I have had this printer for over six months now.... this is my first laser printer. Prior to this, I was using various high end consumer all in one inkjet printers. I decided to switch to laser after dealing with clogged ink that always saw the nozzles needing to be cleaned, always running out of ink, etc. I will never go back to inkjet printers.
The toner lasts a very long time. By far, substantially more than inkjet ink. There is no comparison. Yes, the toner is more expensive, but it lasts 10-20 times longer.
I have not had any problems with this printer what-so-ever. It performs flawlessly. The *only* weakness it has in comparison to a high end photo inkjet printer is that it can't quite compete on that level of photo quality. (Still, using the right paper and a high resolution photo, the photo prints come out really nicely... definitely on the high end of laser color printers. If I had to compare it to a high end consumer inkjet photo printer that scored a 10, this would score an 8 in comparison)
As far as the noise, yes, it is louder than an inkjet. People are blowing this out of proportion, however. If you've ever used a laser printer at work, the noise is comparable to your typical laser printer in the office. There *are* weird bangs and clank sounds, however, these seem to be isolated and only seem to occur mostly when new toner is added. I'm sure that these are by design, as I have had the printer for over six months and it works flawlessly.
The scanner is also pretty nice. Not as good as a separate flatbed scanner, but it is typical for all in one printer scanners.
As far as the software for the printer... This printer is obviously geared a little more for the corporate world than consumers. (i.e. people with a dedicated IT department) The software isn't as user friendly (particularly during installation) as a typical consumer printer. If I had to rate the tech knowledge needed to install the printer and software from 1-10 (with 1 being a completely new computer user to 10 being an elite IT pro of the highest order), I would say you need to be a 3 with at least some basic small office/home office networking knowledge if you are going to network it. If you are going to firmware update this thing, that tech knowledge is going to need to go up to a 5. (most consumers have no need to do a firmware update, but, just FYI, you'll have to go through a web portal using the printers IP address to do this... no automated software that will do it all for you)
Overall very satisfied with this printer. I doubt I will ever go back to inkjet, and probably will keep this printer for several years.
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I was really happy with the mono chrome Samsung laser printer
I was really happy with the mono chrome Samsung laser printer, so bought color laser this time. This one is pissing me off everytime I try to print labels. I set the setting to best quality color option and paper source as labels, but it keeps on jamming. I'd have to clear the jam move the big printer over, so I can open the door in the back and close it to reset it. After about 3-5 time repeating i would get the one page to print. However, when it prints, it doesn't have clean color printing on the edges, no matter how I shake the toners before I start to print.At work I have Epson printer and it was easy setting up the cloud printing and also scanning to google drive. I think I have to open a account and scan to samsung cloud with this printer, but I'm not sure. I just may have not figured it out correctly.With printing regular black and white documents, it works better, but I still have problem with occassional paper jamming and I must unplug and plug back in to wake up the printer when it has been sleeping for few days. Computer can't wake it up.. it says to make sure printer is plug in and connected. I wish I had a chance to try it out before I bought it. I just trusted it because my older samsung mono chrome xpress one is still going strong and works perfectly after 6-7 years.
