Price: $399 estimated street price for the ML-1650 (non-networked), $499 for the ML-1651N (networked, as tested)
Specifications: 16 ppm printer can handle 8.5 x 11 or A4 paper in 500-sheet tray, legal paper on manual tray; 166MHz RISC processor with 16 MB RAM base, up to 144 MB RAM optional; PCL 6 emulation standard, PostScript 3 optional; 10/100 Ethernet card. 14 x 16-inch footprint, 24 pounds.
Pros: Can talk to Linux using PostScript or PCL 6 emulation; small, quiet, and very fast for a workgroup printer; Web-based administration; handles a full 500 sheets of paper
Cons: No Web-based paper or toner status; can be jammed if spooling workstation dies; slow when printing in 1200 dpi mode
It’s fast, small, quiet, holds a lot of paper, and prints crisp images. It’s Samsung’s ML-1651N monochrome laser printer. Add a built-in Ethernet network adapter and Web-based printer administration, and you’ve got a perfect unit.
The ML-1651N has all of the basics that you’d want in a small workgroup printer. At the default print resolution of 600 x 600 dpi, it can crank out standard letter sized pages at an honest 16 pages per minute (ppm). Normally, the ML-1651N speaks HP’s PCL 6 printer language; for an additional $179 you can add a PostScript level…
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