Conclusions:

For a SOHO or small business office this printer will provide enough of the tools and features for even the most demanding personal. The lack of fully automated duplexing is a minus, but the quick 17 pages a minute is more of a plus. Most of us around here tend to use one-sided printing anyway, so the lack of full duplexing may be overlooked by many. In any case, be aware that if you use duplexing you will have to flip over the paper and load it into the external fold down tray.

The software printer controls are very good, and allow users to print multiple pages on one sheet of paper, print booklets, stretch a document to fit a sheet of paper, print posters, print background watermarks and page overlays.

The ML-1651N proved itself time and again by meeting exactly, the manufacturers listed speed of 17 pages per minute, even at 1200dpi. Some of the trays have a fragile feel to them so it is important to consider that even though this is a very quick laser printer it is not really intended for rough or heavy duty work environments. The light weight, and small size make it easy to carry around the office without too much strain, and the simple controls and multiple hook-up points prove valuable for networked, and non-networked environments. Print quality is superb, and toner cartridge costs are quite reasonable at about $125 (8000 pages at 5% coverage).