Samsung ML-1470 Laser Printer

[zachy]

I want to get one of these. Anyone get their rebate yet on this
printer? I see NewEgg and ChiefValue are selling them cheap when rebate
is figured in.

Will the toner cartridge dry up if not used for a few months? Ink get
thicker and printing not as good?

Is it really possible to recharge the toner cartridge yourself with
toner from a bottle? And you can do this refill two times to a new
toner cartridge? With good print quality?


Thanks for any help
Zach

 

[Don Phillipson]

Will the toner cartridge dry up if not used for a few months? Ink get
thicker and printing not as good?

Is it really possible to recharge the toner cartridge yourself with
toner from a bottle?

We can see no good reason to think of
toner as a liquid. It is more like a light dry powder
-- thus never or seldom "dries up."

 

[zachy]

Thanks much for the "never dries up" information on toner. That makes
laser another plus for me. I'm sick of my printer, sick of dried up ink
jet carts and intend to go laser.


Zach

 

[Brendan R. Wehrung]

Thanks much for the "never dries up" information on toner. That makes
laser another plus for me. I'm sick of my printer, sick of dried up ink
jet carts and intend to go laser.


Zach

The only demerit I can assign to my ML-1470 is that it has a habit of
sucking in extra sheets of paper once in a while, so you have to pull them
out of the finished job. Paper's cheap and these are generally web pages
or e-mails, so no big deal. My Lexmark E21 (made by Samsung as the ML
1210) never had this problem, but it's a straight-feed. Both print on the
light side and since they screen gradients (eg. photos and graphics) are
only mediocre for this. The 1740 has a toner-saver setting that adds
arount 40% to cart life but prints lighter still. No other problems and a
good buy.

Don't pay list for the 1470, which is on the edge of being replaced, I'd
guess, by the 2010, which sells for around the same list price. CompUSA
and Micro Center have had the 1740 on sale for $70 or $80 after rebate
within the last month and probably will again around Labor Day.

Brendan
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[zachy]

1740 is the real model number. Thanks for the advice!