Double-click it, and a small window pops up to show more detailed status and tabs for accessing the driver, the setup utility, or operational statistics.
The B4400n has middling cost of consumables. It ships with a standard 3000-page toner supply; replacements cost just under $40 for a 3000-page unit, or about 1.3 cents per page. The imaging drum lasts 25,000 pages and costs $199, or less than a penny per page.
We installed the B4400n via USB (parallel and Ethernet are also included in this model). The setup poster is largely wordless but pretty easy to follow, although sometimes the illustrations lacked detail. The included CD can also install network management tools (which we didn't try) and the PDF-based user guide, which is fairly thorough and well written.
Oki's B4400n deserves credit for its performance and its sturdy design. Even the seemingly ho-hum monochrome printer category has hot competition, though, and other printers offer as many or more features for less money.
--Melissa Riofrio
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Performance
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 8.15 |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 8.78 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 8.21 |
| Color Output Quality | Good |
| Color Photo Quality | n/a |
| Copy Output Quality | n/a |
| Copy Quality | n/a |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| Grayscale Output Quality | Very Good |
| Line Art Output Quality | Superior |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 8.19 |
| Overall Scan Quality | n/a |
| Ten-Page Word Document | 27.11 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 27.11 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 8.9 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 7.4 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 7.3 |
| Tested Text Speed (ppm) | 28.8 |
| Text Output Quality | Superior |
| Three-Page Word Document | 12.5 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 12.5 |
| Two-Page Excel Document | 9.91 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 9.91 |
Text Printing
| Text output quality | Superior |
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