Samsung CLP-315 Laser Printer

• Best Single Function Desktop Printer for College
  The Samsung CLP-315 may be the smallest color laser on the planet. With its 15.3 by 12.3-inch footprint, it will take up minimal desktop real estate -- less than most ink jets -- and it stands only 9.6 inches high. One reason for the low height however, is that the paper tray can hold only 150-sheets. That's less than ideal, but should easily be enough for the amount you'll print at college, so adding paper won't turn into an annoying chore.
  Don't expect blazingly fast speed from the CLP-315. However, it's faster than any ink jet you're probably used to. Because claimed speeds for lasers are close to the actual maximum speed, you'll see something close to the rated 17 pages per minute (ppm) for printing monochrome text, but the printer slows down to 4 ppm for color.
  
  The CLP-315 ships with starter cartridges with claimed yields of only 1000 pages for black and 700 pages for each of the three color cartridges. For the standard cartridges you'll buy later, however, Samsung claims a 1,500-page yield for black and a 1,000-page yield for each of the color cartridges. The claimed cost is 3 cents per monochrome page and 15 cents per color page.
  
  The Samsung CLP-315 may be the smallest color laser on the planet. With its 15.3 by 12.3-inch footprint, it will take up minimal desktop real estate -- less than most ink jets -- and it stands only 9.6 inches high. One reason for the low height however, is that the paper tray can hold only 150-sheets. That's less than ideal, but should easily be enough for the amount you'll print at college, so adding paper won't turn into an annoying chore.
  Don't expect blazingly fast speed from the CLP-315. However, it's faster than any ink jet you're probably used to. Because claimed speeds for lasers are close to the actual maximum speed, you'll see something close to the rated 17 pages per minute (ppm) for printing monochrome text, but the printer slows down to 4 ppm for color.
  
  The CLP-315 ships with starter cartridges with claimed yields of only 1000 pages for black and 700 pages for each of the three color cartridges. For the standard cartridges you'll buy later, however, Samsung claims a 1,500-page yield for black and a 1,000-page yield for each of the color cartridges. The claimed cost is 3 cents per monochrome page and 15 cents per color page.
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