Samsung offers this design only as a mono laser printer so far, because adding color would require the printer to be much larger to accommodate three additional toner cartridges. It's not network-ready, so it's better suited for home or home office use. The SCX-4500 offers the basic features we expect from a laser multifunction and none of the extras. The replacement cartridge for this model is good for about 2,000 pages and costs about $70 from the Apple Store, for a per-page cost of approximately 3.5 cents-a bit high for a mono laser. The replacement cartridge for this model is good for about 2,000 pages. The multifunction ships with a starter cartridge calibrated for approximately 1,000 prints.
The entire scan head lifts up for easy access to the cartridge. The SCX-4500 is mono only and uses a single toner cartridge. You'll need to attach the provided clear-plastic panel to the front of the printer to catch the prints as the output area is very short the panel is necessary, but it mars the all-black aesthetic. The prints and copies issue forth from a gap between the scanner unit and the print unit. The paper input consists of a 100-page cassette that ejects from the bottom-front with the push of an actual button.
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It also means you'll have to turn to your PC for advanced scanning tasks. Although the design is undeniably attractive, the lack of a graphical or text LCD means you can't check on toner levels or check on and perform other maintenance tasks. Pressing any of the latter three causes up and down arrows to appear and lights up a small display area that reads out the number of copies or shows how much you're reducing or enlarging a copy. The buttons include Start, Stop/Clear, Scan to PC, and three option buttons: Copies, Reduce/Enlarge, and Darkness. Although the buttons are touch-sensitive, they require a firm touch. The control panel consists of several touch-sensitive buttons and blue LEDs on the top surface (next to the scanner lid). The whole device measures 13 inches wide, 15.5 inches deep, and just 6.5 inches tall, and weighs 19 pounds. The sleek, glossy black body consists of a rectangular scanning unit and control panel sitting atop a same-size printing unit. The multifunction unit doesn't even look like a printer.
The Samsung SCX-4500 truly breaks the mold for printers in terms of design. Of course, it doesn't have the SCX-4500's good looks.
It provides comparable speed and quality, more features, and a tiny price tag: $180. And if you like the SCX-4500's print speeds and quality, consider the bargain-priced Samsung SCX-4200. If you're a practical sort of person and want to get the most bang for your buck, we suggest a $400 multifunction such as the or the Lexmark X342n. Happily, the SCX-4500 does offer great task quality, but it's clear that you're paying more for looks than for features. Unfortunately, it quickly becomes clear that $300 is not really a bargain for this unit the $400 laser multifunctions we've looked at recently come with more than $100 worth of additional features, including auto duplexers, advanced task features, automatic document feeders, fax capability, and network-readiness.
And at first glance, this glossy, piano-black laser printer is well priced, too: $300 is more in line with office-oriented inkjet multifunctions. The Samsung SCX-4500 multifunction printer does something few printers do-it turns heads.
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