This control panel has a two-line display and 16 character type, on an LCD screen. There is no backlight, but the contrast of the characters is good enough, which make it very readable and easy to navigate on. An opening for the emergent pages was placed right next to the control panel, while to make sure the papers will not fall on the ground there is a pull-out end stop as well. The feed tray supports 250-sheet papers and is placed at the bottom of the front panel. This amount of pages is obviously large enough compared with other printers of its class, including the SCX-4500. There is also a single sheet multi-purpose opening that suits special documents.

The lid of the scanner will open up only half way to vertically, which is not so convenient due to the fact that only a hand can get inside in order to arrange papers and avoid paper jams. The other multi-purpose devices of its class would have a vertically opening of the scanner’s section. In the back side of the Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer there are the USB ports and the sockets for power, which are all the data connections you can find on this printer.

Behind the front panel of the Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer you will find the integrated drum and toner cartridge, this is why the front panel was designed to be opened in order to provide access to these compounds. As a conclusion to the designed chosen by the Samsung Company, we can notice and admire the effort to make a not too heavy and wide multi-purpose device, by adding more smart features to its boxy appearance. A free cartridge comes together with the package of the Samsung SCX-4300 Printer, which will last for 1,000 ISO documents, which is not too much but enough for normal use. This printer has an affordable price, and the smaller cartridge should be considered as an unexpected and welcomed bonus to the package.

As for the software the new Samsung SCX-4300 Multifunction Laser Printer is equipped with, it uses the same SmarThru 4 and Dr. Printer utilities. The Laser Printer utility ensures the easy handling of the scanner, printer, copier, and images sharing, whereas the SmartThru 4 utility is in charge of the diagnose of the websites. The driver manages the manifold print quality settings such as the watermarks, or overlays, with the help of an accessible control panel.

If you worry about black fingers and paper jams, you have the Samsung jam-free roller system, which ensures that the papers stay in order. Another advantage of this printer will be the small size that will fit in every small room, whether from office or home, and will also provide impressive print quality at a small prize as well.

Thinking about its pros and cons, there are more good sides than bad sides. The first pro is its cheap price, which is also combined with the impressive capabilities that are not so characteristic to other small-office printers. It is a reliable and resistant printer, and has the option to avoid paper jams for at least 500 sheets.

The not so good side of the Samsung ML-2510 is the fast warm up that shows that it uses a lot of power in order to function. Another con is the fact that to replace the toner you should pay almost as much as the printer’s cost itself. There is also some noise while printing, but that will fade away in silent power-save status. All these cons will not weight too much when thinking about the printing quality and overall good capacities.

Other Specifications:

-Brand: Samsung;

-Model: ML-2510;

-Dimensions: 13.9 x 11.7 x 9.7 inches;

-Recommended use: personal;

-Weight: 10.6 lbs.;

- Laser technology;

-Output type: monochrome;

-Black Print Speed: up to 24 ppm;

-Black print quality: 1200 x 600 dpi;

- Duplex printing: manual;

-Emulations: SPL (Samsung Printer Language);

-Input capacity std.: 250-sheet Multi-Purpose Tray;

-Output capacity std.: 100-sheet face down;

-Media sizes supported: 76 x 127 (3 x 5 inches), 216 x 356 mm (8.5 x 14 inches);

-USB ports;

-LPT ports;

-Noise level: less than 53 dB (printing), less than 35 dB (standby);

-Processor (MHz): 150;

-Microprocessor type: Samsung;

-Memory std.: 8 MB;

-Memory max.: 8 MB;

-Cartridges compatible: ML-2010D3;

-Power consumption: less than 350 watts (printing), less than 17 watts (power save);

-Windows compatible: Windows 98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP(32/64bit)/2003 Server(32/64bit);

-Macintosh compatible: Mac OS 10.3;

-Windows Vista: Certified for Windows Vista;

-Other compatibilities: Various Linux OS including Red Hat 8~9, Fedora Core 1~3, Mandrake 9.2~10.1 and SuSE 8.2~9.2;

Technical details:

–Built-in jam-free roller system;

- 1200×600 dpi resolution prints;

-It prints 25 pages per minute;

- Windows XP, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems.

Despite them never being amazing they’ve always provided reliability and little to no page jams or problems. What do most Samsung SCX laser printers that you can find in small offices have in common? They were all pretty affordable, they are all decently fast and most of them seem to be monochrome.

In a world where everyone wants as many features as possible out of one single device, and the most sought after printer type would most likely be the photo multifunctional printer that can do anything your office needs plus print high quality photography, it’s no wonder that the prices of multifunction monochrome printers has gone down a lot.

Right on top of the printer you can find the scanner. In front of the scaner lays the control panel that’s pretty easy to figure out. A 2 line 16 character LCD is more than enough for navigating, paired up with a four way navigational key with an OK key right in the middle. Connectivity is in this case limited to the single USB port found on the back and there are no networking functions whatsoever.

As always the printing speeds claimed by the manufacturers, have for some reason nothing to do with what really happens when you’re using the printers. So, while Samsung claims 22 pages per minute for the SCX-4600 in reality it can do about half as that. Apparently the higher the number of pages you need to print (which obviously eliminates the processing time), the higher the speed you’re printing at. While not amazing, the printing quality is more than good for such an affordable printer. Text printing is worthy of being printed by a laser.

It comes with a black case with accents of glossy plastic here and there and features rounded corners. The control panel of the printer sitting near the top is also very simple. A big button serves for on/off and next to it a couple of LED lights announce when you’re either of ink or a paper jam has occurred.

Oddly enough Samsung didn’t add a cancel button. So if you’re using this printer in a workgroup and you’re PC is in the other room, off you go running to it to cancel the print job. This assuming it’s more than 5-6 pages otherwise you’ll have no chance to get there in time. For paper storage Samsung included a 150 sheet paper input tray. For easy use and even easier replacement of consumables, the cartridges are mounted on the front of the device (right under a drop-down panel).

The conclusion is simple. This printer is lightweight and has a small footprint so it will easily fit on your desk, but once it’s gotten there it might simply not be worth of the space it takes because of relatively poor printing quality (compared to similar lasers), slow printing speeds and consumables that make owning the Samsung CLP-315W color laser printer a bit more expensive than similar printers. It’s not a horrible device and will most likely do its job, but there’s a wide variety of entry-level lasers that can perform better.

As I was preparing to write this article I was slightly puzzled by the concept of a monochrome laser printer when the market is filled with inkjet and color laser all-in-ones to fit the needs of any office. But the conclusion is, there is no point to spend a higher amount of money for a high end color laser printer when all you need is crisp black text. The series of Samsung SCX laser printers include models to suit whatever needs an office may have.

The bad part of it all, as in the case of many lasers, is the warm up time. Printing quality is exactly what you’d expect from an office laser, perhaps even better, as the SCX-4600 can easily compete even with pricier products on the market. The only reason why you’d want to avoid these Samsung SCX laser printers would be the lack of some key features for office user like networking (in the form of either wireless or Ethernet), automatic document feeder or duplexer.

To prove this, the company is offering the Samsung CLP 300 printer, a small and highly affordable color laser, for only $250. This printer comes with no networking features, but if you’re looking for a workgroup printer you’ll also find one in Samsung’s product lineup. The CLP-300N retails for an extra $100 and is still highly affordable comparing to similar products.

Of course, the cost of this printer means you’ll have to compromise on some aspects. The CLP-300 is neither the fastest nor the highest quality laser on the market. In fact, if you stop to consider your options a bit, you just may be better off with a cheap all-in-one inkjet printer that offers a huge set of features and maybe even some good photo printing. But if you’re the type of user that doesn’t have high expectations or printing needs, and would rather pay more attention to costs, Samsung’s CLP-300 may be exactly the device you need. This printer is remarkably small for a color laser. It measures 15.4 x 13.5 x 10.4 inches and weighs 30 pounds. What does this mean, aside from more desk space for you?

It means lower paper capacity. You’ll find a single 150 sheet paper tray on the front of the device. It can hold several sizes of media, from 3 by 5 inch to legal-size paper. The output tray can be found on the top of the CLP-300. Since costs had to be cut to keep the price so low, there is no LCD or much navigation. However, you’ll find the cancel button as well as four LED indicators that let you know when it’s time to replace the toners.

Aside from low paper capacity, the small size of this printer is also due to a unique toner setup. Samsung managed to separate the drum from the toner and shrink the overall size of consumables. The four toners (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) all plug into the front of one drum. This manages to save space as well as money and the process of replacing consumables is simplified.

Since this Samsung clp 300 printer was manufactured to be affordable, obviously its speed isn’t the best you can find on the market. You’ll be getting black text printing at about 14 pages per minute, black graphics at a slow 4 pages per minute and color for around 3-4 pages per minute, for both graphics and text. Add to that the warm up time and you really shouldn’t be in a hurry when using this printer. But as mentioned before, if you want to cut down on the price you pay for equipping your office with a printer and you don’t have great expectations from the said device, the CLP-300 does quite well.

When you receive the printer you’ll get a very large and heavy box for which you’ll probably require some help to move around. Upon unpacking you’ll find the four toners for the CLP-510N in the colors you’ve probably gotten used to by now (black, cyan, magenta and yellow) as well as a bunch of manuals, software CD and the device itself.

Print speed is not extraordinary but will fit most users’ needs at up to 25 pages per minute in mono and 6 pages per minute in color. Duplexing speeds are of 11 ppm black & white and 6 ppm color. The duplexer is a great feature to have in an office printer. It allows printing on both sides of the paper without having to spend time and energy twisting and turning paper, re-inserting it and hoping you did it the right way.

It also saves paper as you’ll be printing on both sides of a sheet, instead of 2 distinct sheets of paper. Some users, like me, might be annoyed by the high first page out time, especially if printing is not done on a regular basis and heavily in your office. It doesn’t matter if a printer can produce 50 copies in a one minute interval, if you have to wait for it to warm up for what seems like an eternity, especially if you’re in the rush for printing one single page. Because of this, it’s nice to know that Samsung also worked on that and lowered the first page out time to 13 seconds for monochrome and 21 seconds for color.

Lower on the front you will find the paper tray with a capacity of 250 sheets of paper while on the right side you can also make use of a 100 sheet auxiliary feeder. As opposed to the more affordable CLP-510, the CLP-510N also comes with networking capabilities. The printer can be set up to work with almost any operating system including Windows, Linux and Macintosh.

As a conclusion, the Samsung CLP-510N printer is an inexpensive solution for any small office, that offers both duplexing and networking. The control panel and the layout of the printer might be a bit confusing, and the text quality could be a little better. Fot the navigation there is a simple solution though; you can print a menu map and stick it somewhere close to the printer to see which option is where in the menu.  Overall it’s one of the better printers out there on the market.

The starter cartridges it comes with will offer just about 2000 pages for black and 1500 pages for color. This means that if you have a small office you’ll end up changing them in the shortest time possible. If for some reason you’ve purchased this for home however, and you don’t need serious printing, the 2000 pages will do well for you. While the full cartridges will last for 7000 pages (mono) and 5000 pages (color) they are unreasonably expensive.

Samsung should have payed a bit more attention to what the consumer needs in this case, as they failed to provide networking, on a printer that targets small offices. This is sort of counter intuitive and will probably cut the target audience by at least half. They do come as an extra (both Ethernet and wireless) but one wonders why you’d have to spend more money to equip this with networking when you can buy a printer that provides that off the shelf.

Bottom line is, all you’ll be getting with the CLP-500 is USB 2.0 (no cable included so you have to buy your own). Setting up the printer is very easy though, as in the case of most Samsung products. Right after you purchase an USB cable, all you have to do is plug the printer in, and that’s about it.

Fully equipped with cartridges it will weigh a ‘mere’ 35 kg. When you consider where you’re going to be placing it also consider that it measures 51 x 47 x 40.5 cm. The Samsung CLP-500 printer could be called bulky but to some extent most color laser printers that were designed for office use are larger as size. As for paper capacity, you’ll be getting a 250 sheet output tray on the top of the device, and 250 sheet input tray. There’s also an extra 500 sheet input tray available for purchase for users that want to increase paper capacity. A multipurpose tray is on the right side of the printer but it will somewhat disapoint with it’s capacity of only 10 sheets of media. Media supported includes envelopes, labels or transparencies.

On the bright side the printer comes with a duplexer, so printing on both sides of the paper will be easy and convenient and you’ll be saving up on paper and time. Speed is pretty average, 20 pages per minute for monochrome and 5 pages per minute for printing color in A4. Quality is good towards great. The graphics quality is somewhat better than the text but both are satisfactory. So, if a user is looking for an affordable color laser printer that can produce good quality prints and also includes a duplexer, the Samsung CLP-500 printer is a very good idea. However, people that require a huge output of paper should look somewhere else, as running costs may become higher than the initial buying cost.

Since technology evolved a lot and color laser printers are already relatively affordable, there’s no telling what the purpose of a mono laser printer is nowadays. But it’s true that this printer was released quite a while ago and I guess there are still companies out there, saving up on money, specially during the recession. The ML 2150 thus is the ideal choice for an office that requires high volume black and white printing.

The Samsung laser printer ML 2150 can print on media up to legal (8.5 x 14 inches) to A4. It has a maximum resolution of 1200 dpi and a paper capacity of 600 sheets (without any optional media tray). This means that you won’t have to replace the paper in it that often, specially compared to competing products. Oddly enough its design is compact and stylish. Back in the day it was actually among the smallest printers on the market. It will work on pretty much any available operating system including Windows, Linux or Mac (and apparently SunSoft Solaris).

The printing speed (for black as it has no color) is of 20 pages per minute which used to be great but now just manages to be average. Nevertheless it’s a great speed for an affordable device. With a monthly cycle of 100,000 pages it just about fits any small office’s needs. It comes with 16MB of installed RAM which can be expanded up to 144MB and holds a processor of 166Mhz

Another feature that makes it very convenient for office use is the built in duplexer. What this means is that you can print on both sides of the page, without having to bother to re-insert the sheet, thus saving time and paper, and possibly even avoiding frustration. While it’s easy to connect the printer to a PC through the included USB port, there is also a parallel port in case older systems are still in the office.

You can still find this printer on the market, for roughly $250. It’s dirt cheap compared to other office printers. Sure, it may not provide color printing and its quality and speed may be a bit behind what more modern products are offering, but for this kind of money, the Samsung laser printer ML 2150 has great features and reliability.

These will generally be HP, Epson, Ricoh and Konica Minolta. Samsung, for example, might not be one of them. This is because they haven’t become so popular on the market with their printers, even though as a manufacturer they are reliable and they offer high quality products.

One of their offerings for small businesses is the all-in-one color laser printer named CLX-6200FX. It can color copy, scan, fax and print. So that’s just about everything you’ll ever need from an office printer. It also packs a couple of more interesting (although not mandatory) features. For example, due to a direct USB port the user can print files directly from an USB stick.

Other nice features include scan-to-email and automatic document feeder that holds 50 sheets. The manufacturer sells this printer for small businesses, but they should also mention that people interested should have a big door if they consider purchasing this. Multifunction all-in-ones were never small, and this one is actually plain bulky, weighting just around 80 pounds.

The speed of the Samsung printer is more than satisfying, at least on paper. When it comes to real life, warm up time can prove to be annoying. It does actually hit the speed of 20 pages per minute, but over 20 seconds spent to wait for the printer to come out of standby may sometimes be annoying. This is unfortunately something you may have to get used to when working with a color laser printer.

Quality of the Samsung CLX-6200FX is great and the prints look pretty sharp and rich in color. The printer has four toner cartridges (the usual black, yellow, magenta and cyan) that will last for approximately 2500 printed pages. Since you won’t change them very often, the cost of the toners (pretty high) won’t bother you that much. The input capacity is of 250 sheets and the multipurpose tray holds an extra 100 sheets. A secondary (optional) cassette feeder can also be installed. It works for a workgroup, but wired. Wireless networking is not available for this printer.

As a conclusion, this printer is a good choice for people who require a fast device that produces high quality prints. It’s relatively easy to set up and works well in a work-group. Only thing you will have to worry about is having it moved to your office (it really is quite heavy). If you must have wireless networking then the more expensive big brother of the CLX-6200FX Samsung printer, the 6210FX might be just the thing for you.