HP LaserJet Pro P1102w
The HP LaserJet Pra P1102w is a basic monochrome laser printer with a few tricks up its sleeve, including better-than-expected print speeds and Wi-Fi connectivity. Unfortunately, its pricey toner offsets the HP LaserJet Pro’s affordable purchase price.
Standard 802.11b/g wireless connectivity and a USB 2.0 port give a progressive lift to an otherwise typically configured low-end laser printer.
The P1102w has a 150-sheet main input area, which takes the form of a fold-out front panel with width guides rather than a fully fledged tray. The HP also has a manual-feed slot for thicker media. The top- loading output tray holds 125 sheets. Although the construction of these parts is impressively sturdy, their markings – stamped into the black plastic with no contrasting colouring – are nearly impossible to decipher.
Manual duplexing is available on both a Windows PC and a Mac, with helpful onscreen prompts. The control panel’s two buttons and three LEDs all have icons. but no labels. You have to check their meaning in the HIM’: based documentation – which, to its credit,
has excellent, animated translations of the LED sequences.
Laser printers this cheap used to have horribly slow print speeds, but the LaserJet Pro P1102w breaks the tradition. In our tests, the HP averaged a competent 14.6 pages per minute (ppm) on a Windows PC and 14.5ppm on a Mac when printing mostly plain text with some simple monochrome graphics. The P1102w’s graphics speeds were also decent, but the output quality was rough-looking.
High toner costs will quickly overtake the printer’s low purchase price. A 700-page, starter-size cartridge ships with the unit. A replacement 1,600-page cartridge costs £61, resulting in a cost per page of 3.8p. This means the HP LaserJets ink costs are about right for an average inkjet printer, but the P1102w comes without the attraction of full-colour output.
Verdict
The HP LaserJet Pro P1102w is faster than your average low-end laser printer, and it offers wireless connectivity to boot. Unfortunately, its toner is very expensive, making the HP appropriate only for low- volume users.
Specification
Mono laser punter: max resolution 1200×1200; 266Mliz processes: 8MB RAM: USB; 802.11b/g,150-sheet input capacity;125-sheet Output tray: 5.000-page monthly duty cycle: cartridge costs: BeE61; print life (pages): B.I.600: 349438x196rnm.5.3ka
Preice £100
The HP LaserJet Pra P1102w is a basic monochrome laser printer with a few tricks up its sleeve, including better-than-expected print speeds and Wi-Fi connectivity. Unfortunately, its pricey toner offsets the HP LaserJet Pro’s affordable purchase price.
Standard 802.11b/g wireless connectivity and a USB 2.0 port give a progressive lift to an otherwise typically configured low-end laser printer.
The P1102w has a 150-sheet main input area, which takes the form of a fold-out front panel with width guides rather than a fully fledged tray. The HP also has a manual-feed slot for thicker media. The top- loading output tray holds 125 sheets. Although the construction of these parts is impressively sturdy, their markings – stamped into the black plastic with no contrasting colouring – are nearly impossible to decipher.
Manual duplexing is available on both a Windows PC and a Mac, with helpful onscreen prompts. The control panel’s two buttons and three LEDs all have icons. but no labels. You have to check their meaning in the HIM’: based documentation – which, to its credit,
has excellent, animated translations of the LED sequences.
Laser printers this cheap used to have horribly slow print speeds, but the LaserJet Pro P1102w breaks the tradition. In our tests, the HP averaged a competent 14.6 pages per minute (ppm) on a Windows PC and 14.5ppm on a Mac when printing mostly plain text with some simple monochrome graphics. The P1102w’s graphics speeds were also decent, but the output quality was rough-looking.
High toner costs will quickly overtake the printer’s low purchase price. A 700-page, starter-size cartridge ships with the unit. A replacement 1,600-page cartridge costs £61, resulting in a cost per page of 3.8p. This means the HP LaserJets ink costs are about right for an average inkjet printer, but the P1102w comes without the attraction of full-colour output.
Verdict
The HP LaserJet Pro P1102w is faster than your average low-end laser printer, and it offers wireless connectivity to boot. Unfortunately, its toner is very expensive, making the HP appropriate only for low- volume users.
Specification
Mono laser punter: max resolution 1200×1200; 266Mliz processes: 8MB RAM: USB; 802.11b/g,150-sheet input capacity;125-sheet Output tray: 5.000-page monthly duty cycle: cartridge costs: BeE61; print life (pages): B.I.600: 349438x196rnm.5.3ka
Preice £100
