Samsung ML-1675 Laser Printer Drivers and Software

The front cover of the Samsung ML-1675 folds into a 150-sheet paper input tray and features an adjustable paper stop to keep the input stack in place. Each page feeds up and to the top of the printer, where the top cover folds out and becomes the output tray. To the right of the output tray is a simple control panel with two LED indicators – between which power, incoming data and error conditions are displayed – and two control buttons.

For the Samsung ML-1675 there is a one-piece drum and toner cartridge, which is inserted under the bezel in the top cover after unfolding. This is a very simple procedure and anyone should be able to accomplish it in a few minutes.

The cartridge is only available with a capacity of 1,500 ISO pages. While this is small, it is a reasonable yield for a cartridge in a printer intended for home use. However, the ISO standard specifies a toner coverage of approximately five percent per page. So if most of your pages are report length rather than simple correspondence, you may get fewer pages than this from each cartridge.

There is a single USB socket on the back of the printer. This is the only data connection. Samsung supports Windows and OS X and drivers for Linux are also available. The driver is well-equipped for a budget printer, offering multiple pages per sheet and watermarks, as well as instructions for manual duplexing.

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Business graphics also look good, although there are slight variations in the areas with grayscale fill. While it’s not enough to be called banding, it’s just noticeable. Black text is bright and sharp, with high contrast and no signs of spatter.

However, compared to other entry-level mono laser printers, the running costs are by no means exceptional. Since this is a brand new printer, it may well be that both the purchase price and the cost of the main consumables will decrease in the coming months, making it even more economical to operate.