UPDATED: August 29th, 2017
I brought this All-in-One Laserjet printer as an upgrade to my
HP LaserJet Pro 400 M401dne Monochrome Printer (CF399A) (Discontinued By Manufacturer)
which has been and still working like a champ to this day. We needed a scanner & copier for my family's office and school needs which is why I invested in this particular model and so far it has fit that bill perfectly.
Pros:
- Like the current Enterprise solutions this All-In-One model has it to were you are not bound to the provided software that in the past would have could have been used from your PC and most functions can be done directly from the device itself.
- Nice 3 inch color touch pad which you can scan, copy, or print directly from the device itself.
- Great built in Website for advance configuration for your All-in-Device (I.E. Scan to Print, Scan to E-mail, Scan to network Share etc...)
- The supplied Software with the Device was easy to install and use on your Computer (Please also see cons), The software was supplied in the box with the device but can also be download from HP Support as well.
- Able to setup a network location for scanned documents to be accessed anywhere on your Network and can also be setup to have the scanned items e-mailed to you (Please Also see cons)
- Came with a 3100 rated ink cartridge (Please Note since I got this through Amazon Warehouse Deals it was a generic cartridge not a genuine HP cartridge but it does work well).
While on a whole it has been a great addition to our family office environment there was 3 small cons worth noting to be on the outlook for (One has been Solved)...
1. The Supplied software did not work on one of my Windows 10 PC's and would only print once the software was installed.Even though it said it loaded all included software the Scan Software features would not load. I was able to circumvent this for the one Windows 10 machine by loading it onto a Windows 7 VM (Virtual Machine), however like I said in to pros it can also be done from the device itself but for the advance features you will need the software. Amazingly enough however it did work on my other Windows 10 machine's.
SOLVED: You can only have one OCR Software on your PC at a time (Does not matter what version of Windows you are using), if the installer detects other OCR software (Scanning Software, I had my Epson Scan Software at the time on my PC as well) it will only install the printer driver. Again to circumvent if you want both OCR Software installed on the same PC just use a VM.
2. No matter how much I tried to get the correct SMTP setting from MSN to configure the the scan to e-mail feature to work, it would reject it and error out every time which is a little bit of a let down. This is a nice feature that I would like to see working one day. Please note it may still work for other commercial e-mail provided servers. UPDATE: 29AUG2017: Still No luck with this feature with either MSN or GMAIL, At this point this could be an ISP issue or this feature does not work with commercial SMTP Servers (I.E. MSN, GMAIL, Yahoo, etc...).
3. If you want to print double sided it is a Manual Duplex only instead of Auto Duplex, essentially you have to turn the documents over from the tray and re-feed them back in. While in a pinch this can be done it is VERY inconvenient.
Overall this is a great All-in-one LaserJet for the buck I would highly recommend it.
Included with Device:
- AC Power Cord
- 3100 Rated print job Black Ink cartridge
- HP Drivers, Scan Software, and Documentation CD
Supported Operating Systems:
- Windows XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8 (and 8.1) and 10
- Windows Server 2003 SP2, 2008 (and R2), 2012 (and R2), and 2016
- Mac Operating Systems (Drivers and Software Must be download from HP)
- Linux Operating Systems (Drivers and Software Must be download from HP)
- Apple and IOS Devices
*** Please NOTE: that this model of HP Laserjet All-In-One Printer DOES not have a built-in WiFi adapter, However it can be connected to a WiFI Router to support this option through its 1GB Ethernet Plug to use the Air Print capabilities.
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