Samsung CLP-510N Network-Ready Color Laser

Samsung CLP-510N Network-Ready Color Laser
Manufacturer: Samsung
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Recognizing the market has changed, and that color laser printing has become more attractive than ever in terms of quality, speed and cost, Samsung has designed the breakthrough CLP-510 series, one of the quietest and most economical color laser printers in its class. The printer meets the color imaging needs of small and medium-sized businesses and offers a host of industry-leading features one doesn't find on comparable units such as built-in automatic duplexing for error-free two-sided printing and optional wireless capabilities. The NO NOIS static engine, designed by Samsung, ensures quiet and reliable operation with the added benefit of ease of use that is truly unique in this product category. The network-ready version is perfect for use in corporate workgroup environments.
Amazon.com Product Description
A feature-rich laser printer, the CLP-510N from Samsung is one of the most cost-efficient printers on the market, with a cost per page of as low as 1.1 cents. Built to withstand even heavy workloads, this model has a 35,000-page monthly duty cycle and is compatible with PC, Mac, and Linux operating systems. With print resolutions up to 1,200 dpi, you can create professional-looking documents from your home or office. Print speeds are as fast as 25 ppm for monochrome, with a time-to-first-page of about 13 seconds.

The CLP-510N comes with a standard a USB interface, as well as an Ethernet port for your connected workgroup. An optional wireless port is also available, letting you enjoy network connectivity without tripping over cables. With 64 MB of standard memory (expandable to 194 MB) and Samsung's SPGPm processor, the CLP-510N can reliably handle large print jobs, while an automatic duplexing unit lets you easily print double-sided documents. The 250-sheet standard paper tray is expandable up to 400 pages, and a second 100-sheet multi-purpose tray supports paper sizes up to 8.5 by 14 inches.

The CLP-510N consumes less than 450 watts during normal printing, and less than 17 watts in sleep mode. Samsung also provides a one-year limited warranty.

Samsung CLP-510N Network-Ready Color Laser

Average customer rating:

Prints Well, Too Expensive to Maintain
Problematic Printer
Print Quality and paper weight
poor and bad support of mediocre product
Thrilled with the results on 20-24lb paper

Samsung CLP-510N Network-Ready Color Laser

Manufacturer: Samsung
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Up to 6 ppm Color Print Speed and 25 ppm Black
Built-in Auto Duplexing and Up to 1200 dpi Effective Output
Ethernet Network Ready and 35000 Pages Per Month Duty Cycle
Innovative NO NOIS Static Engine for Unparalleled Reliability
70.50 lbs (WxLxH) 18.50" x 20.10" x 15.90"

ASIN: B0007MXBYS

Product Description

Recognizing the market has changed, and that color laser printing has become more attractive than ever in terms of quality, speed and cost, Samsung has designed the breakthrough CLP-510 series, one of the quietest and most economical color laser printers in its class. The printer meets the color imaging needs of small and medium-sized businesses and offers a host of industry-leading features one doesn't find on comparable units such as built-in automatic duplexing for error-free two-sided printing and optional wireless capabilities. The NO NOIS static engine, designed by Samsung, ensures quiet and reliable operation with the added benefit of ease of use that is truly unique in this product category. The network-ready version is perfect for use in corporate workgroup environments.

Amazon.com Product Description

A feature-rich laser printer, the CLP-510N from Samsung is one of the most cost-efficient printers on the market, with a cost per page of as low as 1.1 cents. Built to withstand even heavy workloads, this model has a 35,000-page monthly duty cycle and is compatible with PC, Mac, and Linux operating systems. With print resolutions up to 1,200 dpi, you can create professional-looking documents from your home or office. Print speeds are as fast as 25 ppm for monochrome, with a time-to-first-page of about 13 seconds.

The CLP-510N consumes less than 450 watts during normal printing, and less than 17 watts in sleep mode. Samsung also provides a one-year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Prints Well, Too Expensive to Maintain.......2007-05-17

We've had this printer in our office for 12 months and now it is no longer able to be used because the transfer belt and imaging unit have reached their predetermined copy limit. Even though they work just fine, after x amount of prints they stop working. It costs $300-$500 to replace these parts. What a joke. We even bought an extended warranty and we were sent an even more used printer without the parts in question! They're considered consumable and aren't covered by the warranties at all. I would NOT recommend buying this printer.

Problematic Printer.......2006-12-15

I have this printer for over 8 months now, and this printer has problems. The sensor that detects waste toner level is weak for many of the CLP-510 printers, causing it to report an error that waste toner bin needs to be replaced before it would print again. Even if the sensor is not weak, the waste toner bin itself is poorly designed where when waste toner goes in it, it gets on the section of the bin where the sensor detects the bin as full. I clean the bin, but it would detect it as full soon again after 50 prints. The waste toner is suppose to lasts for over 1,000 prints.
Search the internet for "CLP-510 Waste Toner Problems" for more info.

Other than that, text prints looks good. Color prints are good enough for non-business use and non-photo prints. I tried to print photos on photo paper, but after the 5th one in a roll, I think the printer got too hot that the toners wouldn't stay on the photo papers. Maybe before it was the thickness and the smoothness of the paper has something to do with it too. Now the rollers in the printer are dirty and leaves a black spot on my prints.

Another problem, it jams more than I would like. About once every 20 prints.

My advice, DO NOT BUY it. It seems like a great printer the first 2 or 3 months, after that, it's problem after problem.

Print Quality and paper weight.......2006-10-26

We've been using these printers at work for 2 years now. While the manual does indeed state 24lb paper for duplex printing, we've found that we get excellent print quality in duplex using Office Depot's 28lb 115 bright laser paper. It does the best job we've seen.

poor and bad support of mediocre product.......2006-04-25

Purchased this for a networked small office environment (three users). When we had print quality issues a few months after installation our young secretary called support and was told to clean the drum with a paper towel. That's it! She took it out and damaged it in the light. Why would tech support tell you to take the drum out to clean it and not warn you about exposure to light? More calls and more of the same poor help. At their suggestion, she spent $400 on new cartridges, to no avail. Now they want us to ship it back to CA from New England.

All we have done is sink money into this thing! Do I now want to invest in a new drum? I used a B&W HP Laserjet for many years, with low maintenance and few problems. If you don't know how to properly maintain it, you are doomed!

A follow-up: I replaced the drum and cleaned everything thoroughly. The printer then performed satisfactorily. Don't depend on tech support to give you good advice and don't get a laserjet if you can't or won't do the maintenance.

Thrilled with the results on 20-24lb paper.......2005-12-16

Thrilled with the results on 20-24lb paper

I found the Samsung CLP-510N to be a great bargain, but only for 20-24lb paper. This is what I bought it for. What can you expect for $300? (from other site) This is fantastic for $300. I see crystal clear, colorful, well-defined print. I even printed an 8X10 photo of an electronics printed circuit board with components on it and found the quality excelent at default normal resolution setting. But I would not expect true old-fashioned optical printed photo quality from like a portrait photo, from a $300 laser printer, on any paper. I would be proud of the print quality to all my customers, but I do not print photos for them. Among other things like letters and agreements, and service reports; I print controller programming "ladder-diagrams" in color, all are crisp, clean, and impressive.

I noticed that a couple of CNET revewiers knocked it down because "The photo quality is awful, extremely grainy and jagged on one, a second printed photo had obvious blotches, "lines" and grain." Well, do your homework and download the printer manual before buying it. The manual clearly states on page E-5 ("Supported Sizes of Paper"):
"* 60 to 90g/m2 bond (16 to 24lb) for single-sided printing
* 75 to 90 g/m2 bond (20 to 24lb) for duplex printing"

And for the manual feeder ("Multi-purpose tray"):
"60 to 163g/m2 bond (16 to 43lb)"

Paper type is very important in a printer. I'd wager a weeks pay that said reveiwers were using paper heavier than 24lb. However, I will knock Samsung down half a point for failing to note this on their datasheet pdf, but only half a point because of the cheap price. Have you seen any photo paper 20-24lb? No. This printer is not for photos. I tried 58lb HP glossy laser photo paper in it, it did not work, the toner was not fused to the paper. This may cause a mess in there, and perhaps the other reveiwers tried this too much causing errant ink on subsequent 20-24lb paper as well!

I could not regester to log on to CNET to submit my review, they said it was my cookie settings, but even when I turned my security settings to "low" I could not. Their loss not mine.

One more thing to note, though, if you turn on duplexing, in the printer menu or in the software, the printer will run two passes whether or not you are printing a single page. This slows down the print rate considerably. What's more, I found that when you open an application, select print, and change the "print preferences" duplexing option, most apps will print with the original options instead, ignoring the duplex on-or-off change you just made. So set your options before opening the app, and close the app to change them again. This was true with both Win98 SP2 and WinXP SP2. So I knock another half point off for this, only half because of the cheap price.

You will not get $3,000 printer results from this printer, if you need to print on a variety of paper types like glossy photo paper and card stock, then you must expect to pay a premium price for your laser printer (of another more-expensive brand). Again, this printer prints much better than I expected for $300, and has a built-in duplexer to boot. Don't buy a Kia and expect performance like a Caddilac.

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