The Samsung ML 1510 Printer Toner monochrome printer boasts with excellent overall print quality. Text is clean and crisp and easily legible at even the smallest of character sizing. In terms of larger character printing, outlines are smooth and solid. Shading and contrasting is accurately reproduced, with only slight banding on PDF, mixed content and photo prints. Greyscale images and diagrams have a greater tendency to suffer from banding. However you should really look closely to see these slight flaws. Engine speed reaches up to 14 pages per minute for text, 14 page per minute mixed content and photo printing. Warming-up time of 30-60 seconds is required before first page production.

All popular media types are accepted by the device including plain paper, transparencies, labels, envelopes and cards. Compatible media sizes are Letter, Legal, Folio, Exec, Monarch, C5, DL, A4, A5, B5 and 3×5″. The machine comes standard with a very impressive 250 sheet paper input and 50 sheet output tray with fold-down paper exit flap for easy handling of large and inflexible paper types.

The printer is easily the most user-friendly device on the market, with only one button on the entire machine to turn the unit on and off and two LED screens indicating errors and toner status. All functions are controlled by the Samsung ML 1510 Toner Cartridge.

Installing the Samsung ML 1510 Toner is chop-chop. Insert the disc that accompanied you printer and bingo, you are ready to go. Unfortunately the device is not plug and play enabled. However due to the incredible ease of installation we overlook and forgive the designers and technicians at Samsung for their little omission.

The printer is compatible with Linux, Mac and Windows operating systems which makes the machine extremely appealing to a wide user base. Especially for Linux and Mac users who often run into operator compatibility issues.

Only the latest interface option in the form of an USB connection is available. Older systems that still employ port connections will be of no use. USB cable is not included so make sure that you order yours with the printer.

An 1 year guarantee on service and repair is included with your purchase. Coverage in terms of parts and labour is rather limited.

Start-up toner is included with the Samsung toner upon shipment or in store purchase. Replacement of the starter toner will be required not long after initial purchase as it’s cap is a limited 1000 prints. Get ready for the price shock of your life. Normal sized cartridges retail for a very expensive US$83.00 to US$150.00 and have a 3000 page capacity. A wonderful feature developed by Samsung designers is the toner saving function. The function will easily save you up to 25% on toner by employing lower print resolutions of 300 dpi. If you require darker production a mere click and the function is turned of and resolutions increased to 600 dpi. The Samsung toner is a grafter with a duty cycle of 10 000 prints per month.

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