| A colour laser printer is most likely the best answer for | | | | capacity cartridges. Based on the statements from |
| home offices that print a large amount of colour | | | | Oki, the black cartridge can last for 1,500 pages and |
| documents. Priced at close to £270, the Oki C3600 | | | | each of the three colour cartridges will last for 1,000 |
| is network-ready and prints at a remarkable speed in | | | | prints. A replacement black cartridge costs around |
| comparison with its rivals, but unfortunately it is actually | | | | £35, while the replacement for the colour cartridges |
| much larger compared with most printers and also | | | | is about £55. Oki also offers high-capacity cartridges |
| does not have the latest accessories like a full colour | | | | that can produce 2,500 black pages (around £50) or |
| LCD screen and a wireless print server. | | | | 2,500 colour pages (around £70). There are also |
| We are also not to satisfied with the C3600's style, but | | | | available toner cartridges that is compatible with OKI |
| we have really never been too taken with laser | | | | C3600 at 30% saving. The recommended monthly |
| printers in general. The flat white C3600 measures 371 | | | | duty cycle for this printer is 35,000 pages, which is |
| x 290 x 478mm and weighs about 21kg. We couldn't | | | | certainly more than enough for small businesses. |
| refer to it as a behemoth, but it's much larger | | | | The C3600 fared very well in a direct output speed |
| compared to the Samsung CLP315W, which only | | | | assessment with 3 other colour laser printers. It |
| measures 389 x 244 x 312mm. The C3600 at the | | | | emerged 2nd best in all our tests, just behind the |
| same time weighs about 9 kg more compared to the | | | | Brother Hl4040CN, also a single-function printer at |
| CLP-315W, and so those with very little desk space | | | | thesame price range. It printed black text at almost the |
| will likely be more happy with a more compact device. | | | | same speed as the HL -4040CN, producing 15.61 |
| All the ports needed to connect the printer to your | | | | pages per minute, in contrast to the HL-4040CN's |
| computer is placed at the back of the chassis, | | | | 15.66. This could not keep up with the Samsung |
| consisting of a USB and an Ethernet port for | | | | CLP-315W in the colour demonstration test, but with |
| networking across multiple systems. Another useful | | | | this printer, I'm pretty sure that you won't be waiting too |
| feature lacking on the C3600 is a front-mounted USB | | | | long for any document to be printed. |
| port for connecting PictBridge- compatible cameras as | | | | The performance of the C3600 in all our print-quality |
| well as direct printing from your USB flash storage | | | | test looked extremely well. The black text looked as |
| drive. | | | | good as we anticipate with a laser printer, it has bold |
| Given that it's just a single function laser printer, there | | | | line formation as well as smooth gradation along font |
| are only a few additional features, however we | | | | size scales. Additionally, the C3600 dealt with our |
| commend Oki for making use of a 400MHz processor | | | | graphics text admirably, demonstrating remarkable |
| and also a hefty 128 mb of memory, which allows the | | | | signs of colour separation together with well-defined |
| C3600 to handle larger print jobs compared to the | | | | image variation, even in some of the delicate blending |
| competition. You can even upgarde the memory up to | | | | detail. Not surprisingly, a few of the images looked |
| 640MB. | | | | slightly smudgy and pixellated, however the general |
| The C3600's cyan, magenta, yellow and black OKI | | | | print quality throughout presentations, graphics and |
| toner cartridges} are individually separated and is | | | | simple text strengthened our general impression of this |
| postioned directly under the top cover and is lined-up in | | | | particular printer. |
| a horizontal row. This printer ships with 'standard' | | | | |