Samsung ML-2010 Laser Printer

I bought this printer several weeks ago to replace my old Lexmark InkJet printer and so far, I been loving it every single time I use it. It took me about 10 minutes to assemble the parts and about 15 minutes, everything was ready to go.

The speed is reasonably fast for home-business based usage and the quality of printing (even with the Toner Save on) has been much more than I could expect from such a little mono printer.

It takes about 10-15 seconds for the first print if the printer is on the 'sleep' mode, then it prints about 20-25 ppm. No auto duplex printing, but Samsung has made the manual duplex pretty standard and easy. Besides, the printer is very simple for beginner to get through the learning path - there are only two LEDs and one button on the printer.

While this printer has work extremely well for me, there are several drawbacks that you might need to consider before buying it:

1) The retail package does not come with a USB cable. You need to buy an additional USB1.1 "A" to "B" cable in order to connect it to your system. You can, of course, get it quite cheap on eBay.

2) The printer does generate some loud noises while printing, which can be annoying if you're used to work in a more quiet environment. It doesn't bother me much, but my family members complained once that it was a bit too noisy when I send a fairly large batch printing job at night.

3) I couldn't find a software on Samsung website that would show me the ink level of the cartridge. The software that comes with the box is just a driver with a help manual in PDF. Nothing much. Although I've only been using this printer for about a month, I'm sure this can get unpleasant in the future as I can't estimate when to order a new cartridge for replacement.

But overall, for a personal mono laser printer that is under $100 and possibly much less after rebate, I would certainly recommend this printer to anybody.