Monday, November 24, 2008

Samsung CLX-3175FW Colour Laser MFP



The CLX-3175FW is another Samsung 'smallest' xyz is on our planet. "This time it is wireless, color laser multifunction printer. We like to think that size is not important, but clearly little profile on the desktop may be an advantage.

This is another machine all black, sitting outside the relatively high desk, color laser as its engine is mounted vertically in the accident. At the top is wide, 15-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF), located at the top of the flat scanner cover.

In the front part of the ADF is a well-designed control panel, including four-way jog dial, used to negotiate the devices in the system, which displays on 2 lines, 16 characters display. There are a number pad on the right side jog-dial, because the device has a built-in fax, and there are two additional buttons for direct printing from USB (you can also scan a USB drive) and ID Copy, which is a quick way to make a photocopy of two lateral identity card.

This is just one of the low-cost, color laser multifunction machine with a wireless connection as standard. It also includes wired Ethernet and USB 2.0 as an alternative. At the bottom of the panel to 150-sheet paper tray, but there is no universal feed for envelopes or special media.

Pull down the front door and you have access to the four toner cartridges, which are lined up, one above the other, in the middle. Unlike many of the latest models of color laser, the drum is a separate entity from each of these contributions and has a different life, as well as waste toner bottle, which also requires the exchange periodically.

Samsung is not in itself makes the most of the wireless installation instructions in its electronic user's manual. They are written for more than a system administrator for home or small business customer and include IP addresses, MAC addresses and the like. None of this is needed, as the printer comes with a built-in wizard to report to the wireless router. You do not need to connect to a network or USB cable - just follow these steps.

Before you install a program, press the Menu button on the control panel and wybierz'4. Wireless Networks, WLAN and Setting Wizard. "Printer looking for wireless networks, and when you choose a wireless flashing blue light and you can configure the software to run from the CD, go to Network and we'll all go with very little hassle. Unfortunately, there is no mention of this the wizard on the record.

In combination USB and PictBridge port does not prove as useful as we expected. Although you can actually connect the USB drives and PictBridge cameras into the slot, only had a success rate of 50:50. One reliable and regularly used 256MB USB drive produced an internal error Samsung machines, so it kept recycling through the warming cycle.

HP camera, although an older model, but one of us regularly use the PictBridge tests, coupled OK, but then was prevented from viewing the image preview, so we were unable to select images to print. A Ricoh camera of the same vintage had no problems, nor the second USB drive us to replace it.

(Via trustedreviews)

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