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Samsung Electronics, which sees its printer business as its prime growth engine in the long run, has taken meaningful steps in that direction by striking a deal with larger corporate clients in Europe to supply 40,000 high-speed laser printers.

“We won a contract to supply a cumulative 40,000 tailored high-speed printers to government agencies and financial institutions in Europe and Southeast Asia,” a company spokesperson said on Monday.

Samsung will supply 14,000 medium-speed ML-3051ND laser printer units to Federal Pension Fund in Russia, while 12,000 will go to the Venice regional government in Italy. Samsung said 5,000 ML-3472NDK medium-speed printers will be go to France’s job agency, while 2,000 units and 1,000 units are destined for the Thailand policy agency and Malaysian policy agency, respectively.

“We have also agreed to offer a combined color printer, scanner and fax machine unit to financial institutions in Southeast Asian countries including Singapore and Malaysia,” the official added.

Samsung’s printer business has been growing 38 to 40 percent annually over the past few years, compared with an industry average of 3 to 4 percent, according to the company.

The printer business, however, still accounts for a meager 3 percent of the company’s total sales. Samsung hopes the printer business will rise 25 percent to reach around $2.5 billion in revenue by the end of the year from $2 billion last year.

Samsung is still sticking with its marketing strategy in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand as these countries take up some 5 percent of the company’s revenue. More recently, however, the company revised its target upward to 10 percent.

After announcing rather upbeat third-quarter earnings in mid-October, Chu Woo-sik, head of Samsung Electronics’ investor relations team, told reporters that Samsung will be ideally positioned for maximum strength and profit from new growth engines such as the printer business.

Samsung finally debut two new Printers in UK

 

Samsung has finally released their new Sleek, Sexy and Slim laser printers. Designed to fit into any living room and complement the decor, the printers were conceived to be more of a style statement than the usual beige box in the corner. The new Samsung ML-1630 is “the world’s slimmest mono-laser printer” at only 11cm thick, a form factor that explains why the printer is only available as a monochrome laser. The range also includes the Samsung SCX-4500 multi-function scanner and the laser we mentioned before. Prices are £129 and £199 respectively.

In the USA Samsung were so struck be the design of the printers that they released them for sale initially only via Apple shops – one design icon to another!. I am assuming that they will be available over here through the normal channels, but this is still to be confirmed

Hardware vendors Samsung Electronics and Epson have both today launched new colour laser multifunction printer lines. Epson’s four-in-one Aculaser CX21N machines are aimed at SMB and enterprise workgroups, whilst Samsung’s ‘world’s smallest’ CLX-2160 colour laser MFP family is squarely aimed at small and home office buyers.

Samsung’s new release is available in two configurations – the standard compact CLX-2160 and the workgroup-ready, LAN-enabled CLX-2160N. Both tout print and copy speeds of 16ppm (mono) and 4ppm (colour), as well as USB flash disk slots and ‘Scan to USB’ functionality.

Designed as an on-desk print solution, the CLX-2160 offers a maximum 2400dpi print resolution and its black and three coloured toner cartridges offer Samsung-quoted yields of 2000 and 1000 pages.

Epson’s new Aculaser CX21N machine meanwhile offers more functionality than the Samsung, in that it includes not only print, copy and scan capabilities but a fax function too.

Touting Epson-quoted print speeds of 25ppm in monochrome and 5ppm in colour, the CX21N is a network-enabled device that packs in support for key printer languages – such as PCL6, PCL5c and Adobe PostScript 3 – and claims both a maximum monthly print volume of 45,000 pages and an in-tray capacity of up to 680 sheets at a time.

Toner cartridges for both machines are available online at Stinkyink.com

Samsung launches world’s smallest all-in-one ‘desktop’ color laser printer the Samsung CLP300.
Samsung Electronics, the world’s second largest laser printer manufacturer, reinforced its global leadership in the mini-color laser all-in-one market with the launch of the world’s most compact and lightest color laser multi-function unit, the Samsung CLX-2160 series.

Available in retail stores, the Samsung CLX-2160 series leverages on the company’s expertise in digital convergence and improves its existing printer’s line-up by offering added features to serve the needs of the growing small office/ home office market.

Merging cutting edge design with uncompromised performance, the all-in-one CLX2160 offers the functionalities of printing, scanning and photo copying.

The printer’s stylish and compact design - 41.3cm x 36.3cm x 38.3cm - allows it to be operated from a regular desk. The printer’s height has further been reduced by 15cm to allow for users to print, copy and scan while seated.

The unveiling of the CLX-2160 follows the successful launch of the CLX-3160FN - the world’s smallest 4-in-1 color laser printer (46.6cm x 42.9cm x 48.6cm) in 2006.

Here at Stinkyink Towers we have both Samsung original Toner and also compatible Toner cartridges all the colour toner cartridges in stock and ready to ship