An Overview Of The Samsung 510N Printer’s
The Samsung CLP 510n printer using Samsung CLP 510n toner is yet another winner for Samsung’s series of color laser prints. It follows in the footsteps of CLP-510s, but with extra speed, a faster processor and some minor hardware changes that have created an improved product.
Make no mistake that this printer is aimed at business. Probably for small to medium business that do not want to have to walk down to the printer shop every time a brochure needs to be made. As long as you are not expecting perfect photo quality you will love this beast.
This machine will meet all your expectations and more as long as you are not expecting Kodak picture perfect quality. It does not do that, but you simply would not expect it in an office color laser printer anyway. Having said that, the quality is great for anything but the most demanding projects.
What are the changes? Samsung has improved the speed of printing and upgraded the processing chip. Page per minute printing performance has jumped from 21 ppm to 25 in mono and from 5 to 7 in color. This is a significant improvement that impatient office workers will appreciate. The increase in printing speed is also felt when duplexing, which is a few seconds faster both in black and white and color. In case you were wondering what duplexing is, it is double-sided printing. If like me you like to save money and time and had trouble flipping and turning the pages to get it to work properly, you will appreciate this.
Another improvement is the processing power. The newer printer has changed its processor from a Power PC to their proprietary Samsung SPGPm chip. It is true that previous models like the 550s can hold over double the RAM memory, however you will not feel the difference, and if you do, you can always buy an upgrade.
The image quality is another selling point for the CLP 510n. It will not print photo perfect pictures, but it comes mighty close and is likely to surpass your expectations in an office printer. This is probably even a good thing if it is your business as there is less of a chance your employees are going to be printing their holiday snapshots on your paper and ink.
The cost of the printer is higher than what many are used to paying for a printer. This is because it is an office printer, and for a color laser printer it is actually cheap. Toner consumables are inexpensive compared to other printers, with color and mono going for around $120 and $100 respectively.
Samsung seems to have a great combination with the CLP 510n printer. It is very affordable, as office color laser printers go, the image quality is excellent and so is the speed. Businesses with this baby in their office should not have to spend much money at the printers unless they need a special job. The only disadvantage is that the quality of the printing and the colors are not the picture perfect quality we are used to from some specialized photo printers. Unless your business is printing pictures this is not going to be a problem. All in all, for price, speed and quality this printer is a great buy.
Everything else printed is perfect, however, largely due to the Samsung CLP 510N compatible toner used by this machine. Samsung Toner Cartridges always tops the charts in performance. Great toner shows on the printed page and that is a large part of the face of your business.
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