Samsung CLP-500

I thought I'd review the Samsung CLP-500 whilst looking for its replacement. Heed my advice and don't touch it with a barge-pole! Having selected this model for its economy of printing and for having a duplex (double sided printing) feature, I have been sadly let down on both counts. After only a few months, the duplex feature stopped working, then the paper began to jam more and more frequently. So much so eventually, that for every sheet of paper printed, I was throwing four or five mangled pieces away. Finally I could only use it by feeding sheets of paper into the supplementary tray, one at a time by hand. Now exactly 2 years after purchasing it, it has stopped ...  Read the complete review

This printer does exactly what it promises. I’ve used it for printing both colour photographs and black and white text and the result is always crisp and clear. Setup was straightforward. I plugged it into a USB port, loaded the driver software and it was ready to go. Unlike some colour inkjets, this colour laser printer has four separate toner cartridges which slide into place on the left side of the printer, so when a colour runs out you need only replace the one that is empty. On the right of the printer is the manual feed tray, which folds flat and can be opened out when needed. The printer takes a few minutes to warm up when first turned on and it is ...  Read the complete review