Samsung ML-1915 Printer Review

The Samsung ML-1915 is an A4 monochrome printer that you can buy for about £62.00 that will do more or less all you’d hope from a product of this type. Available in either a black or white finish, it made for individual users working from home or in a small office that doesn’t need the scan or fax features of a multifunction machine. Its functions are limited when compared to the sleek inkjet products lining the shelves of your neighborhood computer shop; nevertheless, the ML-1915 built for business.

The compact unit (360×389x197mm, 7.25kg) is a beautiful looking piece of equipment, having a combination of matte and glossy black plastic plus a lovely curved style. Attention to detail is clear from the patterned top, which helps prevent fingerprints and even protects against scratch damage to the enclosed paper holder, which makes specific paper is kept dust free and clean. A protective cover on the output tray at the back of the printer adds a little bulk, but it does help keep the operating noise level down.

With print rates of up to 18ppm (pages-per-minute) along with the first page out time of only just over 10 seconds, the ML-1915 is more than swift enough for individuals as well as small offices. The printer driver cuts straight to the chase, and there is also a power-saving selection that puts the ML-1915 to sleep. It prints wonderfully crisp text at a native resolution of 1200×600dpi, and business graphics/photos are well above average along with little or no evidence of banding.

The ML-1915 stands out from the crowd owing to a great feature that lets you print any page exhibited on your computer screen at the touch of a button, cutting out the need to explore application and driver settings. To write what is on your screen, all you do is press the dedicated button on the ML-1915, and the page printed in approximately 10 seconds (double that time if the printer must be woken up). This is a fantastic feature; additionally, the ML-1915 produces trouble-free prints of missed page or image alignment, regardless of the resolution you are running on the monitor.

Another standout feature is Samsung’s AnyWeb Print software. Even though you will have to download the utility, precisely why Samsung does not incorporate it on the CD-ROM is anybody’s guess, it allows you to drag and drop explicit content from Web pages into a new blank page on your pc display screen, which you can then save or print. AnyWeb Print enables you to print precisely the data you require, instead of printing numerous complete Website pages when you merely need a small area of each, saving time, paper, and toner.

For ease of use, the 1500-page or 2500-page print cartridge for Samsung ML-1915 can be used. High yield toner cartridges, far more suitable for heavy users, run longer and provide a more affordable cost per page. Optionally, low-yield toner cartridges possess the benefit of a more affordable initial price. Either variation offers the same high standard of quality and consistency.

The ML-1915 only has 8MB memory space underneath the cover, which means that those working on substantial files or printing sizable amounts may well hit bottlenecks, and there isn’t any wireless option for printing from your mobile phone. There is not even an Ethernet interface for sharing the printer over a network, and the ML-1915 is indeed a personal printer.

Paper handling is yet another limitation, and the ML-1915 provides only a single 250-sheet input cassette. The output tray is just as restrictive, housing 80 face-down sheets. Finishing alternatives are unthinkable; however, it does take media in several sizes: A4, A5, A6, Letter, Legal, Executive, Folio, Oficio, ISO B5, JIS B5, and Custom. Finally, there’s no LCD screen for dealing with print jobs, nor any memory card slots for printing independently from a computer. Samsung delivers the ML-1915 with a 700-page beginner toner cartridge; consequently, you’d have a better plan for an additional 1500-page or 2500-page toner cartridge.

Considering the expanding popularity of Web-based applications and the growing utilization of the World wide web, it is no shock that printing online material now represents the second principal source of printed documents. In recognition of this development, the ML-1915’s one-touch ‘Print Screen’ switch is the fastest and most straightforward means we’ve encountered to write what displayed on a PC screen, including several Browsers or the windows of numerous applications.

One-touch button aside, the Samsung ML-1915 is a typical personal mono laser printer that happens to look far better and cost less than most; just remember to consider the cost of the right toner cartridge. It sports a lovely design, is a snap to operate, and generates well above par graphics quality. Perfect for an individual, but small workgroups will need a more powerful printer that also includes an Ethernet port, extra memory, and higher paper management.