The Samsung ML 1410 printer is a special edition of the Samsung ML 1510 printer. They share the same electronics and use the same drivers and toner cartridges. This model printer is a personal monochrome laser printer, considered very basic, that does not print colors. It is suitable for printing text documents that do not have color images or graphics. The ML 1410 is discontinued but you can still find used models for sale at very cheap prices. For an entry level basic printer it is a good deal and the Samsung ML 1410 toner performs as if this was a much higher end model. It is a small, light weight printer weighing only 15.5 pounds, with dimensions of 13.7″ x 14″ x 7.6″.  

This Samsung printer produces high quality text output. There have been reports of banding on printing of grayscale graphics, particularly with PDF documents. It can print up to 12 pages per minute with a maximum resolution of 600 dpi x 600 dpi. The monthly duty cycle is 10,000 pages. Customer feedback indicates that this device has a long warm-up period that can take up to one minute.

All the common media types will print, including plain paper, cards, envelopes, transparencies and labels. With a total media capacity of 250 sheets, it will print the standard media sizes of folio, legal and letter.  It has one auto load paper feeder.

There is just one button to turn the printer on or off. There is an LED error light and a toner status LED. All the other functions are done through its computer interface. This is an extremely easy printer to operate. Installation is done with one disc and is very quick. The printer has no plug and play function which is one of the only drawbacks to the ML 1410.

This device will run on Windows, Apple Mac and Linux operating systems. This gives it a wide appeal. It connects to a computer via a USB cable. There are some reports of compatibility issues with Linux. Most of these reports stem from confusion regarding the correct driver to use. The lack of plug and play with this printer and the confusion surrounding it probably explains this confusion.

Toner cartridge replacements for the ML 1410 are readily available on the Internet despite the printer being discontinued by Samsung. When this printer was first produced, replacement cartridges were quite pricey at $83 per cartridge with a 300 page capacity. The prices have come way down now and can be found on the Internet for between $30 to $45.

Owner satisfaction with this device has been mostly favorable as expressed on web forums. Most complaints have focused on the lack of a plug and play function which caused confusion about the correct print driver to download. Many owners did not understand that the print driver for the ML 1510 was the correct driver to download. Once that confusion is cleared up, there are few complaints about this version.

The Samsung ML 1410 printer is a decent entry level black and white laser printer. At such a low price there is little room for complaint. It does what it is supposed to do, which is to produce good quality text documents. It is easy to use and maintain with lots of support and documentation online.

The Samsung ML 1410 toner cartridges ensures your documents still achieve the high quality you need, a feature that seems to be present with all Samsung printer toner.  Toner found online will please the most budget conscious user.