Samsung ML-6510ND toner cartridge

The Samsung ML6510nd laser printer uses a seperate toner and imaging unit. The toner cartridge is available in two capacities. To obtain the lowest cost per print, we advise purchasing the high capacity cartridge.

Samsung ML-6510ND Review

Samsung is amongst the top producers of office laser printers and produces units from personal desktop machines upto speedy workgroup units. The ML-6510ND is definitely amongst the latter; in fact Samsung states this is the speediest laser printer in the world, which has a top speed of 62ppm.

One of the physically biggest printers we have reviewed, the ML-6510ND is in excess of half a metre high and weighs in at 35kg. Samsung has attempted to break up the monolithic lines by keeping the colour light, a basic fawny-grey, as well as ribbing the case horizontally.

Everything relating to this machine is big in proportion. The output tray set into its top cover is actually huge enough to take documents of several hundreds of pages and the input tray takes 520 sheets at any given time, more than a complete ream. There's a 100-sheet multi-purpose tray which folds down from the front panel too. One or two further 520-sheet trays can be purchased as options, and also a 2,000-sheet high-capacity feeder, giving a top paper capacity of 3,660 sheets. Some other options include a hard drive intended for template storage, a stacker as well as a finishing stapler.

The control panel is a bit more adventurous than on many mono laser devices. Together with a fully bit-mapped, backlit, four-line Liquid crystal display panel, you will find a number pad for the purpose of typing in passcodes whenever printing securely. A sizable, simple to use ring designed for menu navigation is in addition incorporated, as is a huge button designated Eco. With a sole push of this button it is possible to change the unit into duplex mode, print two pages per sheet and reduce the toner use. This is the default Eco option, however, you can program it by means of the printer driver to create exactly what you need.

Sockets at the back offer Gigabit Ethernet as well as USB connections, plus wireless is available with an optionally available adapter. The consumables insert down in to the machine with the 80,000-page photoconductor drum slotting in beneath the Samsung ML-6510ND toner cartridge, which can be purchased in a couple of sizes, of 10,000 and 30,000 pages.

Software includes Samsung's SmarThru as well as AnyWeb utilities, as well as PCL and PostScript drivers in emulation. Windows, OS X, Linux and Unix are supported platforms, even though drivers for the last couple need to be downloaded.

And so, can the ML-6510ND print at 62ppm as its manufacturer states? Clearly, not from our results, however it is still the speediest printer we have as yet tested. You could certainly set this machine to duplex by default as it is quick also.

Print quality using the Samsung ML-6510ND printer toner cartridge is fine, with dense, clean black and razor-sharp edges from the 1,200dpi print engine. Greyscale graphics are likewise well created, without any signs of any banding, however a handful of colours reproduce as very similar greys, which may help make segments and bars in charts a little tough to distinguish.

The two attainable Samsung ML-6510ND printer cartridge types have extremely high yields, demonstrating the printer's appropriateness in its anticipated use in high duty-cycle environments. Switching-on the toner saving mode, multi-page per sheet as well as duplex options utilizing the Eco button will lessen it even further.

So what's not to like concerning the ML-6510ND? Almost nothing, since it prints extremely fast, produces high quality text and graphics, deals with documents effectively, is very expandable and is priced reasonably against its competition. The one small criticisms are the exaggerated speed along with the machine's bulk. You will need a significant area of an office.