HP LaserJet 1000 Printer

by HP

Product Details

Product Manual [1.60mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 16.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 22 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005QEZ9
• Item model number: HEWQ1342A
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 30, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Ideal for home offices or a small business, the Hewlett-Packard LJ 1000 monochrome laser printer combines an efficient print speed with exceptional ease of use. The standard USB interface connects quickly to your PC, and setup requires just a few minutes on most versions of Windows, including 98, 2000, ME, and XP.

Your office documents achieve outstandingly professional detail from the standard resolution of 600 x 600 dpi; the included HP Resolution Enhancement software can increase the detail for specific pages to a remarkable 1,200 x 600 dpi. At normal resolution, your pages are produced at 10 pages per minute.

The 250-sheet paper tray accommodates letter and legal sheets, while envelopes, transparencies, card stock, and labels can be handled via manual feed. The estimated duty cycle of 7,000 pages per month allows the LJ 1000 to keep up the pace during busy periods.

Less bulky than many laser printers, the LJ 1000 has a 16-by-19-inch footprint and weighs just 15.9 pounds. It's easily managed by one person, and its compactness allows operation even in snug spaces. The printer includes 1 MB standard memory. Hewlett Packard offers a one-year limited warranty that covers parts and service.

Product Description

HP LaserJet 1000 Laser Printer (No Toner) B/W 600dpi 250-Sheets 10ppm USB Q1342A Q1342A#ABA. Product may differ from image shown.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

66 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a deal!, February 15, 2002

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mister_t42 (Andover, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP LaserJet 1000 Printer (Office Product)

I was hesitant to purchase this printer as it doesn't cost all that much and is an HP printer. HP always meant more [money] but great quality to me. Well, this printer is a bargain. As long as it meets your needs (no manual paper feed, USB interface only, less feature rich) it is a great value. I'd had no problems with it, and it works great.

There are a few points to accept before considering this purchase. First, the lack of a manual paper feed means that to feed envelopes or special paper you have to mess with the primary feed. E.g., to feed envelopes you empty the paper bin, adjust to envelope size, feed the envelope, readjust to the paper feed sizing, and reinsert paper. No simple process.

Second, the paper feeding mechanism is less than industrial. While I have had no problems at all, I sense that it would not stand up to heavy use. E.g., it fine for a SOHO but not for something larger. Consider an HP Laserjet 1200 if that's your environment.

We use it at home attached to a Windows ME laptop, and we have 3 other PCs (running Windows 98, 95, and XP) that all print to it successfully over our home network. Printer output quality is great. I highly recommend this printer.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not enough memory, October 1, 2002

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Luis Ruiz (Houston, tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP LaserJet 1000 Printer (Office Product)

Don't choose this printer if you are going to be printing documents with a lot of pictures or graphics (choose HP1200) it just does not have enough memory to handle it and it would start giving you unfinished jobs, they even tell you on HP web site as a troubleshooting problem. It is just words go ahead is a good machine quality/speed/easy to install.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific inkjet replacement -- but shows its cheapness, July 12, 2002

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D. Little (Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP LaserJet 1000 Printer (Office Product)

This is an amazing laser printer for the price. However, let me emphasize "for the price". What are you missing out on?

It only has 1mb of RAM. Printing complex documents, especially over a network, can be somewhat sluggish.

It doesn't support PostScript or even HP's own PCL. Instead, PCL support is implemented in software, the "driver" that is supplied. Basically, the printer is doing little by itself, and has to be spoon-fed by your system. This is an acceptable thing in the world of inkjets, so you could consider it acceptable for this class of printer. Still, a laser printer should be expected to provide hardware PCL or PostScript support.

The biggest problem with their software-only PCL solution is the fact that you're tied to Windows or MacOS. HP does not provide their driver for any other operating system, so if you want to use anything else (such as linux), you're out of luck.

Still, it has many high points. Text is wonderfully rendered, and images come out acceptably well. It truly is fast, especially from a cold start (first page hardly takes longer than the rest!). Self-cleaning works great, and it is very economic with toner usage.

If you do demand PCL support, then Brother and a few other companies have "real" lasers of similar quality with similar price ranges. If not, the LJ 1000 has plenty of other redeeming qualities, and you shouldn't overlook it.