MFP Samsung M2070: specifications and reviews

The Samsung M2070 multifunctional device has a two-color design: a black A4 flatbed scanner is installed over a gray-painted printer. The combination may not be very aesthetically pleasing, but outwardly it is a solid multifunction device of fairly compact size 406 x 359.6 x 253 mm. The manufacturer offers a standard set of functions, including copying, scanning and printing with the ability to connect via USB or Wi-Fi as a standalone or network device.

Design performance

Unlike most MFPs, the Samsung M2070 printer is a monochrome laser, not a color inkjet printer. The rear panel houses the power connector and USB port. The rather ascetic front panel contains a folding tray that can hold up to 150 sheets of A4 paper. There is also a retractable output tray support that provides support for printed documents, since they are output at the top of the printer. Although it may seem small and disproportionate, users do not complain that they have to pick up paper from the floor.

In general, this multifunctional device works quietly, except for cases of initial warm-up or shutdown. When you purchase Samsung provides a starter cartridge for 500 pages. Then you will need to purchase a replacement capacity of up to 1000 pages.

Control Panel

The flatbed scanning unit also looks like a raised platform and also contains the Samsung M2070 control panel. Acting as a canopy above the outlet, it contains an LCD screen in two lines of 16 characters each, which provides feedback and access to various menu items and settings. Due to the small size of the screen, it is not so easy to move around when selecting a particular option, even using the navigation disk.

There are buttons for tasks such as scanning, copying, setting up a WPS connection and turning on the energy-saving eco mode, stopping / resetting, starting and turning on the power. There is a small status light. A little to the left and a little higher on the control panel is an inscription indicating that this multifunctional model has an NFC (short-range coupling). Unfortunately, this feature of the Samsung M2070 MFPs reviews of some users is called idle. They could not verify it, although remote printing from the smartphone and tablet using a free mobile application maker does not cause problems.

Here it is worth noting that the wireless interface, NFC printing and scanning, Samsung Mobile Print technology support, Google Cloud Print, WSD scanning are available only in versions whose name contains the designation W.

Samsung M2070 Printer: Getting Started Guide

Configuring the MFP is simple - just insert the cartridge into the body of the printer before turning it on and start installing the supplied software. This software includes drivers for the printer and scanner, print manager, scanning applications, text recognition and wireless settings. Before installing these programs, we will check for newer versions. All found updates will then be included in the installation. The user has a choice between a wireless or USB connection, as well as the ability to apply the WPS function, if supported by the router.

Quality and performance

In the monochrome mode, the resolution of the Samsung M2070 flatbed scanner is set to 1200 dpi. To print a photocopy of the A4 format, it takes 10 seconds. The scanner can reduce and magnify the image within 40-400%. You can scan directly to your computer, and Windows owners can choose between TWAIN and WIA. When using a PC, the resolution of color images can be increased to 4800 dots per inch. Easy Document Creator is included to work with the scanner.

Printing options

When printing documents, the Samsung M2070 offers a choice of four options. The user is offered a normal mode, "Ecopart", "2-in-1" and "Brochure." It is natural to assume that the normal mode is suitable for most tasks. A 20-page document is printed at a speed of 17.2 ppm, which is not far from the declared value. For five pages of text, this parameter drops to 11.1 ppm. The one-page copy takes 9 seconds, and the output of a photo measuring 15 x 10 cm from the computer takes 18 seconds. Printing the same picture from a Galaxy Young mobile phone lasts only 1 second longer. All this is a very good performance.

The print quality is above average. The text is clear, the letters are filled with black. Grayscale gradations are smooth, although some tones that represent different colors are difficult to distinguish. The photos are surprisingly well transmitted, although sections of the sky and the sea are marked with thin stripes.

The replacement cartridge contains toner and a drum, but its capacity allows you to print only 1000 pages, which, compared to competitors, increases the cost of the page.

Economical modes

Eco-Mode MFP Samsung M2070 is designed to save supplies and offers a number of options that include the use of standard or extended print, gray font and mode of ignoring images, drawings and short lines.

A preview of the document provides an opportunity to make additional adjustments. The text in MS Word format, consisting of 554 words, showed a speed of 23 ppm in the standard mode and 21 ppm in the extended mode. According to users, except for a slight darkening of the text in normal mode, they could not detect any significant differences in the quality of documents.

Variants "2-in-1" and "Brochure" allow you to save paper, while the printer does all the work on composing the text yourself. There is a slight decrease in print speed, but nothing extraordinary happens - only the font size is reduced so that the text can fit on the page.

Pros and cons

Among the advantages of the model users call a single cartridge (drum plus toner), small size, fast WPS-connection. The owners are unhappy with the lack of automatic two - sided printing, the lack of a tray cover, and a small resource cartridge.