Business printing solutions are often amazing, and many users enjoy the versatility of office laser printers. However, those same users are disappointed when they return home to their loud and slow inkjet printing home choices because price and size always make office printers an unreasonable inclusion for one’s home. This Samsung CLP-300 printer review will present an option that many users may not be aware of and can offer many of the conveniences and speeds of an office printer in a small and affordable home version.
The Samsung CPL-300 is a color laser printer that is small and light enough for practical inclusion in a personal home office, but its functionality provides the big options many have come to expect from laser printers. The dimensions of the CPL-300 are about 15 inches by 13 inches in required desk space, and stands about 10 inches tall, which gives the CPL-300 smaller space requirements than many large laptops on the market today. The overall weight is less than 30 pounds, which means the CPL-300 can easily be placed on a desktop and moved if necessary. For its small size, the 24,200 page per month recommended duty cycle proves this little machine can keep up with the pros.
The CPL-300 is designed to offer the same speed as a full-sized office machine by printing at a speed of 17 black and white pages per minute. However, the slower speed of four prints per minute for full color images does limit this machine to light image printing duties. What the CPL-300 lacks in color printing speed it makes up for in its noiseless operation. The virtually silent operation of the CPL-300 is due to the incorporation of Samsung’s award winning No-Nois printing engine design. The amazing new design keeps the toner cartridges in a fixed position reducing the machine noise and vibration levels significantly enough that Samsung was awarded the Red Dot Design Award for excellence in print engine design for it.
The CPL-300 features a paper feed cassette that telescopes to hold a variety of paper sizes loadable up to 150 sheets. Due to the variety of operating systems employed by home office customers, the Samsung CPL-300 offers the versatility of plug and play performance for Windows, Mac and Linux based systems. Additionally, the Energy Star seal of approval demonstrates that the CPL-300 is a machine that can operate in full compliance with current energy conserving standards.
Whether adding this printer as a personal desktop option to one’s home or business, the CPL-300 is a personal sized laser printer with the functionality of many of its larger relatives. Now the speed and silence of laser printing can be found in a plug and play printer that is as easy to install as it is to use. Even the toner change procedures are a snap for this little machine, which has eliminated the need for large bulky toner cartridges by replacing them with the No-Nois toner bottles that are easy to access and replace.