Take one look at the Samsung ML-1630, and you'll be forced to think: is this really a printer? Samsung has paid gl'eat attention to the aesthetics of this mono laser printer by giving it a glossy, piano-black finish and no sharp edges. Just 12.2 cm tall, it's smaller than many inkjets out there. The control panel is rather simple-there are two touch-sensitive buttons for Power and Cancel. TIle visual indicators become visible during operation in the form of a blue LED display that displays the total number of pages printed.

TIle input tray is hidden, and can be opened using a mechanical button. It holds 100 sheets, but the output tray holds just 30. The plinter has issues handling paper-almost every time we printed, the first page emerged crumpled. For a multi-page document, it took 17 seconds for the first page and around 4 for every page thereafter. In our standard test print, it could print at 6.5 pages per minute. Print quality is decent-sharp edges, proper gray tones and small point sizes were all plinted well.

The printer features only the USB interface. Nothing comes bundled except for the standard drivers and a manual. It comes with a toner cartridge that's good for 1,000 pages, but a replacement cartridge (for 2000 sheets) is the standard one used with this printer. Backed with a one-year warranty, the Samsung ML1630 is priced at Rs 11,490too high a price for topnotch aesthetics with subpar performance.

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Specifications
Resolution: 1200 x 600 dpi (hardware);
Input tray: 100 sheets;
Output tray: 30 sheets;
Buffer: 8 MB;
Dimensions: 33 (W) x 37.6 (D) x 12.2 (H) cm;
Weight: 6.3 kg.