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HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer Real Reviews
HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer Real Reviews
I purchased this printer through a local retailer and was debating between the HP and a similarly priced wireless printer from Brother. The replacement toner cartridges are a bit more for the HP, but then again, they come with the drum assembly built in. This greatly reduces maintenance and potential hardware failures.Setup: As for setup, under Windows it's a snap. Put the CD in and follow the directions.Under Linux (I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)) the install was easy. I visited [...] web site and downloaded the drivers. From there, I just followed the directions on the web page and it works like a charm.I've not used it with a Mac, but I did note that OSX is listed on the box.Printer quality:As for the printer itself. It has a very small footprint on the desk when the paper trays are not extended, and a small one when they are. It has excellent monochrome print quality and is very fast. As with all laser printers, the ink is waterproof once it's on the paper. I'd recommend it any day of the week.The printer's body feels solid when you handle it. The input trays are similarly solid. The output tray feels a bit light, but as long as you aren't abusing the tray, it'll be more than sufficient.HP Experience:For me, HP printers are generally very reliable and always has good driver support both under Windows and Linux.
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I am very pleased with this printer. It is so small that it fits into a book shelf near my PC, it looks okay, it was cheap, and the print quality and speed are at least as good as the much bigger und much more expensive older-generation HP Laserjet I have in my office. The setup for wireless printing from my Windows 7 system was easy: Turn the printer on and connect it to the PC using the included USB cable. The PC will identify it and launch an HP setup program automatically and search for your wireless router. You will be asked to enter the network password, then you have to disconnect the USB cable, and after a total time of two minutes or so you are ready to go. The printer goes into standby mode after a short time, but it wakes up automatically when you print something (and begins to print after just a few seconds), and this is still working without problems after unplugging the printer from the power outlet for a few minutes (when I put it to its final location) and after rebooting the PC a few times. So far I am 100% satisfied.
- 150-sheet input tray
- Manual Duplex Printing
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port; WiFi 802.11 b/g
- 3 LED indicator lights; 2 buttons
- 100-sheet face-down bin, 100 sheets output tray
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***Update 4/1/2011***I have installed a few more of these and have used the wireless for some of the setups and it seems to perform fairly well. No drops from the wireless network and is pretty easy to setup to joina wireless network. Just note that you need WPA security at a minimum for the printer to work wirelessly. Original Review:I have purchased 2 of these for customers that needed a replacement for an older model HP laser printer. This laser printer seems to be comparable to the older 1005/1006 and 1100 series of laser printers they appear to have replaced. The only difference appears to be this model adds wireless. Print quality, toner cost per page doesn't seem to have changed any over the last several models of this series. You get a typical starter cartridge that is about 60% full and software still includes tons of bloatware for a low volume desktop printer.Pros:* Inexpensive small footprint laser printer* Quick first page printingCons:* Why does HP continue to want to install so many programs for a simple laser printer? If you don't know how to install the software, you end up with a huge customer participation program that sends you usage to HP, a driver update program that has never worked in the 12 years I have been installing these and a desktop manager that runs at startup when all you can do is print. Why do we need something running to help us print to a basic B&W laser printer that will print just fine with the drivers installed without the program running at start-up. I find this aggrevating especially when you install HP software on a laptop. When you are away from the printer, it takes longer to boot because the HP program is searching for the printer it can't find. HP used to provide corporate drivers that were just the drivers, which is all you need. Not available with this model, so you can't avoid the bloatware.The wireless seems like an afterthought. This is the only entry-level laser printer HP offers, so if you are in an office environment, you probably don't even need the wireless. I guess I wonder why they didn't add an Ethernet card instead. Yes, I know many routers have USB ports for printers, but those are typically harder to configure, where the Ethernet connection is more universal for small business networks or typical home networks where you already have a wireless router with a 4 port switch.Conclusion:It is what it is. A basic, no frills B&W laser printer with decent print speeds. I have been buying these for years and they serve their purpose. Remember, you get what you pay for. If you just need something on a desk to print an occasional email or invoice, it will meet your needs. If you will use this as a primary printer for a desktop or small office, I would recommend looking at some of the mid line laser printers with larger paper trays, larger capacity toner cartridges, etc. A few more dollars get a lot more features.
HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer Real Reviews
This is a great little printer with excellent print quality and a small size. Since it's wireless and tiny you can place it in many places you might not have considered for a printer. Ours is inside an end table in our living room. The onboard embedded web server is great for monitoring the printer and checking toner life, and drivers are available for most platforms. If you use Windows, HP actually embeds the drivers into an onboard memory chip, making them immediately available as soon as you connect a USB cable. Very slick, and it works.For the Mac however, it's not so simple. For some reason HP couldn't find room in the onboard memory for a Mac driver, so you have to download it or install from the CD. The real issue with this printer however is the wireless network setup. Since you can't just connect an ethernet cable to it, and since the Mac driver cannot configure the network print server over USB, you are left with the dubious option of connecting to the printer in ad-hoc mode, connecting to the embedded web server, configuring the printer for use on your wireless network, restart the printer, and pray it works. If not you have to reset it to defaults and start over. Took me a couple of tries, and I do this stuff for a living. To be fair once it is configured it works great.While I understand HP's desire to keep this printer at a low price point with Wi-Fi functionality, I would gladly have paid a bit more for Ethernet and WiFi, or a more full-featured driver.Edit 8-21-2011:HP has released a firmware update for this printer that seems to address many of the wireless installation issues under Mac OS, particularly OS X 10.7 Lion. I couldn't get Lion to even see this printer on my network. After the firmware update, OS X finds the printer via Bonjour and offers to find and install drivers. The firmware is dated 2011-06-09 and is version 20110512, and even has a Mac OS installer. Bravo to HP for resolving these issues.
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