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Samsung CLP-660ND

B&W Pages per Min.: 25 • Color Pages per Min.: 25 • Max. B&W dpi: 2400-by-600 • Max. Color dpi: 2400-by-600 • Tray Capacity, pages: 250 • Price When Reviewed: $700
Samsung CLP-660ND (Front)
Samsung CLP-660ND (Front)
74.7 Good
Last updated
July 11, 2008
Test Center Reviewed by
Melissa Riofrio
Pros
  • Excellent text quality
  • Good reliability
Cons
  • Inferior graphics quality
  • Expensive toner
  • Pricing:Average: $700 (7/11/2008)
  • Performance:Fair: 69
  • Features:Very Good: 82
  • Design:Good: 72
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing Average: $700

Average: $700
Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $109.99
Standard Cyan Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 129.99
Standard Magenta Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 129.99
Standard Yellow Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 129.99

Performance Fair: 69

Fair: 69
Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm) 19.8 
Three-Page Word Document (secs) 23.11 
Ten-Page Word Document (secs) 39.34 
Text Output Quality Superior 
Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm) 2.9 
Two-Page Excel Document (secs) 19.95 
One-Page Webpage (secs) 20.4 
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) 42.32 
Color Output Quality Fair 
Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) 1.1 
Sports Action Shot (secs) 53.75 
Color Photo Quality Fair 
Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) 2.3 
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) 25.66 
Grayscale Output Quality Fair 
Grayscale Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Grayscale Glossy Output Quality n/a 
Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) 2.8 
300dpi Line Art Image (secs) 21.8 
Line Art Output Quality Very Good 
Scan Tests (in seconds)
Overall Scan Quality n/a 
Copy Tests
Copy Output Quality n/a 

Features Very Good: 82

Very Good: 82
Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed 128 
Maximum Amount of RAM 640 
Dimensions
Dimensions 17 by 17 by 16.8 
Weight (pounds) 56.4 
Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min. 25 
Color Pages per Min. 25 
Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi 2400-by-600 
Max. Color dpi 2400-by-600 
Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type PostScript 3, SPL-C 
PCL Emulation PCL6 
PostScript Type Standard 
Interfaces
Parallel Port No 
Serial Port No 
USB 1.1 Yes 
USB 2.0 Yes 
Ethernet Yes 
Drivers
Macintosh Yes 
Windows 98 No 
Windows NT No 
Windows 2000 Yes 
Windows XP Yes 
Linux Yes 
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 600 
Standby Power Draw (watts) 35 
Multifunction Printer Specs
Fax Memory (pages) 0 
Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard 1 
Number of Input Trays, Maximum 2 
Tray Capacity, pages 250 
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays 500 
Manual Feed Slot Yes 
Maximum Paper Size Legal 
Output Tray Capacity 200 
Auto Duplexer Yes 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 24 
Saturday Support Hours 24 
Sunday Support Hours 24 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Cost of Operation Inside of Warranty
Cost per Page, Black 0.07 
Cost per Page, Color 0.1 
Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle 80000 
Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields 5500 
Color Ink/Toner Yields 2000 
Standard Cyan Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield 5000 
Standard Magenta Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield 5000 
Standard Yellow Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield 5000 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category Samsung got a great report card for its printers. In particular, readers say the units are very reliable--second only to Canon's. ThatÂ’s a big improvement over our last R&S survey, where Samsung received average grades. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Better than Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Better than Average 
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use Better than Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Better than Average 

Design Good: 72

Good: 72
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