Samsung SCX-3405FW

Samsung SCX-3405FW

If you need a mono laser MFP for light-duty printing in a micro office or as a personal printer in any size office, the Samsung SCX-3405FW ($200 street) should grab your attention. Small enough to share a desk with, it offers wired and WiFi network support; the ability to scan, work as a standalone copier and fax machine; and the ability to fax from your PC even over a network. It even includes a 40-page automatic document feeder (ADF) to complement the letter-size flatbed and let you scan legal-size pages. Add in the reasonably high-quality output and acceptable, if not impressive, speed, and it's certainly worth a look. The SCX-3405FW is one of the few mono laser MFPs that's small enough to serve comfortably as a personal printer. In fact, it's one of the smallest. Measuring 11.7 by 15.8 by 11.5 inches (HWD), it's smaller than the Editors' Choice Panasonic KX-MB2000 ($130 street, 4 stars) for example, and roughly the same size as the HP LaserJet Pro M1217nfw MFP ($259.99 direct, 3.5 stars) that I recently reviewed. The practical cost of the printer's very small size is that it has little room for paper handling features.