[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] After many years of settling for a black and white laser printer, I finally decided to splurge for my dream of color laser printing. The HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 3301fdw checks all my boxes. The size of the unit fits precisely where my old, ancient multifunction printer fit. It seems to be about the same size as their multifunction inkjet printers. This unit is built very well. The doors, hinges and trays are sturdy with a good weight to them.
The setup process was a breeze. As soon as I powered on the unit, I was asked to join my wifi network. A firmware update took place immediately, and I was ready to print within 3 minutes of plugging the unit in.
I ran a test by printing a full page color photo of my kids from my phone. It received and printed the photo in a total of 6 seconds. I do believe the PPM rating on this unit is a little underrated. When printing invoices, I was able to print 38 full page invoices which included color in a little over a minute.
I always choose HP LaserJet printers. My first HP LaserJet from 1993 still works. This is my 5th HP LaserJet in my lifetime, and they have never let me down. I only upgrade over the years for the newer features. Thanks HP!
Written by a customer while visiting The Insiders
Customer Rating
5
Great home or small group printer
on April 24, 2024
Posted by: jm600rr
from Ventura
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Received the unit and its packaged really well for removal and easy installation. Everything is preinstalled so only need to remove just the few tapes keeping the drawers in place and ready for setup. Setup was very simple and straight forward. Ran through few questions on the physical printer to connect to the local WIFI. I set this unit up for my house and its perfect. Very compact compared to the color MFC of few years ago. Windows 11 detects the unit and installed it fine but had some issues with the scanning portion. Downloaded the software from HP and still had issues getting it to connect for Printer to PC direct scan. After couple troubleshooting its working fine. I always setup direct scan to email so it was a moot point but I wanted to make sure it was working as advertised.
Printing is pretty fast and warm up for first print is also very fast. Color output is fine for illustrations and color documents but for photos it's still far from inkjet technology photo finish. Overall, I really enjoy using the unit. Is perfect for a small workgroup and home business.