Samsung CLP 500N

Advantages: Compact efficient machine
Disadvantages: slightly small paper tray

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Advantages: automatic double sided printing, cheap colour laser printer
Disadvantages: very heavy, toner expensive

...I was told not to use a colour laser printer under a £1000 for high quality colour prints. So my expectation was not high. Why did I buy it? I print a residents newsletter once a quarter about 6 sides and 450 -500 copies, besides personal printing items. Being a laser I am worry about the right type of paper for printing so I have not yet a year in used it for glossy photo paper. I was able to print card but had to feed in using the manual feeder as I wanted to double side it. I have been amazed at the speed I can print the newsletters even with two or three photos included. and the print quality is very good. As with all printers I have learned not to trust toner empty messages, provided I watch it print at that point at least 500 pages can be printed - that is a saving. It is so easy to change the toner, and even in... Read review

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Advantages: Good Price, Small Package
Disadvantages: Small paper tray and no manual feed

...a network version of the same printer the CLP-300N this is slightly more expensive but does allow the software on your PC to be able to monitor the cartridge levels and other consumables life, this cannot be done using the USB interface over the network using a print server like a HP JetDirect. -----------Conclusion----------- I have been very impressed with the Samsung CLP-300 printer it produces really good quality prints for black and white, for photo printing the quality is reasonable and good enough just to show people a quick picture but not good enough to print photos for your album. I would recommend this printer for anybody that wants low end colour laser printing capabilities. For the price it is very good value, the consumables are also very reasonable.... Read review

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