HP or Hewlett-Packard Company is America’s multinational company. HP released its first printer in 1984, and since then produced a series of best printers, including inkjet as well as lasers. But, in this write-up, we will discuss the HP laserjet p1102w printer. That is known as the best solution for all your home printing needs. As here, the prefix “p” symbolize it has all the advanced features of new technology. Let’s discuss in detail its features:
Special Features
- HP Smart Install
The smart installer allows you to print from a computer without installation of CD-ROM or drivers. Apparently, the driver is installed into the printer itself.
- HP Auto-On / Off
In this printer, you can use sleep mode to eliminate the use of “on” and “off” function every time.
Almost all Printers of HP brand deliver focus on the home segment, but the cherished letter “W” at the model promises us all sorts of benefits, additions and differences. Let’s discuss some of them in detail:
Official Features
- Sizes
Width x Depth x Height
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349 x 238 x 196 mm
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This printer is quite compact in size and does not take up much space on your desktop. It is felt that this printer is designed to please home users as well as to fulfil small office needs.
- Load
Maximum load
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up to 5000 pages per month
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Recommended load
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250 - 1500 pages per month
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Considering its load-bearing capacity, these printers are strongly not recommended to accomplish large office needs. The manufacturer takes load figures, not from the estimations but these are guided by the durability of resources and materials. The manufacturer also uses the load bearing solution in the design of this model.
- Print speed
Print speed
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18 ppm
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Time to first print
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8.5 sec
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The figure defines, it has a good printing speed for a home solution. Because at home will be never in a hurry. And you will get a good number of 18 pages per minute. But if you choose this solution, it will be little hard to deal with a large number of pages requirement in a short span. As in presentation, it will be hard for everyone to wait for slow printouts
- Trays
Tray Paper
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150 pages
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Paper output tray
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100 pages
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According to the compact size of the printer. It has a small and open paper try. As the above figure discussed, its shorter capacity is the best solution for home printing needs. Its open tray also eliminates the trouble of every time opening and closing it. But yes, if you do take little care, its an open invitation to dust particles. With this keep in mind, the capacity of the trays strongly depends on the density of the paper, the table shows the data for standard office paper with a density of 80 g / m².
- Paper Management
Paper density
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from 60 to 163 g / m2
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Double-sided printing (duplex)
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Manual Feed
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The printer absorbs paper with a density of up to 163 g / m² while bending it 180 degrees. As a result, printing on thicker paper is strongly not recommended by the manufacturer. If you want double-side printing, then using a manual feed option is vital than installing Duplex software in it.
- Page Description Language
The printer's control language is host print i.e GDI driver. This means that the printer can only print under Windows (Mac OS) instructions from your PC. In this modern printer, your PC’s performance of speed does not affect the printing.
- Resource cartridge CE285A
Initial
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700 pages
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New
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1600 pages
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The cartridge supplied with the printer is called initial and is designed to demonstrate the performance of the printer and print quality. Because of this, its resource is very small i.e it allows you to print only 700 pages. Whereas from the new cartridge you can get 1600 pages printouts.
Bottom line
HP is one of the largest brands that offer a wide range of printers. Among all laser printer categories designed for fulfilling your home needs, HP Laserjet P1102w is the most selling printer. So, if you are planning to buy a printer then its affordable rate and multiple features are a good reason to acquire it. Moreover, its wireless feature provide you opportunity to print from anywhere.
