The Samsung ML 2250 Printer - Attractive Design, Small Footprint, Unbeatable Price

The Samsung ML 2250 Printer with Samsung ML2250 toner is a monochrome laser printer suitable for personal or small workgroup use. It's affordable and simple to operate, as it's a basic unit for producing professional-looking everyday documents. There's room for expansion for catching up with your productivity demands. Some of them include an additional media tray, memory upgrading and networking capability.

Inside it is a 266MHz processor that's capable of yielding as many as 22 monochrome pages each minute. It comes with a standard memory amounting to 16MB. For a single computer use, this much is enough. But when shared by a small workgroup, it can be a setback. Fortunately, there's a DIMM 100-pin memory expansion slot. You can easily increase the unit's memory to a maximum of 144MB.

A printing resolution of up to 1200 x 1200 pixels is employed. This is more than enough to produce text-based documents with crisp and distortion-free contents. Additionally, monochrome images can come up clean and with fine details. For an affordable unit like this, printouts like these can be impressive enough. Language simulations included are IBM ProPrinter and PCL 6, and there are 45 scalable and 1 bitmap typefaces available.

Total media input capacity amounts to 300 sheets, enabling the ML 2250 to meet varying productivity requirements. This is possible thanks to the 50-sheet multipurpose tray and the 250-sheet media tray. But if that's not enough, an optional tray may be purchased and installed, bringing up the media handling capacity to as much as 500 sheets. An exit tray found at the rear of the machine catches the printouts.

When it comes to the types and sizes of supported media, this monochrome laser printer can handle a variety of them. It can work compatibly with plain paper, labels, transparencies, cards, envelopes and more. Media sizes supported include letter, legal, executive, statement, A4, A5, A6, JIS B5 and folio. Delicate or stiff media pass through the front of the printer and exits in the rear minus paper jamming.

Its body measures 10.9 inches x 14.1 inches x 17.8 inches (H x W x D) and weighs 24.3 pounds. Available in glossy white or matte gray casing, its compact form factor provides a small footprint. Although it weighs a bit more that other similarly sized monochrome laser printers, it still can be easily moved around the workplace where it's required. This is especially true since there are handgrips found along the unit's bottom edge.

Both parallel IEEE 1284 and high-speed USB ports are available. Such options let you to connect it easily to a computer based on your preference or what's available. Sharing the machine in the workplace is hassle-free. That's because an optional Ethernet interface is available for use within a small workgroup. What's more, a Wi-Fi link may also be installed for a clutter-free networking option.

The Samsung ML 2250 Printer comes with a toner cartridge upon purchase which can yield up to 5000 pages. Monthly duty cycle is set by the manufacturer at 30000 pages. This monochrome laser printer is ideal for personal use or within a small workgroup. Providing hassle-free operation and high-quality Samsung ML toner, it's capable of churning out quality documents in an environment with varying productivity requirements.