The printer is rated at 16ppm (After an intial 15-second warmup for the first page). The DPI of 600x600 is something fairly standard in laser printers. Samsung advertises the printer for having silent operation with a maximum decibel rating of around 45dBA. Now, that isn't "dead silent" by any means, but it's probably about as noisy as most printers, but quieter than some lasers I have used here in the past. The cartridge in this printer, although smaller than some, still yeilds a 2000 page output. Of course the cartridge that comes with the printer is simply a beginner one that only does around 1000 pages.

At first I thought the paper tray looked a little small on this printer, but it does have a 100 page capacity. Great for home users and smaller offices, but in a large business a paper tray with a 100 sheet capacity wouldn't last too long. Unlike most printers where you grab the tray and pull it out, the SCX-4500 has an eject button for the paper tray. The tray itself is actually spring loaded, and when the button is pressed it pops out a few inches for easy removal.

Replacing the toner cartridge is where the SCX-4500 really stands out as being different. As you can see in the picture it almost looks like a sandwich, with the middle part being set in a lot more (this is where the paper comes out). If you want to replace the toner, there's a button you depress under the top lip and the entire top half opens up just like the hood on your car does. It's pretty straightforward from there to just set the toner in place and close the lid again.

(Shown above without the toner installed)

Since the paper comes out of the middle half of the printer, it obviously needs a tray to collect it on because there isn't nearly a big enough surface on the printer itself to hold a sheet paper. The included see-through tray easily pops into the slot on the front of the printer. This slot actually has a small door that springs closed when the tray is removed so it stays relatively hidden. Although that door is a really neat idea, I still feel that this tray could have been better designed. I would have liked to have seen something that actually slid out of this slot and perhaps matched the same black colour of the rest of the printer. The white clip-on collector just "seems" almost like an afterthought to me, something that wasn't considered much in the design of the physical unit itself.

Paper jam? No problem. Not only does the printer open up on the top like I just mentioned but it also has a nice big cover you can pop off on the back too. That way if a piece of paper jams on it's way from the tray up to upper half, you can easily access it to pull it out.