Okidata B4250 LED Monochrome Printer

I had my Okidata OLE810 for at least 12 years. What a great machine. My best guess is I used at least 30 drums. It finally gave it up....it owes my nothing.

I just bought the B4250. What a flimsy piece of junk. Constant paper jams since the paper must make *2* VERY tight U-turns inside the machine. Whoever designed this has apparently never used a printer in real life.

The list in the manual detailing what kinds of paper you *can't* use is very, very long. To use heavy paper, like pricey letterheads or card stock....the only option is to feed them in ... o n e ... a t ... a ... t i m e. Wish I had that kind of time.

It is VERY fast...when it works. Regular hammermill white paper kept jamming. Run of the mill (sorry about the pun) paper seems to be a problem.

It shipped with the toner leaking all over. My hands were black by the time I got it set up.

Sorry Okidata....but it's time for me to move along...Read more

Despite the fast printing speed, after I print out text, the set toner can easily be erased and rubbed away (minus one star). Another thing is that there is no manual duplex option, not even a "print out odd pages" and "print out even pages" function in the provided software (minus another star).

This is our second printer of this model we use in our small business. We print about 50 pages a day of medical transcription.

I like this printer because of the low initial cost and low cost for toner replacement. Very economical and great print quality.

It has a little trouble with thicker papers which may have to be hand-loaded.