Despite its lack of memory, the Samsung ML-1610 delivers exceptional text prints with affordable Samsung toner costs. The lines are crisp, clear and have little to no distortion. It prints black and white photos well, but if you are an avid photographer you will want to upgrade. Color is decent for a personal laser printer for those who do not need a lot of color prints. Due to its 2 MB maximum memory large documents or documents containing extensive graphics occasionally stop between pages as the next page is loaded into the memory.
The Samsung ML-1610 is contained within a silver and black colored housing and has perhaps the easiest toner cartridges to replace. Simply open the access panel pull out the drum and slide the old out and the new cartridge in. This printer is light weight at 12 pounds and prints at a quick 16 pages per minute, slower for color documents. Unfortunately the ML-1610 is not Mac compatible, and only has a 1.1 USB connection, which accounts for the slow color printing speed and graphics printing.
The warming time is quite low, and your first page can be out in about 15 seconds, but don't expect this every time. The Samsung ML-1610 is toner cartridge based printer that is well suited for the home or a small home office that does not require a great deal of color printing, although the use of a little color in an otherwise black and white print is handled. The ML-1910 can be purchased for around $150.00 or less and delivers good quality for its price.
