Samsung Xpress SL-M2830 Printer Driver and Software

The Samsung Xpress SL-M2830 is small enough to be used as a personal monochrome laser printer and can also be used as a shared printer in a micro office. This isn’t quite the offering to topple the Samsung Xpress SL-M2830 Editor’s Choice that it replaces in the Samsung lineup. It costs a little more and the competition is a little tighter at the moment, but it’s still a strong competitor.

Paper Guide

Measuring just 8.5 x 14.5 x 13.2 inches (HWD) and 16.4 pounds, the Samsung Xpress SL-M2830 is relatively small enough to comfortably share a desk and light enough for one person can move quickly. As a personal printer, this is the right choice. Additionally, it offers comprehensive paper handling for a shared printer with a 250-sheet input tray, a manual sheet feeder, and a duplexer (for two-sided printing). This should be more than sufficient for most personal or micro-office applications.

Output Speed

The speed rating for the Samsung Xpress SL-M2830 is 29 pages per minute (ppm), the same as the Samsung M2825DW. Unsurprisingly, the two printers had essentially the same speed in our tests. I set it to 9.7 ppm in our suite of business applications, compared to 9.9 ppm for the Samsung Samsung Xpress SL-M2830.

The Samsung Xpress SL-M2830’s output quality is a standard for monochrome lasers across the board. The text rating in my tests fell in the middle of a relatively narrow range that covered most monochrome laser printers. The output is suitable for almost any business use, but falls short for critical desktop publishing applications.

The good thing about the Samsung Xpress SL-M2830 is that it is equivalent to the Samsung M2825DW in terms of speed, output quality and paper handling. Unfortunately, given the slight price increase compared to the older model (which is still widely available online) and some competitors, the Samsung Xpress SL-M2830 doesn’t offer enough to make it worth it.

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The difference in the editor’s choice. Nevertheless, it is still an attractive option and undoubtedly suitable as a personal printer or as a shared printer in a micro office.