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Samsung ML-2010

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Pros
Affordably priced
Prints attractive put slightly pale text
Cons
Can't upgrade to additional paper trays
Can't upgrade to additional paper trays

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Performance: Good: 72
Features: Poor: 36
Design: Good: 73

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
Color Photo (secs)	11.55
Color Photo, Normal Settings	11.55
Grayscale Output Quality	Fair
Line Art Output Quality	Good
One-Page Grayscale Graphic	12.17
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs)	12.17
Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best)	Fair
Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default)	Good
Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default)	Good
Ten-Page Word Document	38.08
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	38.08
Tested Color Graphics Speed (formerly pf-PCWColorSpeed)	7.8
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	7.8
Tested Text Speed (formerly pf-PCWBWSpeed)	15.8
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	15.8
Text Output Quality	Good
Three-Page PowerPoint Document	18.95
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs)	18.95
Three-Page Word Document	17.74
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	17.74
Two-Page Excel Document	15.66
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	15.66

Text Printing
Text output quality	Good

Performance
Print quality: text/graphics	Very Good/Fair
Speed	Good
Rated speed	22 ppm
Tested speeds	15.8 ppm text; 9.1 ppm graphics
Ease of use	Good
Features	Poor
Maximum true resolution	600-by-600-dpi monochrome
Maximum resolution	1200-by-600-dpi monochrome
Maximum paper size	Legal
Standard input capacity	150 pages input, one tray
Paper feed options	Manual-feed slot, no straight-through paper path
Interfaces	USB 1.1, optional ethernet
Size (width/depth/height) and weight	14.1 by 11.8 by 8.6 inches; 12.3 pounds
Support policies	One-year warranty, 11-hour weekday toll-free support

What You Should Know about the ML-2010

Installed Memory is Ideal for Five or Fewer Users

This printer's installed memory is sufficient for small offices or workgroups that print typical business documents, such as memos, spreadsheets, or simple Web pages. If you have more than six people using the printer or the printer handles heavy traffic, you will want more memory than this printer provides.

Reviewed by: retroleum

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Fast printing (once page is rendered), toner cartridge easily refilled, cheap

Weaknesses: Jams easily, loud

Overall Evaluation: I think I actually got money back by buying this printer because it was a floor model and had a rebate attached. But anyway, I was worried about the floor model part but it seems to be able to take a lot of use and maybe some abuse.As others have said, it's about as loud as a small jet engine when turning on, and it takes a little bit of time to warm up. It's extremely quick printing documents with selectable text like Word docs and typed PDFs. Image PDFs take may a WHILE to render per page, depending on the speed of your computer and the complexity of the image, but that is not really a fault of the printer itself. Print quality is very nice and crisp. Be sure to have the "Toner save" feature on, since it doesn't detract from quality and claims to save you toner (I've never had it off so I don't know if it works incredibly well, but 6 college students were able to get a whole year's worth of readings and papers out of one full cartridge). Speaking of toner, it's very easy to refill with bottle toner bought off eBay or somewhere. Don't bother buying cartridges (they're more expensive than the printer itself). It also works well with my Macs (Tiger and Leopard) after finding the right driver. Don't know about Vista.Unfortunately, the printer jams pretty easily... when I'm not using it. I suspect my friends are just not as careful loading the paper as I am, because I have to keep pulling jammed sheets out for them but rarely have jamming problems with it myself. So just load the paper carefully (in straightened stacks, not one by one if you can help it). I haven't tried thick paper or envelopes, so I don't know how it fairs with those.Overall, this is a very good printer. There were a lot of rebate deals for it last year, but I've seen mostly its newer cousin with rebates this year, so I don't know if it is quite the deal as before.
Reviewed by: Thumba

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Speed, price

Weaknesses: Bad reliabilty.

Overall Evaluation: Died after one year. When you turn it on there is a red indicator for error message always comes suddenly and there is no response.This is my first Samsung Printer.Used to have HP before. Hardly printed 150 pages.