HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf Toner Review

The HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf has a very small footprint for a mono laser multifunction. While it has got a compact size upon the table, it compensates for this through being tall.

The device is equipped with a 35-sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) upon the scanner lid and this lid hinges upwards as standard. The control panel is neatly made having a 2-line by 16-character mono LCD display, three indicator lights, a numeric pad designed for typing in fax numbers and a selection of 11 additional buttons to control menu navigation, scan and copy variables. The paper input tray folds downwards from the front panel of the device and HP supplies a paper stop extender for those who would like to insert quite short paper. The device takes everything from 76 x 127mm to as much as something over A4. Paper feeds to an angled paper rest on top of the input tray. There is no cover to the input tray. At the back are sockets designed for USB 2.0, Ethernet and also for phone line and an optional third-party handset.

HP supplies drivers for Windows as well as OS X and in addition information for Linux customers is provided at www.hplip.net. There's the HP Toolbox applet plus a TWAIN driver with respect to the scanner, but generally support software is relatively meagre.

HP quotes remarkably reasonable numbers with respect to the LaserJet Pro M1212nf, with a top speed of 18ppm. Our five-page text document returned 11.2ppm and even the five-page text and graphics registered 13.5ppm. Once we printed the 20-page document the pace went up even more to 16ppm, within a smidgen of the claimed speed. A single-page copy from the flatbed required 15 seconds and in addition a five-page copy coming from the ADF required 50 seconds. Last but not least, a 15 x 10cm photo print upon A4 paper came through in an exceptional 11 seconds.

Paper curl is particularly noticable with the LaserJet Pro M1212nf and sheets finish up on the output tray having multistage bends. Paper in addition feels decidedly warm to touch, if you take out a document straightaway. After a couple of hours, almost all of the curl has vanished, nevertheless using this machine might still be difficult if you are producing a number of copies of a document right before a conference.

Text print quality with the default 600dpi is a good deal more than satisfactory and also there are no symptoms of jaggies or even toner spatter. Changing to Economode, which will save toner yet almost no print time, continues to creates readable text and could save you money on consumables.

Greyscale graphics appear slightly blotchy, particularly in mid-greys, however there are plenty of different shades to distinguish in between colours in originals. A photocopy of a greyscale print produces terrible blotchiness and takes many darkish greys to black, therefore rendering superimposed text unreadable.

There's merely a solitary HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf toner cartridge to take into account with this particular machine and it's offered in just one single capacity of 1,600 pages.

The LaserJet Pro M1212nf is actually a fine, general-purpose, mono laser all-in-one. It is really elegant and also reliable, and priced appropriately taking into consideration it incorporates fax. The print quality might be better on greyscales, particularly in copies, however speed is fine also, the device is extremely straightforward to maintain.

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