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Okidata B4250 LED Monochrome Printer Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Small Business Printer
Comment: This is our second printer of this model we use in our small business. We print about 50 pages a day of medical transcription.

I like this printer because of the low initial cost and low cost for toner replacement. Very economical and great print quality.

It has a little trouble with thicker papers which may have to be hand-loaded.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Erasable toner = blah
Comment: Despite the fast printing speed, after I print out text, the set toner can easily be erased and rubbed away (minus one star). Another thing is that there is no manual duplex option, not even a "print out odd pages" and "print out even pages" function in the provided software (minus another star).

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Best little printer I've ever owned
Comment: This oki is fast, very fast. 23ppm. It seems to use very little toner which is available on the web or on ebay at reduced cost. I have owned similar Okis in the past and can tell that other reviewer he may have a bad drum. The drum is essentially responsible for the paper jams.

If that drum had leaked in shipment thats what I suspect. Oki has 24/7 service and overnight on this printer for 1 year. The printer also has a rear paper path so the paper does not have to curl around and come out on top. I use that for heavy stock paper and definitely for labels. Thanks Oki for making such a superior product. Oh yeah it prints beautifully!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: The B4250 is nothing but a flimsy piece of junk
Comment: I had my Okidata OLE810 for at least 12 years. What a great machine. My best guess is I used at least 30 drums. It finally gave it up....it owes my nothing.

I just bought the B4250. What a flimsy piece of junk. Constant paper jams since the paper must make *2* VERY tight U-turns inside the machine. Whoever designed this has apparently never used a printer in real life.

The list in the manual detailing what kinds of paper you *can't* use is very, very long. To use heavy paper, like pricey letterheads or card stock....the only option is to feed them in ... o n e ... a t ... a ... t i m e. Wish I had that kind of time.

It is VERY fast...when it works. Regular hammermill white paper kept jamming. Run of the mill (sorry about the pun) paper seems to be a problem.

It shipped with the toner leaking all over. My hands were black by the time I got it set up.

Sorry Okidata....but it's time for me to move along. Whoever decided that paper can make 2 tight U-turns and be reliable needs to find another line of work. Try a job or office that actually uses it's printer and get some daily hands-on experience before designing another one.

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