HP Color LaserJet 2605dn Printer (Q7822A#ABA)

• Professional, network-ready color LaserJet printer
• Fast print speeds of up to 12 pages per minute
• 64 MB of built-in memory (expandable to 320 MB)
• Hi-speed USB port; built-in Ethernet print server
• Compatible with wide range of media types

I have only ever owned color ink jet printers such as Epson and Brother, but I must say, for Laser printing, HP takes the cake. I do own the HP LaserJet 4 Plus (Monochrome B/W) and it has worked great for me for 6 years plus. This new machine is definitely a major improvement.

First off, it is very easy to set up and you can choose whether to have it run off of a USB port, or you can network it through your system. I personally have it connected to my Wireless D-Link router and I have 2 Windows PCs, 1 Toshiba wireless Laptop, and 2 Wireless Macs networked and ALL of them are able to pick up the HP with the provided HP software disk and all are able to print from it.

It also prints so fast and is remarkably quiet. It is a monster of a machine in size (be prepared to have a nice big space for it, both in heighth, width and length it is (WxLxH) 18.00" x 16.00" x 15.00" but remember, you need room to feed the front of it, and you need room for the wires in back). It takes 4 different cartridges (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow & Black CMYK) so this can be costly. The cartridges run about $80 each, so it costs $320 to replace all of them, HOWEVER, they last for a whopping 2500 pages each color. It would take 5 ink cartridges of each color to last that long. And when the toner is low, you get a warning. You can even view the printer on a network from any connected computer and see EXACTLY how many pages are left for each cartridge (based on averages).

The Bad: I''ll try not and leave a bad comment about this as the final thing to say, however, it is quite lousy as a paper feeder. I may be doing something wrong, but I''ve found that you can only print one piece of paper at a time. Sometimes I print out a lot of stuff on one-side of the paper, then, when I''m done looking at it, I turn the paper over, place those in the manual feeder, then use the paper again to do more printing on the other blank side. You can''t really do that with this. And as far as printing Business Cards, or Cardstock, it is not the best. You can''t simply lay the paper on the tray and then have the printer print from it. You have to insert the paper in a special way, wait for the printer to "suck" the paper in, then once it has it, it is able to print. It did print generic Avery labels okay though.

All in all, it is great. Oh, and there''s one astounding point that I forgot to make: it prints on both sides WITHOUT having to change paper around or anything, called duplexing (sorry, I didn''t know these terms before). For example, I had a 14-page document to print out, so I just went to the ''Finishing'' tab and selected ''Print on Both Sides'' and wahlah, it printed 7 pieces of paper, two-sided absolutely flawlessly, without having to touch or insert anything. I eventually printed 200 double-sided brochures on shiny color magazine type paper, and the printing was perfect.

If you don''t need to have this printer on a network, and you don''t need duplex (double-sided) printing, get the much cheaper HP 1600 Color Laser. Otherwise, for a color laser printer under $500 to be able to be networked and duplex among other things, it is really a great deal all around, thus, it gets 4 stars. I did have to deduct one star for the bad paper feeder, but aside from that, it''s superb. Get yours now the cartridges are already in it and full-sized (not sample cartridges), so it is ready to go. You may need a Network cable, but it does come with a USB 2.0 cable just in case you don''t have one. Enjoy and thank you for reading.

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I had been looking around for a color laser printer to replace my trusty old Laserjet IV. I''ve gotten really used to duplexing at work, and really wanted to have that option on any new printer I purchased.

There''s plenty of inexpensive color laser printers out there with an option for a duplexer, but often the optional duplex unit is anywhere from 75-100% of the price of the printer itself!

The 2605dn is a nice upgrade from the 2600n, take a look at the feature comparison:

64 MB of memory standard (vs. 16 MB of memory on the 2600n)

PCL6 and PostScript Emulation (vs. Host based processing on the 2600n which can limit compatibility with other operating systems)

12 pages per minute black and white (vs 8 pages per minute on the 2600n)

10 pages per minute color (vs 8 pages per minute color on the 2600n)

Built in duplex unit (vs manual duplex option on the 2600n)

The duplexer works very well, the print quality is excellent and the printer is quiet. Unlike my old Laserjet 4, I don''t hear it at all when it''s asleep, and while printing, it doesn''t bother me at all, even though it''s located right next to my desk.

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I previously had a MagicColor 2400W and used it for about a year it had great color and resolution, but the color cartridges came will little toner and my attempt to use a third party refill (to keep the cost down) basically destroyed it by dispersing ink everywhere in the unit.

As a replacement, I looked again and saw good reviews for the HP 2600 series, including the 4000 copy initial toner load and improved toner empty management software. I''ve been particularly impressed with the 2605''s duplex printing that uses a neat trick that kept the cost down. Other good impressions are: it''s significantly quieter than the MagicColor with its one-pass 4 color printing (no faster, but quiet); it only recalibrates when necessary, and very quietly at that; absolutely no jams with a variety of media; very good color resolution, but I wouldn''t use it for a photo printer; standby mode is very low power so I leave it on all the time, giving a relatively fast printout whenever I''m ready; and ultimately the reliability over the past 2 months and more than 1000 pages has sold me on HP getting its act together and becoming the leader in laser printers again.

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For normal use (e.g. printing to normal laser printer paper) this printer works well. However, when printing labels such as address labels, CD labels or cardstock, it''s terrible. The fuser doesn''t fuse properly and the toner flakes off. I''ve even had the printing on address labels rub off during shipping causing packages to be returned. My old giant laser printer never had these problems. I am really disappointed because I bought this to produce nice labels, and it''s completely unacceptable for that.

I have had this printer for several months now and have printed a wide variety of material from plain paper, to cardstock, envelopes and labels. All work perfectly without misfeeds. The only trick is to set the paper type in Properties when printing so it will go slower for thick stock.

It''s not photo quality, but great for brochures, marketing material, etc.

It''s quiet and fast. The duplexing works amazingly well.

I recommend this printer highly.