HP LaserJet Pro P1606dn User Review
Posted by hotstubb on August 21, 2011
After many years, my HP LaserJet 5P finally died. Got this printer as replacement. Works great. Small footprint, great duplex, fast printing, clear print, easy network access. Only down side so far, it’s a bit loud on print cycle / paper handling … but then automatically goes to sleep … so not much of a downside. Definitely recommend! The specifications of this printer for the price represents an outstanding value. The only true complaint that I have reviewed is that the number of copies each toner cartridge produces is low. At less than a 1000 pages per cartridge it is an expensive printer to operate. I am the owner of two older HP Laserjet 2300dn printers which can be found on a major online auction site refurbished for approximately the cost of this printer. My experience has been that the majority of these pinters were low volume lease returns. The primary advantage of a HP Laserjet 2300dn over a HP Laserjet Pro 1606dn is that each toner cartridge produces approximately 6000 pages versus less than a 1000. The cost of the HP 2300dn cartridges vary from approximately $30 for remanufactured cartridges to $125 for HP OEM cartridges generating a cost per page from a half a cent to two cents per page. The HP 2300s were designed for a duty cycle of 25,000 pages per month. I purchased both of my HP2300dn printers with less than 2000 pages printed on them and thus were virtually new machines. I am just offering another view of how to accomplish high volume printing at a lower cost at this printer’s price point. To survive today in business, we need to keep costs as low as possible. Bought this printer for my desk at work. Set-up was a breeze, and I am thinking of buying one of these for home. The printer has great speed- except for when its waking up from sleep mode. Setting it to turn off after 5 minutes & then turn on when needed is a great option for being green, but sometimes it seems slow. It can really hold alot of paper, and the initial toner cartridge that comes with it is lasting a long time. We have had this printer about a month now with heavy use every day, and we haven’t had to replace it yet! I print a lot of finish quality documents and duplex printing is crucial for me. I’ve used the same old LaserJet 2200D for the past six years (bought it used, refurbished). It was a great workhorse, but it finally died.
I’ve been using this 1606dn for a little while now and I wish my old one had died sooner. I can’t believe how much faster this printer is. I just printed an 85 page document full of rich formatted text and lots of complicated images and diagrams. The print quality is laser crisp, but the speed is what amazes me. This document would have taken about 15 minutes on my old printer. It took just over six minutes on this one. That’s faster than most of the printers in my corporate office.
The setup was simple. I was in a hurry when I first unpacked it, so I just connected it directly via USB. The installation was typically slow for an HP product: the installer is slow and bloated. But once that was over, it ran fine.
To connect it via the network connection, I had to re-run the bloated installer. It recognized the printer right away though, so I can’t complain. The installer had to open a port on the firewall on my Vista PC. I’ve never had to do that before. It runs find now–no performance lag over the network.
For some reason I expected the network connection to be wireless (my fault). I disconnected my old printer and used that wired Ethernet connection. Disconnecting the cable from my old Jetdirect box reminded me that I paid more for that network box than I just paid for this printer.
BUILD QUALITY: I love this printer, but I really don’t trust the plastic construction. The plastic is pretty flimsy and I won’t be surprised when something breaks. I wish that weren’t so, because my older printers fail in the engine, not in the plastic body. I guess that’s how things are going nowadays though. I think it’s fine for a home office, but I wouldn’t put one of these in a busy office with lots of bodies, because someone will break it for sure.
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