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The Samsung CLP 510N Printer

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Samsung seems to have done their homework on their Samsung CLP 510n printer using CLP 510N ink and toner. It is impossible to cater for all tastes and requirements, but if you have an office and want a fast, reliable and high quality printer at a great price, at $120 this is a great option. The printer is targeted at small to large business offices that want a great printer at a low price. This version is a rework of the CLP 510s with improvements on the chip, rate of pages per minute printing, both mono and color and some small hardware updates.

It's An Office Keeper

There is one thing you need to understand from the start about this printer. It is not designed for home users. The printer is big and a bit more expensive if you are used to printers designed for the casual consumer. For a color laser printer it is actually very affordable.

Because a beast it is. To give you an idea, the box it comes in weighs around 88 pounds. It comes with four toners, basic cables and a manual.

The improvements Samsung has made to this printer are easy to see, mainly in the speed department. The previous CLP-550s were working at 21 pages per minute in black and white and five pages per minute in color. The latest Samsung CLP-510n printer has increased this speed to 25 pages per minute for black and white and seven pages per minute in color. The duplexing speed has also dropped by two or three seconds to 13 seconds for mono and 21 seconds in full color. Duplexing, in case you are wondering, is the ability of double-sided printing, which is great if you want to save time, Samsung toner cartridges and paper.

The other big change from the previous models is its chip. The PowerPC processor of previous models has been changed to a Samsung SPGPm processor. However, the previous models could hold nearly twice the amount of RAM and were one decibel quieter. The change in the price tag had to be felt somewhere I guess. It is worth remembering that this printer only costs $120.

The new CLP 510n has great image quality, although not if you are expecting picture perfect quality. If you were planning to use the office printer to get your holiday snapshots you might be disappointed. However, although not picture perfect, they are still very good.

The cost of the printer is higher than what many are used to paying for a printer. This is because it is an office printer, and for a color laser printer it is actually cheap. Toner consumables are inexpensive compared to other printers, with color and mono going for around $120 and $100 respectively.

The Samsung CLP 510n is an excellent trade off in price, speed and image quality. If you need a fast, high quality printer at a reasonable price you are going to enjoy this one.

You will enjoy not having to do costly reprints as the Samsung CLP 510N replacement toners prints right the first time, surely a standard with Samsung CLP toner. Online dealers offer cartridge and toner at such exceptional prices it really makes this printer worthwhile!