Oki MC361 HD Color It Increases Productivity Through Superior Speed and FUNCTIONALITY.

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Bought this for our home. Everything worked fine other than I couldn't get scanner to work. Then 3 weeks later printer stopped printing. I called Oki's help line (1800 oki-data). The first call was obviously re-routed when tech service didn't pick up right away, and whoever answered and tried to give technical advice obviously wasn't knowledgeable and said nothing could be done. I ended the call after a few minutes and when I called again the phone was picked up right away in technical support and the fellow was amazing. Got everything working. Love this product and very happy I upgraded from our old HP colored laser printer plus another HP colored MFP (not laser). This is faster, has a nice power save feature, etc. I have no technical computer background other than what I have had to figure out at home (2 desktops and 2 laptops). This review was modfied by poster @ 05-01-12 04:34 PM

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Second laser printer I've owned since my last inkjet (HP PSC 7210) died to water damage, and also the second printer that I could operate through LAN. Bought this during last year's Christmas sale for $260 (yep, a big $290 off! no PM though) plus taxes, no shipping fees as I picked up locally.(The box it comes in is heavy, I'd recommend getting a friend to move it with you.)Being able to do things over the LAN connection means I don't have to park the MFP next to my HTPC setup, and also lets me run it from another computer. Then there's the built-in duplex, which I've missed after replacing the inkjet with a Brother mono laser MFP. Thus far my only gripe about it is the warm-up time from inactivity or power-off.

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I really did a lot of research on multifunction printers before purchasing this product. I spent hours on Google reading laser printer and MFP reviews from all different manufacturers. I wanted something that would serve my at-home office and my family for the next several years - and do so at a reasonable price. I do a lot of scanning and black and white printing. My wife does a lot of photocopying. My kids could benefit from color printing for school work.The MC361 is very impressive, especially at the $300 sale price. I can't even believe it is so inexpensive. Yes, I know, the printers are often cheap to get you hooked on a company's toner. But when I work the numbers, I'm very happy.I was worried, from several reviews, that the MC361 is too noisy. It isn't at all. It's very quiet. After printing/copying its fan hums quietly, waiting for the next print job. But if you press the "Power Save" button, it becomes silent.I was worried, from other reviews, that the color picture print quality is poor. Sure, a picture printed on quality of photo paper with Costco photo lab's expensive printer is far superior to the picture quality out of the MC361. But when given a choice, my kids preferred the MC361's color output when compared to my older HP inkjet's output. I conclude that color picture quality is good.One thing that really impresses me is the speed of the MC361. I was able to scan 300 pages of old photo albums in 600 dpi color in only 2.5 hours. AMAZING! Each of these scans were placed and positioned on the scanner glass by hand. Using my old scanner, that job would have taken days - and I've been putting it off for years because of that. And the quality of the scans is fantastic. I am very happy.You can set up profiles so that scans are sent directly to shared folders on network computers - and lots of parameters, such as resolution, file type, compression, etc, can be set in the profile. You can also bring up a profile on the MC361 and then adjust parameters easily for that particular job only. Scans can also be saved into a flash memory stick plugged into the front USB connector. Very convenient. There is also the ability to scan directly to an email address, but I have not set that up.Printing, copying, and scanning can all be one-sided or full duplex. The feeders work very well.The ability to print banners up to 4' in length on card stock was a big selling point for me. I won't use that much, but I can see it will be useful for printing family picture collages, kids' school projects, birthday banners, etc. Few printers can do this; Oki can because of the way that the paper feeds straight through the machine when using the secondary paper input and output trays.The user interface on the front panel is very nice. I have no problem using it. However, there are a couple small things I would change, such a not burying the "Continue Scan" selection as deep in the menus and having a few more dedicated keys (user defined keys would be even better). But not a big deal.One review I read warned, "Setting up network printing is no problem. But setting up network scanning takes a bit of work." That proved to be true.I don't like entering network and email settings on the little 4-arrow and OK button on the MC361. I think the MC561 has a qwerty keyboard. It would be even better if I could somehow enter contacts and other data via my PC then upload them to the MC361.Finally, the MC361 seems very well built. It's solid and heavy and reminds me of a full sized office printer in terms of quality.Highly recommended... But of course I've only been using it for a week now so I'll report any problems I discover in the future.

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This is the third one I got with at least two more inquiries about it. I can not believe how much you get for $300 lol. This is simply great for a small business/office. Some say that it's noisy but I found it to be about the same as other business printer of the same level. The good thing about this is that you can press the Power Save button after you’re done whatever and it quiets down fast rather than have to wait two hours like some other models.I like that NCIX carries all the ink but you have to make sure to price match to get the best deal.

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Highly recommended, if you encounter errors when installing ink just push the blue lock to the end left. This review was modfied by poster @ 01-24-12 11:07 AM