OMG! I am so in love with my new printer, the HP LaserJet Pro M477fnw wireless All-in-One printer.
I have been using my old color laser printer for over 10 years: the HP 2550N. It was the very first low priced color laser printer for home office use. Well, it finally died last week.
I did some research and found that none of the new color laser printers for home use seem like they are compatible with CARDSTOCK printing. The specs of all the new printers only list "post card" with the highest weight rating being 58lb. I thought, really? How can this be? I have been printing on 65lb card stock all this time. I found that lots of people have been making the same inquiries, with no luck. There just did not seem to be any new color laser printers for home use with this capability.
So I took my old printer to the repair shop. They had it for over a week and said that they could not fix it. So . . . I bit the bullet and bought the best printer I had researched for me: the HP LaserJet Pro M477fnw.
Well, here is some really good news, folks! I got home, went to print something and when I looked at the "paper type" choices menu, I discovered that it had a CARDSTOCK listing and its weights are rated at 176-220 gms. That is 85lb card stock! Whoopie! That is heavier than what my old 2550 would do, by far! I tried out some CARDSTOCK and it printed it with no problems, and not curled either. It spit it out nice and flat.
Also, this new printer is lightning fast, even with my complex color brochures. It does not wait for 5 minutes to print a full color, complex page like my old printer. It prints my most difficult color brochures in under 30 seconds. And text pages print in like, 3 seconds. No lie! It is amazing.
Needless to say, I am very happy with it. I recommend this printer to anyone who is on the fence about a color laser printer. It is great. Thank you, HP!
I have repeating spots on the left side of all documents that call for color printing. They are cyan dots. It is most likely a bad cyan toner cartridge. I have followed the procedures on the HP web site and the conclusion is a bad toner cartridge. The printer is only 3 months old. I have only printed 187 color pages and 465 monochrome pages. I tried to contact HP by phone. That was a terrible experience. I don't recommend it to anyone. Especially if you have high blood pressure already, or any heart conditions.
Update on April 6, 2018: I tried the Chat option of HP support. The experience was the exact opposite of the phone support. Very knowledgeable and helpful HP support person. They said I have a new cyan cartridge on the way. I will write more when I receive it.
Update on April 9, 2018: The Chat support worked perfect. Chatted with a knowledgeable and very helpful person. I received a couple of emails letting me know when the replacement cartridge would arrive. Installed the cartridge just seconds ago and all is well. I upgraded to 4 stars because of the Chat Support. The printer is also working perfect. I would give it 5 stars if the cartridges were not so expensive. The replacement cartridges (Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, and Black) cost more than I paid for the printer!
Update on April 10, 2018: Last night I received a telephone call from HP Support. They wanted to make sure my problem had been solved. The HP Support went from terrible while trying calling them, to outstanding with chat. I have never been called by any company to see if my problem had been solved.
I am kicking myself for not buying this printer a lot sooner. I cannot begin to tell you how much money I have wasted on ink jet printers over the years. It is not often I print in color so every single time I finally needed to print in color on any of the several ink jet printers I have thrown out. The ink was always dry and I had to complete several time consuming and painfully stressful steps just to print one color page. This machine payed for itself saving me so much money on wasted ink jet cartridges. I only print in color about once a month or so and every time I use this printer, it just prints in color immediately, no issues, no cleaning and realigning print heads no streaks or blotches. It just works... Finally, a product I can actually look forward to using. The touch screen controls are amazing too, simply click and swipe. The scanner is quick and high quality, the auto document feeder never jams. Loading and printing a single envelope is a breeze through the front paper feeder. The toner cartridges may be expensive to replace, but it has been over a year since I purchased this printer and I have barley used the toner that came with it. I prefer this color laser printer over ANY ink jet printer on the market and I have been through them all, literally.
I've had my new Color LaserJet printer for just about three months.
I have owned many HP printers over the years, but this is my first color *laser* printer.
In the past I've owned black & white laser printers -- for speedy printing -- and multi-function inkjet printers -- for color printing and for scanning.
I don't need the FAX function anymore (everyone accepts scan-to-PDF documents via email or dropbox), so I haven't tried that function.
The set-up for this printer was flawless: I have multiple wi-fi access points, and I run my own WIndows Domain Controller (SBS 2011).
A great deal for US$361.343 (printer+tax, free Prime shipping).
This seemed nice but I had to return it for being defective as it had a problem upon arrival. However it did seem nice and I do have its little brother without the scanner. I wanted the all in one for sure. My only complaint is the size and weight. I do wish HP would scale these down some, to make them more home office friendly. The amazon driver or post office driver that delivered it couldn't even get it to my front door (an extra 15 feet). They left it in the driveway which was annoying at that price point and in the original printers box (not a discreet brown box) and me not even knowing it was out there. However, I do understand as heavy as it was and luckily no one took it. I will definitely wait for them to update the technology and make these smaller before I order another.
Feature Product
- MULTIFUNCTION LASER PRINTER: Color laser printer, scanner, copier, fax, wireless printing, Wi-Fi Direct, NFC touch-to-print, 4.3-inch color touchscreen, 50-sheet auto document feeder.
- PRINT AT BUSINESS SPEED: Print up to 28 pages per minute with this wireless laser printer. First page out in as fast as 8.9 seconds for black, and 9.8 seconds for color.
- SOLID SECURITY: Protect sensitive information and improve compliance with data, device and document security solutions for your print fleet.
- HP JETINTELLIGENCE VALUE: Choose Original HP Toner cartridges with JetIntelligence - engineered to help your HP LaserJet printer print faster and more prints.
- IDEAL FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: 300-sheet paper input capacity, up to 4,000-page monthly volume, and up to 10 users for your workgroup.
- Paper sizes supported: Letter, legal, executive, 3x5 in, 4x6 in, 5x8 in, envelopes (No 10, Monarch)
- NEVER SHOP FOR TONER AGAIN: Save 10% with Amazon Dash Replenishment. Upon activation your printer measures toner level and places smart reorders when you are running low. No subscription fees.
- Warranty information: One-year limited hardware warranty
Description
Unmatched print, scan, copy, and fax performance plus robust, comprehensive security for how you work. This color MFP finishes key tasks faster and guards against threats. Original HP Toner cartridges with JetIntelligence produce more pages. Scan digital files directly to email, USB, network folders, and the cloud with preloaded business apps. Grab pages and go—without waiting around – this MFP wakes up and prints faster than the competition.
We enjoy this little printer at our office. It isn't the fastest printer when it comes to printing, but it's not the worst either. The best thing about this printer is the scan to folder. I love how you can select scan to email, network folder or PC. If your doing this for a business make sure you get in touch with your IT department for the domain and it's credentials. Otherwise home users would just set it up to scan to a local drive.
Very easy to install! The only complaint, is I had some issues with getting the software to install on a Windows 10 Pro machine. I ran the software in compatibility for Windows 7 and it loaded up. Just keep that in mind if you have issues.
I am pleasantly pleased with this item. I have been looking for a printer for some time, even purchased an Epson inkjet for a little over a hundred dollars that I was not happy with because the ink dried up on it so quickly. My problem was that I had a monochrome laser printer that was working perfectly fine that was not wireless. And I really felt that the color laser printers were just out the ballpark for me, along with the cartridges. Then I found this little beauty. Well, not so little. Upon opening the box, it was slightly larger than I had plan but the features were great. It connected to all of my Google files easily and I'm able to scan more files to my Google files. Huge plus. I'm a teletherapist and I was looking for something like this. I set up my network, also fairly easy if you are familiar with computers. Have to hand it to HP, they give you a full size keyboard to input your password to your network, on the Epson that I had just purchased and hated, when entering my password, I had to do it in segments. So if your password was say "cookie" you had to go through the numeric key board until you reached the lower letters of each alpha numeric representation. What a pain, especially for long passwords.
Setup on the computer was little bit more confusing. It got to the end of the disk set up and tried to do a page print test and flaked. Said that it couldn't do a test print. So, I went into the device driver, did a page test print and it worked fine. Clicked on finish on the setup and everything seems to be working ok.
My printer is in the same room as my computer, so I don't have to worry about waking it up, etc. as others have commented. I haven't faxed from it yet, but I'm sure I will see how that goes and report back.
One last thing, if you are considering doing an open box from Amazon, I highly recommend it. Although this printer did not come in the original HP box, I saved close to $50 and I can't tell that it didn't come out of the original box. Amazon did a super job repackaging it. Overall, I'm very satisfied.
4/1/16 Update ~ Does not play well with Internet Explorer printing, does fine with Google. I tried to get it to print from Internet Explorer but it just gets lost somewhere over the internet. Also, if you are looking for true double sided printing, this doesn't have it. It has a duplex printing option, which allows you to print from a separate tray then flip the pages onto the backside for double sided printing. Not a big deal, but could see how this might be for some.
9/1/16 Update ~ It appears that some of the bugs have been worked out in regards to Internet Explorer and Apple. I've now had it 6 months and still do not regret my purchase. My daughter commented that she likes the color pictures printed better than the new Epson inkjet with the mega cartridge which my parents own. I will say that the fax software on it isn't that great. I've actually switched to an online fax because it doesn't seem to be compatible with my Ooma phone. :( Scanning is great, probably one of the best scanning MFP I've ever had.
Finally fed up with Office Jet all-in-one machine's, I bit the bullet and bought this Laser all-in-one. I wish I had done it sooner, however; I think my timing allowed for me to get everything I want in the machine. This machine produces absolutely beautiful prints. It is incredibly simple to configure. The worst thing about it is its heft, imo. I cannot carry it without assistance (this is really not a problem, but the only negative, I can call out about the machine).
Toner is expensive for the machine but I will not be wasting nearly as much on it as I did with my evaporating inkjet cartridges. All in all, I am pleased with the investment and highly recommend it to others looking for a laser all in one.
Color me impressed. Unboxed it. Followed simple instructions to plug it in, turn it on, select language. It found my wireless network instantly and I entered its password. Both Windows and Mac machines discovered it automatically and both printed documents the first try using the inbuilt OS provided drivers. From unboxing to printed documents in about ten minutes. The most difficult part was figuring out how to lift it out of the box as it weighs 50 lbs and I wasn't sure where to grab it. (I ended up laying the box on its side and sliding the styrofoamed package out.)
It prints fast and crisp and with very nice colors compared to the 12 year old HP Inkjet its replacing. Happy so far. Fingers crossed it has good longevity.
Have only had this printer less than a year. Thus far it’s worked extremely well. The Windows 10 scan app doesn’t work well with this printer, but the HP scan driver is excellent. If if works this well after a year, I’ll give it a 5 star rating.
Cheaper printers are what they are cheap. And they don’t make good boat anchors. So spend the bucks. It’s been worth it for me, thus far.
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