Samsung CLP-510/550 Series
Color Laser Printer Product Guide
World-renowned quality and innovation delivering unprecedented productivity and solutions.
Productivity. Quality. Solutions. Samsung works for you.
Samsung CLP-510/550 Series color laser printers are the best in the business because theyre the most complete. Theyre fast. Powerful. Durable. Efficient. Delivering sharp laser text and beautiful photographquality images, even on plain paper, in a way that makes your documents more powerful than ever.

Check the specs.

Compare our CLP Series color laser printers to the competition, and its easy to see ours are the fastest and quietest. What you wont find in their brochures, though, is the CLP Series cost of ownership advantage. As soon as we introduced our CLP Series printers, the CLP-500 was independently tested to be the most cost-effective among key competitors, delivering the lowest cost per page and lowest total cost of ownership when printing both color and black and white.

Superior Productivity

Samsung color laser printers are the most productive in the category. With fast print speeds. High paper capacity. The easiest toner changes. And so much more, including the largest toner capacity in their class and a low cost per page.
Save big when printing both color and black and white.
Samsung CLP Series Cost Per Page vs. the Competition

(Cents) 0 6.2 cents

Samsung CLP-500
Black and white pages Color pages

3.8 cents

1.1 cents

2.3 cents

5.6 cents

Minolta 2300W

9.8 cents

HP 1500L

Higher Quality
In a recent reliability survey, Samsung was the only color printer manufacturer rated Outstanding by PC World magazine (12/03). Our printers are also constantly recognized for their superior print quality, technical innovation and more.
Compared to the Samsung CLP Series printer, the cost of printing one color and one black and white page is almost 8% higher for the Minolta 2300W and a staggering 86% higher for the HP 1500L.
Save almost $160 on every box of paper printed.
Average Cost To Print 500 Pages
(250 Color, 250 Black And White)
$40 $35 $30 $25 $20 $15 $10 $5 $0 Samsung CLP-500 Minolta 2300W HP 1500L $18.25 $19.75 $34.00

Better Solutions

Always leading with technology, Samsung color laser printers are the first with built-in automatic duplexing. They also offer network and wireless solutions. Professional-level color matching software. And the support of a solutions team dedicated to meeting unique customer needs.
With its significantly lower cost per page, a Samsung CLP Series color laser printer can save you up to $15.75 in printing costs each ream. Thats almost $160 per 10-ream box.
Test Methodology Summary NSTL, Inc. conducted an independent cost per page analysis that included three high-quality color laser printer models. The cost per page analysis is a comparison of the indices that could be used to forecast possible printing costs after the purchase of the printers. Each printers index is arrived at by summing the individual consumables cost per page. The individual consumable cost per page is calculated by dividing the accumulated consumable yield from all test runs into the total cost of the consumables utilized by those runs. Toner yield output is defined as the total of all printed sheets, for six cartridges of each color (including black), that did not contain a major permanent print error (e.g. print quality deemed unacceptable). Drum yield output is defined as the total number of sheets printed, regardless of print quality, while printing with a specific drum. NSTL concluded that the Samsung CLP-500 offered the lowest cost per page and the lowest total cost of ownership, and that the difference in the cost per page could save the end user a significant amount of money over the life of the printer. All figures noted are from NSTLs independent test.
Toner changes as easy as 1-2-3.
Instead of the 16 time-consuming steps required by other color laser printers to change all four cartridges, our NO NOIS technology makes it easy to change them all in just three quick steps.
Samsung CLP-510/550 Series Toner Change
Easier. More reliable. Our innovative engine design is a breakthrough.
Our CLP-510/550 Series color laser printers feature an innovative new static engine architecture that requires fewer moving parts. With this exclusive NO NOIS (Non-Orbiting Noiseless Optic Imaging System) technology, youll enjoy easier toner changes, higher reliability and quieter operation.

3 Steps

Open Exchange Close
Its a simple 3-step process. Open a door. Exchange a single cartridge or all four. Close a door. No headaches. No fuss. No messy toner spilling all over your favorite khakis.
Samsung CLP-510/550 Series Printers
With our exclusive NO NOIS engine design, the toner cartridges are fixed securely in place, resulting in easier, quieter, more reliable operation.

Fixed Toner Cartridges

Photo-quality printing on plain paper.
Samsung CLP-510/550 Series printers deliver photoquality images without the expense of specialty paper. So the beautiful image you see on screen is the beautiful image that shows up in your documents.

Competitors Printers

The competitors print process requires constant rotation of all toner cartridges, resulting in more difficult toner changes, excessive noise and lower reliability.
Rotating Toner Cartridges
Lowest noise level in the category.
One of the benefits of NO NOIS technology is that it allows our CLP-510/550 Series color laser printers to operate as low as 48 dBA, making for a more comfortable workplace.
Built-in duplex unit takes the guesswork out.
Manual duplexing, or printing both sides of a sheet of paper, is often an aggravating scenario of endless guesswork trying to figure out exactly how to feed the paper. Its a huge waste of time and paper and toner that we thought youd be better off without. Thats why we designed the CLP-510/550 Series with built-in duplexing. The whole process is as simple as pushing a button. On the competitors machines, automatic duplexing is about $399 extra, or not even an option.
Increased productivity. Higher quality. And more.

The speed you need.

Our CLP-510/550 Series printers deliver documents fast. They print in color up to 6 pages per minute, black and white up to 25 pages per minute.

Plays well with others.

With Ethernet and 802.11b wireless options, plus the embedded USB 2.0 (and IEEE-1284 parallel ports on 550 Series), CLP-510/550 Series printers are ready for easy plug-and-print setup on almost any system.
Included cassette provides superior paper handling.
Our CLP-510/550 Series printers have one of the highest paper capacities in the category. Theyre also one of the only ones that include a standard paper cassette, for sleeker, more secure paper storage. You can print 350 pages without ever having to reload.
Unprecedented reliability.
Because they operate with fewer moving parts, our CLP-510/550 Series color laser printers operate with fewer service interruptions.

Unprecedented warranty.

The CLP-510 comes with a 1 year on-site warranty, the only warranty like it in its class. When you offer a reliable printer, you can do things like that.

Maximum Paper Capacity

Big jobs are no problem.
With the USB 2.0 connection and built-in high-capacity expandable memory, even the heaviest load is handled with ease.

Low running costs.

350 125
With large-capacity toner cartridges, our CLP-510/550 Series printers are among the most economical models in the category.
CLP-510/550 Series High-capacity internal paper cassette is sleek and secure.
Competitors External paper tray is awkward and fragile.

Built-in status monitor.

An easy-to-read LCD window gives you a prompt status report and at-a-glance troubleshooting.

CLP-510/550 Series Specs

Product Specifications
General Technology Max Print Speed (Black, Color) Duplex Max Print Speed (Black, Color) First Page Out (Black, Color) Processor Color Management Memory, Standard Memory, Maximum Print Language Resolution Print Resolution Connectivity Connectivity, Standard 510: High-Speed USB 2.0 550: High-Speed USB 2.0, IEEE-1284 Parallel 510N: High-Speed USB 2.0, 550N: High-Speed USB 2.0, 10/100Base-TX IEEE-1284 Parallel, 10/100Base-TX 510/550: 10/100Base-TX, 10/100Base-TX + 802.11b Wireless LAN 510N/550N: 10/100Base-TX + 802.11b Wireless LAN 8.5" x 14" (Legal Size) 250 Sheets, 100 Sheets 500 Sheets 250 Sheets Automatic, Built-In Unit 98, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, NT 4.0 (510N Only) Apple Mac OS1 Linux Miscellaneous Standard Fonts (Scalable, TrueType) Noise Level2 Power Consumption (Printing, Idle) Monthly Duty Cycle (Black) Dimensions (W x D x H) Weight Consumables Black Toner (3,000, 7,000 Pages) Cyan Toner (2,000, 5,000 Pages) Yellow Toner (2,000, 5,000 Pages) Toner Yield (Mono, Color) OPC Drum Waste Toner Container Image Transfer Belt Accessories Second Paper Cassette Network Solution Wireless/Network Solution Memory Upgrade

1 Max 2 Samsung 3 Letter

CLP-510/510N
Laser Up To 25 ppm, 6 ppm Up To 11 ppm, 6 ppm Approx. 13 Sec., 21 Sec. Samsung SPGPm 64 MB 192 MB SPL-C

CLP-550/550N

Up To 21 ppm, 5 ppm Up To 10 ppm, 5 ppm Approx. 15 Sec., 24 Sec. PPC 603e 266MHz 550: 64 MB 550N: 128 MB 550: 320 MB 550N: 384 MB PS 3, PCL 5Ce, SPL-C

ICC ICM V2.0

Up To 1200 dpi Effective Resolution

Connectivity, Optional

Paper Handling Max Sheet Size Input Capacity, Standard (Tray 1, Multi-Purpose Tray) Input Capacity, Optional Output Capacity, Standard (Face-Down) Duplexing Supported OS Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP OS 8.29.2, 10.110.3

OS 10.3x

Red Hat, Caldera, Debian, Mandrake, Slackware, Turbolinux, SuSE N/A 49 dBA 450 Watts, 17 Watts 45, dBA 450 Watts, 35 Watts
Up To 35,000 Pages 20.1" x 18.5" x 15.9" 70.5 lbs. CLP-510D3K, CLP-510D7K CLP-510D2C, CLP-510D5C CLP-510D2Y, CLP-510D5Y CLP-510RB CLP-500WB CLP-510RT CLP-510S5 ML-00NC ML-00LC ML-00MC (64 MB), ML-00MD (128 MB) CLP-500D7K CLP-500D5C CLP-500D5M CLP-500D5Y CLP-500RB CLP-500WB CLP-500RT CLP-500S5
Magenta Toner (2,000, 5,000 Pages) CLP-510D2M, CLP-510D5M
7,000 Pages 3 5,000 Pages3 ,
print speed and resolution may be reduced with Mac OS. Duplex function is not available in Mac OS 10.1. operating acoustics measured by sound pressure level according to ISO 7779 standards. size at 5% coverage.
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2005 Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Specifications and design are subject to change without notice. Non-metric weights and measurements are approximate. All brand, product, service names and logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers and companies. Printed in USA. CLP1/05r3

HP Color LaserJet 2600n vs. Samsung CLP-510
Spend less time waiting for output with HP.1
HP Color LaserJet 2600n Samsung CLP-510
Significant differences between these printers could impact

user productivity:

Superior color speed and quality The HP Color LaserJet 2600n utilizes a single-pass, in-line engine that lets you print up to 8 color pages per minute, whereas the 4-pass engine on the Samsung CLP-510 can only print up to 6 color pages per minute. And as you can clearly see in the blowups of color text, HPs innovative ImageREt technology which ensures more precise dot sizing and placement and better color-plane registration and halftones yields results that are noticeably superior to Samsungs.
black & white color black & white color 20
time to first page out from powersave mode in seconds
HPs superior print quality is easy to see.
Less wait time Thanks to HP Instant-on Technology, the Color LaserJet 2600n boasts a significantly faster first-page-out time from powersave mode only 24 seconds for either color or black and white vs. 88 seconds and 80 seconds, respectively, for the Samsung CLP-510. This lets HP users warm up and print up to 8 color or 9 black-andwhite pages before the Samsung unit warms up and prints a single page a big advantage when you consider two-thirds of office documents are three pages or less.1,2 Simplified usage The HP Color LaserJet 2600ns innovative design provides users with easy access to consumables via a single door in the front of the printer. Samsung CLP-510 users, on the other hand, must navigate 3 doors that must be opened in a specific sequence to replace consumables and remove paper jams. When clearing jams in the Samsung unit, users may also have to remove the light-sensitive imaging unit, which can be easily damaged. With HP you dont have to remove any parts or supplies.

total cost of ownership:

HP Color LaserJet 2600n (default/best PQ mode) Samsung CLP-510 (best PQ mode)
These enlargements of 12-point text clearly demonstrate HP delivers superior color text output quality.
Fewer interventions The Samsung CLP-510 has nearly twice as many consumables and replacement parts to manage and store as the HP Color LaserJet 2600n. In addition to 4 toner cartridges, Samsung users must periodically replace a transfer belt, imaging unit, and waste toner container, whereas HP users only have to replace toner since the Color LaserJet 2600n is equipped with a lifetime fuser and transfer belt and its innovative integrated print-cartridge design contains the imaging drum.3 Smaller overall footprint The Samsung CLP-510 consumes nearly 32% more desk space than the HP Color LaserJet 2600n (2.58 square feet vs. 1.96 square feet, respectively). And when you include the space required to open all the doors, the Samsung unit consumes more than twice as much desk space as the HP device (6.43 square feet vs. 3.11 square feet, respectively).4 Lower energy requirements The HP Color LaserJet 2600n consumes far less power than the Samsung CLP-510. While operating, Samsung uses more than twice as much power 450 watts on average vs. only 190 watts on average for HP. In standby mode, the Samsung unit consumes more than twice as much power as the HP device 30 watts vs. 13 watts, respectively. The CLP-510 also requires more power in powersave mode 17 watts vs. only 12 watts for the Color LaserJet 2600n.3

1 Based on HP testing, the Samsung CLP-510 can warm up from powersave mode and print a single black-and-white page in 80 seconds and a single color page in 88 seconds, whereas the HP Color LaserJet 2600n can print a black-and-white or color page from powersave in only 24 seconds. Both devices were tested after being in powersave mode for 3 hours. Based upon manufacturer-rated engine speeds, it would take the HP Color LaserJet 2600n 76.5 seconds to print an 8-page color job and 84 seconds to print a 9-page black-and-white job from powersave mode. 2 According to IDC, 67% of office output is short documents averaging 1-3 pages in length. 3 Based on the manufacturers published product specifications. 4 The Samsung CLP-510s footprint measures 20.1 inches wide by 18.5 inches deep with all the doors closed and 34.3 inches wide by 27.0 inches deep with all the doors open. The HP Color LaserJet 2600ns footprint measures 16.1 inches wide by 17.5 inches deep with all the doors closed and 16.1 inches wide by 27.8 inches deep with all the doors open.
2005 Hewlett-Packard Developent Company, L.P.

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