Comments Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer - Printer - review

Comments

Please wait while we process your request

Please wait while we retrieve the user's information

Bio

Your bio is currently empty. Now is a great time to fill in your profile.

This profile is private.

This profile is only shared with friends.

This profile is under review.

We were unable to request friendship with this user.

We were unable to request friendship with this user. Are you logged in?

Your friendship request has been sent to this user.

We were unable to terminate friendship with this user.

We were unable to terminate friendship with this user. Are you logged in?

You are no longer friends with this user.

We were unable to ignore this user.

We were unable to ignore this user. Are you logged in?

This user is now ignored.

We were unable to stop ignoring this user.

We were unable to stop ignoring this user. Are you logged in?

This user is no longer ignored.

pluck_user_mp-abuse_too_long_err

Name withheld

DonJohnson

12:25 AM on 20 August, 2008

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore DonJohnson. Show Details Hide Details

The feature table mentions an optional external ethernet adapter. I cannot find this item on the Samsung website. Do you have a part no. or other any information on where this adapter can be purchased.

Score:

Name withheld

PhilT

12:29 AM on 3 February, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore PhilT. Show Details Hide Details

external ethernet adapter costs more than the printer !

http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?origin=gbase2.3&prodID=B59228

Score:

Name withheld

JohnnyFeather

7:35 PM on 12 May, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore JohnnyFeather. Show Details Hide Details

Can this machine scan colour photos and save to a hard drive? Or only black and white documents and photos?

Score:

Name withheld

blue

9:01 PM on 22 December, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore blue. Show Details Hide Details

Very quick and reliable little machine. Does the trick for copying.

Score:

Name withheld

OmarHenriquez

3:53 PM on 12 July, 2010

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore OmarHenriquez. Show Details Hide Details

Beware if you are Mac user, Samsung does not support apple computers

I don’t normally write many reviews, but today I felt compelled to do it because some customers may benefit from my advice.

I purchased the Samsung SCX-4300 all in one printer, but I soon realized that I was not able to use the device as a scanner in my Macbook Pro. I went to samsung web age, downloaded driver for MAC OS, installed it, but the Smarthru application does not open after the reboot. I then spoke with one Samsung representative via chat support, he said that I should install windows in my mac in order to use the printer, therefore I purchased parallels desktop, I bought windows 7, and installed them. I installed the samsung smarthru exe file (samsung software) in windows 7 in my mac, but despite this, smarthru "did not find the device" I called samsung, they told me to call pcworld, the place where I bought the mac, I went to PC world, but they did not have enough knowledge to handle my query, therefore I called Apple care and they tried my mac which is able to recognize other all in one printer devices.

Apple care told me to call Samsung. I called Samsung and they stated that there is nothing that samsung can do because "samsung does not support Mac OS" They also clearly stated that in order for them to provide me with support my computer should be Windows OS based! I escalated the issue and one Samsung “expert” called me and stated that in order for the scan to be recognized I had to buy and install a graphic converter. I did so, the scan is finally recognized but there is no availability of basic functions, such as the OCR. Therefore if I want to be able to scan choosing OCR option, I need to buy more software! At the moment I am stuck with an expensive, unusable, big item occupying space at home.

I have not received positive feedback from the company where I purchased the product (printware). I know that if I had purchased the printer in amazon, they would have refunded the money or changed the printer for a suitable one.

If you are windows user, fine. But if you are MAC OS user, you may want to consider buying a printer that supports MAC computers.

Score:

Name withheld

tradermom

8:47 AM on 19 August, 2010

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore tradermom. Show Details Hide Details

This Printer is suported by MAC OS - 10.6.4. I bought this printer yesterday and hooked it up to my iMAC via the USB port, in System Preferences, Printers and Faxes, the Printer appeared straight away in true MAC fashion. I did not even have to instal the printer software that came in the package.

Scanning also works fine in Image capture and Preview. The only tricky bit is if you are trying to hook it into the USB port of the Airport Extreme, all you have to do is to switch the Airport on and off and it will sense the printer!! No problems there.

Scanning seems to only work when it is directly connected to the MAC..not through the router but that's cool!

So I can confirm that this is working on a MAC...here is the apple statement for it:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3669#samsung

Also you can go to the samsung website for the drivers if you need it:

http://tinyurl.com/scx4300drivers

I think this printer works great for what it costs!!

Score:

Please wait while we file your abuse report.

We're sorry. We were unable to report abuse at this time.

We limit the number of reactions an individual user can submit over a given period for quality reasons. You have currently reached that limit. Please try resubmitting your abuse report again later.

Comment is too long. Enter 500 characters or less.

Type Comment
(optional)

Please wait while we send the email.

You may send this to 5 e-mail addresses. Please separate each address with a space.

We're sorry, but the item you are sending has been removed from the site.

We're sorry. We were unable to send the email at this time.

Please specify a recipient.

You can only send messages to 5 addresses at a time.

The address "" is not valid.

Subject

Please specify a subject.

Comment
(optional) Send Cancel

Score
vote upvotes up
vote downvotes down

More Photos

This is a good, straightforward multifunction printer which would be very at home in a typical SOHO environment. It's quite quick, produces good text and passable graphics, though copies of graphics, particularly of greyscale shades, can be very patchy. Running costs are reasonable and if your budget is tight this looks like a good way of providing yourself with the main office print, scan and copy functions at reasonable cost.

Overall

8/10

Write your own review

Reviewed by Simon Williams

19 August 2008

Price as reviewed

£104.57

Comments on Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer

Overall

Price as reviewed

Comments

Name withheld

DonJohnson

Name withheld

PhilT

Name withheld

JohnnyFeather

Name withheld

blue

Name withheld

OmarHenriquez

Name withheld

tradermom

Awards

Scores in detail

Price as reviewed

Manufacturer

Three of the best Budget Printers

Epson Workforce Pro WP-4014DN

Canon PIXMA MX885

Samsung ML-1865W

Explore TrustedReviews

Site Sections

Round-ups

Tools and Social

More Information

Comments on Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer

Overall

Price as reviewed

Comments

Comments

Name withheld

Name withheld

Name withheld

Name withheld

Name withheld

Name withheld

Awards

Scores in detail

Price as reviewed

Manufacturer

Printer round-ups

TrustedReviews newsletter

Three of the best Budget Printers