The Samsung CLP-600 color laser printer is an LED printer with small dimensions for crowded work areas; the printer is reasonably priced around $550.00.

Powered by an MIPS 350 MHZ processor and 32 MB of standard and maximum memory the CLP-600 delivers quality specifications for the money. Its paper handling, however, is a bit short only supporting cards, labels, envelopes, and plain paper up to 75 g/m2 weights. This is a small work group printer and the CLP-600n comes standard with USB and 10/100BaseTX connectivity which attributes to its low input capacity of 350 sheets; many other in class printers can handle higher input capacities. A 500 sheet cassette may be added for an additional charge. What the Samsung CLP-600 lacks in paper handling it makes up for in supported operating systems including Linux, SuSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, Mac, and Windows as well as Mandrake Linux. Despite its low weight and lower cost, there are very few expansion options; only a wireless print server and the fore mentioned paper cassette.

Printing at close to 20 pages per minute in full color and black and white the CLP-600 is comparable to its competition and has a 12 second first page out time. Color and text quality are quite good, but it should be noted that the CLP-600 will fall short on photo prints. Text is printed well in both color and monochrome down to 5 point font sizes. To monitor all of the printer’s functions and usage through a smart panel desktop utility and can be applied to any printer on the network. Monthly duty cycles rank in at 45,000 pages which should suit most small work groups and departments while the cost per printed page is close to $.10 in color and less than half that for black and white documents.

The Samsung CLP-600 is a good choice for those who do not need a variety of media to print on and is reasonably priced; similarly priced printers have some better features, but the Samsung delivers quality prints for its price.