Product Description

HP M1522nf LaserJet Multifunction Printer Fax Bundle. Need a little elbow room. HPs surprisingly compact all in one LaserJet M1522nf Printer has a flatbed design that can copy and scan a variety of documents; it also sends faxes and its networkable. You will get sharp looking text in speeds as fast as 24 pages per minute. This model also includes one RJ 11 fax port, as well as an RJ 11 line out telephone port.

Product Details

• Color: BEIGE
• Brand: Hewlett-Packard
• Model: CB534AR#ABA
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 23.40" h x 19.60" w x 19.70" l, 33.90 pounds

Features

• Compact multifunction Black-and-white printer that prints, scans, faxes, and copies
• Print Black-and-white 1200 dpi text and graphics as fast as 24 ppm
• Scan in full-color at ultra-high 19,200 dpi resolution
• 250-sheet paper tray, 10-sheet priority tray, 50-sheet ADF
• Network-ready Ethernet connectivity, USB

From the Manufacturer
Want reliable, high-volume business printing? Then you need an HP LaserJet. Print professional-quality documents fast thanks to Instant-on Technology, plus save money because there are fewer parts to replace compared to other laser printers⁽¹⁾.

SPECIFICATIONS: Print Speed: Up to 24 ppm; first page out in less than 9.5 seconds Fax: Up to 300-page fax memory, up to 120 speed dial numbers Scan: Resolution up to 1200 x 1200-dpi optical; maximum scan size 8.5" x 14" Copy: Reduce/enlarge 25%–400% Paper Handling 3" x 5" to 8.5" x 14"; up to 8,000 pages per month FEATURES: Built-in Wireless Printing Built-in Wired Networking Two-sided Printing Memory Card Slots Color LCD Screen Expandable Memory High-capacity Paper Tray Auto Document Feeder INCLUDED NOT INCLUDED COUNT ON FAST PRODUCTIVITY • Share your printer using built-in networking • Receive faxes even if your printer runs out of paper or toner • Keep faxes secure until you’re ready to print them • Create digital archives with flatbed color scanning • Manage your printer using the text display, numeric keypad and one-touch buttons • Reduce interruptions: print up to 250 pages without reloading the paper tray • Print on special paper using the additional 10-sheet priority input tray • Automatically fax, scan and copy up to 50 pages at a time BOOST YOUR BUSINESS IMAGE • Create professional-quality documents right in your office • Print the exact quantities you need to save money and paper • Produce documents on the spot to avoid having outdated or extra copies For business templates and tips on growing and marketing your business, visit the HP Creative Studio at www.hp.com/print. SAVE ENERGY • HP LaserJet printers with Instant-on Technology have saved enough carbon emissions to equal taking 1.1 million cars off the road for one year(2) REMEMBER COMPATIBLE TONER, PAPER AND ACCESSORIES • HP, the #1 brand in toner is the #1 value • Produce bold, crisp text and sharp images using Original HP print cartridges • Over 25% of the pages inspected from the tested remanufactured cartridges were not good enough for distribution outside of the office(3) • Print professional-quality business documents using a variety of Original HP paper • Connect your PC to this HP printer easily using a USB cable See all the compatible toner and recommended papers here RECYCLE • Recycle your print cartridges for free: visit www.hp.com/recycle for details In 2006, HP recycled more than 164 million pounds of hardware and print cartridges—the same weight as 600 jumbo jets. (1) Based on the manufacturer’s published product specifications for replacement parts (excluding print cartridges). Pricing is per manufacturer’s website as of March 15, 2008. Actual prices may vary. (2) The tons of CO2 avoided is based on power plant emissions that otherwise would occur to generate the electricity saved; cars removed is based on annual emissions from cars burning gasoline. (3) QualityLogic 2009 study compared Original HP Color LaserJet cartridges with remanufactured cartridges sold in North America for the HP Color LaserJet CP3505. For details, see www.qualitylogic.com/colortonertest.pdf

Customer Reviews

Excellent at everything except fax functions
The copy and scan functions are outstanding -- quick, quiet, and easy to use. Scanning to Adobe files is remarkably simple. Faxing, though, is another story. The fax wizard will not install on Vista 64 bit systems, so fax send functions are limited to what you can do manually. More frustrating, it is impossible to receive faxes with an answering machine connected. I have spent many hours speaking with technicians in India to solve the problem. They diagnose the problem being the answering machine, but changing the answering machine did not help. This was not an issue with my five year old HP Office Jet. And the 1522 is not covered by HP on-line help. So my advice is to think about your needs before buying. If you have Vista 64 bit or use this on anything other than a dedicated fax line, beware.

Don't waste your $249.00
This machine is on sale for a reason: It's an incredibly bad product from an equally bad company.

The fax from the computer feature doesn't always dial until the dial tone switches to the "if you'd like to make a call" message. So at least half the faxes have to be reloaded.

Unfortunately the English-challenged "support" in India has no idea what that message is, so it was not until I asked for a "supervisor" did anyone understand the problem.

The suggestion was to update the firmware and drivers. I did and now I can't install the fax functions at all.

In the middle of this, the printer flashed a "replace black toner" message and won't print until I fork over another $79.00 for a new cartridge. The existing one is not showing any signs of needing replacement. HP has rigged the sensor to their advantage.

I have purchased mostly HP printers in the past. Of course, this will be my last.

Disappointing HP MFP
I owned this MFP for about 4 weeks before it completely died. For about 2-3 weeks before it died I often noticed that it was unresponsive after having been idle for a day or so. The display would show the wrong date and time and none of the buttons could wake the machine up. My only choice was to cycle the power. I found this to be pretty aggravating since reaching the power button on the back left side was challenging, considering the printer was in tight space on a shelving unit - plus the unit is pretty tall to reach over the top. Anyhow, it finally decided not to come on anymore after the last time it froze up. Please keep in mind that the printer only froze up for me while it was "hibernating."

As far as when it did work, the print quality was very good and the speed was excellent. I actually liked the printer very much when it was working, except for the manual duplexer, which was clumsy and did not always work well. Sometimes it worked great and beeped when it was done with the odd sides and needed me to flip the pages over so it could print the even sides. However, sometimes it just printed one side and neglected the other side altogether.

Honestly, I'm not sure if the problem with this printer had to do with it being networked, using my Mac with it, my Qwest DSL modem/router, having it plugged into my Monster Cable Surge Protector along with other stereo and DVD equipment, or something else. Furthermore, my wife's laptop PC was never able to network with it and the Mac documentation online is very limited and practically nonexistent in the written manual.

Overall, it's a nice looking machine with very good color scanning and B&W printing capability. The networking and powering up from hibernating were very poor and I did not test the fax unit.

Amazon was gracious enough to let me return the item for a refund a week after the return window closed. However, it still cost me $30 in postage to return it. Not worth it for a month of use!

I previously used a Canon Pixma MP780 which was fair but had problems with the print head multiple times and eventually stopped printing in black and white! I would not recommend those either. It did have an excellent auto-duplexer, however, and the color prints were nice quality.

My best printer experience was with my old HP1100a laser jet which still works great after nearly 9 years. The only problem is that it is not compatible with my new Mac, hence my searching for a new multifunction laser printer