HP LaserJet P1006 Printer Review

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(More customer reviews)I love this printer, I bought it on sale over the weekend for under $100 (couldn't resist a laser printer at that price!). I probably printed about 700 pages this weekend, one of the perks of being a Grad student I suppose.
The Positives
-Prints quickly and great font quality
-The printer is SMALL, smaller than my injet.
-Works great with XP and Vista (sorry, No Mac to test on)
The Con
-This printer won't work with my wireless print server. The reason given is that the driver doesn't support it at this time. My workaround for the time being is to share the printer from the desktop in my office since I do most of my printing from my laptop in another room.
Hopefully that driver or a firmware upgrade to the print server (whichever comes first) comes out soon! Otherwise this is an incredible laser printer for the price!
On a side note, many people in discussion forums have complained about the high cost per sheet for a laser printer (about 4 cents a page), it is still far lower than any inkjet AND the printer just came out, as far as I've seen, Laser cartridges (at least here on Amazon) tend to fall in price by a few dollars after the product has been out for 6 or more months. I don't see this changing for this printer as well.

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HP P1006 Laserjet Printer. The patented new spherical toner is controlled more efficiently, which allows for a smaller print cartridge, and as a result, HPs smallest laser printer. And because sound can be as intrusive as size, the printer is specially designed for exceptionally quiet operation. You can enjoy the convenience of desktop printing without the annoying background noise. Conserve resources as well as office space. Engineered to use the smallest amount of power possible to get the job done, this printer stays cool and keeps your energy bills low. Do not waste time waiting for your documents. Other printers need time to warm up before printing the first page, but with no wait Instant on Technology your first page will print in half the time. Get performance and reliability that is superior for a personal desktop printer with a 266 MHz processor, 8 MB of memory, and speeds up to 17 pages per minute/ ppm. It is easier than ever to keep your desktop printer running smoothly with many of the same technologies as HPs robust workgroup and department LaserJets. Intelligence in the cartridge enables automatic print quality adjustments, so your documents always look great. Cartridge intelligence also helps ensure you never run out of toner by alerting you when supplies are low and providing convenient options for online reordering. Just choose your preferred reseller and place your order through HP SureSupply. Quickly and easily stop incorrect print jobs with the Cancel button on the front of the printer. Meet both your budget and space requirements without compromising quality. Have it all with the HP LaserJet P1006 Printer at an entry level price.

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Brother HL-5240 High-Speed Desktop Office Laser Printer Review

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(More customer reviews)Just unpacked and set up the printer. Initial results on 8 1/2 x 11 sheets are great. Excellent quality, good speed, setup went without a hitch.
Unfortunately, no matter what I do it mangles #10 envelopes fed through the manual feeder. I believe I've tried all the pertinent thickness settings in the driver, including envelopes, envelope thin, envelope thick, etc. Every envelope comes out badly wrinkled. The envelopes are ordinary Staples #10s, which I've used without much trouble in a Laserjet5 for years (the heat in that printer does glue the flap a bit, but just lightly. I'm debating returning the Brother HL-5240. The online FAQs from Brother seem completely useless, as they mostly repeat the manual's instructions for inserting the envelopes.
Anyone have ideas on getting around this? Are there special envelopes that will work?
If you don't need envelopes, I'd give this **** or maybe even ***** based on just a few hours use. For envelopes, it doesn't even rate one star, and that makes me nervous about the overall quality.
**UPDATE***: I've managed to get at least some envelopes to print cleanly. Thanks to the comments posted by John Bissel on the HL-5250, as those led me in the right direction. Anyway, what's worked for me is:
* Office Depot sells some #10 envelopes under their own brand name that are specifically listed as working with laser and inkjet printers.
I found those wrinkle a lot less than the many other #10s I tried.
* Use the com-10 size and envelope-thin media.
* Here's the tricky part. Those two fixes get you close, but there's still a bit of a wrinkle on the trailing edge. Thanks to Mr. Bissel, I found the secret pressure release flippers in the back of the printer. Yes they are documented. No, they are not mentioned under envelopes, or in the general guides to the printers features. No they're not in the printed documentation. You have to go into the PDF user guide that gets installed along with the printer (use the Windows Start/Programs to find it). Then you have to look in the troubleshooting section under crinkled pages or some such. Then you find the flippers. It warns you to fip them up only for envelopes, then down, which would be a huge hassel. Like Mr. Bissel, I've had fine luck leaving them up all the time. Perhaps my output on regular pages is a tad less dark.
So, now I'm happy. Printer is great. I should say that I sent a query to Brother's email-based support service. They promise response in 1 business day. It's been 4 days, and so far I've heard nothing.


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The HL-5240 is a monochrome laser printer with a fast print speed of up to 30ppm. Ideal for busy offices, it is an excellent desktop printer.

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