Sexy Samsung Printer Designed For “Fine Sensibility”
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black. It’s common in MP3 players, laptops, and even PC cases. But
Samsung’s ML1630 monochrome laser printer is the first such device to
offer that gall-nut glaze in genuinely miniature form.As a printer,
it’s a fairly dull trudge through specifications no different to
anything else that might be found dot-matrixed onto a dog-eared
Officemax product label: 600 DPI, 16 ppm, 15 second wake-up time, 8MB
cache and USB 2 connectors. The all-in-one SCX-4500 adds a scanner and
about 2 kg. But it’s the looks that matter here — about the nearest
thing you can get in terms of size and smallness is Brother’s HL-20XX
series.
The little brother is ugly, though. I’m a fan, however,
because of its integrated ethernet in such a small package — a feature
the new Samsung model lacks. It makes up for it with such deathless
prose as is found in the press release, however. This is a work of art,
not just a printer!”The compact printers exude a sense of luxury
emphasizing personal style and value. For the first time in the printer
industry, Samsung develops printers based not only on functions and
performances but on sensibility. … With their sleek and elegant form,
the ML-1630 and the SCX-4500, reminiscent of a stately grand piano,
inspire great performances. The ML-1630 and the SCX-4500’s combination
of exquisite design and high performance truly exemplify a world wild
about fine design. … [they] accentuate sophisticated forms of
minimalism by reducing the printer to its essentials and simultaneously
incorporating an aesthetic stylishness”