Thread: SamSung SCX-4300

It is almost impossible to find a multifunction printer and even if you did get one you might still doubt if it will have enough features and performance to even use it for everyday use. Samsung's SCX-4300 is a monochrome laser printer that has copier, scanner, and printer functionality which comes at an unbelievable price and also offers a reasonably good mix of features and performance.

In terms of feature, it has standard offerings like an input and output tray capacity of 250 and 150 pages respectively, 8 MB in-built memory with no support for further expansion, etc. But it has an interesting feature that other similar printers don't come with - the ID Card Copy function that allows copying of both sides of an ID card or small document onto a single sheet of paper and it works quite well.

As for performance, it did quite well for such a low-priced MFD printer. It has an acceptable 14ppm and 15 seconds spool time. Scanning an A4 B/W document at 150dpi didn't take too long at 9 seconds but it was on the slower side while doing a color scan (97 seconds at 600dpi and 31 second at 300dpi). Copying the same document took only 10 seconds. The print copy, and scan quality were reasonably good and comparable to other costly printers. All things considered, this is a strong contender for a home MFD.