Compact styling and design- The Samsung SCX 4521 printer has great compact styling and design. It weighs a feather light 10 kilograms and boast with compact overall dimensions of 14.5x17x14.7 inches. The smaller the footprint especially in home or small business environment the better. The customers' or clients' goal is to invest in a product that can print, scan, fax and copy without taking up all the space of each item individually.

Quality control- At a price of US$250.00 you cannot really expect much from this multi function printer and this becomes very apparent when the machines' print quality is tested. Text quality can be described as good for everyday monochrome purposes. Characters are clear even at very low font sizing. Graphics and photo quality is average with visible flaws in the form of dithering. If overall high quality prints are required even on a daily basis rather opt for another make or model printer.

Paper accepted- No need to worry about the printer not accepting certain paper sizes and types as it compatible with all well-known and regularly used paper sizes including Legal, A4, Letter, Folio, Exec, JIS, A4, A5 and A6 and types Plain, Transparency, Labels, Cards and envelopes. Prints are produced at above average speed of 20 pages per minute. The same rule applies with copy speed. Printer resolutions are at 600x600 dpi. No warm-up time necessary with first print or copy popping out at a super fast 11 seconds from standby mode.

Operating systems- All major operating systems are accepted by the printer and software, including Windows, Linux and Apple Macintosh. Super news for both Apple and Linux users who often struggle with system compatibility issues.

Noise- If you hate printer noise rather steer clear from the Samsung SCX 4521 printer as it one of the noisiest printers on the market. Unfortunately there's no long term solution or quick fix for reducing or eliminating the noise, you will either have to get use to it or not buy it at all.

Port options- The printer comes with the latest as well a bit of outdated technology in terms of connectivity. On the one hand you have USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 compatibility and on the other hand Parallel port option. No cables are included with the printer. Ethernet connectivity is available as an extra if you plan to use the machine in network environment.

Common con's Unfortunately the printer comes standard with a couple of con's in the form of paper tray spillages caused by a design flaw to the paper out tray, scan quality is uneven and last but lot least you will be haunted by paper jams. Jams are chop -chop to fix with the press of a button. No need to dismantle the whole printer as with other All-in-one devices.

Toner- Sample Samsung SCX 4521 Toner will be included with the printer. However it will last only a 1000 page printing long. Replacement cartridges can easily last up to 3000 print pages. A feature referred to as One Touch Toner function is the ultimate toner saver. You can increase print capacity to an extra 750 pages, while saving up to 25% toner with the push of a button. Great thinking on the part of Samsung designers. Printer consumables consist of a mere single toner cartridge.