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HP - LaserJet Pro Laser Multifunction Printer - Color - Plain Paper Print - Desktop
Average customer rating
4.5
(47 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 47 reviews
5 Stars
28
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Star
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87%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for HP - LaserJet Pro Laser Multifunction Printer - Color - Plain Paper Print - Desktop
Customer Rating
5
Perfect for the Home Office
on June 6, 2012
Posted by: MMW8
So far it is a work horse. I was able to eliminate the 15 year old fax machine with a scanner, printer, copier and fax all in one. So far, so good.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
4
Not Bad
on December 17, 2011
Posted by: Yammy
from DE
Gender:Male
I got this because I was interested in a laser printer since ink is SO expensive. So far, I haven't been let down, but I've only had it for a couple of weeks.
As far as speed is concerned, it's not a FAST printer. Don't get me wrong, it's a LOT faster than inkjet printers, but it won't beat other laser-jets in a race. For most home use, it will be fine. If you use it in the office, but aren't the kind of person to race to the printer immediately after you print, you'll be fine. I can understand where some people would complain about this printer if they are heavy office users, but home users will be satisfied.
As far as the toner usage goes, I am pleasantly surprised. This printer uses a 2,000-page toner cartridge for black, but the starter cartridge said that it is only a 750-page toner cartridge. So far I've printed 112 pages and it says that I have 90% left. At this pace, I'll get over 1,100 pages on this starter cartridge. I hope this bodes well for the full cartridge when I get it. As far as the color cartridges are concerned, they are also starter cartridges of 750 pages. (The normal rating for color cartridges is 1,300 pages). So far I have used 29 pages of the color cartridges and they still show 100% left remaining.
As far as quality is concerned, you just can't match a laser printer when printing documents. The blacks are black, and the colors are very rich. That's for text documents and graphs. However, when it comes to reproducing pictures, like all laser-jets that I've seen, it's not my first choice. On both regular and photo paper, the prints come out over-saturated with color (personal preference thing), but also slightly grainy. To the printer's defense, I didn't play with any of the photo settings. If I did play with the settings, I probably could get a slightly better print, but I don't hold out much hope for that. My opinion is that you just cannot get inkjet quality photo prints with a laser-jet.
This printer comes with some neat features and some I wish it had. For one, it is a very simple straightforward printer, very easy to figure out. It has a touch screen display, but don't let that intimidate you; the menus are very easy on it. The scanner scans VERY fast. Networking it was very easy and now my wife can print from her laptop in the other room. The e-print function is great, but I wonder how much I'll use it. It's one of those features that you may not need much, but when you need it, you NEED it. It allows you to print from anywhere in the world. As long as you leave the printer, your network, and your internet connection on and hooked up, it will print anything that you send to it. The way it works is that the printer will get a unique email address and if you email to that address, it will print the attachments (but they can only be pdf, jpg, tif, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint docs). The body of the email will print first (sort of like a cover page on a fax), but you have no control over how the formatting of the body of the email will print out. When copying, you can make a copy from the scanner glass or from the top tray. If you use the top tray, you can load up to 35 sheets at a time for copying. Replacing the toner cartridge is VERY quick and VERY, VERY easy. You just open up the front, pull out the tray and lift the toner cartridge straight out, that simple.
One feature that I really wish it had was that I wish I could load up to 35 sheets in the top tray and have it run all those through and SCAN them into the computer. That would save me a ton of time. But it can't and you have to load scans one scan at a time using the scanner glass. Another thing I wish it had is a larger paper holder. I wish it would hold at least 250 pages instead of 150, but that's a minor thing. One thing that I don't mind, but you may find annoying is that when you want to print an envelope or a small picture, you have to take all of the paper out, load your envelope or picture paper, readjust the side paper holders, print your envelope or picture then readjust you paper holders back and reload your paper back again. I don't print enough pictures or envelopes to make this an issue for me, but you might. Comparing it to my old printer, on the old printer I only had to place the envelope on top of the printing paper and my printer would make the adjustments.
I can't tell you about the fax function because I don't use the fax function at all. You are on your own for that one. Also, it has a USB port in the front for scanning to a thumb drive or card reader and pulling things off of a thumb drive or card reader. I haven't used this feature yet, but I don't think I will have much problems with those.
Size-wise, it is not a monster like most laser printers can be. As far as its footprint and its height, both are only marginally bigger than most inkjet printers.
That really is all there is to this printer. That's the whole deal. You have to make your decision based on the amount and kind of prints you make. For me, it's perfect because I print almost exclusively text and graph documents. I print a lot and need the savings on toner over ink. I didn't want it taking up too much space on my printer stand and I needed it to connect wirelessly. Since I don't do much of the other stuff, it suits me fine.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
4
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
5
A Great All-in-One
on March 20, 2012
Posted by: CharlieM
from Redding, CA
Gender:Male
I recently purchased the LaserJet Pro CM1415fnw Color MFP to replace my HP LaserJet 2840 MFP which was several years old. I've been very impressed by the speed of the scanner which is instantly ready, vs my old printer which required several seconds for the scanner to warm-up and be ready for use. The print and scan speeds are very acceptable for my home office environment and the footprint is smaller than my previous printer. Color is great.
The set-up on my network was easy as was establishing the print link between my iPad and the printer via my wireless router.
The only missing feature that would make this a 5-Star rating all around would be a 2nd pull-out paper tray to allow easyloading of a single sheet of media like a letterhead page or a page of checks.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
5
Excellent printer
on September 23, 2011
Posted by: mkwithgreys
from Shenandoah valley of Virgbinia
Gender:Male
I have been VERY happy with the MFP - I had read some reviews that were not positive about this model but I decided to try it anyway. I'm happy I did. I haven't had any problems that others described about the product - apparently HP fixed those difficulties because it has worked like a charm since I got it about 3 weeks ago. I'd recommend it to anyone. The only drawback is that toner cartridges are somewhat high :-(.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
3
Very Slow
on November 14, 2011
Posted by: geekitechi
very very slow printer.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
5
Performance
2
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
3
VERY MEDIOCRE PRODUCT
on November 16, 2011
Posted by: clemny
from nyc
Gender:Male
I just got HP 1415 MFP Color laser. I originally bought the HP 2320, which I loved. HOWEVER, the 2320 was very heavy and really needs a free standing table so you can access the rear of unit to remove paper jams. I returned it and got the 1415-- a little lighter, BUT:
1--there is no envelope feeder, so one must remove all paper and then adjust paper guides to feed envelopes into the single feeder.
2--it is very slow and needs to reset itself constantly
3--you cannot print individual fax reports. Either print ALL fax reports or NO fax reports. A very bad feature.
All in all, a very mediocre machine. My last HP had been the HP 3030 black laser MFP which was fabulous, easy to operate, to fix and to pull jammed pages. It was totally superior to the 1415. I shouldn't have given it away!!!! The 3030 did the 3 things above that the 1415 does not do!
1--there is no envelope feeder, so one must remove all paper and then adjust paper guides to feed envelopes into the single feeder.
2--it is very slow and needs to reset itself constantly
3--you cannot print individual fax reports. Either print ALL fax reports or NO fax reports. A very bad feature.
All in all, a very mediocre machine. My last HP had been the HP 3030 black laser MFP which was fabulous, easy to operate, to fix and to pull jammed pages. It was totally superior to the 1415. I shouldn't have given it away!!!! The 3030 did the 3 things above that the 1415 does not do!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
3
Performance
3
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
4
My First Laser Printer
on January 14, 2012
Posted by: Captn
A giant step from my old Officejet printer. Easy to setup and use. First print of a color photo was a little dark, but not bad. I need to figure out how to adjust lights/darks. I'm very satisfied overall with this printer.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
4
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
5
For the Price . . .
on March 11, 2012
Posted by: Anonymous
from Minnesota
Gender:Male
. . . this is a very professional printer that could be found in any office environment that handles 10-30 people - its fast, has excellent print quality and stands alone as a multi-function copier/fax/printer extremely well.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com