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Samsung ML-2010 Laser Printer Review

January 30, 2006
Reviewer: Christopher
Category: Printers

Just a few years ago, laser printers were too expensive for home use as ink based printers were the mainstream for those with home offices. This has changed in the past year as laser printers have steadily decreased in price while ink based printer prices remained constant. Printer manufacturers are now able to offer a low cost laser printer solution for those homes that print in larger volumes. One such manufacturer is Samsung and the ML-2010 is a perfect example of such a black and white laser printer.

Company:

Samsung, www.samsung.com

Price:

$113.99 US at NewEgg.com

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Getting Started

With a retail tag of around $113.99US and replacement toner cartridges going for $69.99US, the ML-2010 may also catch your eye as a good deal. However, let’s take a quick look and see how cost effective this printer may be over its ink cartridge competition. The average ink cartridge based printer averages around $100US, add the retail price of $30US per ink cartridge and it quickly adds up as the yield is only 850 pages. With the average yield of 3,000 pages per toner cartridge for the ML-2010, it becomes very clear which one is the most economic choice. Samsung has added its TonerSave feature, which when enables can extend the toner yield up to 40%.

Usability

Installation is fairly straightforward as the ML-2010 only supports connections via USB and after installing the drivers via the quick installation CD we were printing. Those who are worried about amount of space that this printer will take up can be relieved to know that ML-2010’s footprint is the same size, if not smaller than today’s deskjet printers.

Featuring a non-expandable 8MB of memory, the ML-2010 is able to hold 150 sheets of paper. Printing speed is very comparable to today’s ink printers with its 22 pages per minutes and first page printing within 10 seconds. Quality is good for graphical and text documents, but the ML-2010 is no replacement for a photo quality printer.

Specifications

Model
Brand	SAMSUNG
Model	ML-2010
Recommended Use	Personal
Printer SPEC
Print Technology	Laser
Output Type	Monochrome Printer
Black Print Speed	Up to 22 ppm letter (up to 20 ppm A4)
Max. Print Speed	21~30ppm
Black Print Quality	Up to 1200 x 600 dpi effective output
Time To First Page (seconds)	Less than 10 seconds (from Ready)
Print Languages, std.	SPL (Samsung Printer Language, host-based printing)
Duplex printing	Manual
Max. Duty Cycle	Up to 5,000 pages per month
Paper Handling / Media
Input Capacity, max.	150-sheet multipurpose tray, 1-sheet manual tray
Output Capacity, std.	100 sheets (face down)
Media Type	Plain paper, envelopes, transparencies, labels, cardstock
Media sizes supported	Letter, A4, Legal, Folio, Executive, B5, A5, A6, Envelopes 6-3/4, 7-3/4, #9, #10, DL, C5, C6, B5, Monarch; 3 x 5 to 8.5 x 14 in.
Hardware SPEC
Processor (MHz)	Samsung 150 MHz
Memory, max.	8 MB RAM
Cartridges Compatible	ML-2010D3
Ports
USB Ports	Yes
Compatibility
Windows Compatible	Windows 98/ 98SE/ Me/ 2000/ XP
Macintosh Compatible	Mac OS 10.3 Linux OS, including Red Hat, Caldera, Debian, Mandrake, Slackware, SuSE and Turbo Linux
Cable Type	USB Cable(sold separately)
Physical SPEC
Dimensions	14.1" x 11.8" x 8.5"
Weight	12.1 lbs.

Pros:

Compact unit, space saving
Simple Installation

Cost effective printing solution

Cons:

Only one way to connect to PC

Adding It All Up

If you are tired of shelling out and throwing money at your ink based printer and are ready to step up to a quality laser printer for your home office, the ML-2010 is the right choice for you. With Samsung’s excellent quality and support you will be asking yourself why you hadn’t made the change sooner.

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