Home | Forums | Article Search | Subscribe & Shop | Contact Us | Log Out Samsung ML-1430 Email This Print This View My Personal Library Heavy Gear October 2002 • Vol.2 Issue 10 Page(s) 25 in print issue Add To My Personal Library Samsung ML-1430 In fall 2001, several manufacturers introduced new laser printers at rock-bottom prices. As you might expect, many of these sub-$300 lasers suffered from bad print quality. The Samsung ML-1430 costs less than those lasers, yet has better printer quality, suggesting that we're moving into the second generation of low-cost lasers. The ML-1430 has a 66MHz RISC processor and 8MB of RAM. You won't find extras such as PostScript fonts, duplexing, or network capabilities, but if you need a laser for home printing, this small, 13.7-pound Samsung printer should meet your needs. The printer has a paper capacity of 150 sheets and supports both parallel and USB interfaces. In our tests, the printer came close to matching Samsung's listed 15ppm speed. A 10-page text file, printed at 300dpi, displayed a rate of 13.7ppm. A six-page text-and-graphics file and a three-page PowerPoint file had print speeds of 10.0ppm and 12.3ppm, respectively. In all three tests, the ML-1430 produced the first page in less than 0:07 (minutes:seconds). Even a high-resolution graphic printed at a decent 8.8ppm. Although, like the low-end laser printers before it, the ML-1430 has problems with crosshatched grays, it excels in two areas. First, even at the lowest resolution setting, the ML-1430 manages text well. In the past, low-end lasers have produced economy-quality text with jagged edges. Second, this printer doesn't have the problems with banding, cuts, or excessive graininess in high-resolution images that plagued other low-cost lasers. Don't get me wrong. This is still a low-end laser, and you won't get stellar high-resolution image prints from the ML-1430, but the image quality is more than acceptable for a $199 laser. Like most low-priced lasers, this isn't the right printer for someone who needs high-quality images. However, the average user will find this printer's capabilities and price more than acceptable. by Kylee Dickey ML-1430 $199 Samsung (800) 726-7864 (201) 229-4000 www.samsungusa.com CPU Rating: 2.5 (out of possible 5)  User Reviews Be the first to write a review of this product Want more information about a topic you found of interest while reading this article? Type a word or phrase that identifies the topic and click "Search" to find relevant articles from within our editorial database. Enter A Subject (key words or a phrase): ALL Words (‘digital’ AND ‘photography’) ANY Words (‘digital’ OR ‘photography’) Exact Match ('digital photography'- all words MUST appear together) Home      Copyright & Legal Information      Privacy Policy      Site Map      Contact Us Copyright © 2010 Sandhills Publishing Company U.S.A. All rights reserved.