HP Samsung Electronics SL-M2875DW/XAC Wireless Monochrome Multifunction Printer (SS351A) (SS351A#BGJ)

I bought this to replace an HP officejet that was a nightmare. Constantly getting lost from wireless connectivity and being impossible to reconnect for hours or days, and then exactly 1 yr after purchase the print heads (which weren't removable) jammed up and it became a paperweight.My one requirement? Not an HP. Imagine my surprise when this printer arrives and I discover that though labeled a Samsung, it's an HP (Hp bought samsungs printer division or something, I don't really know). I cursed and cursed while setting this up and dealing with some of the same nonsensical crap that HP forces you to deal with (proprietary software install to wirelessly connect and other similar "features"). I remember there are a LOT of "guides" online for setting this exact model up that instruct you to press buttons and make menu selections that THIS PRINTER DOES NOT HAVE... which complicated things greatly (I assume it was a revision difference). It wasn't easy, taking the better part of an afternoon and a LOT of my wife getting aggravated with me to get all our devices to connect... but that's where the HP nightmare ended. This printer STAYS connected and works great. Print quality is fantastic and fast, and I haven't even touched the replacement toner cartridge it came with (done hundreds of pages with the starter toner cartridge and it's still going strong).The printer does go into standby VERY quickly when idle (like 10 seconds), and it's hit or miss if sending it a job wakes it up... more often than not I have to press the OK button on the printer to wake it up THEN send it the print job from my computer... our phones seem to have better luck, it almost always wakes up for them automatically. That said, I parked it arms reach from where I sit at my computer and it's been no problem for me. I'm THRILLED to be rid of that officejet and using this printer... which actually works... after months of the guessing game over whether the officejet would be connected/connectable today or not. This is how I remember printers working... as in ACTUALLY working. I'm still never touching an HP branded printer again, but Samsung branded models get the thumbs up from me.Yeah I probably should give it 4 stars because of the difficulty with setup, but I'm just so happy to be rid of that officejet that anything which replaces it gets a bonus star.

This printer is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO freaking good. I'm so glad I got it. Wirecutter recommended it and sometimes their recs are hit or miss, but this one was spot on.First of all, the most important thing is, does it connect to the wireless network? YES. The instructions are a bit convoluted, but the website that comes with it easily explains it.Second of all, does it perform the additional functions you need? YES. I used it to scan my tax returns. Easy as heck with their app. It does copying as well, but I can't confirm if it works since I didn't use that function yet.I see a lot of reviews complaining about this not connecting to macs. Well, I have an imac and macbook pro, and found setting it up to be super easy. However, maybe thse setup tips will help:1) Don't try to connect this via wifi from the getgo. Use the USB and connect to your mac.2) Get the app from their website, download it to your mac. Follow the instructions.3) get the app on the appstore. Yes, there's an app you can DL to your iphone.4) Once you connect printer to the wifi, then you can disconnect it.I think people tried too hard to connect it via wifi. But you gotta do it through USB.Only thing I'm worried about is that HP handles the warranty -

I just spent over 45 minutes trying to print an envelope. Apparently, Placing an envelope in the manual feed tray always causes a paper jam. Removing the envelope from the manual fee tray does not clear the paper jam. I eventually succeeded by flattening the creases of the envelope with my finger. I never had a problem with these same envelopes in my old HP inkjet printer.Installation of the printer drivers on my Mac was equally painful and difficult.The user interface with buttons and LCD display on the top of the printer are even more confusing and difficult to use.I bought this printer because of a good review on WireCutter. The review was wrong.This is a terrible device. While this printer may have some technological advantages such as very crisp resolution with incredibly small fonts, those advantages are outweighed by incredibly poor usability and difficult setup.I returned this printer, and I exchanged it for the much better device Brother DCP-L2540DW. Setting up the Brother printer was incredibly easy, fast, and painless compared to the Samsung. After setting up the Brother to print from my Mac over Wi-Fi, I then tried to print from my iPhone using AirPrint. It just worked! No additional set up, no indecipherable menus or LCD displays, no poorly written software from Samsung. It just worked. One final note, I printed several pages of text with small fonts using the Brother. It's a 600 DPI laser printer, and the text was incredibly sharp and crisp. The resolution is perfect.

Awesome printer. Setup was a bit difficult. I'm computer savvy but have a home network which complicated things a bit. The wifi setup is confusing.One thing to be aware of is that you can't just plug and play. You have to install the software and drivers off of the included disc. This is a problem if you have a computer that doesn't have a disc drive. Like my MacBook Pro. The website is horrible. I had to spend 15 minutes on a chat with a customer service agent just to get a link to download the software online that comes on the disc. Once I got that things moved a little quicker. Note the printer turns itself off after inactivity. Which is nice...BUT it doesn't turn itself on when you send something to it. So it can turn off and you not realize it until after you've spend 10 minutes wondering why its not printing. The light stays on on the unit even when its off so it can be confusing.Otherwise great printer. Good quality prints fast!