Thread: OKI - MB260 review

Laser-based all-in-ones, or else multifunction as they wish to be called, have usually been more exclusive than their inkjet complement. That's in fact not exact of OKI's MB260, although, which at Internet prices costs below £120 as well as make use of a high-intensity LED strip, pretty than a laser engine. Even with its self-effacing asking cost, it includes numerous features usually reserved for more exclusive, office machines.

The MB260 has a somewhat conservative look, in the ‘flatbed scanner stuck on top of a laser printer' style. The purely intended control panel has a lot of spare room, sufficient to take in a paper-clip tray next to the 2-line by 16-character LCD screen, which is accompanied by navigation buttons with a full numeric keypad.

The numeric keypad is a slight unusual; given the machine has no fax facilities. Instead the numbers are used for security, so you can restrict access to the whole machine or just its USB socket, located halfway down the front panel. This type of capability is usually only offered on multifunction intended for workgroups or else departments, but can be just as effective at stopping illicit copying or else printing in the home or else small office.

Drum with toner cartridges are offered in 3,000 as well as 5,500 page capacities as well as using the more reasonable, high-powered consumable gives a cost for each page of 2.25p, which is very reasonable, compared with its opponent.