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Samsung ML-2151N and Memory Upgrade
All,
I recently purchased a Samsung ML-2151N Network Laser Printer. I've printed close to 1000 pages, nearly all duplexed, and it has performed flawlessly. However it became clear early on that, especially with duplexing enabled, the standard 16MB of RAM was not going to cut it. There were long delays between pages as it rendered the next one. I purchased the appropriate 128MB memory upgrade from SimpleTech. Their part number S128N3NDC1. This is the module called out in their Memory Locator on their web site. The memory was installed, works fine, and the intended result is apparant. The printer prints at full speed with zero delays for rendering between pages, even when using the duplexer. There is one minor problem. The printer is reporting the Module as a 256MB module instead of a 128MB module. It shows 272MB installed instead of the proper 144MB. The module is positively a 128MB module. No mistakes there. I wrote SimpleTech's Tech Support and got, well, simple (and useless) responses. The first response basically said 'Yeah, we've seen that before' and then the email ENDED! I wrote back asking what I should do. Their second response was basically 'Just use it, the incorrect reporting won't affect the performance of the memory'. Sheesh I've written Samsungs tech support. Not sure how long it will take to get a reply. Has anyone else seen this problem? The printer is working perfectly. I've seen no ill-effects, but you can understand why this bugs me. I've been in the computer/electronics repair business for 25 years and this sort of thing just doesn't sit well with me. There HAS to be a reason why this is happening and I want to know what it is Other than this issue, the printer has performed flawlessly. I shopped around quite a bit, and no one else could touch the value. 21PPM, automatic duplexing standard, postscript standard, 500 sheet tray + 150 sheet tray for $449 is a steal compared to the others. Yes, the manuals suck and it was a BEAR to figure out how to set up on a Mac I've got on the Network because of the poor documentation, but once past that there have been zero issues. Thanks -Larry |
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"Larry" wrote:
All, I recently purchased a Samsung ML-2151N Network Laser Printer. I've printed close to 1000 pages, nearly all duplexed, and it has performed flawlessly. However it became clear early on that, especially with duplexing enabled, the standard 16MB of RAM was not going to cut it. There were long delays between pages as it rendered the next one. I purchased the appropriate 128MB memory upgrade from SimpleTech. Their part number S128N3NDC1. This is the module called out in their Memory Locator on their web site. The memory was installed, works fine, and the intended result is apparant. The printer prints at full speed with zero delays for rendering between pages, even when using the duplexer. There is one minor problem. The printer is reporting the Module as a 256MB module instead of a 128MB module. It shows 272MB installed instead of the proper 144MB. The module is positively a 128MB module. No mistakes there. I wrote SimpleTech's Tech Support and got, well, simple (and useless) responses. The first response basically said 'Yeah, we've seen that before' and then the email ENDED! I wrote back asking what I should do. Their second response was basically 'Just use it, the incorrect reporting won't affect the performance of the memory'. Sheesh I've written Samsungs tech support. Not sure how long it will take to get a reply. Has anyone else seen this problem? The printer is working perfectly. I've seen no ill-effects, but you can understand why this bugs me. I've been in the computer/electronics repair business for 25 years and this sort of thing just doesn't sit well with me. There HAS to be a reason why this is happening and I want to know what it is Other than this issue, the printer has performed flawlessly. I shopped around quite a bit, and no one else could touch the value. 21PPM, automatic duplexing standard, postscript standard, 500 sheet tray + 150 sheet tray for $449 is a steal compared to the others. Yes, the manuals suck and it was a BEAR to figure out how to set up on a Mac I've got on the Network because of the poor documentation, but once past that there have been zero issues. Thanks -Larry Do you use PostScript? I do so I'm interested in the quality of Samsung's emulation. Rob |
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It's there, but I don't use it much... Looks fine to me
-Larry "Rob" wrote in message ... "Larry" wrote: All, I recently purchased a Samsung ML-2151N Network Laser Printer. I've printed close to 1000 pages, nearly all duplexed, and it has performed flawlessly. However it became clear early on that, especially with duplexing enabled, the standard 16MB of RAM was not going to cut it. There were long delays between pages as it rendered the next one. I purchased the appropriate 128MB memory upgrade from SimpleTech. Their part number S128N3NDC1. This is the module called out in their Memory Locator on their web site. The memory was installed, works fine, and the intended result is apparant. The printer prints at full speed with zero delays for rendering between pages, even when using the duplexer. There is one minor problem. The printer is reporting the Module as a 256MB module instead of a 128MB module. It shows 272MB installed instead of the proper 144MB. The module is positively a 128MB module. No mistakes there. I wrote SimpleTech's Tech Support and got, well, simple (and useless) responses. The first response basically said 'Yeah, we've seen that before' and then the email ENDED! I wrote back asking what I should do. Their second response was basically 'Just use it, the incorrect reporting won't affect the performance of the memory'. Sheesh I've written Samsungs tech support. Not sure how long it will take to get a reply. Has anyone else seen this problem? The printer is working perfectly. I've seen no ill-effects, but you can understand why this bugs me. I've been in the computer/electronics repair business for 25 years and this sort of thing just doesn't sit well with me. There HAS to be a reason why this is happening and I want to know what it is Other than this issue, the printer has performed flawlessly. I shopped around quite a bit, and no one else could touch the value. 21PPM, automatic duplexing standard, postscript standard, 500 sheet tray + 150 sheet tray for $449 is a steal compared to the others. Yes, the manuals suck and it was a BEAR to figure out how to set up on a Mac I've got on the Network because of the poor documentation, but once past that there have been zero issues. Thanks -Larry Do you use PostScript? I do so I'm interested in the quality of Samsung's emulation. Rob |
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Crucial memory they make their own chips as well as assemble the DIMM etc.
The only US company to do both "Larry" wrote in message news:4x6qc.43075$pJ1.2767@lakeread02... It's there, but I don't use it much... Looks fine to me -Larry "Rob" wrote in message ... "Larry" wrote: All, I recently purchased a Samsung ML-2151N Network Laser Printer. I've printed close to 1000 pages, nearly all duplexed, and it has performed flawlessly. However it became clear early on that, especially with duplexing enabled, the standard 16MB of RAM was not going to cut it. There were long delays between pages as it rendered the next one. I purchased the appropriate 128MB memory upgrade from SimpleTech. Their part number S128N3NDC1. This is the module called out in their Memory Locator on their web site. The memory was installed, works fine, and the intended result is apparant. The printer prints at full speed with zero delays for rendering between pages, even when using the duplexer. There is one minor problem. The printer is reporting the Module as a 256MB module instead of a 128MB module. It shows 272MB installed instead of the proper 144MB. The module is positively a 128MB module. No mistakes there. I wrote SimpleTech's Tech Support and got, well, simple (and useless) responses. The first response basically said 'Yeah, we've seen that before' and then the email ENDED! I wrote back asking what I should do. Their second response was basically 'Just use it, the incorrect reporting won't affect the performance of the memory'. Sheesh I've written Samsungs tech support. Not sure how long it will take to get a reply. Has anyone else seen this problem? The printer is working perfectly. I've seen no ill-effects, but you can understand why this bugs me. I've been in the computer/electronics repair business for 25 years and this sort of thing just doesn't sit well with me. There HAS to be a reason why this is happening and I want to know what it is Other than this issue, the printer has performed flawlessly. I shopped around quite a bit, and no one else could touch the value. 21PPM, automatic duplexing standard, postscript standard, 500 sheet tray + 150 sheet tray for $449 is a steal compared to the others. Yes, the manuals suck and it was a BEAR to figure out how to set up on a Mac I've got on the Network because of the poor documentation, but once past that there have been zero issues. Thanks -Larry Do you use PostScript? I do so I'm interested in the quality of Samsung's emulation. Rob |
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On Sat, 22 May 2004 07:36:43 GMT, "Tom"
wrote: Crucial memory they make their own chips as well as assemble the DIMM etc. The only US company to do both Larry, True enough, but the Crucial web site does not list a part for this printer. This is the result I got back from a search: Sorry, your search for "ML-2150" returned no results, please try again. Is it possible that another printer model uses the same memory type as the Samsung, but Crucial doesn't know that? "Larry" wrote in message news:4x6qc.43075$pJ1.2767@lakeread02... It's there, but I don't use it much... Looks fine to me -Larry "Rob" wrote in message ... "Larry" wrote: All, I recently purchased a Samsung ML-2151N Network Laser Printer. I've printed close to 1000 pages, nearly all duplexed, and it has performed flawlessly. However it became clear early on that, especially with duplexing enabled, the standard 16MB of RAM was not going to cut it. There were long delays between pages as it rendered the next one. I purchased the appropriate 128MB memory upgrade from SimpleTech. Their part number S128N3NDC1. This is the module called out in their Memory Locator on their web site. The memory was installed, works fine, and the intended result is apparant. The printer prints at full speed with zero delays for rendering between pages, even when using the duplexer. There is one minor problem. The printer is reporting the Module as a 256MB module instead of a 128MB module. It shows 272MB installed instead of the proper 144MB. The module is positively a 128MB module. No mistakes there. I wrote SimpleTech's Tech Support and got, well, simple (and useless) responses. The first response basically said 'Yeah, we've seen that before' and then the email ENDED! I wrote back asking what I should do. Their second response was basically 'Just use it, the incorrect reporting won't affect the performance of the memory'. Sheesh I've written Samsungs tech support. Not sure how long it will take to get a reply. Has anyone else seen this problem? The printer is working perfectly. I've seen no ill-effects, but you can understand why this bugs me. I've been in the computer/electronics repair business for 25 years and this sort of thing just doesn't sit well with me. There HAS to be a reason why this is happening and I want to know what it is Other than this issue, the printer has performed flawlessly. I shopped around quite a bit, and no one else could touch the value. 21PPM, automatic duplexing standard, postscript standard, 500 sheet tray + 150 sheet tray for $449 is a steal compared to the others. Yes, the manuals suck and it was a BEAR to figure out how to set up on a Mac I've got on the Network because of the poor documentation, but once past that there have been zero issues. Thanks -Larry Do you use PostScript? I do so I'm interested in the quality of Samsung's emulation. Rob |
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Call their Tech support or email them they respond well. If the memory is a
standard format they should be able to help. Tom "Winey" wrote in message ... On Sat, 22 May 2004 07:36:43 GMT, "Tom" wrote: Crucial memory they make their own chips as well as assemble the DIMM etc. The only US company to do both Larry, True enough, but the Crucial web site does not list a part for this printer. This is the result I got back from a search: Sorry, your search for "ML-2150" returned no results, please try again. Is it possible that another printer model uses the same memory type as the Samsung, but Crucial doesn't know that? "Larry" wrote in message news:4x6qc.43075$pJ1.2767@lakeread02... It's there, but I don't use it much... Looks fine to me -Larry "Rob" wrote in message ... "Larry" wrote: All, I recently purchased a Samsung ML-2151N Network Laser Printer. I've printed close to 1000 pages, nearly all duplexed, and it has performed flawlessly. However it became clear early on that, especially with duplexing enabled, the standard 16MB of RAM was not going to cut it. There were long delays between pages as it rendered the next one. I purchased the appropriate 128MB memory upgrade from SimpleTech. Their part number S128N3NDC1. This is the module called out in their Memory Locator on their web site. The memory was installed, works fine, and the intended result is apparant. The printer prints at full speed with zero delays for rendering between pages, even when using the duplexer. There is one minor problem. The printer is reporting the Module as a 256MB module instead of a 128MB module. It shows 272MB installed instead of the proper 144MB. The module is positively a 128MB module. No mistakes there. I wrote SimpleTech's Tech Support and got, well, simple (and useless) responses. The first response basically said 'Yeah, we've seen that before' and then the email ENDED! I wrote back asking what I should do. Their second response was basically 'Just use it, the incorrect reporting won't affect the performance of the memory'. Sheesh I've written Samsungs tech support. Not sure how long it will take to get a reply. Has anyone else seen this problem? The printer is working perfectly. I've seen no ill-effects, but you can understand why this bugs me. I've been in the computer/electronics repair business for 25 years and this sort of thing just doesn't sit well with me. There HAS to be a reason why this is happening and I want to know what it is Other than this issue, the printer has performed flawlessly. I shopped around quite a bit, and no one else could touch the value. 21PPM, automatic duplexing standard, postscript standard, 500 sheet tray + 150 sheet tray for $449 is a steal compared to the others. Yes, the manuals suck and it was a BEAR to figure out how to set up on a Mac I've got on the Network because of the poor documentation, but once past that there have been zero issues. Thanks -Larry Do you use PostScript? I do so I'm interested in the quality of Samsung's emulation. Rob |
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That was my first call. They do not carry it for this printer.
-Larry "Tom" wrote in message ... Crucial memory they make their own chips as well as assemble the DIMM etc. The only US company to do both "Larry" wrote in message news:4x6qc.43075$pJ1.2767@lakeread02... It's there, but I don't use it much... Looks fine to me -Larry "Rob" wrote in message ... "Larry" wrote: All, I recently purchased a Samsung ML-2151N Network Laser Printer. I've printed close to 1000 pages, nearly all duplexed, and it has performed flawlessly. However it became clear early on that, especially with duplexing enabled, the standard 16MB of RAM was not going to cut it. There were long delays between pages as it rendered the next one. I purchased the appropriate 128MB memory upgrade from SimpleTech. Their part number S128N3NDC1. This is the module called out in their Memory Locator on their web site. The memory was installed, works fine, and the intended result is apparant. The printer prints at full speed with zero delays for rendering between pages, even when using the duplexer. There is one minor problem. The printer is reporting the Module as a 256MB module instead of a 128MB module. It shows 272MB installed instead of the proper 144MB. The module is positively a 128MB module. No mistakes there. I wrote SimpleTech's Tech Support and got, well, simple (and useless) responses. The first response basically said 'Yeah, we've seen that before' and then the email ENDED! I wrote back asking what I should do. Their second response was basically 'Just use it, the incorrect reporting won't affect the performance of the memory'. Sheesh I've written Samsungs tech support. Not sure how long it will take to get a reply. Has anyone else seen this problem? The printer is working perfectly. I've seen no ill-effects, but you can understand why this bugs me. I've been in the computer/electronics repair business for 25 years and this sort of thing just doesn't sit well with me. There HAS to be a reason why this is happening and I want to know what it is Other than this issue, the printer has performed flawlessly. I shopped around quite a bit, and no one else could touch the value. 21PPM, automatic duplexing standard, postscript standard, 500 sheet tray + 150 sheet tray for $449 is a steal compared to the others. Yes, the manuals suck and it was a BEAR to figure out how to set up on a Mac I've got on the Network because of the poor documentation, but once past that there have been zero issues. Thanks -Larry Do you use PostScript? I do so I'm interested in the quality of Samsung's emulation. Rob |
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I received a reply from Samsung. Amazingly, it's even more useless than
what I got from SimpleTech... "The ML-2151N MUST use a Samsung memory module.Other modules are NOT supported.Part number for the 128MB module is ML-00MD/XAA.You can purchase this module from Samsung accessories at 800-459-3272." I'm sure I can... Why don't they just say "All your money are belong to us" ? -Larry |
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On Mon, 17 May 2004 13:37:22 -0400, Larry wrote:
I received a reply from Samsung. Amazingly, it's even more useless than what I got from SimpleTech... "The ML-2151N MUST use a Samsung memory module.Other modules are NOT supported.Part number for the 128MB module is ML-00MD/XAA.You can purchase this module from Samsung accessories at 800-459-3272." I'm sure I can... Why don't they just say "All your money are belong to us" ? -Larry If it's any consolation we have never been able to get 3rd party memory to work in Samsung 2150 range of printers, apparently they use a really old spec. of memory. We've tried lots of suppliers who all claim to have memory that works but after they have supplied us with 4 or 5 different dimms they always admit they can't. Peter http://www.printerbase.co.uk |
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On Tue, 18 May 2004 08:55:58 +0100, Peter
wrote: "The ML-2151N MUST use a Samsung memory module.Other modules are NOT supported.Part number for the 128MB module is ML-00MD/XAA.You can purchase this module from Samsung accessories at 800-459-3272." [snip] If it's any consolation we have never been able to get 3rd party memory to work in Samsung 2150 range of printers, apparently they use a really old spec. of memory. We've tried lots of suppliers who all claim to have memory that works but after they have supplied us with 4 or 5 different dimms they always admit they can't. To the Original Poster: Regardless of what size memory the printer reports, does it work as intended? That is, do pages render faster? To Peter: What does "does not work" really mean. Not usable at all, works only partially, or simply reports back as the wrong size? Peter http://www.printerbase.co.uk I just bought a 2152W (the W for the future) and I have the printer hooked up to my home LAN. Wow, what a great printer for the money! I paid US $ 375 with shipping, from a seller on EBay. |
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