Turning from print speed to quality, the Oki C3400n was a middle-of-the-pack performer. It excelled where we expect a laser printer to excel--black text--and faltered where we expected--color graphics. Black text was smooth and uniform, with no noticeable errors. Black graphics showed nice detail and a smooth grayscale progression, but photographic elements showed hash marks. Some of the color text also revealed dots and hash marks, and color graphics fared worst of all. The color gradients showed banding (as did the grayscale), and flesh tones were overly red, while grays were overly blue.
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The company backs the Oki C3400n with a standard one-year warranty that includes overnight exchange for defective units. Free, toll-free phone support is available 24/7. You can also e-mail Oki's support staff 24/7, though users who register on Oki's site get priority. Oki's site also has product-specific drivers/utilities, downloadable manuals and user guides, a list of consumables for each model (though as of September 19, 2006, we couldn't find consumables for this model on the site), and a knowledge base.
What You'll Pay
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