When considering what printer to buy for an office, most experienced users have a few guidelines and choices. Those choices include: whether to select an all-in-one inkjet that also produces some quality photo prints, or a laser color printer that can’t be matched when it comes to speed. Whether it’s small or bigger, black or white, there are a couple of brands that you’ll check out the first moment you run into a shop (or online shop).



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.