I purchased this printer just over a year ago as it was on offer for only £49 at Dabs and my work had just purchased some Samsung printers for use in our offices and they seemed good for the money.
I have used it for printing photos as well as multi-layered text (watermarks) and always get great results. Of course you won't get the same kind of quality with pictures as a £200+ printer would give with a higher resolution but it does itself proud. The printer has an easy slide adjuster for different size paper and envelopes which makes it more convenient that most and also a nifty tray indicator telling you how much paper is left inside.
If you happen to own the new x64 edition of Windows, Samsung have now released drivers for this printer (available via Windows / Microsoft Update) which many budget printers don't yet have as manufacturers are waiting for Vistas' release next year and as such would not work.
The specs for the toner say it will print around 2000 pages before running out but the 1510 includes a Toner Saving Mode which helps to increase this a bit. Unlike an inkjet cartridge Tomer is actually a dry powder so it won't dry up if you don't use it within a year. It costs around £60 for a new toner which is more than the printer so it would seems more practical to get a whole new printer leading to the question - What do I do with it then?
You can buy bottles of Toner refills from eBay for around £5 last time i looked, however Samsung along with many other manufacturers these days integrate the toner cartridge into the Drum unit which normally lasts 3 cartridge changes before failing so eventually you will have to change it whatever you decide.
This isn't a fast printer for those in offices printing off vast amounts but for those of us a home who only need ot for a few pages here and there its great.
My only real quarrel with this printer is that like other Samsung printers it seems to have a problem feeding paper through straight as printouts are sometimes slanted.
Overall this is a good little budget printer with only the feeding issue annoying me along with what to do when the toner runs out.
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Hi and welcome to Ciao – A good first review although more info would have been useful. If you want any help or want me to re rate, leave me a message in my guestbook - Cat x x
May 9th, 2006
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