Excellent Budget Colour Laser Printer (Samsung CLP 300)

Member Name: Gnome

Product:	Samsung CLP 300
Date:	16/06/09 (69 review reads)
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Advantages: Good cheap colour laser printer, very easy to set up

Disadvantages: Expensive to replace all four cartridges at once

As a teacher, I am forever printing out revision notes and worksheets. Black and white is okay, but the students really appreciate colour, especially for their Biology notes. I tried several inkjet printers, but the ink would run out within days and so I started looking around for a cheap colour laser printer.

The Samsung CLP300 was not only one of the cheapest (I paid less than £100 from Amazon) but more usefully, the colour toner cartridges were separate. This meant you only had to buy and replace the colour that had run out. Although expensive at around £45 each toner, the colour cartridges are designed to last 1000 pages (3000 for the Black), although I find they last far longer than this. The printer was easy to install and set up (USB plug and play mode), and changing the cartridges takes only seconds.

To get the best looking "professional" results, I find it best to use quality paper. Anything too thin and the toner can bleed slightly. Monotone black and white printing again looks better on quality paper.
Overall, I would definitely say this is an excellent "budget" colour laser printer, well worth the investment.

Summary: Excellent "budget" colour laser printer

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