The Oki B410dn LED printer made by Oki Data Corporation of Japan is a fast and economical solution for the printing needs of a small company. Weighing 11 kg and sized to easily fit on any printer desk at 26.8 cm x 36.9 cm x 39.5 cm, the B410dn fits in well at a home office or a business office.
Design
This printer prints in black only, but is able to print in many shades of grey to give your pictures, graphs and brochures a very polished look. Using an LED as a light source, this printer can print documents up to 2,400 x 600dpi. The B410dn comes with duplex printing capabilities built in, allowing easy back to back printing saving paper and is set up for network capabilities with an Ethernet port. The B410 also comes with USB and parallel ports. The printer comes with a tray capable of holding 550 sheets of paper and you can purchase a secondary tray to add 520 more. The B410dn is able to print on heavy stock, address envelopes and print labels with ease. Memory can be expanded up to 250 MB of RAM. The largest size page the B410 will print is legal.
Advantages
Compatibility with Windows 7, Vista, XP and Mac OS X 10.3 and higher means that the B410 is compatible with most operating systems on the market. Designed in a grey and cream colour, this Oki Data printer fits in easily with any office decor. Capable of printing 30 pages a minute, this printer can generate 25,000 pages a month. The Oki B410dn toner cartridge is separate form the drum allowing you to replace one or the other depending on needs. This option means you should spend less on replacing Oki B410 toner. An assortment of drivers for the B410 are available to be downloaded on line at the Oki Data website. Oki Data provides technical support for their printers 24/7 365 days per year.
Disadvantages
This laser printer prints only in black. While it can do extensive graphics, some of the copies may be hard to distinguish due to slight changes in grey colouring. The status display screen on the printer can be hard to read even in strong light. The buttons on the casing are very large in some cases, giving the printer a bit of a comical and dated look. One B410dn toner cartridge is limited to about 3,500 pages so if you plan an doing a lot of printing, you will want replacement supplies on hand. This printer is fairly tall and needs some free space around it to turn out its copies. Overall, the advantages out weigh the disadvantages of this economically priced solution to business printing needs. If you are looking for reliable, economical and crisp copies for your business, the Oki B410dn readily fulfills these needs. This printer is an asset to any office.
