Installing the printer to an existing network or computer system (via USB) is a quick and easy process. Unlike some of Samsung's other printers in this class, the toner is incredibly easy to install, a task which can be done by a person at any level of expertise, from your IT person down to the lowliest intern. Once this is done and the proper connections are made a switch on the right side of the printer can be switched to turn it on. After this, the included installation CD should be run on a local system. This CD contains an installation wizard which will speed you through the installation process and ultimately print out a test page.

Any printer in this class has a number of settings which can be controlled. Some of these are handled through the Printer Preferences menu in Windows, but almost everything can be done through the printer's small LCD. Using the two line LCD is quite basic and enables the user to control certain functions of the printer through a system of sub-menus like: Layout, Graphics, Printer, Information, PostScript, Network, and so on. Here settings like image quality, resolution, LCD language, and even altitude adjustment can be configured. The printer has a very completel set of information available about itself and the local systems as well. In just a second or two you can have access to a complete font list or the printer's configuration.

After printing out the ML-3561N's current configuration you will be able to learn all sorts of information. Some examples are:

- the printer's serial number
- OS version
- total memory / base memory
- cartridge life remaining
- average print area coverage
- total printed page count
- expected cartridge capacity
- installed options
- all networking information

With the printer installed it was time to test it out. The first thing we did was examine the print quality. To do this pages were printed out at the three most pertinent levels- 1200 dpi, 600 dpi, and toner save (600 dpi). The three are pictured in the hi-res scan above. At 1200 dpi the printer puts out very good typeface. The text os crisp and quite legible, just what a printer like this should produce. The difference between 1200 and 600 dpi is hard to notice when printing text but the if examined the 1200 dpi a bit sharper and more exact. When the toner saving feature is on, which is said to extend the cartridge yield by up to 40%, the text is still sharp but it simply not as dark as it otherwise would be. The lighter text does not have the contrast of before which decreases legibility and the professional quality look, but there is no apparent loss of the text's integrity.