Sexy Samsung Printer Designed For "Fine Sensibility"

Glossy black. It's common in MP3 players, laptops, and even PC cases. But Samsung's ML1630 monochrome laser printer is the first such device to offer that gall-nut glaze in genuinely miniature form.

As a printer, it's a fairly dull trudge through specifications no different to anything else that might be found dot-matrixed onto a dog-eared Officemax product label: 600 DPI, 16 ppm, 15 second wake-up time, 8MB cache and USB 2 connectors. The all-in-one SCX-4500 adds a scanner and about 2 kg. But it's the looks that matter here — about the nearest thing you can get in terms of size and smallness is Brother's HL-20XX series.

The little brother is ugly, though. I'm a fan, however, because of its integrated ethernet in such a small package — a feature the new
Samsung model lacks. It makes up for it with such deathless prose as is found in the press release, however. This is a work of art, not just a printer!

"The compact printers exude a sense of luxury emphasizing personal style and value. For the first time in the printer industry, Samsung develops printers based not only on functions and performances but on sensibility. ... With their sleek and elegant form, the ML-1630 and the SCX-4500, reminiscent of a stately grand piano, inspire great performances. The ML-1630 and the SCX-4500’s combination of exquisite design and high performance truly exemplify a world wild about fine design. ... [they] accentuate sophisticated forms of minimalism by reducing the printer to its essentials and simultaneously incorporating an aesthetic stylishness"

It goes on an on like that for about 5 paragraphs.

Press Release [Samsung]