( 28 reviews )
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Posted: May 30 2009
I bought this printer as a replacement for a 5 year old Brother printer. Although I had read reviews saying it did not work well wirelessly, I decided to give it a try based on otherwise good reviews. At first all went well. As a printer it is excellent. Great print quality, and quiet. However, it does not work well with Airport ever since I upgraded my OS to 10.5. It will do one print job, then freeze. I have to reset Airport for each and every print job. This is a real pain when I am working wirelessly, which is most of the time. It still works fine if plugged directly into my MacBook Pro via USB. Wireless is a futile effort. I've read numerous blogs on the problem, and solutions are temporary at best. If you plan to use this printer plugged directly into your computer, then it is a good buy. If you plan to use wireless with a PC, I have heard that works but can't confirm. But don't buy if you plan to use wirelessly with a Mac. One other minor inconvenience: the paper tray is rather small, and holds about 50 sheets. If you print lots of large jobs, I'd consider another printer.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Apr 18 2009
After a glitch in my Canon Pixma printer which caused me to break the thing with frustration, I found myself in the not-so-unique position of buying a new printer. I wanted something that could print speedily, looked nice, and didn't cost a lot per print. Yet at the same time I wanted to be able to scan. After due consideration, I think I came to best decision: buy a scanner and a simple monochrome laser printer. Before I tell you why I liked the Samsung ML-1630, let me say that I initially tried a Brother HL-2170w. That printer was easier to setup than others had me believe, but it consumed so much energy that my lights flickered with every print. Alas, I decided to buy this printer. What I like about it is that it is sleek, it doesn't consume a whole lot of desk space, it is quiet, and it works! No jams so far, and I'm 1000 pages in. The bundled cartridge is roughly half the capacity of a new cartridge, but I'm easily going to get more than the 1000 page estimate. In addition, the setup was so quick and easy that my 80 year old grandmother could do it, no problem. The directions were on a giant sheet of paper, basically plug it in, install driver disk, and go! If you're sick of all the software bundles from the likes of Canon and HP, you will be pleased with Samsung. In short, buy this printer if you need to print out a lot of basic monochrome sheets. Don't buy it if you want a feeder, print a lot of card stock, need to scan/duplex/copy, print photos, fax, etc. It does one job but it does it well.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Mar 20 2009
This is actually my second one. Excellent Printer. Quiet, efficient, looks good and has a small footprint. Quick delivery and everything was fine.
