Samsung CLX 3160FN - The Affordable And Reliable Printer
The Samsung CLX 3160FN printer is the perfect multitasking color laser printer for small offices or work groups, it is not really advisable for home use as the monthly duty cycle is a little too high to be cost effective. It is shipped network ready and is ideal for general all-purpose office use. It is a reliable copy, fax, printer-scanner and although it may not be the fastest machine on the market when printing graphics, it still comes with good recommendations. The best toner for this printer is the CLX 3160FN printer cartridge.
The scan and print quality is very good, but the footprint is not terribly small, so it does take up some space. It weighs 45 lbs and is 18.3″ wide x 16.9″ deep and 19.1″ tall. These dimensions do allow the machine to be easily moved by one person, and hand wells on each side facilitate this quite easily. If your office space is very small it can be set up in a utility closet or another general area for networked use.
The Samsung CLX 3160FN printer has an A4 sized flat-bed scanner and automatic feeder which contains 50 sheets of paper and you are also able to make legal sized scans and copies. Both scanned documents and images can be saved to your PC or a USB drive and it can also scan to network.
The copying function makes up to 99 copies at a time, and either the ADF or the flatbed scanner can be used to facilitate your copying needs. Copying options include poster copy, 2-up and 4-up copy, zoom, image clone and ID card copy. If you make use of the flatbed scanner you are also able to enlarge or reduce between 25% and 400%. With the ADF this limits you to 25% - 100%.
The Samsung CLX 3160FN printer ships with a single plain paper cassette that holds a standard 150 sheets. This may be configured to fit several different size of paper and the feed tray for single sheets of paper is very handy for feeding paper manually. It has adjustable guides which are great for printing one-off documents.
An additional cassette for paper may be purchased at extra cost and this hold 250 sheets of paper. This larger paper cassette also comes with a flap that folds out to stop your papers from spraying out all over the floor. There is nothing worse than having to re-collate your documents!
Patented toner plugs for the Samsung CLX 3160FN are very simple to remove and replace, and come at a reasonable cost. The printer is shipped with starter toner plugs and you will be able to get around 1500 black and 700 color prints from the starter toner. Replacement toner plugs will definitely get you more copies for your money, and these cost about 3c for black copies and 18c for color. The monthly duty cycle or print volume if you like, is 24200, so this is one of the reasons the printer is better for small work groups. For home use, this is far too high a volume.
Summary: The Samsung CLX 3160FN Printer is a good multifunctional, all-purpose printer, scanner copier that ships network ready and is suitable for small offices and work-groups. The CLX 3160FN toner are simple to remove and replace and can be purchased relatively inexpensively. You must ensure that you use the correct CLX 3160FN printer toner with these machines in order to maintain optimum performance. For more information, check out our site http://www.qtoner.us.