The Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer is a more affordable version of the Samsung SCX-4500. It is not a big difference between the two printers; both of them have laser-based technology and were designed as having the black color plastic case. In fact, the Samsung SCX-4300 has a more practical approach of the tasks that a multifunctional should provide. The shape of the SCX-4300 multifunctional is wider at the top to ease the managing of the scanning processes. Also, at the top of the multifunctional device was placed a control panel and easy access buttons for printing, scanning, or faxing.



This control panel has a two-line display and 16 character type, on an LCD screen. There is no backlight, but the contrast of the characters is good enough, which make it very readable and easy to navigate on. An opening for the emergent pages was placed right next to the control panel, while to make sure the papers will not fall on the ground there is a pull-out end stop as well. The feed tray supports 250-sheet papers and is placed at the bottom of the front panel. This amount of pages is obviously large enough compared with other printers of its class, including the SCX-4500. There is also a single sheet multi-purpose opening that suits special documents.



The lid of the scanner will open up only half way to vertically, which is not so convenient due to the fact that only a hand can get inside in order to arrange papers and avoid paper jams. The other multi-purpose devices of its class would have a vertically opening of the scanner’s section. In the back side of the Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer there are the USB ports and the sockets for power, which are all the data connections you can find on this printer.



Behind the front panel of the Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer you will find the integrated drum and toner cartridge, this is why the front panel was designed to be opened in order to provide access to these compounds. As a conclusion to the designed chosen by the Samsung Company, we can notice and admire the effort to make a not too heavy and wide multi-purpose device, by adding more smart features to its boxy appearance. A free cartridge comes together with the package of the Samsung SCX-4300 Printer, which will last for 1,000 ISO documents, which is not too much but enough for normal use. This printer has an affordable price, and the smaller cartridge should be considered as an unexpected and welcomed bonus to the package.

As for the software the new Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer is equipped with, it uses the same SmarThru 4 and Dr. Printer utilities. The Laser Printer utility ensures the easy handling of the scanner, printer, copier, and images sharing, whereas the SmartThru 4 utility is in charge of the diagnose of the websites. The driver manages the manifold print quality settings such as the watermarks, or overlays, with the help of an accessible control panel.