Samsung ML3710ND toner cartridge

The Samsung ML3710ND laser printer can accept two capacities of toner cartridge. The best value is obtained by using the high capacity toner cartridge with a print capability of 5,000 pages. This will give the lowest cost per print with this printer. 

Samsung ML-3710ND Review

It's not uncommon for printer makers to create a number of matching printers, differentiated by simple features such as print speed. Samsung's ML-3710ND small workgroup mono laser resembles the ML-3310ND, however is speedier. Both have an intriguing Eco button.

Given the speed and environment the unit is meant for, it has a compact, tidy footprint. Decked out in two tones of grey, along with ribbed side panels, the unit is extremely unobtrusive. The darker grey is maybe not a great selection for the navigation ring in the control panel, since it seems to have been highly fingered, although brand-new. The rest of the controls encompass a 2-line by 16-character Liquid crystal display with no backlight, power and cancel job buttons and a third button, labelled Eco. This is intended to be a one-stop selector, which inturn switches on a number of green functions at once.

Utilized in collaboration with an additional tab in the driver, the Eco button will control duplex print, multiple pages per sheet, blank page elimination and toner save. The driver incorporates a simulator, which will show you how much CO2, electricity as well as paper you are safeguarding with the choices you select.

There's a single, 250-sheet paper tray at the bottom of the front panel and an additional 50-sheet, multi-purpose tray that folds down from above this. Another 520-sheet tray is available as an option, providing a complete capacity of 820 sheets.

The printer may be connected by USB or Gigabit Ethernet, however there is no wireless option as standard. Driver support for Windows and OS X is furnished and additionally drivers are obtainable for a variety of Linux implementations.

The single drum and toner cartridge is a simple replacement from the front and it is available in three capacities of 2000, 5000 and 10,000 ISO pages.

Samsung heralds a quick 'first page' time of eight seconds using Ready mode with the ML-3710ND. We won't question this, however, there is the proviso that the majority of printing isn't done from Ready mode. Using the default settings, the unit sleeps after just one minute, so even within a lively office, most jobs will be required to wake the machine first, which doubles the first page out time.

The company claims a top speed of 34ppm and although the machine undoubtedly prints pages quickly, this figure is as normal somewhat optimistic. The printer supports duplex as standard. We would be ready to see around half the single-sided rate, yet this turned out to be a little slower. Looking at the device print, there are two noticeable pauses within the duplex print cycle, where various other models maintain a smoother paper transit.

Print quality for text is crisp as well as clean, the effective print resolution of 1200dpi providing a professional result. Even in toner save mode, characters are well formed and print just appears a little bit lighter than in normal mode. Greyscale graphics are equally clean, without having signs of banding and a good variety of greys to simulate different colours. Even the assessment picture print, often a challenge for a mono laser, came through well, although some detail was lost in the more dark greys.

As a typical workplace workhorse, the Samsung ML-3710ND ticks all of the boxes. It prints rapidly, although certainly not as rapidly as the spec claims, produces fine quality greyscales and also outstanding black text and it is economical to run. The flexible and versatile eco choices help to ensure a good balance between reliable print and lower environmental costs.