Remanufacturing the Samsung ML-2250

Introduced back in July 2004, the Samsung ML-2250 family of four printers includes the ML-2250, ML-2251N, the ML-2251NP, and the ML-2252W. Each printer has a duty cycle of 30,000 pages per month and is capable of printing 22 pagers per minute at 1200 X 1200 dpi.

The base model ML-2250 sells for $229 which is $70 less than the HP1150 and its $30 more than the new Lexmark E232. The network version, ML-2251N, which comes without PostScript support, and the ML-2251NP, which supports PostScript, sell for $299 and $349. The fourth printer the ML-2252W has wire- less networking capabilities and sells for $499.

Dell introduced a MFP machine back in May 2004, based on the same Samsung engine. The Dell 1600n sells for $399, has a print and copy speed of 22ppm and prints at 600 x 600 dpi, enhanced to “1,200 image quality”. Samsungs MFP based on the ML-2250 engine has not yet been released but expect it shortly.

Samsung offers only a high yield cartridge for the Samsung ML-2250. The ML2250D5 sells for $99.99, holds 125 grams of toner and yields 5,000 pages at 5% coverage. Dell on the other

hand offers a standard 3,000 page cartridge (part # 310-5416) as well as a high yield 5,000 page cartridge (part #310-1417) that sells for $79.95.

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