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Samsung Color Laser Printer (CLP-315) Reviews
BySamsung Color Laser Printer (CLP-315)
- Printer Interface USB Max Media Size (Standard) Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
Max Printing Speed (ppm) 17 ppm
Max Printing Speed Color (ppm) 4 ppm Monthly Duty Cycle Range (Printer Class) 20,000 – 49,999 pages Output Type Color Technology Laser
Type Workgroup printer RAM Installed Size 32 MB
Vibrant, professional color is now within your reach. The compact CLP-315 printer can fit comfortably on a corner of your home office desk or bookcase. It features a rich, piano-black control panel and delivers dynamite color at 4 ppm and sharp laser text at 17 ppm. You’ll also get NO NOIS print engine technology for quiet operation, along with easy-to-change toner cartridges.Amazon.com Product Description Vibrant, professional color is now within your reach, thanks to the CLP-315 color laser pr
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(out of 56 reviews)
List Price: $ 383.91
Price: $ 119.99
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June 30th, 2010 at 8:59 am
Review by Lynn Boltz for Samsung Color Laser Printer (CLP-315)
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I avoided this product because of it’s reviews. On Black Friday, after doing my homework, I went out and bought an HP which was incompatible with my Mac. (homework not so good on that respect) After spending a considerable amount of time with HP support I was notified that there was no driver compatibility.
I went back to the store and hesitantly exchanged my HP for the Samsung. It was cheaper after rebate anyways.
I have since burned off more than 40 presentations that have been of superb quality and I have no complants of the printer’s effectiveness. I have full software control over fine-lines. The color representation has been great. There was a previous complaint of “smoke” which was probably mistaken for the warming of the toner.
My greatest concern is the cost of replacement toner which was quelled when I saw the price of the others.
This is my first review of anything ever and I would like to express my sincere happiness with this printer so far.
Scott
June 30th, 2010 at 9:25 am
Review by Timothy J. Piper for Samsung Color Laser Printer (CLP-315)
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I recently purchased this printer at Staples in Los Angeles, Ca. I was dismayed that while the printer had been out for near a month (supposedly) no one had reviewed it on any website I could find (tech saavy website or purchasing website such as this). So I decided that even though reviews aren’t my normal thing I’d take a shot so everyone else could have a jumping off point.
This is my 3rd printer, first laser. My first printer was a pos hp top loading seriously cheapest printer you could buy during college sort of thing. It sucked. I still have and own my second printer an HP PSC 2410xi photosmart all in one. Why did I buy HP after my first experience? I don’t know I think it was a good deal or something. It was a good choice. My only complaint with that printer is one the cost of ink refills, and two the scanner quickly developed a marking on the underside of the glass from the scanner ribbon touching the glass. This is fixable/cleanable but you have to take the entire machine apart to get under there and I’m lazy.
Now to the review you were hoping to read. I work in the entertainment industry and am always printing headshots at the last minute if I need a look I haven’t had professionally mass printed. I also print scripts, and from time to time colorful brouchures for projects I work on. The Samsung CLP-315 does all of those things, faster, more efficent, and almost as well (color wise) as my HP.
It is true, the color of my inkjet as a “Photo” does look better than the laser printer, but that is so small a detail I do not mind. I am not using this printer to scrap book, and I won’t lose an acting job if I printed on a laser instead of an inkjet. What I will do is save money and time, and with the amazing price on this printer (even better if you lucked out on the model it’s replacing the Samsung CLP-310 (which was going for $99 at the time I purchased this one) it’s almost stupid not to buy one. I was aware that the CLP-310 was notorious for paper jams. So I spent the extra $100 on the newer sleaker black one (my whole comp set up is black as well and my monitor is a Samsung 24″ flatscreen so it fits in well) hoping that they newer model would have some fixes solved such as the paper jam. I haven’t had one yet, but I’ll update this review if I do. My ONLY complaint so far is about the confusing GLOSSY paper issue. There is a glossy paper option in program pull down menus (it was NOT for the aforementioned CLP-310 and I have read horror stories about that, I’m glad I opted for the 315 in this case), however the option strictly states… GLOSSY PHOTO 160G/M2. I don’t know what that is or means, as far as my googling has shown it’s paper you buy in the U.K. That is not what I purchased at my local staples. I bought HP Glossy Presentation Paper for Laser printers 34lb 95 brightness when I purchased the printer. So far it has worked fine. I have noticed with this paper the printer does become noiser and a clunking noise is heard. What is that? I don’t know. I’m glad I bought the 2 year warranty. With regular paper it prints as quiet as a mouse, that, er prints paper from a quiet laser printer. So I’m not sure if the extra noise is due to the weight of the paper or the glossy aspect of it. Either way it’s not my favorite thing about the printer. A drawback is that the printer comes with little documentation, no manual. There is a pdf download on the official website, but I hate pdfs. Seriously samsung. You should include a paper manual.
And now my overview of my already too long review. I’ve heard awful things about Samsung printers from online research. I know my recent still working HP printer is fantastic (mostly) and the one before it was crap, crap, crap. So here’s my stance. I’m a broke actor. If I had $900 bucks to spend on the the top of the line color laser printer with all the bells and whistles from a top company I probably would. But I’m willing to gamble that the newer Samsung CLP-300 series printer is a vast improvement over the previous one, which was amazing at that being the smallest color laser printer and cheapest. It prints quickly, clearly, and colorfully. It’s not photograph perfect, but I don’t really care about that for this, plus I have my good ole trusty HP inkjet standing by for that rare occasion. (wait my quick overview is growing longer by the second)…
Appearance 10/10
Quietness 8/10
Print quality B&W 10/10
Print quality Color 7/10
Price 10/10
If you’re looking for a quality color laser printer for a HUGE bargain of a price you can’t go wrong. If you have lots of money to purchase the printer of your dreams, this probably isn’t it. But then again you probably have lots of money because you don’t squander it on unnecissary things when you can get a good deal at a fair price.
-Tim Piper (Please hire me for acting work, especially cop shows!!)
June 30th, 2010 at 9:58 am
Review by W. Sprague for Samsung Color Laser Printer (CLP-315)
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I bought this printer on an amazing Black Friday $99 deal thinking that it would be more economical than my inkjet for printing out the 360 pages I needed for my family’s holiday newsletter. It was an unfortunate mix of good and bad…
GOOD: Small, looks nice, great price, toner relatively inexpensive, quiet, hooking it up to the Mac was a breeze. Full page photo print on premium laser paper was the best I’ve seen on a color laser, not as good as an inkjet running photo paper, but much better than an inkjet using plain paper.
These are all great plusses, but it wasn’t all rosy.
BAD: When refeeding the paper back into the hopper to print on the back side, the printer jammed every couple of pages. The added friction of the toner on the bottom side really messed with it. The paper curled a bit and I tried to flatten as best as possible, but it kept on jamming.
Text: I thought the text was not as sharp as it could be and when I compared it to the text output from my cheapie monochrome Brother laser, I was blown away at how much more refined the Brother was. I did not get a chance to try the Samsung in monochrome mode to compare the difference, but in color mode, no contest whatsoever – slightly blurry and way oversaturated. It also printed with some odd white dot artifacts around all the high-contrast edges when I tried to use premium glossy LASER paper in it – had to stick with the mid-range paper instead of the high-end paper.
My biggest shock was how quickly the toner disappeared. I was printing a newsletter with a few small photos on each page, maybe 25% coverage, and two of the toners were completely dry after 250 pages and the other two were very low. I imagine that if I was printing full-page photos, which was my original reason for buying it, I would have been lucky to get 100 pages out of a toner set. At $150+ for a toner set, this works out to well over a buck a page for full-size, and around 50 cents for my newsletter-type stuff, a far cry from the 15 cents per page that Samsung claims. This was no longer an economical printer by any means, so after a restless night sleep, and a bit of guilt over using most of the toner, I reluctantly decided to return it. Between the double-sided jamming, barely acceptable text quality, and the high cost-per-page, I just couldn’t live with this printer. (To be fair, the printer came with “starter” cartridges, and I hoped I could chalk its thirst up to that, but then I found out that Samsung’s starter cartridges really have 70% capacity, so that didn’t help much.)
June 30th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Review by Jeremy C Howes for Samsung Color Laser Printer (CLP-315)
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I recently purchased the CLP-315 and am very pleased with the unit as a low cost, small home printer. Its much faster and less hassle than ink jet printers I’ve owned. CD includes drivers for Mac OS X and Windows.
There are better printers available but not at the price this is available.
June 30th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Review by R. Brandenburg for Samsung Color Laser Printer (CLP-315)
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Just picked up this CLP at Staples. Color prints look great, for a laser printer. Don’t expect photo quality prints on glossy photo paper. No laser does that as good as an inkjet. Text is crisp and clear in color and B&W. As for the smell it will go away after about 100 pages. Its even listed in the documentation if you read it. Pepole have been complaining that the paper tray sticks out an extra 3.5″ from the side of the printer, I have yet to see a compact printer inkjet or laser that the tray or paper door doesn’t stick out from the main body of the machine. If you have bad print quality like color mixing you might have a bad toner cartridge, so take it back. As for the people complaining of it causing flickering lights, you either have bad wiring or you have the circuit overloaded. I have this printer on the same small USP as my computer with a 1000W power supply, monitor, and a NAS, and have no flickering lights. This printer was given an Editors Choice award by PCMag I would trust them over some of the reviews on here. [...]