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Preliminary Review of Samsung CLP-500

Base model

As compared to the

Magicolor 2300W

Magicolor 2300 DeskLaser

2Konica Minolta Confidential! For Internal and Authorized Use Only.

Packaging / Contents

Specification overview

Packaging / what’s in the box

Driver / Installation

Print Quality

Performance

Cool Features

Knock-offs

Unpacking and Special Interest Pictures

Design comments


Executive Summary

Ships in unproportionatly large box to printer

Difficult, time consuming and involved installation process

Many consumables

Quiet operation

Fast at default resolution

Slow at high resolution

Print quality is limited to business use

CPP / COO is higher than magicolor 2300


Specification overviewModel Samsung CLP-500 Konica Minolta magicolor 2300 DeskLaser

Web price $644 - 699 $599 (after $200 rebate)

Print speed (color) 5 ppm 4 ppm

Print speed (mono) 21 ppm 16 ppm

Resolution 600 x 600 / 1200 dpi class 1200 x 600 / 2400x600 dpi

Automatic duplexing Yes Option

Paper input (std) 350 sheets 200 sheets

Paper input (max) 850 sheets 700 sheets

Paper output (std) 250 sheets 200 sheets

Memory (std) 64 MB 32 MB

Memory (max) 192 MB 288 MB

Connectivity USB 2.0, Parallel USB 1.1, parallel, Ethernet

Emulations GDI GDI

Compatibility Windows 9X and higher, Mac O/S 10 Windows 9X and higher

Monthly print volume 35,000 pages 35,000 pages

Dimensions 20.1” x 18.5” x 15.9” 14” x 19.7” x 15.4”


Packaging

The box is unusually large

The box does not look well designed for retail

Box is 3 color

–2 sides in English

–2 sides in French

–Top is divided between the two


Packaging / Contents

Top View of Opened

box

High quality foam to support bottom of

printer

Retail boxes

compared


Packaging / ContentsDocumentation and

Driver CD

Waste toner is the only

consumable that ships

pre-installed.

Installation items (4 toners, OPC, Transfer

belt, Software


Documentation, Software and Extras

Canadian Warranty

Setup guide

Free warranty extension card

International warranty booklet

Product registration booklet

Installation CD

Power cord


Installation Comments

22 steps to prepare printer for use

Installation took app. 1 hour

Printer must be accessed from all sides

Clear Tape


Installation / Localization The front panel can be localized

into one of the following languages :

–German

–French

–Italian

–Russian

–Spanish

Simple but functional 2 line LCD

Easy to use menu navigation buttons

Attention getting holographic sticker for retail demo page


Cool Features

Attention-grabbing hollographic for retail

demo page

Simple but functional 2 line LCD.

Built-in duplexer for all models

Quite while operating and USB 2.0.

Demo page is printed duplex. This is slow and tempts you to grab the page before it re-feeds.


Paper Input

Manual Feed Tray holds up to 100 sheets (3.5 x 5.5 – Legal and 60 – 163 gsm)

Standard paper tray holds 250 sheets (A4 & Letter, 60 – 90 gsm)

Manual Feed Tray

Standard paper tray only supports A4 & Letter


Paper Output

Standard output tray holds 250 sheets face-down

Standard output tray


ConsumablesInner

protective cover

OPC is exposed to

light and extreemly seceptable to damage!

OPC drum has 2

protective wrapers

Installing OPC is

difficult and could easily result in a damaged

unit.


side-by-side

Although the Samsung appears larger it is equal in size to the 2300W in height and depth but is wider

Samsung requires more overall operating space to operate (especially when the multipurpose tray is used (and it must be used for any paper size other than A4 or letter)).

HP 2500, CLP-500, mc 2300W


Windows Driver Installation

The installation is heavily branded Samsung

The following slides contain all selection screens during installation


Driver installation step by step

Installation is possible in another language, From the

First screen.

Other options.Ballons pop up on mouse

rollover with detailed descrptions.

Very little user

interaction required for

driver installstion

On-line registration option.


Driver Configuration Screens / driver properties

Online registraton is far too user interactive and time consuming.

We opted out of this step.

No options

installed.

Image changes

with options selected

All media related options

are on this tab.



Color or Grayscale

Basic color corrections

Advanced color

options.You can view images on your

hard drive. What does this have to do with a print

driver???.

Not 1200 x 1200



Watermarks, overlays, print order and job recovery options

About tab allows you to purchase supplies


Windows XP Driver

The driver has been stripped of all infrequently used functions

There are not many settings to be changed

Only 2 resolutions

Every tab has a “Favourites” option

Easy to manage for novice and advanced users


MAC OS/X Driver

This driver is VERY basic, providing only the most basic printing functions

There are no settings to be changed

You cannot change resolution

No graphic options

You can ONLY print

Print quality is barely acceptable


Print Quality

Default print quality is suitable for business use only

High quality mode is only marginally better and takes considerably longer to print.

Output has dry chalky look compared to magicolors satin finish

Our test unit exhibited jitter and graininess

Images tend to be oversaturated

Heavy text shows overspray

Normal text and small lines are sharp and clear



Performance

Samsung CLP-500

vs.

Konica Minolta magicolor 2300W

vs.

Konica Minolta magicolor 2300 DeskLaser


Testing notes

The Samsung CLP-500 performance was measured and compared to the following Konica Minolta products

– Magicolor 2300 Desklaser

– Magicolor 2300W

Testing was carried out on a system with the following specifications:

– Pentium 4, 2.3 GHz / 512 MB RAM

– USB 2.0 interface

– Windows XP

The following file types were used

– Office XP (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

– CorelDraw 11 and Photopaint 11

– Adobe Photoshop 7.0

– Adobe Illustrator 8.0.1

– Adobe PDF


Time

Combined Print Times 1200 dpi 5 page Excel

6 page MS Word File

Large Bitmap - Photopaint

Large Bitmap - Photoshop

13 page Power Point

9 page PowerPoint

Large (cad) Vector File

Adobe Illustrator Sample

1 text page 32 copies

32 text pages 1 copy

16 page PDF

4 pg PDF

Better Worse

This simple 32 page text file created a 14.9MB print file

Performance Overview – 1200 dpi

Various file types

Color & B/W

Single and multi-page

Large and small documents

Even though the Samsung

has a faster rated

engine the magicolor

was considerab

ly faster


Samsung clp-500, 0:06:27

magicolor 2300W, 0:05:23

1 page text file

100 copies b/w MS Word

Samsung clp-500

magicolor 2300W

100 copies of simple b/w text document

MS Word – single page

B/W

1 page x 100 copies

Samsung resolution was at 600 dpi mc 2300 at 1200 x 600 dpi

34 KB

Samsung’s higher engine speed should have given them the advantage here but

the printer went into a long period of

inactivity each time the test was performed.


MS Excel Document

Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet

Color & B/W

5 pages

216 kb

0:01:52

0:01:03

0:01:05

Time

Samsung CLP-500, 1200 dpi

magicolor 2300W, 1200 dpi

magicolor 2300dl

5 page MS Excel - color/mono

Samsung CLP-500, 1200 dpimagicolor 2300W, 1200 dpi

magicolor 2300dl

Better Worse


MS Word file with color and mono pages

Microsoft Word document

Color / monochrome

6 pages

35.2MB

0:03:21

0:01:46

0:01:47

Time



magicolor 2300dl

6 page MS Word - color newsletter

Samsung CLP-500, 1200 dpimagicolor 2300W, 1200 dpimagicolor 2300dl

Better Worse


0:00:46

0:01:02

0:00:41

Time



magicolor 2300dl

1 page Corel Photopaint bitmap


Better Worse

Color Photograph (bitmap file)

Corel Photopaint medium-resolution photograph

Color

1 page

1.6MB

This is one of only a few files where

the Samsung was faster than even the ‘W’.


Color Photograph (bitmap file)

Adobe Photoshop High-resolution photograph

Color

1 page

43MB

0:00:59

0:01:06

0:00:45

Time



magicolor 2300dl

1 page Adobe Photoshop bitmap



magicolor 2300dl

Better Worse


0:06:56

0:03:29

0:03:28

Time



magicolor 2300dl

13 page MS Powerpoint



magicolor 2300dl

Better Worse

PowerPoint Presentation

Voyager (Very difficult file)

Color

13 pages

403KB

The magicolor printed this

13 page presentation

in almost half the

time.


0:05:03

0:02:41

0:02:34

Time



magicolor 2300dl

9 page MS Powerpoint



magicolor 2300dl

Better Worse

PowerPoint Presentation

KM rebrand

Color

9 pages

2.7MB

Again, both magicolors are is much

faster on Powerpoint

files.


Graphic

CorelDraw Vector Graphic

Color

1 page

2,4MB

0:00:58

0:00:57

0:00:44

Time



magicolor 2300dl

1page CorelDraw vector file



magicolor 2300dl

Better Worse


Graphic

Adobe Illustrator Vector Graphic

Color

1 page

482KB

0:00:54

0:01:04

0:00:51

Time



magicolor 2300dl

1page Adobe Illustrator



magicolor 2300dl

Better Worse


Multi-copy text document

Microsoft Word

Text with several font changes

B/W

1 page 32 copies

34KB

0:01:50

0:02:11

0:02:13

Time



magicolor 2300dl

1page 32 copies b/w Word fileSamsung CLP-500, 1200 dpimagicolor 2300W, 1200 dpimagicolor 2300dl

Better Worse

The Samsung had a slight

advantage due to it’s engine speed here


0:04:22

0:02:13

0:02:14

Time



magicolor 2300dl

32 pages 1 copy b/w Word file


Better Worse

This simple b/w text file spooled 14.9MB due to an inefficient driver

Multi-page text document

Microsoft Word

Text with several font changes

B/W

32 pages 1 copy

797KB

The Samsung should have

had the advantage here

due to its engine speed.

Its poor performance is most likely due

to the large spool file it

creates.


0:08:55

0:04:20

0:04:17

Time



magicolor 2300dl

16 page Adobe Acrobat file Color/mono


Better Worse

PDF

Adobe Acrobat document

Color and Monochrome

16 pages

959 KB

The magicolor

printed this multi-page

document in less than ½

the time.


PDF

Adobe Acrobat document

Color and Monochrome

4 pages

2.9 MB

0:02:46

0:01:42

0:01:25

Time



magicolor 2300dl

4 page Adobe Acrobat file (Graphic intensive)


Better Worse


T ime

Combined Print Times

5 page Excel

6 page MS Word File

Large Bitmap - Photopaint

Large Bitmap - Photoshop

13 page Power Point

9 page PowerPoint

Large (cad) Vector File

Adobe Illustrator Sample

1 text page 32 copies

32 text pages 1 copy

16 page PDF

4 pg PDF

Better Worse

Performance Overview – driver defaults

Various file types

Color & B/W

Single and multi-page

Large and small documents

At driver defaults the Samsung is

faster than the magicolors since

they print at 1200 x 600 and

the Samsung prints at 600 x

600 dpi.


First Page Out from Energy Saver

Samsung CLP-500, 0:02:00


magicolor 2300dl, 0:02:30

0:00:00

0:00:17

0:00:35

0:00:52

0:01:09

0:01:26

0:01:44

0:02:01

0:02:18

0:02:36

Samsung CLP-500 magicolor 2300W magicolor 2300dl

First Page Out from Energy Saver

FPO from Sleep

Time to print a 5%, 4 color page from energy saver mode

The Samsung has a 20%

advantage in FPO.


First Page Out from Idle/Ready




0:00:00

0:00:04

0:00:09

0:00:13

0:00:17

0:00:22

0:00:26

0:00:30

Samsung CLP-500 magicolor 2300W magicolor 2300dl

First Page Out from Idle/Ready

FPO from Idle/Ready

4 color file

Printer is warmed up and ready to print

The Samsung

consistently outperformed

the magicolors in

FPO tests


Time to Power Up


hp 2500, 0:01:54



0:00:00

0:00:17

0:00:35

0:00:52

0:01:09

0:01:26

0:01:44

0:02:01

0:02:18

Samsung CLP-500 hp 2500 magicolor 2300dl magicolor 2300W

Time to Idle/Ready after being off over night

FPO from Idle/Ready

4 color file

Printer is warmed up and ready to print

The Samsung

even powered up faster than

the hp

The difference in the 2

magicolors may be

explained by the fact that the ‘W’ was low on one

toner


Duplex

68 page B/W with color cover

71 page manual with color on most pages

4 page intense graphic

To be done.


Conclusion: performance

The 21 ppm Samsung CLP-500’s engine is rated considerably faster than the 2300W, but was slower in almost all instances.

Total print times for all jobs (1200 dpi:

– Samsung CLP-500: 38:42 (38 minutes, 42 seconds)

– Konica Minolta magicolor 2300W: 23:34 (23 minutes, 34 seconds)

– Konica Minolta magicolor 2300 DeskLaser: 22:04 (22 minutes, 04 seconds)

The Samsung did outperform the magicolors when it was in 600 dpi mode and the magicolors were at their driver default of 1200 x 600 dpi

– Konica Minolta magicolor 2300W: 23:34

– Samsung CLP-500: 10:41

– Konica Minolta magicolor 2300 DeskLaser: 22:04 (22 minutes, 04 seconds)


11.32¢

13.69¢

16.57¢

2.16¢2.69¢

3.32¢

7.66¢

9.29¢

11.27¢

.00¢

2.00¢

4.00¢

6.00¢

8.00¢

10.00¢

12.00¢

14.00¢

16.00¢

18.00¢

CMYK @20% Mono @5% Av.CPP at 60 / 40 split

Cost Per Page

mc 2300dl

Samsung CLP-500n

HP 2500tn

Cost Of Ownership / CPP

The magicolor enjoys a

considerable advantage in Cost

Per Page

Color CPP at 5% coverage

using $ Web prices

$


$0 $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 $4,000 $4,500 $5,000

mc 2300dl

Samsung CLP-500n

HP 2500tn

Total Cost Of Ownership for Selected Warranty Period

Total Cost Of Ownership

The magicolor enjoys a considerable advantage in TCO as well. (It costs less

to own and operate)



Additional Observations and Photos

Negative and Positive comments


Consumables

Toners do not all go into the

printer at the same level and physical keying in

inadequate

Toners, OPC, transfer belt and drivers

Exposed OPC shows vunerability to damage during

installation.

This card ships with and has info on toner.


Cool Features

Clear consumable instructions and reorder or supplies

Built-in duplexer for all models

Easy to navigate menu and attention getting demo button.

Quiet operation and USB 2.0


Knock-Offs

Main paper tray

only supports A4 and Letter paper

Exposed OPC

shows vunerability to light and

pysical damage during

installation

Most manufacturers have abandoned this front loading design because of inherent print quality problems

Fuser ships without spacers. This could result in flat

spots on the fuser and affect print quality.


Knock-Offs

Inferior print quality. Our

unit displayed

jitter, chaulky

output and grainy images

compared to the

magicolor 2300

Design flaw requires extra instructions on how to open/close door

Main paper tray supports only A4 and Letter paper. All others must be fed from the m/p tray and this significantly increases this printers’ foot print.

22 steps just for hardware installation


Knock-Offs

Much larger shipping box is very plain and is less

desireable in retail

Only USB and Parallel on Base

models.


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