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(23 customer reviews) 36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Great Printer easy setup.,
May 28, 2011 Randall Piplica (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung Color Multifunction Printer (CLX-3185FW) (Office Product)
I have had this printer for a couple weeks and finally got a chance install it today. Very easy setup although the Getting Started Guide is a joke. Took me about 30 minutes to get the printer setup and configured on my Windows 7 64bit and 32bit wired work stations. I used the out of the box CD to do the setup. Looks like there are some new ones on the Samsung site but since I have not had any issues so far I will stay with the production version. I will update in a few weeks once I get to put this through its paces. So far so good.
UPDATE: 5-29-11 I had a chance to put this All In One through its paces. I have 2 machines that I use one with Windows 7 32bit and one with Windows 7 64bit. They are both at SP1 level. I faxed from the All In One and from both PC, everything worked great. Next I tested the copy feature. Color was very good and Black and White was also very clear. Next I took it through the Scan Functions from both machines. I scanned to email using Outlook 2007...Read more
42 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Average Overall, Good Value Depending on Need,
June 25, 2011 C. Marko - See all my reviews
This review is from: Samsung Color Multifunction Printer (CLX-3185FW) (Office Product)
I purchased this printer a few days ago, and while I ended up returning it, there were pro's and con's that may make it of value for a particular user segment of the market.
I had no problem installing on Windows 7 64-bit, and the drivers loaded smoothly. The print quality of the color laser is respectable, though slow to print in color. Black and white speed was what I would consider typical. The slower color print speed is part of the trade-off of a single drum unit, but for my own use, I did not mind.
Scanning/copy quality overall was decent. I have a use case where I wanted the unit to scan and save directly to a Windows share on a wireless network, which it handled well when it was connected. However, if the unit was powered off or I came back an hour or two later, it would lose the ability to see the network share unless I connected to the printer again from my computer. This was the first show stopper for me, but may not be for most.
The...Read more
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Color me impressed,
September 5, 2011 Kevin D'Aquila (Central MA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Samsung Color Multifunction Printer (CLX-3185FW) (Office Product)
There are lots of capable AIO/MFP inkjets these days - but my wife and I wanted a laser. Most of our printing is text, and we'll hit mpix for photos. So why get a color laser? We struggled to justify the enormous price difference between B&W and color for most models.
Well, this printer is different. Since it's a single shared drum instead of one-drum-per-cartridge, color is 1/4 speed. If you need fast color print-outs, stop reading and look elsewhere.
For the rest of us who are casual about color output, this design is a BIG ADVANTAGE. It cuts down cost and complexity...not to mention footprint. It isn't a small printer, but it's the smallest color laser MFP I've come across.
This thing is seriously capable. I don't see it as a home printer trying to play in the business world - it's really more like having a business printer at home (without the size, noise, or eyesore). Sure, you have to futz with settings a bit, but once it's up and running...it...Read more
