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.