The Samsung ML 1410 Printer using Samsung ML 1410 Toner is a low-cost, easy-to-use personal monochrome laser printer that is now discontinued. It is a very basic black and white printer that is excellent for printing simple text documents that do not have color graphics. There has been some confusion about the ML 1410 stemming from the fact that it is a special edition of another Samsung printer – the ML 1510. Both printers have the same electronics and use the same toner cartridges and print drivers. The ML 1410 is a good solid entry-level printer. It has dimensions of 13.7″ x 14″ x 7.6″ and weighs only 15.5 pounds.
This Samsung printer produces high-quality text output. There have been reports of banding when printing grayscale graphics, particularly with PDF documents. You can print up to 12 pages per minute with a maximum resolution of 600 dpi x 600 dpi. The monthly duty cycle is 10,000 pages. Customer feedback indicates that this device has a long warm-up period that can last up to a minute.
The Samsung ML 1410 has an auto-loading paper feeder with a total media capacity of 250 sheets. It will print all common media types: plain paper, cards, envelopes, labels, and transparencies. It will print standard folio, legal and letter size documents.
There is only one button to turn the printer on or off. There is an error LED and a toner status LED. All other functions are done through its computer interface. This is an extremely easy printer to operate. The installation is done with a disc and is very fast. The printer does not have a plug and play function, which is one of the only drawbacks of the ML 1410.
This Samsung printer will work on all major operating systems: Windows, Mac, and Linux. The connection is made via a USB cable. The feedback forums report compatibility issues with Linux. These are caused by confusion over which print driver to download. Some owners do not understand what the ML 1510 print driver is using. The inclusion of a plug and play feature might have helped to avoid this confusion.
Toner cartridge replacements for the ML 1410 are readily available on the internet despite Samsung discontinuing the printer. When this printer was first made, replacement cartridges were quite expensive at $83 per cartridge with a 300 page capacity. The prices are down a lot now and they can be found on the internet for anywhere from $30 to $45.
Owner satisfaction with this device has been mostly favorable as expressed on web forums. Most of the complaints have focused on the lack of a plug and play feature that caused confusion about the correct print driver to download. Many owners did not understand that the print driver for the ML 1510 was the correct driver to download. Once that confusion is cleared up, there are few complaints about this version.
The Samsung ML 1410 printer is a decent entry-level black and white laser printer. At such a low price there is little room to complain. It does what it’s supposed to do, which is produce good quality text documents. It is easy to use and maintain with plenty of support and documentation online.
