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Sunday May 7, 2006
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Staples is having its big 20th Anniversary sale. I'm not blown away by most of the deals that they're offering. But they do have the Samsung ML-2010, a 22 page-per-minute monochrome laser printer for only $49.98 after $50 rebate. Normally this printer sells for between $80 and $130, but every once in a while you'll find it for $50 or less. I bought the ML-2010's predecessor, the 17-ppm Samsung ML-1740 a while back for about $40. PC Mag's printer expert David Stone gave the ML-2010 3.5 stars when he reviewed it, saying, "The Samsung ML-2010 is a personal monochrome laser that delivers high-quality output and good speed for the price. But the 150-sheet input capacity can turn refilling paper into a annoying chore even if you print as few as 50 pages on an average day. " My big question is whether I buy a new toner cartridge when the 1,000 sheet starter cartridge runs out. (A TonerSave feature is supposed to extend toner life up to 40%) New cartridges, rated for 3,000 sheets, will run you between $80 and $90. For the amount of printing I do with my printer, I may be better off just looking for another one of these deals.
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May 7, 2006 10:44 PM
My printer prints has a 2600 sheet tray and prints at 36 ppm in color and toner cartridge costs only $200 for 10,000 printouts.
May 9, 2006 3:36 PM
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May 9, 2006 4:14 PM
A home laser printer ? You mean like the used HP4 I got locally off Ebay ? The thing is a tank and just keeps on going. The "Timex" of printers IMHO.
May 9, 2006 4:17 PM
You have got to be kidding. With the cost of the printing cartridges for a monochrome printer with limited capacity, this is only good for those who print 10 pages a day at the most and on a good day. Most of us rely much more on our printers. I have learned that I have to keep at least two printers on line at all times for when the one printer dies of old age. They are all around $100 and are throw aways at that price. The cost of printing modules are coming down and if you use the same brand, you can keep those expenses low too. I just find this to be no bargain at all. Plus mail in rebates are not foolproof. How many have gotten lost in the mail, never mailed out, lost at home, etc. In fact the manufacturer relies on the fact that the percentage of people who do send in rebates is usually very low. Thanks but I will stick with my HP printers./
May 9, 2006 4:27 PM
I'll stick with my HP printers. I bought a new LJ4500 nine years ago and it is still going strong. I use mulpiple HP laserjets and they just go on and on and never fail. Look at the total cost of ownership that includes time and toner cost/page and I'm sure these plastic printers wont fare so well.
May 9, 2006 4:44 PM
PC Mag's comment is a joke to many home users who own a laser printer. How difficult or annoying to add paper into the laser printer? That's why we the American are getting so fat. If you need to add paper all the time or will print 150 pages in a day or two, you are buying a wrong laser printer. Go and buy a business class laser printer. This Samsung one is built for low volume average home users not for home business owners. I do own a small laser printer at home for normal printing and an ink-jet for color printing. Staples rebates are one of the most reliable. As long as you make copies of all material sent, you should not have any problem. I have never had any problem with rebates. Yes, sometime you may have to call to follow up and it takes a long time to get the rebate checks. To get money back, you must be organized.
May 9, 2006 4:57 PM
I bought one of these from Staples in January for $50 ($99 less $50 online coupon w/ free shipping). Not a bad deal, right? The performance is very good, as I do not do hundreds of pages per day. The other day I noticed that the status light was off. I turned the printer off, then back on. No change. Changed outlets. No change. Just got off the phone with Samsung and they are sending me a replacement printer (refurbished) at no charge. Hmm. Frankly, I can't complain. I have two other printers set up to do specialized printing, so this was more of a utility printer.
May 9, 2006 5:01 PM
The pricing of printers now is of consideration just as is the cost of expendables. I bought a Lexmark Optra R [black only] back in Feb. '95 for just over $1300, cheap at the time. It does 10PPM at 1200dpi. The 7,000 page and 14,000 page cartridges are expensive. A good feature of the Optra is that replacing the toner cartridge also replaces the drum, essentially renewing the printer. The downside to the cost is I can buy a new comparable printer for about the price of the high capacity cartridge.
May 9, 2006 5:56 PM
La oferta que ustedes muestran se ve interesante, pero no solo el costo de la impresora debe interesar, sinó el costo del toner y el tiempo de vida del rodillo magnetico, yo tengo una Lexmark E210 que la compré hace 4 años y hasta la fecha sigue en pié, pero no hay nada que se compare a una impresora de red, por lo que les agradeceria que incluyan en sus articulos mayor información sobre estas. Saludos: José Fernando From Lima - Perú email: josefernando@30gigs.com
May 9, 2006 8:10 PM
Who the heck prints? I mean, c'mon. It's 2006, why do you need a piece of paper with text on it? Email, PDF, TXT, DOC, etc... There are so many options that having a standard printer in your home or office is like having an outhouse in your yard. Sure, you could use it, but it's long outmoded and the new modes offer lots of features not even feasible in the older format. The only time you need to print is if you're making a scrapbook for your mom or coloring pages for your kids... but then again, what kind of kid doesn't have Photoshop?
May 9, 2006 8:29 PM
I had both an HPIII and HP4 and they were workhorses for 10+ years, but eventually died. HP authorized service said cost to repair would be $300/ea. Bought the ML 1740 for $50 AR a year and a half ago - gave fine service, then stopped working. Though just past the guarantee period, Samsung CS sent me a refurb free. No extension from original warranty, but I used a warranty-term-doubling credit card to buy it, so capital cost is $25/yr max. Toner is cheaply and easily refilled a couple times per cartridge. Also later bought the ML2010 for $50 AR - just fine for home use, daughters' term papers, etc. Uses same cartridge, filler. Print quality is actually very good. Considering cost of ink jet printing, makes good economic sense to have one of these for B/W daily tasks. Staples rebates are the best, too. Best Cheap Geek deal I have seen lately however is the $129 AR delivered Hann-G 19 inch LCD 8ms DVI from PC Connection.
May 9, 2006 8:45 PM
Aww gee... Replacing paper is a "chore", the reviewer must print much more then I do or the home users that this printer is designed for. REALITY CHECK: The last time I attempted to use my scanner-inkjet, almost to many nozzles were clogged in the USED ONCE BEFORE new inkjet cartridges to allow the printer to make useable prints. LASER PRINTERS DON'T CLOG. 1000 prints for $50? Last I checked that works out to EXACTLY $0.05 a print. TRY THAT WITH A INKJET!! New toner cartridge costs ~$80? DON'T BUY ONE THEN, JUST REFILL your old one. The 1K and 5K cartridges have the same MECHANICS, just one has LESS TONER. You can buy 5 5000 print refills for about the same price of the printer ($50). I bought a Brother printer at Office Depot 4-5 years ago for less than $100. I just recently refilled the toner cartridge. Do I do alot of printing? Not really. (50-75 prints a month) But when I do, my B&W printing goes to my B&W Laser and my color printing goes to my COLOR LASER.
May 9, 2006 11:02 PM
After Samsung tried to deny my fully compliant rebate submission I will NEVER play the rebate game again. Give me a decent price up front. I will not wait to find out my rebate was denied or have to wait 6-8 weeks to get it. Rebates are simply another type of fraudulent marketing that screw the consumer.
May 10, 2006 12:50 PM
I got one of these on the Best Buy special for $80 a couple of months ago. My wife was starting on a big project where she was going to need to print ~800 pages in two months, and the printer was cheaper than ink cartridges for the Epson R300 for that many pages. Boy, was this a great idea! The printer is bone-simple to install on Mac OS X, just download and install the most up-to-date drivers from the website before plugging the printer in. The printouts are crisp, the pages are not curled (unlike low-end brother printers) and if the stilly thing dies now it will still have been cheaper than running that many ink cartridges through the Epson. It gets used for color prints and DVD covers and nothing else these days. Kudos to staples for a great special. I may go grab another of these for my office. I'm sure I can reload paper in my own printer with less effort than walking down the hall to the shared printer.
May 10, 2006 10:44 PM
Hello I just bought a colour photo printer for $159 + taxes. I will wait for the colour laser printer to follow these prices and hope to get one of those. For mail in rebates I believe I am about 50% of rebates. Is there a secret to getting better average? Is this price in Canada? Don E
May 12, 2006 10:05 PM
I buy all my ink and toner supplies at LD Products (http://www.ldproducts.com/index.html). They have the toner cartridge for the ML2010 for $48.99!!
May 18, 2006 12:14 PM
I actually refill the cartridge three times and then buy another new. Each new is about $50 online and then the 3 pack refill is $25. It is a good deal all around and the refill is slick, easy and not too messy. (I did it in a white shirt earlier this week. Did not need to change.)
September 17, 2006 1:21 PM
I want to buy one sumsung ML 2010 laser printer and I do not know who to contact here in this website. there is no store addtess to go and buy from. SARDAR ALI