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Samsung CLP 300 Mini Personal Color Laser Printer Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Quick fix for paper jam
Comment: Many people had problems with paper jam on the CLP 300, so I just want to share a quick fix that helped me and my friend.

Since this IS a review, I'll quickly mention that I bought this printer a year ago for the occasional printing need and still haven't gone through the initial toners yet. So far so good, decent quality and speed, quiet and small. I'm happy with it. If not for the paper jam issue, this is a great printer as I've seen it on sale for about $150 in many occasions.

Both me and my friend's CLP 300 had trouble picking up paper from the paper tray, so to fix the problem, you need to first take the paper tray out and empty it. At the front of the paper tray and you'll find a ramp responsible for lifting your stack of paper onto the feeding mechanism. What you'll need to do is to remove this ramp by stretching the side of the tray and poping out the plastic ramp. Underneath the ramp you'll see the two springs responsible for holding the ramp up. Simply stretch the springs until they're 3/4 inch longer than the original length, and snap the parts back together. Now there should be enough friction for the rubber roller to prevent any more paper jams.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Jams all the time >_<
Comment: When this printer actually works, it's great and takes 2 secods to print a page, but it constantly jams. I've had it for under a year and now it jams at exit and no matter what I do (trust me, I've done everything) nothing works. I wish I read the reviews about it before purchasing.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Constantly Jams
Comment: This is one of the most frustrating printers I've ever owned. Picked it up at Staples about a year ago because it was on sale and thought it would be good for the kids to use. (If I had it to do again, I'd spend another $100 and get something in the OKI C5100 / 5200 series -- those things are workhorses and mine hasn't jammed in the four years I've had it.)

The Samsung now jams just about every time a piece of paper is fed through. My guess is a bad quality rubber paper pickup is to blame. I tried some professional roller cleaner and it helped a little. Beware...

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Lemon
Comment: I loved this printer, I loved the compact size, I liked the toner cartriges, I liked the print quality; however once the rubber piece that pulls the paper from the printer tray wears...this printer is a basically a paperwight.It will not work again. Mine lasted eight months. I did not even use up all the toner! THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS PARTICULAR PRINTER...BEWARE!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty Good Quality
Comment: I got this printer for school over a year ago and have been pleased with the results. Here's the rundown:

Pros:
+It installs its drivers within a few seconds. I upgraded my laptop, which now uses Vista, and plugged it in the USB slot. I was printing within a minute.
+It is fast. It takes maybe 20-25 seconds for it to warm-up after you assign it a task, but after that it spits out black and white documents in a second; full-color pages take up to 25 seconds.
+It is quiet. Unlike the jerking sounds of inkjets, this one just has a low humming sound.
+It's small. It's one of, if not THE, smallest *color* laser printers that I've seen.
+Good design for toner cartridges. They are even easier to replace than inkjets, if that can be believed.
+Dependable. I have yet to have it jam on me.

Cons:
-Toner supply. I print out full-color pictures with some regularity and the toner seems to take a drastic drop after every picture, around 2-5% for each one. And those toner cartridges aren't cheap.
-Picture quality. I don't really mind it, but it does not blend gradients together well. Or just blend in general. The results remind me of vector art. The color is vibrantly bright and the darks dark; they just stay separated.

VERDICT:

This is a good, affordable, dependable printer for a student's or office's needs, assuming that you are not a photography major or printing company.

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