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| "Handy & fast printer perfect home business work" |
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By Joffreyv 2008-05-30 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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This printer is fast and easy to print and to use, even changing the cartridge is not difficult it has all the needs for being a perfect LaserJet printer at home or in a separate office in a building. I surely this one. (Read full review at CNET)
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| Pros: After printing it sets itselfs in sleep stand |
| Cons: no netwwork card on board |
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By Joffreyv 2008-05-30 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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This printer is fast and easy to print and to use, even changing the cartridge is not difficult it has all the needs for being a perfect LaserJet printer at home or in a separate office in a building. I surely this one. (Read full review at CNET)
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| Pros: After printing it sets itselfs in sleep stand |
| Cons: no netwwork card on board |
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| "Junk - Not designed to be repaired." |
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By PVino 2008-02-10 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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I repair many models of HP printers, and let me tell you that this one is scrap. a standard maintenance overhaul was due in less than 6 months on this model even though the printer only had about 50K pages on it. The paper tray was malfunctioning, (Read full review at CNET)
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| Pros: None to mention - I'm not a user, just a service tech. |
| Cons: Poorly designed. |
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By PVino 2008-02-10 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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I repair many models of HP printers, and let me tell you that this one is scrap. a standard maintenance overhaul was due in less than 6 months on this model even though the printer only had about 50K pages on it. The paper tray was malfunctioning, (Read full review at CNET)
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| Pros: None to mention - I'm not a user, just a service tech. |
| Cons: Poorly designed. |
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By PVino 2008-02-10 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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I repair many models of HP printers, and let me tell you that this one is scrap. a standard maintenance overhaul was due in less than 6 months on this model even though the printer only had about 50K pages on it. The paper tray was malfunctioning, (Read full review at CNET)
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| Pros: None to mention - I'm not a user, just a service tech. |
| Cons: Poorly designed. |
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| There's a reason Hewlett-Packard dominates the market for business-class laser printers. The company knows what business users want: solid performance, no-fuss design, good manageability, and solid tech support. The HP LaserJet 1320, a compact home and office monochrome printer, may not be the cheapest small-office laser available, but it delivers on the essentials and then some. It prints sharp, clean black letters and good graphics that suit professional manuscripts. And unlike modest lasers such as the Brother HL-5140 , which costs half the price, this HP offers options your growing business will need, such as a built-in duplexer, a high maximum resolution for grayscale graphics, and the option to buy a model with wired or wireless networking preinstalled. Aside from the single-user 1320, which we reviewed, you can pick from three networkable versions, including the 1320nw with bundled 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. The HP LaserJet 1320 makes a great business investment, whether you work in a one-person shop or a corporate office. Design of HP LaserJet 1320 The design of the HP LaserJet 1320 screams "made for your cubicle," from its two-tone gray casing and teal- and salmon-colored buttons to its compact, cubic shape, which makes it look like a massive workgroup laser shrunk down to desktop size. Given the clutter on most desks, we appreciate the self-containment of the toaster-shaped 1320. Printed pages come out of the top panel of the printer, and the 250-sheet input drawer slides neatly into the printer's body. This machine has a 14-by-14-by-10-inch (WDH) footprint and weighs 25 pounds. The 1320 also features a single-sheet multipurpose input tray, which you can access through a door on the front panel to quickly print letterhead or envelopes one at a time. In case you're printing on heavy media and need a straight paper path, just open the output door on the back panel, and your prints will exit there without curling. The HP LaserJet 1320 includes both a contemporary USB 2.0 port and an old-fashioned parallel port, but as usual, you'll have to buy the cables separately. If you need to share the printer in a workgroup, you should either pay $100 more up front for the network-ready 1320n or consider the 1320nw , which at $549 (as of the review date) introduces a wireless 802.11b/g print server. Features of HP LaserJet 1320 The HP LaserJet 1320 merits applause for including a feature that's rare in such a small machine: its built-in duplexer lets you print on both sides of a page without making you flip over the sheets one by one. Given that the advent of e-mail and the Internet have ironically created more paper waste, duplexers are a cost-effective, environmentally friendly must-have for any office. You'll be hard-pressed to find a duplexing desktop laser printer in this price range. The similarly priced Samsung ML-2152W , for one, includes a duplexer but eats up more space on your desk. And whereas most duplexers are noisy, slow, and bulk up the printer's rear end, the 1320's uses a unique approach to cut down the clatter and clutter. Once the machine finishes printing on one side, you'll see the paper slide halfway out of the machine, then get sucked back in for side two. This printer comes with a 250-sheet input tray, but for another $150 you can add an extra 250-sheet tray for a total input capacity of 500 sheets. You can feed this machine paper up to legal size as well as card stock, envelopes, and transparencies. The HP LaserJet 1320 includes 16MB of RAM, which you can expand to 144MB. You can hook this printer up to computers running Windows 98 on up or Mac OS 9.1 and above. Installing the 1320 on one computer is simple. The printer also comes with the option to create and deploy a custom-installation utility across the network. The utility can put the drivers on an office intranet so that users can hook themselves up to the printer. You won't use this unless you add a print server or buy one of the network-ready 1320s, but the option is there. The 1320 also comes with HP's Toolbox software, which uses a Web interface to troubleshoot problems and manage the printer's status, configuration, and supplies. This program will even send you e-mail alerts if something goes wrong. The 1320 has the control languages HP PCL 5e and HP PCL 6 for basic printing tasks and PostScript Level 2 emulation for users who create or work with more complex desktop-publishing and graphics documents. Performance of HP LaserJet 1320 Quality The HP LaserJet 1320 printed sharp, bold, black text in CNET Labs' tests. Text became faint and spidery at 2.5- and 3-point font sizes, yet the letters didn't glob together. The text looked excellent at normal, readable sizes. At the default setting of 600x600dpi, our grayscale-graphics test document produced impressively smooth, evenly stepped shading from dark to light. The graphical and photo elements of our test document were short of perfect--a little grainy and lacking in detail. We noticed extraneous white dots on the border between a dark gray object and its black background, but when we bumped the quality setting up to ProRes 1200 (with a high 180 lines per inch), the finer halftone dots greatly improved the detail and clarity of photos and graphics. Speed The HP LaserJet 1320 performed well in CNET Labs' tests, averaging 17.4 pages per minute (ppm) for text and 13ppm for graphics. While it didn't rip ahead of every laser machine, the 1320 ranked among the top small laser printers in its class, such as the Brother HL-5140, which printed text at 15.97ppm and graphics at 16.46ppm. We found no glitches with the reliable and quiet performance of the HP LaserJet 1320. CNET Labs' laser printer tests (Longer bars indicate better performance) Black graphics speed Black text speed Lexmark E332n 15.56 20.95 HP LaserJet 1320 13.34 17.38 Brother HL-5140 15.97 16.46 Samsung ML-2152W 14.48 14.74 CNET Labs' laser quality (Longer bars indicate better performance) Graphics quality Text quality HP LaserJet 1320 Good Excellent Samsung ML-2152W Good Excellent Lexmark E332n Good Fair Brother HL-5140 Good Good Click here to learn more about how CNET Labs tests printers. Performance analysis written by CNET Labs project leader Dong Van Ngo. Service and support of HP LaserJet 1320 HP offers excellent service and support options that reflect the pacing and the needs of the business environment. Before you buy the HP LaserJet 1320, you can call or chat online with an HP representative or even take a quiz that will help you choose the right printer for your needs. Such prepurchase support is unusual. In addition to a one-year warranty, you get 24/7, toll-free phone support for the length of the warranty. If that's not enough, HP offers a number of warranty and service upgrades for business users. These include four-hour, same-day, or next-business-day onsite service and a budget-oriented offsite return service. You can also chat live with a technician weekdays between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. ET, ask questions via an e-mail form on HP's Web site, or visit online support forums to consult with other users. The Web site features an array of neatly organized options that help you pick and execute a task, such as troubleshooting, toner recycling, or performing printer maintenance. The site's self-help options include FAQs, manuals, and sign-ups for driver-update alerts. Like most companies, HP buries its tech-support phone number and e-mail forms deep in its support site, thereby encouraging you to visit the FAQs before contacting a service rep. Still, the Web site is so comprehensive and clear that the chances are pretty good you'll find an answer before needing to pick up the phone. ...
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| -- Trustedreviews Expert, Trustedreviews 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| At the launch of this new LaserJet, hp made much of its built-in duplexer, enabling you to print on both sides of the paper in one operation, as well as its wireless networkability. At the price, this seems like a good specification, so we were keen to check out exactly what you¯?re getting for your money. Looking very square cut and cubic, the pale cream and slate grey LaserJet has a desktop footprint larger than an A4 sheet of paper, closer to a 12in vinyl album sleeve. The 250 sheet paper tray slides in under the printer and a second, optional 250 sheet tray can be fitted underneath that. Paper follows an S-shaped path, to be ejected onto the printer's indented top surface, but there's also a straight-through feed to the back of the machine. A single-sheet feeder is available under a rather stiff, fold-down cover at the front. This really is a single-sheet feed, though, as there's no pull out, supporting tray for even a few envelopes. The printer¯?s duplexer is built into the device and, when selected through software, part-ejects each page to the top surface before re-feeding it to print the second side. Controls and indicators on the top surface of the printer are minimal, with three lights for low toner, paper jam and data, while two buttons will initiate and cancel a job. At the bottom of the right-hand side is the power switch and at the back are power, parallel and USB 2.0 ports. The top front of the LaserJet 3120 folds down to give access to the integral drum and toner cartridge. There are versions of this providing enough toner for either 2,500 or 6,000 pages ¯? the low capacity version is supplied with the printer. Installation is a little more involved than normal and, although automated, you have to pay attention and restart your PC to complete it. Although the LaserJet can work with internal and external, wireless and cabled network interfaces, you have to pay extra for any of these options. You can buy the 1320n, which includes 10/100 Ethernet , for an RRP of £349 or the 1320nw for an RRP of £379 with 802.11g as well. The 1320n version in particular looks expensive for a comparatively mainstream upgrade. HP¯?s software driver is comprehensive, with full control of watermarks and page imposition ¯? printing reduced images of more than one page per sheet of paper. The radio buttons for portrait and landscape output are hidden away on the Finishing tab though and we initially had trouble persuading the printer to default to A4 rather than Letter paper. There¯?s a good little interactive help page, where you can simulate any combination of indicator lights and read off what they mean. Running our standard series of benchmarks produced some impressive results. HP claims a maximum print speed of 21ppm on A4 paper, but under default settings we saw 13ppm printing single-sided and just over 10ppm when duplexing. However, using Economode and printing very simple text, we could get quite close to the claimed print speed. ...
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| -- Trustedreviews Expert, Trustedreviews 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge At the launch of this new LaserJet, hp made much of its built-in duplexer, enabling you to print on both sides of the paper in one operation, as well as its wireless networkability. At the price, th ...
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-- M. David Stone, PC Magazine  0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| "The 1320's text output is excellent, with most fonts we test easily readable at 4 points and none requiring more than 8 points.
This combination of quality and performance yields an acceptable printer, but you can get better performance, equal quality, and better paper-handing elsewhere for less." ...
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| -- Pcmag Expert, Pcmag 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| Hewlett-Packard has largely spoiled most of its potential audience by training us to expect good performance and quality at a reasonable price. Unfortunately, the HP LaserJet 1320 ($399 direct) lives up to only the first half of this expectation, if that. In a less expensive printer, both the speed and output quality would be more than acceptable. But for almost $400, the 1320 simply doesn't deliver as much as it should. ...
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