HP Laserjet Pro M401dw All-in-One Printer, (CF285A)

Took the LJ Pro 400M401dw printer out of the box, powered it up, and connected it via RJ45 cable to my wireless router. It pulled an IP address automatically with no problem. Then I went to my desktop, an older Dell XP box and added it as a printer. This box is cable-connected to my wireless router. I used the "local printer attached to this computer" option with "automatically detect and install my PNP printer". Worked great. Told it I had the disk. Gave it the disk drive letter and it quickly installed. I installed it as "shared" on my network. First test page was fast and accurate. Then I went to my iPad, went into my word processing program, opened a file and selected print. The iPad saw the printer, I selected it, and again a nice fast print. Wife did the same thing with her Mac laptop. Lastly, I tried it with a Win 8 laptop. It found the printer immediately and didn't need to download a driver for it. Worked great. The iPad, Mac laptop, and Win 8 Laptop all connect to my home network using wireless. I am very impressed with how easy this went. Follow up Review: I've had this printer for a year now. I'm very happy with it. Put about 5 reams of paper through it and am still on the original cartridge. Prints clear and crisp images. I really love the quick start up time. I've replaced my old WinXP box with a Mac Desktop. It picked the printer right up with no problem. It handles envelopes much better than my inkjet printer ever did. I've had no problems doing double-sided print either. What's really nice is that when visitors come over, they can pick it up on my home network and use it. HP may not know how to run a PC business but they sure do know how to make printers.

When I finally received the printer, I immediately noticed that the serial number on the rear machine tag had been obliterated (both the alphanumeric string and the Code_39 bar code). Additionally, I saw that the product code (advertised as being a CF285A) was also obliterated, although there was enough of the Code_39 barcode left to reconstruct the bar code and read the data from it. I was able to find additional serial number evidence in the machine to use, on the HP web site, along with the true product code, to discover that this printer started life, in 2012, as an HP Laserjet Pro M401dn (CF278A), and showed a service incident at some 38000 impressions. How odd, since the impression count maintained in the printer memory showed only 2 impressions. It is obvious to me that either the main PC Board has been replaced on this printer, or the impressions count has been cleared, to make this printer appear to be virtually unused. In addition, the printer has been re-configured from a 401dn to a 401dw compliment. In aggregate, this is a substantial misrepresentation of the printer, as a saleable unit, and merits consideration for prosecution as a case of interstate mail fraud. While the machine is clean, functions well (at least at this moment), and is representative of a competent re-cert process,, I do note that the 256MB memory DIMM card was held-back from inclusion in the machine--something that will be very difficult to source on todays market; and assert that there was no need to misrepresent the product in the blatant way that has been done with this product listing--although, a true representation of the total impressions that have been handled by this chassis would have pushed the sale price downward significantly. All in all, this is unethical conduct on the part of the seller, and should never be permitted on the Amazon sales platform. I continue my search for a memory module for this printer, and count this as a lesson learned at a time when money is a scarcity in my home, yet printing is a necessity.

We bought a couple of these to replace our 2055dn HP Printers, which were discontinued. Refurbished 2055's were selling for almost $700, and the 3015dn Enterprise lasers (which looked identical to the 2055's) were selling for even more new. These were under $300, which allowed us to buy two for less than one new 3015 enterprise (which seemed to receive poor reviews). That being said, these printers look much nicer, have the same features, and seem to work very well. They're as quiet as the 2055's and much quieter than the 4050's and 2015's we had previously. They start up and print very fast. Only gripe is that windows 7 doesn't recognize the driver, and HP won't just provide the driver without the 43mb software pack. Makes setup more difficult than need be, we ended up using the 2050 driver which is working so far, even with the duplexer. Print quality is excellent and these seem better built than the 2055's. The screen is adequate for setup, working better than the one line screens on other HP printers. The size is more compact than any of our hp printers we've had so far, and even with the screen up, fits well in a deep shelving unit, or cart. Haven't used the wireless, but wired networking was a cinch, and the online interface works like a breeze. We were even able to customize the form length and default font which is an issue other brand printers have with our billing system. Bottom line: for the price, there isn't a better printer out there.

Le agradezco la prontitud de la devolución del importe de la impresora, Quiero saber si el dinero será ingresado a mi cuenta de banco Gracias

The wireless feature is very handy so we can print copies from our laptops anywhere in the house. It is also very easy to set up. However, if you don't specifically need that wireless feature, you can save yourself a bunch of money by buying either the models M401n or M401dn which are exactly the same but without the Wireless feature.

it works well as expected for a small group. it will be better if the paper tray can have 500 sheets.