subject: HP LaserJet M1522n MFP Toner Review [print this page] The HP LaserJet M1522n MFP is a nice, desktop, mono laser device, intended for the small or home office. Including supplying full- colour scanning, it features HP's instant-on printing, meaning there is no warmup time period well before printing commences.
In several ways it is a traditionally fashioned multifunction machine having an A4 flatbed scanner determining its width. There's a 50-sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) at the top, which has a somewhat flimsy feed tray. Elevate the ADF to uncover a complete A4 flatbed plus in front of this there is a simple control panel.
In addition to a keypad on the left regarding entering the number of copies, you'll find control keys off to the right of the two-line by 16-character Liquid crystal display that offer easy modification of lightness and darkness, quantity of copies and printing quality. You can even enlarge and also lessen copies from the flatbed.
The laser printer portion of the machine has a protruding paper tray that may take as much as 250 sheets and also features a somewhat clumsy multipurpose feed upon its top cover.
Behind are sockets for USB 2. as well as Ethernet; this device can support a network in addition to being linked locally to an individual PC. After raising the scanner area upwards, the HP LaserJet M1522m MFP toner cartridge slots down from the top in the direction of the back of the machine.
The supplied HP software covers printing, scanning and copying then there's a further copy of Readiris OCR in both Windows and also Mac versions. The set up utility offers a full installation or express versions for just USB or just network functionality.
Instant-on printing makes a dramatic impact on the print and copy speed, printing begins nearly the moment the 'Printing' message appears on its control panel display and the very first page is complete within 15 seconds.
Primarily due to the rapid start-up, the printing rates of speed we saw were breathtaking for a unit costing little beyond 200. Our five- page text print concluded in 22 seconds while the five-page text and graphics test required one second less, giving print speeds of 13.6ppm and 14.29ppm, respectively. In certain ways, much more extraordinary were the 15 x 10cm photo prints, which finished in 11 seconds, as well as the photocopies, from glass and ADF, which required 10 seconds and 14 seconds. They're some of the best copy times we have observed.
The caliber of the prints was typically excellent with good, precise black text and dense black shades to lines and also fills. Coloured tints behind black text were likewise produced pretty well, without any indications of banding.
There's a weak spot in the LaserJet overall performance, though, and that's photocopy quality. Photocopy text is fine, however parts of fill, particularly copied from print rather than the constant tone of a picture, are extremely inadequate. The textures separate and come through much lighter or much darker in comparison to the originals. It is a little bit better in the event you pick text, mixed or photo modes, making use of the quality button on the control panel, however it is still certainly not that great.
HP employs an unfortunate trend, though, through delivering a 'starter' toner cartridge, which prints only 1,000 pages.
It really is difficult to know how to sum up the LaserJet M1522n MFP. We began by truly being amazed by the machine's ease-of-use as well as the incredible print rates of speed, but were brought back to earth by way of its dodgy copy quality. Many people investing in a multifunction printer intend to make use of it at least partially as a photocopier. So long as you're only photocopying text, this should probably be alright, however copying graphics will be something of a letdown.
