THE NEWS IN PRINT

We have seen time and time again that Samsung has introduced products that can do more than just print, actually plenty more. Samsung CLX-3160 is a colour multi-function printer which can print, copy, scan and fax.

The unique feature of this product is not in the top level features but deeper inside. A USB port available on the printer can be used to print directly from USB key and it can print jpg, pdf and txt files. Not only does it stop with printing, but the USB port extends itself towards scanning as well. Users can scan directly into the USB port and can do it sans PC. I have personally not seen or heard of a printer that can scan directly to an external device other than a PC. Quite magnificent really!

Colour printing is on the slower side as the printing technology prints one colour at a time. It prints around 14ppm for black and 26ppm for colour which is unacceptable in this era. The rest of the features are similar to other printers in the market.

The CLX-3160 costs around £250 which is a tack expensive than its competitors. I hear that Samsung is releasing an upgrade to this printer, CLX-6200, which has a much better colour printing speed as it prints all four colours simultaneously.

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