Should You Buy a Samsung Laser Printer?

Samsung is well known for its TVs, PC monitors, smartphones and washing machines.

If you are thinking about buying a Samsung laser printer then our handy guide provides you with all the key info at a glance. Our objective, impartial comparison of laser printer brands is compiled by analysing over 8,800 user and expert reviews and 70+ awards from hundreds of different review sites on 710+ laser printers.

Samsung are recognised for their good selection of moderately popular laser printers and start at $59 for the CLP-415N which has a print speed of 18ppm and is a 9600 x 600 laser printer and go up to $1,200 for the ML-5515 which has a print speed of 55ppm and is a 1200 x 1200 laser printer. The average price of a new Samsung laser printer is $424.

Is Samsung the Best Laser Printer Brand?

So are Samsung laser printers any good? We give every laser printer a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all laser printers we are able to impartially rank all the laser printer brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Samsung is the 5th best laser printer brand out there.

Let's look at how Samsung laser printers compare to the other laser printer brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

At an average purchase price of $424, Samsung laser printers tend to be more expensive than most other laser printer brands. Samsung also have better reviews than the typical laser printer brand, with the average rating of a Samsung laser printer being 70%.

There's a smaller selection of Samsung laser printers available compared to other laser printer brands, with only 10 Samsung laser printers currently on the market in the US.

What Do the Samsung Laser Printer Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Samsung laser printer to work out the average distribution of reviews for Samsung and then compared this to the other laser printer brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		1
4 stars		21
3 stars		2
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		1,016
4 stars		390
3 stars		109
2 stars		78
1 star		169

Over 92% of expert reviews and 80% of user reviews for Samsung laser printers are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 79% and 78% respectively across all Laser Printer brands.

In the table below we compare the average review score given to Samsung laser printers by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other laser printer brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	HP	Xerox	Canon	Samsung	Lexmark
	73% 15 reviews	75% 8 reviews	70% 9 reviews	75% 4 reviews	70% 1 review
	100% 2 reviews	84% 5 reviews	80% 2 reviews		80% 2 reviews
	50% 2 reviews		60% 1 review	80% 1 review	90% 4 reviews
	60% 2 reviews	80% 3 reviews	70% 2 reviews	100% 1 review
	70% 2 reviews	80% 1 review	73% 3 reviews	75% 2 reviews
	70% 1 review	77% 3 reviews	80% 2 reviews	60% 1 review	80% 1 review
	60% 2 reviews		60% 1 review	80% 1 review	90% 4 reviews
	74% 1 review	72% 3 reviews	79% 1 review	75% 2 reviews
	70% 3 reviews		70% 1 review	73% 3 reviews
	92% 1 review	90% 2 reviews	90% 2 reviews	80% 1 review
	90% 3 reviews	83% 3 reviews
	60% 1 review	68% 2 reviews		70% 1 review	80% 1 review
	63% 3 reviews	80% 1 review	70% 1 review
	71% 2 reviews		70% 2 reviews
	63% 3 reviews
		87% 3 reviews
			57% 3 reviews
	70% 1 review	70% 2 reviews
	100% 2 reviews			80% 1 review
	80% 2 reviews				60% 1 review
Other Expert Sites	68% 23 reviews	68% 11 reviews	61% 6 reviews	52% 4 reviews	50% 5 reviews
Average	73% 71 reviews	78% 47 reviews	71% 36 reviews	75% 22 reviews	67% 19 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Samsung Laser Printers Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 7 industry awards for Samsung laser printers. The table below compares the number of awards received by Samsung to other popular laser printer brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning laser printers

Number of Awards	HP	Xerox	Canon	Samsung	Lexmark
	3		2	4	2
	3	2	1
	1	3
		4
			1	2
		1	1	1
		2
	1	1
	1				1
					2
	1				1
	1
		1
					1
		1
		1
					1
					1
	1
			1
Other Expert Sites	2	1			1
Total	14	17	6	7	10

How Reliable Are Samsung Laser Printers?

We checked over 8,800 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Samsung laser printers. over 30 of these reviews mention reliability of which 87% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Samsung laser printer owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Samsung laser printers are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Samsung laser printers that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

Good Build Quality

It has built in wifi

heavy duty

has been very reliable

NOT RELIABLE

Printer has broken in the box

Poor Build Quality

What is the Best Mid-Range Samsung Laser Printer?

Samsung C1860FW

600 X 600 DPI

18ppm PRINT SPEED

250 Sheets STANDARD INPUT

A great mid range choice, priced at $450.59 is the Samsung C1860FW, which has a Kagoo Score of 80.

Features We Love:

Supports colour printing

Supports Wi-Fi

Supports duplex printing

Touchscreen

Customers report that this laser printer produces brilliant quality prints and it's very easy to setup, and to use. It's a fully featured and award winning 18ppm print speed laser printer, with a reasonable price and maximum resolution. It supports colour printing, Wi-Fi and duplex printing and has a touchscreen.

90 Reviews	212 Reviews + 2 Awards
82 Features	Fully-Featured
79 Value for Money	Very Good
80 Kagoo Score	Excellent

Our review analysis indicates that Samsung C1860FW has good expert reviews and good user reviews with 79% of buyers recommending this laser printer to others.

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The cheapest price that we could find for the C1860FW in the US is $450.59 but in total we found only 1 price for it.