| A colour laser printer is the perfect answer with | | | | capacity cartridges. Based upon the claims from Oki, |
| regard to home offices that print a large number of | | | | the black cartridge lasts for 1,500 pages and each of |
| coloured paperwork. Priced at close to £270, the Oki | | | | the three colour cartridges lasts for 1,000 prints. A |
| C3600 is network ready and prints at an impressive | | | | replacement black cartridge costs about £35, while |
| speed in comparison with its competitors, but it is much | | | | the replacement of the colour cartridges is |
| larger than many printers and also falls short of the | | | | approximately £55. There are also high-capacity |
| latest accessories say a full-colour LCD screen or | | | | cartridges from Oki that can print 2500 black pages at |
| even a wireless print server. | | | | around £50 and £70 for 2500 colour pages. There |
| We are also not very satisfied with the C3600's style, | | | | are also available toner cartridges that is compatible |
| but we have never been too taken with laser printers | | | | with OKI C3600 at 30% saving. The recommended |
| generally speaking. The flat white C3600 measures | | | | monthly work cycle for this printer is 35000 pages, |
| 371 by 290 by 478mm and weighs approximately | | | | which is more than adequate for small businesses. |
| 21kg. We wouldn't call it a behemoth, but it's larger than | | | | The C3600 fared very well in a direct output speed |
| the Samsung CLP315W, which measures only 389 by | | | | assessment with 3 other colour laser printers. It came |
| 244 by 312mm. The C3600 even weighs roughly 9kg | | | | 2nd best in all our tests, just behind the Brother |
| more than the CLP-315W, therefore people who have | | | | Hl4040CN, also a single-function printer at thesame |
| modest desk space will most likely be more happy | | | | price range. The black text were printed at amost a |
| with a smaller sized machine. | | | | similar speed as the HL -4040CN, generating 15.61 |
| All ports that are needed to connect the printer to your | | | | pages per minute, in contrast to the HL-4040CN's |
| computer is positioned at the back of the chassis, | | | | 15.66. This couldn't keep up with the Samsung |
| which include a USB and an Ethernet port for | | | | CLP-315W in the colour presentation test, but with this |
| networking over multiple systems. One other important | | | | printer, I'm pretty sure that you won't be waiting too |
| feature missing on the C3600 is a front mounted USB | | | | long for any document to be printed. |
| port allowing you to connect PictBridge- compatible | | | | The performance of the C3600 in all our print-quality |
| cameras and also direct printing from your USB flash | | | | test looked very promising. The black text appeared |
| storage drive. | | | | as good as we expect to have from a laser printer, |
| Considering that it is only a single function laser printer, | | | | with bold line formation as well as smooth gradation |
| it is only equipped with few added features, however | | | | along font size scales. Additionally, the C3600 handled |
| we applaud Oki for making use of a 400MHz | | | | our text graphics admirably, displaying excellent signs |
| processor along with a hefty 128 mb of memory, | | | | of colour separation as well as well-defined image |
| which enables the C3600 to manage even larger print | | | | distinction, even in some of the delicate blending detail. |
| jobs as compared to the competition. You can even | | | | Not surprisingly, a few of the images appeared slightly |
| upgarde the memory up to 640MB. | | | | smudgy and pixellated, however the general print |
| The C3600's cyan, magenta, yellow and black toner | | | | quality across presentations, graphics as well as simple |
| cartridges are individually separated and is placed | | | | text increased our overall impression of this specific |
| directly underneath the top cover and is lined up | | | | printer. |
| horizontally. This printer is released with 'standard' | | | | |