Good printers at great value prices

I bought the Samsung ML-2010R a few months ago, as I was looking for a printer that could print a reasonable time and with relatively low follow-up costs at a reasonable purchase price. In short, I found him.

With a price of about 70 euros, the ML-2010R is relatively low for a laser printer and for the private user therefore priced a real alternative. The follow-up costs: According to the manufacturer of the supplied toner is enough for about 1,000 pages. Assuming this value and with about 67 Euro (price here on Amazon) for each additional toner (. A normal toner ranges acc.Manufacturer for 3,000 sheets) expects, I come to a price of about 2.6 cents per page - by not yet einberechneten cost should this value in the first 10,000 pages may easily go up (approximately 3.3 cents / page). Overall, still are very acceptable levels - because one must first come under it.

Regarding the quality of prints per se, I am absolutely satisfied: I often print PowerPoint slides, some with detailed charts - but even with 4 slides per page, the charts are still very clearly evident. Individual lines are fine enough to distinguish them from each other and also the writing is therefore easy to read - so you can read for any small font. In theory here is, I think, even more room for improvement (ie more slides per page), but my writing is personal then too small.

Who only printed designs and can do without the highest quality for the benefit of the price, can turn on the so-called. Toner Save mode. Since I am still working with the first toner, I can for practical savings this function previously little to say to judge the appearance of the printed products in this mode to be, however, actually saving: The font does not seem to be very black and very thin lines disappear tw , all. If one does not print too small still obtain in economy mode but good to very good readable / recognizable prints. Personally, I almost always print in economy mode and only turn it off if I need or if the material to be printed anyway quite gray is (like yellow Caution! Even in bright colors) and / or small prints of high quality.

Economy mode (or its (de) activation) lets me but come to a shortcoming of the Samsung device: The ML-2010R features (in addition to the rear-mounted on-off switch) only on a single button, a so-called multi-function button. , . All actions, such as (de) activation d saving mode, print cancel, test pressure or pressure continued to be controlled by this one button (!) - Depending on the length of the button press. This is quite cumbersome, especially as mentioned in the manual times tw. do not seem to be correct. Here one or two additional buttons miracle would cause in terms of usability.

The latter is otherwise really well done: Installing the printer is easy and (in Windows XP) without problems by hand - just follow the enclosed installation guide. Only the toner installation would favor the intelligibility of a little picture can tolerate more, on the whole went well but that no major problems.
The printer driver in turn allow for diverse (but almost always intuitively obvious) settings. Little "nice-to-have" Who wants to can create configuration profiles, so change with one click the complete printer setup, and then restore.
Caution, however, the toner-saving mode: The need to make is really saved, both hardware-enabled (ie the printer, the corresponding light must be lit!), As well as the software (ie the driver) - unfavorable that is nowhere, if you's but do not be a problem.

In terms of speed, the printer does his job properly. The driver sends usually swiftly to the printer, then, laser printers-typically, the printer must be short a few seconds "Preheat" - but once started it prints very quickly.

Finally, a few words about the noise: The course is available and possibly even a bit larger than some inkjets; when at night the whole household is asleep I would not necessarily print. It is certainly difficult to focus in addition to the printing device on his work. Probably it is just as difficult to find a printer in which you can ...
Once the printer is finished with his work, the cooler hums for a few minutes - while also audible, but definitely also much quieter - then actually rest. At night, you should turn it off from energy technical reasons anyway.

Conclusion:

The Samsung ML-2010R is a cheaper laser printers for home users, which provides very solid performance for its price a mE.

Pro:

- Relatively small price
- Relatively low follow-up costs
- Easy installation
- Saving mode
- Diverse Setup
- Good to excellent print quality
- Good print speed
- Relatively small footprint

Cons:

- Partly cumbersome operation (only one button, inaccurate / false information in the manual)
- On / Off switch is a bit inconvenient