HP LaserJet Pro P1606dn Printer (CE749ABGJ)

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 15.2 x 9.7 inches ; 15.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 19.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0036TGGW8
• Item model number: CE749ABGJ
  

Price : $132.88
You Save : $66.12 (33%)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

WHY BUY?

• Save paper and time with auto two-sided printing

• HP Auto-On/Auto-Off Technology¹

• Easy printer setup without using a CD²

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FUNCTIONS

FEATURES

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Built-in Wireless PrintingPrint from any room without using cables

Built-in Wired NetworkingShare your printer with multiple people

Two-sided PrintingSave paper by printing on both sides automatically

Memory Card SlotsPrint photos without using a PC

Color LCD ScreenEdit photos and/or manage your printer easily

Expandable MemoryAdd more memory (sold separately) to handle complex print jobs with ease

High-capacity Paper TrayRefill paper less often with a tray that holds 250 sheets or more

Auto Document FeederPrint multiple pages automatically

INCLUDED

NOT INCLUDED

SPECIFICATIONS

Print Speed

Up to 26 pages per minute; first page out as fast as 7 seconds³

Print From

Ethernet, USB, PC/Mac^®

Paper Handling

3" x 5" to 8.5" x 14"; up to 8,000 pages per month

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REMEMBER ORIGINAL HP TONER AND PAPER

SAVE with X cartridges and combo packs

RECOMMENDED HP TONER⁴

78A Black

2,100 pages

RECOMMENDED HP PAPER

HP LaserJet Paper

HP Premium Choice LaserJet Paper

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Datasheet (PDF)

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1. HP Auto-On and Auto-Off capabilities subject to printer and settings.
2. HP Smart Install works with Windows^® only.
3. Exact speed varies depending on system configuration, software application, driver, and document complexity.
4. Based on ISO/IEC 19752 and continuous printing. Actual yields vary considerably based on images printed and other factors. For details see www.hp.com/go/learnaboutsupplies.

HP LaserJet Pro P1606dn Printer

Technical Details

• 250-sheet input tray
• Automatic Duplex Printing
• Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port, 10/100 Ethernet networking
• 4 LED indicator lights, 2 buttons
• 150-sheet face-down bin, Up to 150 sheets output tray

Costumer Reviews

I have owned many different laser printers from HP, Dell, Lexmark, Brother and Samsung. This printer beats them all for three reasons:

1. Quick. When you hit print, the first page is out of the printer in less than 7 seconds. That is fast!

2. Quiet. You will hear the printer while it is printing, but when it is finished or in standby mode, it is quiet. If not silent. It sits right next to me and I don't notice it.

3. Small and good looking. When compared to older laser printers, this one is a model of good design. It sits compactly in the corner out of the way, but ready to serve at the touch of Ctrl P or the printer button.

4. Duplex perfection. First of all, watching this printer spit out a piece of paper and then inhale it to print the other side is really really neat. It is just plain fun to watch. Secondly, both sides come out printed perfectly.

5. Network Functionality. The printer was found without problem by my Windows 7 machine as well as my Mac. It just works.

6. Crisp Text. We purchase lasers because we want crisp text. This laser will make you proud.

This is a good printer and the price point is amazing for what it delivers.

Quick, Quiet, Fast, Good Looking, Duplex Perfection in a network printer with Crisp Text Output. What else do you need? HP engineers and designers hit a homerun on this one.

I've owned two HP LaserJet printers over the last 22 years. A LaserJet IIP and a LaserJet 5L. Bought the IIP in 1989, and it was great. When the 5L came out in 1995, I chose to upgrade. That 5L lasted until 2 days ago -- a bit more than 15 years! I figure 15+ years out of any piece of computing equipment means I got way more than my money's worth, thus I chose to purchase another HP LaserJet.

The good stuff:

This new LaserJet P1606dn Pro printer is so amazingly FAST! I've been used to 4 pages-per-minute (PPM) for so long, that this printer's 26-PPM speed just blows me away! And the fact that it's got a built-in duplexer (prints on both sides automatically, if you tell it to) is just icing on the cake -- no more printing every other page, then flipping the stack of paper and re-feeding it through to get the back sides of the pages. Fantastic! (I printed a 12-page document with duplex-printing enabled, and it did the job in about 35 seconds from start to finish. Very impressive! Turn duplex off, and it will print a bit faster -- but you're not saving money on paper that way.)

Setup of the P1606dn Pro was incredibly easy. I simply plugged it into my computer's USB port, turned on the printer, and got a pop-up-window from the printer's built-in software saying that it wanted to install the driver. Boom. Done. Easy. (I'm running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, but I'd imagine your experience would be the same with any version of Windows 7 or Vista or XP.)

The paper try holds about 3 times what the paper tray on my old LaserJet 5L held -- re-loading a lot less often is a nice thing as well. And the "auxiliary" feed (where you feed envelopes, for example) can hold about 10 of 'em, instead of the one-at-a-time thing that I had on the 5L -- another very nice feature.

I did not try to enable the printer's built-in network features. I plugged it into a computer and then shared the printer with my network that way. So I cannot comment at all on the ease (or lack thereof) of the Ethernet setup on this printer.

Now the bad stuff:

They didn't include ANY cables to attach this to the computer! Are you kidding me?! Just the power cable. So you absolutely MUST buy yourself a USB cable or an Ethernet cable if you don't want it to be a $200 paperweight. It does say on the outside of the box that there isn't a USB cable included, but it's not immediately clear on Amazon's web-site. So here's your warning: BUY A USB CABLE OR AN ETHERNET CABLE WITH THIS PRINTER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T INCLUDE EITHER IN THE BOX!

The toner-cartridge that is included with the printer is only about half-full. (Maybe a little less). It's designed to print about 1,000 pages, whereas a new toner-cartridge is designed to print around 2,100 pages. Please... I'd be willing to pay a few $$ extra to have a full toner-cartridge included with the printer... That's just ridiculous... So, you'll probably want to buy a new toner cartridge when you buy this printer. And, yes, new toner cartridges are expensive -- but HP toner cartridges have always been expensive for every HP LaserJet I've owned. It's the price you pay for the high-quality printing you get out of these printers. And it still beats the cost-per-page of an InkJet.

Summary:

I would've given this printer a 5-star rating, if they'd included a USB cable and a full toner-cartridge. Instead I bumped it down to 4 stars. The printer itself gets 5-stars -- fantastic speed, reliability, quality of the printed document, etc -- everything I've come to expect from an HP LaserJet over the many years that I've owned them. But not including a USB cable or a full toner-cartridge -- that means you don't get a perfect score. Sorry, HP. Love the printer itself, dislike the fact that you cut a couple of corners with the accessories that should have come with the printer.