HP Color LaserJet CM1312 Printer on test
Colour laser printers continue to become a bit more unobtrusive and therefore multifunction
printers founded on colour laser components are likewise decreasing in dimensions. This streamlined new multifunction provided by HP is little larger when compared with a typical single-function laser from 2007, and is particularly targeted at the SOHO market, or maybe a family tool.
Appearing like a compact number of steps, the Color LaserJet CM1312 is decked in cream and something getting close to black and the simple, curved lines look strangely stylish.
Working from the top downward, underneath the cream lid is a simple, A4 flatbed scanner and in addition the control panel is backed up using a two-line by 16-character LCD display screen. Although this has not a backlight, it's angled forwards and contrast is certainly good enough to always be read in typical overhead light.
Controls are relatively standard for any laser-based multifunction machine, but the large, elevated button that cycles right and left through menu selections if you give a push to either end of it, has an OK button fixed inside it, which makes it hard to utilize.
Unusually, the scanner part of the device doesn't hinge upward, yet there is enough room between it and the printer part for you to save any paper which may become jammed. The printer part includes a quite rounded front, which is actually a hinged cover offering easy access to the cartridges. Below this is a scarcely satisfactory, 150-sheet paper tray.
Just over the tray is a hinged cover that you open in order to reach jammed paper.
When you fold down the printer's front cover there is an inset handle, that draws out a tray with four near-identical drum and
HP toner cartridges, making this an exceptionally straightforward colour laser to keep up.
The solitary software CD contains custom-made HP software intended for scanning, copying and printing, as well as a copy of ReadIris OCR software.
HP reckons the machine can print 12ppm in black and white in addition to 8ppm in colour, which would definitely be decent however, as is common, we weren't able to reach those speeds. Our five-page, black text test piece required 48 seconds in order to complete, offering a real-world, black and white print speed of 6.25ppm.
The five-page, colour text and graphics document took 63 seconds, or an equivalent of 4.76ppm, therefore both results are not much above half the rated results.
A 15 x 10cm photo took 32 seconds in order to print plus a solitary page copy required 38 seconds, which is reasonable since this machine does not have any Auto Document Feeder (ADF).
The photograph print was rather over-coloured and a little garish. Whilst fine detail levels are decent, and there is no apparent banding, a bit of shadow fine detail is missing and the colour range seems lowered.
The colour brightness which overawed our photo print is actually well suited for business graphics and also the colours in our text and graphics page appear vibrant and confident.
Mono text, printed at the machine's standard 600dpi resolution, is sharp as well as clear, providing a really smooth and professional appearance to text documents.
The only real operating costs on this device are the combined drum and toner cartridges, that are rated at 2,200 pages with regard to black and white in addition to 1,400 pages for each of the colours.
The straightforward style and simple setup in addition to maintenance of the Color LaserJet CM1312 help to make it quite capitivating, however truth be told there are a couple of unusual design decisions which could let it down. A paper tray storing merely 150 sheets on a unit made for office usage is a bizarre restriction although a lot of individuals are likely to be able to settle for the fairly slow speed. If you're able to accept these constraints, of course, it'll make a good choice.
HP Color LaserJet CM1312
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HP Color LaserJet CM1312 Printer on test
By: Quentin Stuart
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