Samsung CLP-500 - A Laser Photo Printer

The toner cartridges are identical in size, and thedoubt the quality is perfect.
dimensions can be compared to that of a videotape.The quality difference in 1200 dpi is obvious, but you
Toner cartridges are inserted from the front side ofcan hardly call it critical. When printing texts, the 600 dpi
the printer, and thanks to the fool-proof design youresolution mode is just enough.
cannot put the wrong color in the wrong slot.This is a color laser printer, and it, theoretically, can
The CLP-500 has USB and LPT ports located on aproduce photographs, too. Nonetheless, don't expect of
noticeable place. Above them is the plug for optionalCLP-500 what you would expect of an inkjet photo
LAN interface, still higher is the reserved spot for Wi-Fiprinter, those would be the printers for different
interface. On the control board, there is a slot for anpurposes. However, the Samsung CLP-500 is likely the
optional DIMM-memory extension module.first color laser printer to produce what can
It's quite unusual to discover a duplex unit in theconditionally be called a color photo on matte paper.
package box of a color printer of this price range.Another thing this model deserves mentioning is an
However, it's worth mentioning that this printer featureuncommon consistency of toner coverage of media.
a rather high speed in double-sided documents output.For instance, there are no glossy reflexes in places
The Samsung engineers have taken care of detailedwhere black toner is heavily applied.
and intuitive control panel to manage the printer. InInterestingly, when office paper is used, the toner is
most cases it does save time on control andimprinted into medium in such a way, that the coarse
management operations.relief of the paper (compared to other special media)
Every time it's getting ever harder to comment on textbecomes only a plus. Perhaps, it is a matter of those
printing quality of modern printers. The reason is therefine particles of toner. Anyways, the quality of toner
nothing left to achieve: even a 4x zoom of a pagefixing deserves all credit.
printed in most used mode - the 600 dpi - leaves no