Samsung SCX-4500 is a mono multifunction device and a unique thing about this printer is that it is really attractive. Manufacturers usually don’t make beautiful printers and hence this was a welcome change that I saw in my labs. The feature set of this printer is very basic though. I haven’t reviewed any mono laser multifunction devices between $250 to $350 and hence I will make comparisons only to the more expensive devices. The cost of this device is $300 but I would recommend you to spend a bit more and go for the $400 more expensive printers because they have good feature set to offer for this price bump.

For instance, there is the Canon ImageClass MF4690 which costs $400 and comes with automatic document feeder, manual feed tray, fax capabilities, USB port (front-mounted) that can be used for printing and scanning, built-in duplexer, and Ethernet port for easy networking – all this just for $100 more. Samsung SCX-4500 is alluring but still you must know about the things that you don’t get.

In my lab tests, the Samsung SCX-4500 was slower than other multifunction devices in the competition which is not really surprising considering that it is $100 cheaper. Black text was printed at 13.05 ppm or pages per minute. It is one ppm slower than Canon MF4690 and much slower than the Dell 1815dn and the Lexmark X342n.