Samsung CLP 315 Color Laser printer - 17 ppm - 150 sheets from Samsung in Printers

Samsung?s CLP-315 is the smallest laser printer in the world and though it's not the fastest or the cheapest to run, it's enough to make it a tempting option if its diminutive size appeals. Read full review

Pros: Compact; Quiet running; Low price; Decent print quality
 
Cons: Sluggish print speeds; Limited features; Costly to run
 
Samsung markets its new CLP-315 as 'the world's smallest laser printer' and there's no way you can argue with that.
 
Little bigger than most mono laser printers, this small black machine takes up very little room. It may only have a 150-sheet paper tray, but it's quiet in use and pages feed out on the top of the machine.
 
This is a pretty basic printer. It only includes one USB connection and features a four-pass colour print mechanism, which means that colour pages take roughly four times as long to print as black ones. Samsung quotes 17ppm for black and 4ppm for colour, and we got reasonably close to these figures under test. Even so, this is a slow laser for printing colour.
 
The quality of the prints is only average. Black text is fine but text over colour looks fuzzy and colours tend to be overemphasised. Photos showed some banding, too. … Read full review

This is a great printer for the price. I needed a printer to replace my HP4 that had given up the ghost. It does laser printing almost as great as the old HP. I have not had the printer very long and have not fully tested the color printing. One thing you need to know is--do not use the heavy color printing paper that you may have lying around. You will need to use a lighter weight paper--HP-Q6611A for brochure printing is recommended. I started using the heavier paper and it jammed the printer twice--then I called tech support. I am happy with the printer overall and expect to use it for years.