HP CP3505N Color Laserjet Printer

• Powerful 450 MHz Processor and Up to 256 MB Memory
• 250 Sheet Top Output Bin with Long Paper Extension
• 100 Sheet Multipurpose Tray Enables Automatic and Manual Feeding for Specialty Papers
• EIO Expansion Slot for Optional Networking/ Storage/ and Connectivity Options
• 66.00 Lbs (WxLxH) 16.90" x 20.10" x 16.30"

We purchased this printer largely to print color images on envelopes, as well as for printing full size color brochures. We also needed a networked printer for our office''s multiple systems in 3 rooms. So far, this printer has let us down on both counts.

The print speed, quality and reliability has been sub-par. And the software required to run the printers has eaten up over 40 hours of IT time the software causes the print spooler to crash on Windows XP and you must restart your system (or manually restart the print spooler on each system) to get this to print. For each print job. So much for the "speed" advantages of laser printers.

In terms of print speed, it prints single page documents very quickly, but there is a gap of 10-60 seconds between each page. Printing 10 Standard A4-size envelopes takes over 3 minutes to start up, then 20-40 seconds between each envelope. So printing 10 envelopes often takes close to 10 minutes. On larger documents, the delay is much longer.

Print quality is fair, at best. The printer gets documents so warm that our envelopes were sealing themselves as they ran through the printer. Legal and Letter size pages get wrinkled as they come out of the printer. Our supplier told us to get an additional paper tray to cure this problem. I see no difference.

It is sad to see HP Support just drop the ball on this printer.

The HP Support Forums are filled with people begging for a solution to the network printing problems.

I must say that the lone Windows Vista system on our network does not have the print spooler problems that we have on our XP machines.

I would be thrilled if a HP rep read this review and responded. Over 6 months of phone calls & emails have not gotten us anywhere.

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I got this printer to replace an HP 3550n which suddenly gave me an error that I couldn''t fix, at least not without spending money to get HP to tell me what was wrong, and I wasn''t willing to do that, not when new cartridges cost more than an entirely new machine. This machine was exactly the cost of 4 new cartridges, and guess what? I get a whole new warranty! Wait, there''s more. It''s faster, at 22 pages rather than 16. It''s smaller, and takes up less space! And there''s more... the new cartridges are rated for 6,000 pages rather than 4,000. So while I hate the idea that HP forced me to buy a new machine, it turned out pretty well. And yes, the thing works exactly as I hoped it would. Easy to set up, easy to network to all 3 of my office computers, and easy to use. So no complaints. Definitely worth getting.