HP Color Laser JetPro MFP 4302dw - Misco
A great upgrade.
27/01/2024 11:08
I had an old black and white HP printer which I was very pleased with for about 15 years, but had started to be temperamental, so HP didn't really need to prove itself as a brand, and I was only too happy to test this new one.
It arrived quickly, one day after ordering, and my first impression was "that's a big printer!" But to be fair it is a scanner and copier as well as a colour printer. I've had a laserjet printer for years so I knew already I wouldn't ever go back to an inkjet, because they last so much longer, the ink doesn't dry out in a month if you don't use it and the quality is a lot better.
This printer has now had a good test of its printing capabilities and has passed with distinction! I printed off a photo and although it was on normal A4 paper it is very good quality. Close up you can see that the pixels are spread out more than on a photo but from a short distance away it can pass for a picture to hang on the wall in a frame. Printing off black and white pictures (for example pictures to colour in) is obviously excellent.
The copier has also been tested, and the only downside of this product is that it doesn't pick up very faint lines, so a pencil sketch might not reproduce well. For colour copies, no issue whatsoever. I photocopy cross stitch charts and these reproduce very well. Scanning works well, much the same as copying but little testing has been done on this function - I knew the scanner would be the least used of the functions.
It's very fast, printing off 33 pages per minute both in colour and black and white. Initial set up was far easier than I thought it would be. I am very incapable when it comes to technology and any setting up of new gadgets is daunting, but I plugged it in and turned it on and up popped a menu on the touchscreen display asking me to set the time and date and choose the country I was in, then connect to my wi-fi, and that was it! No installing of drivers, no plugging in my chrome book, no wires everywhere. Very much recommended, especially for those, like myself, who cannot use technology unless it is very simple!
I have added a picture (not copyrighted) to show how well the colours reproduce on the photocopier, but of course a picture of a picture seems to downgrade the quality of a picture so really it is just to see the colours - the real life quality is far better! Next I would like to buy some photo paper to see how well they can be reproduced.
RachelF2
Upton, Huntingdon , Spojené království
Age: 45
Gender: Female