Cartridges for Samsung ML. SAMSUNG ML printers Technical features

Cartridges for the Samsung ML printer from Lazerka have a number of advantages:

1. obtaining bright and clear printed copies of documents;
2. easy installation and replacement of cartridges for the Samsung ML printer in the printer body allows you to do everything yourself;
3. excellent economy mode performance with professional-quality prints that save businesses costs on consumables;
4. modern design;
5. obtaining monochrome texts and graphics of typographical quality.

Cartridges for the Samsung ML printer from Laser allow you to print on various media: on matte and glossy paper, on films, on stamps, on labels, etc.

Original cartridges for Samsung ML from Laser are reliable, cost-effective consumables with a manufacturer's warranty. On the site, you will not need to look for toner for cartridges for any series, the original cartridge for Samsung ML is presented in large quantities. Therefore, the user only has to decide on the budget that he can allocate for the purchase of new original cartridges for Samsung ML.

Genuine cartridges for Samsung ML have excellent print quality and are widely used in the consumables market.

are available in Laser and are suitable for many devices of this brand of printers. Buyers of the online store Laserka have the opportunity to purchase compatible cartridges for Samsung ML at low cost and with a long service life. At the same time, customers receive excellent print quality at the lowest cost of consumables.

Due to the low cost of compatible cartridges for Samsung ML in Laserka.no, more and more new customers become regular customers of the store.

Price for samsung cartridges ML in the online store site is one of the lowest among all organizations selling consumables in Moscow and the Moscow region. You can buy Samsung ML cartridges at a low price already from the second order from the Laserka online store thanks to the accumulative bonus system. Prices for Samsung ML cartridges in Laserka are among the most profitable and do not increase regardless of the behavior of competitors.

You can buy a cartridge for Samsung ML profitably and quickly on the Laserka.net website. By leaving a request for the purchase of consumables on the site, you can redeem cartridges for Samsung on the same day after delivery of your order by courier. When buying cartridges for Samsung ML in large quantities for an amount exceeding 3,000 rubles, delivery will be free on the day of the order. You can send a request and buy cartridges for Samsung ML daily.

Specialists accept applications for the purchase of cartridges for Samsung ML without lunch breaks, on holidays and weekends.

: right side view - printing

: center view

The ML-2160 is an inexpensive monochrome laser printer. In the specification provided by the manufacturer, its monthly load is 10,000, which makes the model suitable for use not only at home, but also in small and even medium-sized offices. However, the absence of such a useful module as a duplex, as well as a USB port as the only connection interface, and the low cost of the device (the average price according to Yandex.Market in the St. Petersburg region is 2,780 rubles) dot the "i". All this makes it clear that we have only a home printer in front of us, whose destiny is to help schoolchildren and students in their studies, as well as to satisfy requests for high-quality and fast monochrome document printing.

Since the hero of the review is a simple and inexpensive laser solution, similar devices are among its competitors. These are primarily HP LaserJet Pro P1102 and Canon i-SENSYS LBP6000. Despite the fact that both of the above models are more expensive - 3670 and 3460 rubles, respectively (average price according to Yandex.Market; region: St. Petersburg) - the tested model has a significant advantage in the form of a higher resolution. Otherwise, the declared characteristics of all three models are similar.

If for some reason you need a device with support wireless connection, then we recommend paying attention to the colleague of the hero of the review - the Samsung ML-2165W model, which has similar technical characteristics, but is equipped with a built-in Wi-Fi module. Its price, of course, is higher and is already 3490 rubles (according to the same Yandex.Market in the same region).

Last but not least, the developers paid attention to improving the usability of the device. On the printer control panel, for example, there is a certain “screen print button”, pressing which allows you to print the image displayed on your screen at that moment.

The Easy Eco Driver technology is also interesting, which allows you not only to view the document before printing, but also to slightly edit it, for example, remove unnecessary text, image or any other element, as well as specify the quality and other print settings.

Using the device is easy and understandable even for a beginner. All this is provided by the advanced Easy Printer Manager, which includes not only utilities for installing and configuring the printer, but also convenient tools for managing printing and monitoring the amount of toner in the cartridge.

The list of operating systems supported by the device is quite extensive and includes all current versions of the most common operating systems such as Windows, MacOS and GNU/Linux.

the printer under test is positioned as an inexpensive monochrome laser device for the home. But how the model will actually prove itself in operation, we will find out in the “Testing” section.

Appearance and design

: right side view

: control Panel

Despite the fact that the model is made in the standard for similar devices manner, the printer is easy to distinguish from its competitors. The case is made of plastic in two colors: most of the device is white, grey-shaped side panels and border of the print tray. To the right of it are the toner and print status indicators, as well as two buttons, among which one is the aforementioned screen print, the other is on / off.

The advantages of the Samsung ML-2160 include the fact that it is entirely matte; in addition, the quality of its assembly is quite high level and the backlash of the panels is completely absent. The disadvantages include only the dubious reliability of fastening the trays, especially for those for prints. This is a classic disadvantage of entry-level laser devices, and we have to admit that it is not as pronounced in this model as it often happens.

The paper tray, which is also a path cover, can hold up to 150 sheets of plain office paper, media weights from 60 to 163 g/m are supported. The print tray, also known as the top cover of the device, has a capacity of about 100 pages. There is no priority feed slot on this model, so envelopes, like other consumables, are loaded into the common input tray.

The back side of the device is not replete with interfaces and connection connectors: all that can be found there is a USB port, as well as a socket for the power cable.

One of the advantages of the device is its compactness. The results of measurements showed that its dimensions are 335 (W), 210 (D), 180 (H) mm, which is really not so much for a representative of laser printers. From those declared by the manufacturer (331, 215, 178 mm, respectively), these parameters differ slightly. With open trays, however, the model will take up more space.

Summarize. This is not to say that the printer has a catchy and stylish design, but it will not be difficult to distinguish it from competitors. Among its advantages, the body is made of not easily soiled matte plastic, small dimensions, as well as good build quality. The only downside is the unreliable fastening of the trays.

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Technical capabilities. Consumables

: receiving tray

Two letters (ML) in the model marking indicate that this is a monochrome laser printer, that is, color printing is not possible with it. IN specifications ah is the maximum resolution equal to 1200x1200 dpi, and without the use of all sorts of print enhancement technologies, which are full of characteristics of its counterparts. So in this case, the manufacturer indicates an honest resolution.

Because laser technology implies the need to warm up the printer before printing, then in addition to the speed characteristics, when choosing a device, it is necessary to pay attention Special attention at the time of the first page. The hero of the review, according to the manufacturer, from ready mode is able to issue the first page in less than 8.5 seconds, which is a standard indicator for devices of this class. As for speed, we are promised the ability to print 20 A4 pages per minute. Recall that in the "Testing" section, we will in practice check the compliance of the declared speed characteristics with real indicators.

This printer has a built-in processor clock frequency 300 MHz and has a built-in RAM 8 MB. Together with the use of SPL (Samsung Printer Langauge) print language emulation, this reduces the load on a personal computer.

The printer uses one black cartridge MLT-D101S for printing, the yield of which is 1500 pages. Included with the device, however, is only a stripped-down version, which, according to the manufacturer, is able to print less than half of this amount, namely 700 pages. The acquisition of a new one at its cost is very close to the price of the printer itself. The cost of printing, as we see, is quite high. Unfortunately, the model is unable to compete with inkjet machines equipped with A7 CISS.

Summarize. The brainchild of Samsung favorably differs from its competitors not only in its technical characteristics, but also in its very affordable cost, which, unfortunately, does not apply to its consumables. This can overshadow even excellent indicators of speed and print quality, since there is hardly a person who will not be embarrassed by the fact that the cartridge has a cost equal to the price of the printing device itself.

Testing Samsung ML-2160

: With open lid

For testing, a standard blank was printed on the printer with the phrase "Center for Alternative Consumables" in different Times New Roman font sizes. Used regular office paper with a density of 80 g/m. The print was scanned on a professional Epson Perfection V500 Photo scanner. Print time is average (calculated from printing a multi-page document).

Among the print quality presets, there are two: "Standard" and "Highest". It is possible to enable toner saving mode for each of them. The quality of the prints in both cases makes it clear why document printing is the strong point of laser devices. The difference between the presets is noticeable only if you look closely at the text of the first and second sizes.

Interestingly, neither the toner save mode nor various settings quality did not in any way affect the speed of printing a test document, and the printer easily gave out 20 pages per minute with any settings. This exactly coincides with the speed characteristics declared by the manufacturer. It takes 8 seconds to warm up the device, which, together with the first page print time (3 seconds), is as much as 11 seconds, which is slightly more than the promised 8.5 seconds, but is quite an acceptable result for a budget model.

Summarize. The printer passed the test without a hitch, showing excellent print quality at its high speed, which, by the way, is fully consistent with the declared one.

Conclusion

: side view with lid open

: loading tray

: side view

The appearance of the hero of the review is quite modest, as well as its cost, so at first glance at the device one gets a dismissive impression. However, as soon as the opportunity is given to see the model in operation, the opinion immediately changes. This budget machine shows that even an inexpensive laser printer can easily handle high-quality document printing at home, and behind its modest appearance hides an excellent printing system that can more than satisfy home needs. The only obvious disadvantages are the high cost of the cartridge, which is very close to the price of the device itself.

• high resolution and print quality;
• high speed;
• low cost device.

• high cost of the cartridge;
• unreliable design of trays.

Brief specifications

Contents of delivery:

: back view

: usb connector

: power connector

: starter cartridge mlt-d101s

The compact and stylish Samsung ML-2160 laser printer combines high performance, cost-effectiveness and ease of cost management, allowing you to control your budget. The Samsung ML-2160 printer is fast printing, easy to use and has a number of innovative features. Print quickly, efficiently and save time and space with the ML-2160 printer.

Optimize print mode with Easy Eco Driver technology

Experience the cost-effectiveness of printing with Samsung technology Easy Eco Driver. By using special program you can preview the document before sending it to print, adjust the print quality, color and other settings, remove unnecessary text, images and other elements. In addition, you can use various economical printing modes, including paper consumption, toner consumption, power consumption, etc. Say goodbye to tons of proofing and enjoy economical printing mode.

A simple and efficient way to manage your print

Easy Printer Manager is a simple print management tool. This integrated software package helps you quickly set up your printer and monitor your printing progress through a simple software interface. Forget about the situation when cartridges suddenly run out at the most inopportune moment, now you have access to the functions of the need to order a new cartridge, optimal setting print modes, etc., which are concentrated in one simple print manager - Easy Printer Manager.

One-click page printing

The print screen button on the control panel of the ML-2160 printer allows you to print the contents of the monitor screen quickly and easily even when you are away from your desktop. One click is enough, there is no need to edit or remove unnecessary content from your document. If you want to print one page, that's what you'll get on the printout. One press of the print button and what you see on the monitor will be on the printout. If you hold down the button for more than 2 seconds, the ML-2160 printer will print the active object on your monitor. Now you can print what you want and at any time.

Dedicated dust protection

The printer is equipped with a special cover to protect prints from dust. This cover not only protects paper and prints from dust, but also keeps dust and other foreign particles away from the internal mechanism. Thoughtful design not only extends the life of the printer, but also ensures professional-quality printing.

The highest print quality

If you need to produce a professional-quality document, the 1200 x 1200 DPI print resolution of the Samsung ML-2160 laser printer is just enough to make your document look its best. Top quality printing documents, presentations, reports and other documents will leave an unforgettable impression. Use the maximum resolution setting for the best quality in your documents.

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 32/64-bit ( universal driver- recommended for installation)

Windows 2003/2008/2012/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10

Size: 43.4 MB

Bit depth: 32/64

Driver installation in Windows 10

After downloading the Samsung ML-2160 Series driver from our portal, you need to open it. The software can also be downloaded from the official website. Go to the Downloads folder, open the downloaded file. In the pop-up window, select "Install" by ticking, then click the "OK" button.

To proceed with the installation of the software, please read license agreement. After reviewing, you should check the box next to "I have read and accept the terms of the installation agreement." Click "Next" to continue.

In the next installer window, you need to mark your type of printer connection to the computer. If the device is connected via a USB cable, then select USB and click the "Next" button.

Next, the installer will prompt you to select components to install. Be sure to install the printer driver. Item "Diagnostics Samsung printers"You can not" touch ". Select "Printer Driver" to install, then click "Next".

Within a few minutes, the necessary software will be installed on your computer. You can follow the progress of events in the current window. After the installation is completed, wait for the "Finish" button. Restart your computer for the printer to work properly.

Introduction In the recent past, in the computer press, the statement "the user is tired of the monotonous gray boxes" was quite common. It’s hard to argue with him - indeed, when computers gradually turned from a purely working tool into a familiar part of the home environment, “unexpectedly” (in fact, of course, as unexpectedly as winter comes for our motorists and road services every year) for buyers began to acquire not only specifications, but also appearance.

Ten years ago, the vast majority of computers looked almost the same: a large rectangular box of light gray or light cream color, next to or on top of a CRT monitor of the same color: under light gray furniture quite typical for offices, this combination was still suitable, but at home it looked completely foreign subject. Say, when was the last time you saw a VCR or music center in the form of a gray steel box? But modern computer, in fact, has already become the same household appliances- moreover, for many people, he replaced both the VCR and the music center at once.

However, those are things of bygone years, but now we have a very rich assortment of cases and monitors that satisfy a variety of aesthetic needs - both in color and in shape. Moreover, cases made of black glossy plastic are especially popular among buyers: although it is rather impractical (glare, easily dirty, easily scratched), it is beautiful and fits well into the home environment.

At the same time, alas, manufacturers of various "optional" peripherals are still far behind manufacturers of cases and monitors: one glance is enough to a catalog of, say, laser printers to understand - even having decreased for last years in size, in design, they generally remained the same boring gray office boxes.

One could assume that the reason for this is the low prevalence of "laser printers" at home - however, this argument is somewhat outdated: far from everyone needs color printing, and in black and white, even the simplest laser printer will easily give odds to any inkjet printer in terms of speed, and quality and cost per print.

In addition, laser printers are also quite inconvenient in their design - as a rule, home computer a fairly small table is allocated, the printer requires quite a lot for installation free space. Both in height - the control and the tray for printed sheets are located on the top cover, and in length - the blank paper tray usually protrudes strongly forward and closes only if there is no paper in it.

However, today we have the opportunity to present you a laser printer whose design can be called, if not revolutionary, then at least noteworthy - Samsung ML-1630.

Appearance

The ML-1630 printer perfectly corresponds to the adage "it is better to see once than hear a hundred times". So let's start right away with a photo:

We wrote above that one of the disadvantages of typical laser printers is a rather large height, while at the same time it is necessary to provide access to the top cover - there is a receiving tray for printed sheets and, as a rule, control buttons. With the ML-1630, you can forget about it: not only is the printer only about 12 cm high, but also its top cover is perfectly smooth.

However, "perfectly smooth" can be said about the entire printer as a whole: its body is made of black glossy plastic. The advantage of this solution is the appearance, but the disadvantage is the excellent visibility of any scratches, dust and fingerprints.

The paper tray is located at the bottom of the front panel, it opens when you press the round button located right there. The tray holds up to 100 sheets of paper (with a weight of 80gsm) - not much, but more than enough for home use. Please note that when closed, the tray is completely retracted into the body along with the paper - unlike classic compact printers, in which the tray is folded forward during operation.

Printed sheets emerge from the gap between the two halves of the printer body. There is no output tray as such, but in case you need to print more than one or two pages, there is a plastic mini-tray that snaps into a slot on the front of the printer in one motion. It is designed to load up to 30 pages.

To service the printer, its top cover opens - to do this, just press your fingers on the lock hidden in its front part and pull it up; in the open position, the lid is fixed by itself, it is not necessary to hold it.

Under the cover, access to the cartridge and part of the paper path is opened - in case of a paper jam in it.

If the sheet gets stuck in the central part of the path, the printer will have to be disconnected from the network and turned back to itself. There is a decorative cap on it (in the photo above it was taken), which opens access to the tract. Thus, "jamming" of paper is not a significant problem in the ML-1630 - a jammed sheet can be reached literally in a matter of seconds. However, it should be noted that during operation - and a total of about two hundred pages were printed on the printer - it did not crease a single sheet.

In the same place, on the back wall, there is a socket for the power cable and USB port. Unfortunately, because of them, it will not work to move the printer close to the wall - the connectors are not recessed into the case, which means that you will have to leave at least 5 cm between the printer and the wall for laying wires.

Also, about 5 cm of free space should be left on both sides of the printer - they have ventilation grills for cooling the printing mechanism. Cooling is active, but the fan only turns on when printing, the speed is low and as a result it is almost inaudible.

The only printer control is the Job Cancel touch button located in the right front corner of the top cover. Nearby is the power indicator, despite the symbol drawn on it, it is not a button - you can turn off the power only with a toggle switch on the back of the printer. When you touch the cancel button, the printer emits a short confirmation beep.

Above, in the photos of the printer with the tray extended, you could see a glowing blue arrow next to "Samsung" in the center of the front edge of the cover. This is an indicator of the current status of the printer, made in the form of a matrix of blue LEDs and several additional icons.

When the printer is turned on, while it starts up and performs self-diagnostics, the indicator shows an animated splash screen - it clearly shows the dimensions of the LED matrix. At the same time, the printer tries to play a simple melody on its built-in tweeter - to be honest, it is still far from polyphonic calls, but it looks funny. The sound is not loud, it is not annoying.

Under the matrix are four icons with various warnings that light up in red - while a blue arrow is drawn on the main indicator, pointing to the icon. So, above you see a message about the end of the toner in the cartridge.

Three other red indicators indicate a paper jam in the print path (for the reason indicated above, we could not show it to you in operation), the end of the paper in the input tray, and other errors. In the latter case, on LED matrix instead of a blue arrow, an explanation is displayed: for example, in the photo above, the inscription "OPEN" scrolls on it (the top cover of the printer is open).

The indicator is not inactive and normal operation: It displays the counter of printed pages. For each new print job, it is reset to zero - and this is very convenient, because by printing several dozen pages, you can determine at a glance how long you have to wait.

As a result, Samsung developers have killed several birds with one stone: this way of presenting information about the printer status is much more convenient and informative than one or two status LEDs of ordinary inexpensive printers, large blue numbers and bright red icons are perfectly visible from afar and in semi-darkness, which is not You can always say about the small LCD screens of "advanced" office printers... And, finally, it just looks very beautiful and unusual.

The printer uses a specially designed cartridge model (including both the drum and the toner container) - ML-D1630A.

There are absolutely no problems when installing the cartridge: just lift the top cover of the printer and, with a little effort, insert the cartridge into place along the guides.

Cartridge resource - 2000 pages at 5% coverage (the so-called "test cartridge" is supplied with the printer, with a resource of 1000 pages). Just in case, we remind our readers that such a filling corresponds to a rather loose text - for example, a one-page business letter with a header above the text and a caption below the text, where the content itself takes up half a page. On a printout of solid text, the cartridge resource in pages, of course, will be less.

Software

Drivers are available from the Samsung website. OS Microsoft Windows(starting from 2000 and ending with Vista), Linux (without specifying kernel versions, printing subsystem, etc.) and MacOS X (versions 10.3 and 10.4). In our work, we tested only the first of them.

I was pleased with the fact that both 32-bit and 64-bit systems are supported - not only Vista, but also the not very popular Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition.

The driver installation went without any problems, after which the "SSManager" icon appeared in the system tray, through which you can call the printer status window or its settings panel.

In addition to the current status of the printer, the status window shows the level of toner in the cartridge (most likely, it is calculated based on the number of printed sheets). The "Buy Now" button, located right there, will take you to the Samsung website with information about the type of cartridge and cooperating with Samsung Stores, the remaining two buttons open the Common Troubleshooting Guide and the Driver Settings Panel.

The settings are quite standard: you can choose the print resolution, turn on the toner save mode and make the image a little lighter or a little darker.

There is also the option to automatically print posters that span multiple sheets of paper.

In general, only one thing can be said about the printer driver: it works. No problem with software for all the time of using the printer, we did not have any.

Test results

The printer was tested on a computer with the following configuration:

CPU AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4 GHz);
Biostar motherboard included in the iDeq 330N barebone kit (Nvidia NForce 6100 chipset);
1 GB DDR PC3200 memory;
hard samsung disk T166S HD321KJ (320GB);
OS Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition.

Test patterns were prepared in PDF format and printed from the program Adobe Reader 8.0, font reproduction tests - from Microsoft Office 2003SP3. The results were scanned for Canon scanner CanoScan 8800F, the scanning resolution was chosen depending on the test so that the scanner did not introduce additional artifacts into the image that were noticeable to the eye.

Connecting the printer and installing the driver went without any problems. We used driver version 3.04.32, the latest available at the time of testing on the Samsung website.

From the moment the job was submitted to the end of the first page printing, 14 seconds elapsed - one second less than the printer manufacturer promises. Further, on a test task of about 30 pages of text, the printer showed a print speed of 16 ppm (excluding the aforementioned 14-second warm-up), which exactly matches its passport data.

Samsung promises quiet operation printer, and does not deceive - when printing, the ML-1630 emits a fairly moderate hum, unobtrusive and does not interfere even when working in a small room.

600dpi

The print quality of Times New Roman and Arial fonts at 600 dpi did not cause any complaints: even a 2 pt font. displayed very well. Small steps are noticeable on the letters, but in reality it is almost impossible to see them without a good magnifying glass.

1200dpi

Switching to 1200 dpi made the fonts a little thinner, and there were no display problems in this case either.

600 dpi, toner saving

Surprisingly, the toner save mode had about the same effect: the fonts became thinner, but even at a size of 2 pt. printed quite confidently.

The following test is designed to determine the printer's resolution and how well its driver handles vector images that have line densities that exceed this capability.

The first part of the test is hatching, the density of lines in which increases from left to right. The picture you see above is a combination of two - with the printer set to 600 and 1200 dpi. Surprisingly, they are no different! In both cases, the printer confidently works out resolutions up to about 700 dpi, after which the lines begin to go unevenly - sometimes less often, sometimes more often. The result on horizontal hatching is no different either: apparently, the words "effective resolution" in the description of the printer are given for a reason, and it still does not support 1200 dpi resolution in hardware.

On the world (a circle with converging lines - accordingly, their density grows from the periphery to the center of the circle), the printer showed a generally good result, but closer to its center it produced a series of artifacts in the form of white streaks. This is the result of incorrect rasterization. vector drawing, in which the line density greatly exceeds the capabilities of the printer; ideally, he should have just filled that area with solid black.

To compare 600 and 1200 dpi resolutions, we printed two worlds in different settings, scanned and stacked end-to-end. As you can see, the picture is completely identical - the display quality vector graphics the printer is completely independent of the resolution set in the driver.

As a final resolution test, we printed a solid gray field in three modes and scanned them at a higher resolution so that individual dots of toner could be seen (it is obvious that any black and white printer can actually print only black, and shades emulates gray by making gaps between black dots).

It can be clearly seen that the shape of the toner dots in all three modes is slightly different - thus, it cannot be said that the "1200 dpi" mode is a complete fiction. It slightly affects the way the gray color is built and the display of fonts, but it does not change the quality of drawing vector graphics at all - the latter is rasterized at a resolution of 600 dpi anyway.

However, this should not be attributed to the shortcomings of the printer - as we saw above, at the default resolution of 600 dpi, it copes well with its tasks.

And finally, the last test is printing photos on A4 format. Of course, it is unlikely that anyone will use a black-and-white laser printer specifically for these purposes, but the test allows you to evaluate the quality of printing graphics in general - and therefore, to understand how suitable the printer is for printing documents with embedded pictures, diagrams and so on.

Two photographs were chosen as samples - with an extensive light gray background and with a high-contrast image on dark background- taken on a Canon EOS-350D camera with a Tamron AF28-75 / 2.8 XR Di LD lens. Photos in JPEG format with a resolution of 3456x2304 pixels were printed from the XnView 1.91 program on the full size of A4 sheet.

On a light gray background, both the printer's raster and uneven stripes running across the sheet are visible - however, it should be noted that general impression they do not spoil the photo, but in general, the printer did an excellent job of drawing small details, halftones and transitions between colors, at least by the standards of black-and-white "laser machines".

The printer also coped with the second photo - note how carefully both the rays of the sun and the brilliant water drops of the fountain are drawn. Although transverse stripes are again visible against the dark background of the sky, they do not spoil the overall impression.

So, what conclusions can be drawn about the print quality of the printer?

Advantages:

print speed corresponds to that declared by the manufacturer;
accurate rendering of fonts up to a size of 2 pt.;
accurate drawing of vector images with resolution up to 700 dpi;
very good (by the standards of laser printers) transmission of details and halftones in photographs.

Flaws:

small flaws in rendering high-resolution vector images;
mode with a resolution of 1200 dpi does not affect the rendering of vector images;
uniform gray fills show stripes running across the sheet.

Conclusion

In general, the Samsung ML-1630 printer is definitely a success. This model is hardly suitable for a large office due to the small capacity of the paper tray, not too large cartridge resource and modest print speed in modern terms, but if you choose a printer for home use or "on the manager's desk" - on ML- 1630 is worth paying close attention to.

The main feature of the new printer is a unique compact design - the printer is very easy to place on a table, bedside table, wide shelf, and at the same time it only needs a dozen and a half centimeters in height. Moreover, if the printer is on the table - in conditions of lack of space, absolutely nothing prevents you from putting, say, any extraneous papers on its top cover. The paper tray completely retracts inside the printer and does not interfere with its operation, and the tray for printed sheets may not be installed at all - if you do not need to print more than two or three pages at a time.

At the same time, the printer is also very beautiful: a strict form, a lacquered black case, a large and visual led indicator current status - this model immediately attracts attention.

At the same time, the "classical" compact laser printers The ML-1630 is inferior only in terms of paper tray capacity and print speed - but, let me tell you, how often do you need to print more than a few pages at home? ..

Of course, this printer cannot be called cheap - while "classic" models with similar characteristics cost in the range of 3-4 thousand rubles, at the time of preparation of the article, the ML-1630 was sold in Moscow retail at a price of about 5800 rubles, and a spare cartridge for it - at a price of about 1800 rubles. However, in our opinion, if you choose a printer for the home, based not only on technical characteristics, but also on the ability to fit into the interior, the ML-1630 is worth it. Moreover, he has no competitors yet.

P.S. By the way, at the same time as the ML-1630, Samsung released an MFP of a similar design - the SCX-4500 model, which includes a color scanner with optical resolution 600x2400 dpi.

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