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1 For superior B&W text printing...
If you're looking for a black & white printer that offers superior text printing and for an incredibly low price, then this is it. Don't look no further, done deal. Feel free to read full, technical reviews of this product on PCWorld.com and PCMagazine.com.
Pros:
1. excellent text printing
2. compact design
3. very pleasant appearance (white with grey)
4. installation incredibly fast and easy (from setup to first page printing was about 10 minutes), BUT that's because I already had a USB cable which is not provided with this printer
5. low price
6. 1200 x 1200 dpi
Cons:
1. system is noisy when it's powering up (was taken aback a little bit when I first juiced it up as my previous printer was an HP inkjet which was quiet as a mouse), this noise level lasts for a very short time and found it to be trivial
2. USB cable not provided (1/2 star deduction)
3. user's guide not provided, you have to download the 200 pages (1/2 star deduction)
I have yet to print any graphs so I can't say anything about that. But then again, I did not buy this printer for that purpose.
2 Monochrome Laser and Does its Job
My Brother HL-1440 started printing garbage pages after six months of use. I decided to get a new one. This fit the bill. This arrived in excellent condition within less than 24 hours after I ordered all the way to Hawaii via Fedex. Excellent job Amazon and Fedex.
The appearance of the ML-2250 is very attractive. It's glossy and compact. It's fast and it's capable of toner-save.
The Pros
Connects via USB or Parallel
Compact size
Excellent text quality on both paper and transparencies (no paper jam)
Good performance
Ample paper handing for a personal printer, with default 300-page capacity and a maximum of 550 pages
16MB standard memory - upgradable
Fast Printing after first page
Free shipping from Amazon
Penny-per-page toner cost beats most competitors
Single toner
The Cons
ONE BIG CON - Terrible graphics printing even when preferences is set to best possible configuration. Graphics quality is worse than other laser printers in its class.
NOT CAPABLE of 10/100 Base TX Network interface without upgrade. To upgrade requires about $200 for ethernet and $250 for wireless.
Takes a while for first page to print.
Does not include parallel or USB cable.
Generates quite a lot of heat even when printing only one or two pages.
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If you're going to print graphics, DO NOT get this printer.
If you need a network printer without having to attach it to another computer, DO NOT get this printer. Instead get the ML-2251 which is more expensive but capable of network printing. You can, however, network this by attaching it to another computer and sharing it, which is what I did.
If you think the toner cartridge that prints 5,000 pages that costs about $100 is to expensive, this may not be the one for you.
This is only good for TEXT PRINTING.
3 its me again!
I have recently bought the Samsung ML-2250 laser printer and it is wonderful.
A very functional and easy to set up printer, it works great with my Apple mac. It also works fine and is compatible with Linux and WIndows.
As I say, it works brilliantly with my Mac. Presently, I have the printer connected to a WIFI base station (an Apple Airport Extreme express) via the printer USB port. My notebook connects to this wifi network and prints over the air. Just magic. I can print from anywhere in my house without wires.
The Samsung ML-2250 printer is highly reconmmended..... and so is the Apple G4 iBook running Mac OSX. They are great partners.
4 Out of the dark ages and into the light
First off let me ask, "Why doesn't Amazon have a picture of this attractive laser printer on the site?" It's certaintly one of the better looking lasers to have on your desk (for example: compared to the super ugly Hewlett Packards in the same price range) But enough about apperances. I'm a screenwriter, and I have been using an old HP laserjet 2p for the past four years until it finally gave out on me. So instead of spending 150 + to have it repaired I decided to shop around for something new. After two weeks on the hunt comparing various printers in the 200 dollar price range, I went with the Samsung ML 2250. HOLY TOLEDO!!!!!!! I won't bore you with the "out of the box" specs but to watch a 120 page screenlay spit out of your printer in about 6 minutes flat is enough to make me a believer. Especially when the entire script fits easily into the top "out" tray with room to spare. Also I get great, smudge free, crisp printing with not a whole lot of noise. (Although I must admit the HP 2p was a little quiter but it took 20 + minutes to kick out the same screenplay... and sometimes with bad pages... and I had to keep reloading the feeder tray in the process.) I've only had my new baby for two weeks, but with all the pluses (read about them in the description) why would you spend your money elsewhere. There's even a network version available or a network card that can be added to this one. Read the specs on this baby and try to see a picture of it somewhere on the net. And then remember I got mine for under 200 with shipping. Trust me, with what you get for this price and the quality there simply is no other monochrome laser to match it!
