
The SCX-4828FN from Samsung is a multifunction laser printer.
List Price: $643.20Amazon Price: $379.69Customer Review: Multi function printer
I've been trying to find a good home multi-function laser printer for 6 months since I work from home. Aside from a decent laser printer, my 2nd most important function is the scanner. For work I tend to scan documents and want them saved as a PDF on my computer. I haven't tried the fax or networking functions yet. Pros - Prints fast, double-sided, relatively quiet, and scanner works easily and sends to various file types (i.e. PDF) on your computer without problems. Cons - Software locks up on install and messes with your CPU by the provided "SmarThru Office" software indexing your files. Takes up 50%+ of a CPU power, making it hot and increasing the computer fan noise (annoying to me). However, this is over come by turning OFF the indexing functionality on your computer & turning off printer when not in use. PDF scan of document is saved as a huge file (i.e. 22 MB for a 15 page grayscale PDF document...seems high to me). Should be able to have it scaled to do under 1 MB as a PDF. The only other complaint is that this unit is still pretty big for a home office. I'm not a techie, so I want something easy to use and meet my needs without too much set up. I'd give it another star if it wasn't for the 'indexing/CPU' and software issue. Once you get the work around, it's fine. Perhaps if I upgrade my computer, it'd work better on MS Vista. But, I'm not willing to do that any time soon.