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Summary: Great Machine, Great Value!
Review: A solid "introductory level" laser printer that has features normally found on much more expensive machines. I've used an HP Deskjet 500 for years and finally got tired of the incredibly expensive inkjet cartridges and of the "refill kits" that usually either don't work at all or end up leaking all over the inside of your machine. The laserprint technology is definitely the way to go in terms of ease of use, cost per page and print quality. I will never go back to inkjet.
I have been using this machine for about four months and have no complaints whatsoever...it works perfectly every time.
The only warning I would wish to extend to users is that in the event you have difficulties installing the included software, try rebooting your machine without drivers running and then running the install....this software seems to be highly sensitive to that, at least it was on my WIN 98SE machine.
Other than that, the machine was easy to set up and is a breeze to use, completely dependable in all respects.
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Summary: Light print, paper jams, and darkroom needed
Review: After 12 happy years with HP LaserJet Series II printers, our law office recently upgraded one station to the Hewlett Packard LaserJet 1200se. It is fast and produces reasonably good quality print. But the print is not as dark as we would like, and after several months we have been unable to find a way to improve it. Frequent paper jams require removing the toner cartridge to clear, and since the cartridge may be damaged by direct light, we have to try to improvise a "darkroom" situation in an office with skylights. Also, the paper jams can scratch the drum in the cartridge, leaving us the choice of poor copy quality or frequent new toner cartridges. We trusted the HP brand but are sorely disappointed with the 1200se.
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Summary: HP Excellence
Review: After using the HP Laserjet 5L for 6 years, I decided to upgrade to the 1200. I love it. It's fast, economical (tone save function) and expandable if your needs grow. I'm a one person business user, so I elected to add the copier / color scanner. This permits scanning and directly emailing docs. Also, OCR and FAXing directly. Wow!!As usual, HP is superbly reliable, although supplies are no bargin (I'd never use gray market toner to save pennies). Some folks complain about no printer cable - go to a retail outlet - no cable there either. It's standard practice, not deception. HP has captured the laser printer market through there very common 11 years mean time between failures of the printer frame (excluding the toner cartridge), excellent quality, and competitive cost per print (~2.2 cents per page with 1200 series), and speed 15 pages per minute. The copies this little guy produces are as good as the local copy shop! I'd buy HP again without hesitation.
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Summary: MAC USERS BEWARE!
Review: Although this printer is advertised as compatible with Macintosh computers with OS 8.6 and above, in fact the driver softare supplied is DEFECTIVE and does not function properly with most Macs. Hewlett Packard acknowledges the defect and has posted a "solution" on its website; unfortunately, however, the "solution" DOES NOT WORK. IF YOU ARE A MAC USER, DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER!
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Summary: Works Great
Review: Good quality printing, fairly quick, and reasonably priced. I use it for all my coverletters and resumes and so do a lot of other people in the dorm since I bought. I recommend it.
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Summary: No Problems Here!
Review: Got mine just before Christmas after years with a HP DeskJet 500.
... Installation was painless and it worked right away. I installed this on an old clunker 133MHZ Pentium running Windows 95. Loved the 1200dpi resolution. The gripes...there always something. No Power Switch?? C'mon HP!! To power off you have to unplug it from the wall. Seems kind of cheap.
As for the guy who gave it one star for No Printer Cable Included(???) I hate to tell him but NOBODY provides cables anymore. Printers are a cutthroat biz now and the cost of a cable cuts into those razor thin profits.
Besides the assumption is alot of folks already had printers and therefore have cables. Nice thing is HP gives you choice of Parallel or USB. Many now offer only USB..bad for us oldtimers. Overall worth the bucks!
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Summary: NOTE TO JOHN IN GA
Review: Have you ever bought a printer before in your entire life??? No printer includes the cable. I love my HP.
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Summary: MAC USERS BEWARE!
Review: I bought this because I LOVED my old LaserJet Series II. Not I am getting ready to buy a Brother. I haven't had the luck others seem to have had. I have three problems with this printer:
1. Paper curl. It will spit pages off the top on large jobs sometimes and not other times. I print large jobs. I don't want to have to watch it.
2. Runs VERY hot, which probably contributes to the curling.
3. Not straight. If I print onto my letterhead which has horizontal lines, it's crooked. And there is no way to get it to line up without several trial and erros. What I usually do is just print my letter head on my Brother fax so it's straight. Also, same problem with lining up labels. Those I also print on my fax. I like my Brother fax so much, hence I am going to by a Brother 9700 multifunction to replace this.
Yes, the print quality is great. I imagine if I spent more money on a higher end model, it would solve my problems, but I fortunately don't have to.
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Summary: Nowhere near the LaserJet Series II
Review: I bought this because I LOVED my old LaserJet Series II. Not I am getting ready to buy a Brother. I haven't had the luck others seem to have had. I have three problems with this printer:
1. Paper curl. It will spit pages off the top on large jobs sometimes and not other times. I print large jobs. I don't want to have to watch it.
2. Runs VERY hot, which probably contributes to the curling.
3. Not straight. If I print onto my letterhead which has horizontal lines, it's crooked. And there is no way to get it to line up without several trial and erros. What I usually do is just print my letter head on my Brother fax so it's straight. Also, same problem with lining up labels. Those I also print on my fax. I like my Brother fax so much, hence I am going to by a Brother 9700 multifunction to replace this.
Yes, the print quality is great. I imagine if I spent more money on a higher end model, it would solve my problems, but I fortunately don't have to.
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Summary: Makes printing a breeze for home use
Review: I really enjoy my printer. It was a breeze to take out of the box, and get it up and going in just a few minutes. Unlike some I have not had any paper jams. I know sometimes this depends on the paper that you can get. This has excellent resolution and the pages come out super clean and crisp. The text is not as dark as a photo copier, but it is more than adequate for my use. This printer is so amazingly fast. This was to replace my much loved Cannon laser printer, and I honestly like this one better. The paper feed is easy to use and you can't miss what goes where on this printer. I would definately recommend this printer.
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