HP Color Laser JetPro 4202dw - Ebuyer
Superb Small Home Office…
31/01/2024 16:51
HP have a solid reputation for printers and the LaserJet Pro 4202dw holds that up well.
It’s a simple but attractively designed printer with a fairly premium build quality. Though it’s not quite as compact as I imagined and it’s also quite heavy.
Setup was incredibly easy, just answering a couple of questions on the LED panel, inputting my Wi-Fi credentials and then Windows 11 finds it and installs the drivers. It was up and ready to print in minutes. This was a pleasant surprise after my previous experiences with printer installations.
There are some starter toners pre-installed which give a yield of approximately 1,200 pages. The replacement toners are quite expensive, as HP uses chip technology to limit only HP branded toners. So this needs to be considered when working out running costs. There is an instant ink option but that would probably only benefit heavy users.
I tested various media from plain copy paper, glossy 180gm paper to envelopes and labels. I was incredibly impressed with the speed and quality of the output. I printed a full A4 photo on the glossy paper and compared it to my premium inkjet printer and they were incredibly close in detail and colour reproduction. I did not expect that, and it shows just how good laser printers have evolved to be just as good at photo prints as their inkjet counterparts in quality, whilst giving you a 35ppm print speed.
I liked the 2 paper trays, with one being used as a manual feeder for many different sizes of paper and envelopes. I also appreciated the incredibly fast automatic two-sided printing, quiet operation and 50 second start up time. There’s even an option to print lined paper, graph paper, music sheets and checklists, that look incredible.
A Couple of critiques though. Firstly the input dial spins too freely, meaning you keep flying past the menu item you want. This can be quite frustrating. The screen is bright but quite basic. The USB port isn’t well documented. It states to go to the embedded web server to enable printing from it. That’s meaningless to most people I expect. So I wasn’t able to test this.
In conclusion, this is an exceptionally good laser printer which is fast and produces excellent quality printouts. Running costs are high, so it would only suit a small home office. I do highly recommend it however.
joncameronbates
NORWICH , Spojené království
Age: 61
Gender: Female