HP Color LaserJet 1600 Printer (CB373A#ABA)

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16 x 18 x 15 inches ; 40.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 51 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FIASV8
• Item model number: LJ 1600
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The HP color LaserJet 1600 offers users high-quality color laser printing in a compact unit designed to easily fit on a work desk. Produce business and marketing documents on your own in professional looking full color or crisp black and white. Add color to high-impact documents such as brochures, sales tools, ads, and more. Print quickly, at up to 8 pages per minute (ppm) in both color and black and white. Instant-on Technology delivers the first color page in as little as 20 seconds. The HP Color LaserJet 1600 printer is incredibly easy to use and maintain. An intuitive two-line LCD control panel provides status information and alerts you to any action required. Four HP color LaserJet print cartridges are included, and with access to the cartridges via a single door, changing the 1600's cartridges is a snap. HP smart printing technology enables communication between the HP print cartridges and your printer, triggering adjustments that optimize print quality and reliability providing consistent color for the entire life of the print cartridge. This printer has built-in support for Microsoft Windows operating systems and Windows-based applications. A 264 MHz processor and 16 MB of memory enable your home or small business office to print complex color documents without a hitch. Measuring 17.8 x 16.1 x 14.6 inches, this printer weighs 40.5 pounds and is backed by a 1-year manufacturer's limited warranty.

What's in the Box
Color LaserJet 1600 printer, power cable, CD-ROM (user's guide and printer software), getting started guide, output tray extension, paper tray cover, and print cartridges (cyan, magenta, yellow, black).

Product Description

The HP Color LaserJet 1600 is the most affordable color laser printer that provides you with professional-quality results at up to 8 pages per minute, quick printing of the first page, easy access to cartridges, and a one-year warranty. Manage printing containing text, images, and graphics with the high-powered 264MHz processor and 16MB of memory. Create impressive-looking documents with HP's ColorSphere toner, specialty and everyday papers, and supplies. Give your brochures and flyers a competitive edge with HP's image-enhancing ImageREt 2400 color technology. Save space with the compact design that you can put anywhere, even on your desk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great printer, not for cover stock., May 16, 2007

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Briard Walker - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Color LaserJet 1600 Printer (CB373A#ABA) (Office Product)

Just got this and it prints great on the 28lb paper that I use for 2 sided printing. It can be set for 2 sided printing but I find it easier to leave settings on default. Will not print on 110# index paper (jams) but will print on the HP 75# cover stock one at a time. If you try to print several copies of a cover, ink will begin to smear. I use my old ink jet if I need more than 1 cover or if I need to print on 110# stock.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Color LaserPrints at Home, December 23, 2007

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Rpaul Herman "rpaulh" (san francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Color LaserJet 1600 Printer (CB373A#ABA) (Office Product)

I am writing this review, while the HP 1600 is running the second side of our annual holiday letter - in full color of a photo of hummingbirds while peach-picking at Masumoto's Family Farm in California.

The HP prints fast, crisp (offers a draft 600dpi or a full-on 2400dpi) and reliably. No jams and no blurring. This rivals the office laser printers at work, but unfortunately doesn't automatically do double-sided.

Yes, the ink refills are expensive, but it's a color laser printer! I haven't yet had to replace them a second time, so can't judge if the full cartridges are efficient or not.

However, I would like to recommend to HP and all other printer companies, please include FULL cartridges with all your printers. We are springing for the full package here, so let us print away on full (I also hate it when car companies don't give you a full tank to start either).

Happy holidays everyone!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Piece of junk - DO NOT BUY AT ANY PRICE, August 28, 2008

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J. Ellis (Fitchburg, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Color LaserJet 1600 Printer (CB373A#ABA) (Office Product)

I bought this printer in August of 2007 at the local Staples. I had compared the print quality to a Samsung of similar price range and concluded the HP had better print quality, so I bought the HP. BIG MISTAKE. First off, we ran out of black ink within about 30 days - the package said it was a 1,000 page ink cartridge that came with the printer, but I'd guess we got less than 700.

So then I pay almost $100 for a new black ink cartridge (the "high capacity" 2500 page cartridge). A few weeks after replacing that ink cartridge, I notice that I was getting red streaks on every page I printed. I followed the manual's troubleshooting suggestions, but nothing solved it. I figure maybe the magenta cartridge is running out or something (even though the meter on the printer said I had 1/4 of a cartridge left), so I spend almost $100 on another magenta cartridge. As soon as I replace the cartridge, not only did the red streaks not go away, but they got worse.

So I call HP, and I'm told that although the printer was still in warranty, I'd have to pay a $75 "restocking fee" plus shipping to send it back to them, and I'd have to pay their shipping costs to get a return one sent. All told it would have cost about $200 to replace the printer (under warranty!!!) when I only paid $300 for the thing in the first place!

Needless to say, I didn't do it. By May (only 9 months after I bought the thing), I could no longer print anything of importance because the thing is just dumping red toner onto the paper - everything I print comes out looking like I printed it on pink paper. And now I'm out $300 for the original printer plus $200 for cartridges I bought. And, a year later, I see I can buy the damned thing for $69 on Amazon. That shows you the quality of it, for it to drop from $300 to $70 in only a year.

Do not buy this printer. It is not worth the cost of styrofoam packing peanuts it comes in!