20 Best White Toner Printer (2022 Updated)

We purchased this printer to replace an aging HP 3525 Color Laser that became too costly to repair. At the time of purchase, Jan 2022, options were limited due to supply constraints. This model was the only HP color laser that was available from Best Buy and was well reviewed and had Airprint built into the firmware.

About 50% of our printing needs are from iOS devices. We were using an HP inkjet for that and it works well but we had a need for laser output for some larger quantity graphic design needs. On initial setup, print output was nice for the lowest tier enterprise HP laser printer.

Airprint worked but only if the printer was actually on and not in standby, unlike the inkjet which would wake from sleep to print from iOS. Reading an included warning sheet that we should update firmware immediately, we decided to give that a try to improve the Airprint functionality.

Normally, and from past experience, I don’t like to update firmware without good reason, but we were hopeful it would fix the connectivity issue from the stand by state. For full disclosure, I have worked in IT for the last 20 years and am familiar with the mDNS and other network issues related to Airprint.

Once the laser printer firmware was updated, Airprint was no longer functional! The inkjet printer on the same network still worked just fine printing via Airprint. I tried to downgrade the firmware and was shocked to see that HP does not offer past firmware!! So there was no way to downgrade to regain the Airprint functionality even if it was limited by having to physically take the printer out of standby first.

I contacted HP support via chat and was immediately told it was due to iOS updates (15) and that many people with many different printers were having issues. Maybe true, but we were still running iOS 14 and the inkjet still worked.

The agent could give me no timeline for a fix and suggested I just return the printer!!! For a software fix!!! They refused to provide any of the past firmware to try and trouble shoot. Even though I was confident in our routers ability to pass Airprint traffic correctly (it worked with another printer on the same network) I did try another router with the same result.

The chat agent opened a ticket that asked for a fix or an older firmware file. Ticket number 5079357861. The ticket was closed without ANYTHING being done, a few days later!!! The printer prints fine, has a fairly small footprint, and is not too loud, but apparently if you want Airprint as advertised, HP does not care.

In fact, if you need support of any type from HP, you might be disappointed if my experience is anything to go by. I have 5 days left on my elite return status but I figured I paid for the extended warranty and if it is not fixed within 6 months I can turn it in as not functional as advertised, which will be true, and request the funds to purchase a different printer.

I feel sorry for Best Buy in this case, but who else can hold the vendors like HP accountable? Not us little guys apparently.

I have had this printer for about 4 months. I bought this printer because I wanted a color printer, and compared to the M255 and M454, when I factored in the cost of the toner, it was the cheapest option.

This printer contains the full toners, not the starter toners, so while the cost of the printer was higher, when I added in the extra expense of replacing the starter toners earlier in the other printers than I would on this printer, it turned out to be cheaper overall.

Anyone comparing printer costs should factor this in. The quality of the print is excellent. My previous printer, a brother color laser, was ok but not great. The quality of this printer reminds me of the Oki printer I purchased in 2005 which had such good quality people kept telling me how impressed they were.

The speed of the print jobs is also very good. The only thing with this printer I have at issue with is every time we get an interruption in power, I have to reset the LAN connection. This is because the printer is not directly connected to my PC but connected through a LAN port.

It is not the fault of the printer but my own setup. The benefit with this setup, however is that I can see the printer wirelessly from other PCs and laptops, so I will take that tradeoff. I highly recommend this printer if you are looking for high quality in a printer and something that works efficiently.

Ok, bit of a story but hopefully its a heads up to others. I had some spare drives lying around so thought id pop those into this, 3x 1TB drives and a single 500GB. Configured as XRAID, the ReadyNAS creates two RAID5 volumes, a 4 disk one of 500GB and a 3 disk one of the remaining 500GB on the 1TB drives.

It then presents the sum of that as a single data volume so quite painless and neat. During some configuration, the unit didnt respond and I had to pull the power plug, at this point, it appeared to have lost the configuration and told me that I had to remove inactive disks to use the volumes data and data0 the above RAID sets but the disks werent inactive.

Anyway, since I was just setting up, I put it down to one of those random IT things and carried on. Having set up the volumes, I set to work shoving stuff from a plethora of disks onto this, you know the sort of thing, the family photos, the family videos, all that important stuff.

Good plan, after all, this is going onto a RAID store. you can see where this is going already rightNext, I thought id get smart. Rather than copy from a USB external drive on my PC, across the network to the NAS, why not just connect the USB 3 drive direct to the back of the NAS, surely the copy would be faster on the same hardware than introduce the network.

That all went smimmingly. until the last and yes really it was the last file, 7GB, not that thats of specific relevance but as my luck would have it, the NAS fell off the network, it would respond to ping but not the power button.

Only one thing for it, pull the power plug. Upon reinserting the power plug and watching it boot, it flashed to say that drive 3 had failed well I didnt think it had but I thought Uh oh. at least its RAID are you falling off your chair laughing yetSo I went into the NAS web admin page to be told.

Remove inactive disks 1,2,3,4 in order to access the volume data and as previously, it was showing me the raw data and data0 RAID 5 sets. Going to the share config in the admin told me that I needed to create a volume first.

WTFYou might think, oh well, it was only copying to it but in classic screw up fashion, id been deleting as I went from my source disks bangs head VERY hard. Now, just to put this into some perspective, there are many things that Id be very ashamed to have to admit to my wife that id done.

Telling her how I, an IT guy for 30 years had just monumentally lost all our family pictures and videos was right there at the top of the shame list. Being a holiday weekend, I figured now was the time to turn it off and just leave it before waiting 2 days to get in touch with Netgear support.

I rationalised that the data must be there, some part of the config was missing but nonetheless, spent money on volume recoveryundelete software and went at the lengthy process of scouring my original disks to recover what I could.

I also had 2 days in which to readresearch and see what other experiences people had with these units. Some even report the same issues or very similar in Stationery Packs reviews. When I did get through to Netgear the first level support girl was very understanding, had a look at the logs Im sure she didnt mind encountering the porn on the PC while looking in the downloads folder for the log.

zip file during the remote session and said one of the disks isnt on the supported HCL. We had a discussion on this point, I accept the HCL, non compliant statement but pressed my point that the disk that failed wasnt the non HCL one and that upon reboot again, it was not showing an error so I believed the error at the time to be a timing related issue or similar.

Anyway, she was courteous and escalated me to second level. Ian went through his routine equally competently I might add and conceded that this was going to be escalated and he wanted to go through the option to enable SSH.

except you cant do that if you dont have a volume mounted. Never mind, paperclip in the rear and bring it up in the Support mode where it listens on a port. He confirmed that it was accessible and that was the end of his involvement.

There the unit sat for a day. patiently waiting to be stroked and teased by a level 3 tech. I did expect a phone call first but I happened to be sitting next to it and noticed it was active, disk activity, then it shutdown and restarted into the running mode.

Immediately then came an email from level 3 tech to say he had recovered the volume, take a look. As I write this, I am copying everything off as a backup, as per my original intent. The unit has a choice of several apps which connect to various cloud storage providers for automated backup, one of those will be going on later and I shall also be writing out some Blu Ray discs for backup and looking at a fireproof safe.

I will replace the non HCL drive tomorrow, even though I dont see that as a factor here, Netgear wouldnt be unreasonable for denying support as they state they may. Ive spent my working career for IT hardware and software manufacturers so I know how that works, the risk was mine.

Credit to Netgear support, very professional, courteous, understanding and with a fabulous outcome HUGE THANK YOUOnce ive got the content secure, im going to bully it a bit more and see if I can understand the failure mode, especially when I have 4 HCL compliant drives, then that might be a different discussion but for now, if you too want to avoid utter shame and a divorce lawyer.

This is NOT your only back up solution Do make regular copies Dont delete your only original copy Establish an alternate back up DO use supported hardware, it avoids those awkward discussions about but yeah it should be ok Netgear Support may be able to help if you dont dick around with it and make things worseAll of the above being blindingly obvious to me throughout my career but I thought I was going to be ok just this once yeah yeah, laugh at me now but learn vicariously and dont be so foolishAbout the device itself, im sure itll be a wonderful addition to the family IT infrastructure, once ive got past the stage of treating it like a cat that has just scratched my eyes out.

I like the iSCSI support, just need bigger disks to make more use of that to create volumes on others machines in the house, plus I need to have more confidence that the thing isnt going to drop the config on me again.

The ability to dynamically add bigger drives one at a time to allow rebuild and not have to fully backup hahahaha and reconfig the RAID sets seems like it should be a nice feature. So at the moment, Im not unhappy, just bruised confidence and after a few days of bullying it, if I can reproduce it dropping the volume configuration then ill likely be winging its way back to Stationery Packs.

Final words in case they havent sunk in. you cannot replace those years of lost family pictures and videos, however you can replace the wife but that tends to be expensive apparently.

This is an older model. I use a Macbook Air running OS 10. 15. 1. I bought the MFC-7240 to use at a location away from home. The scanner function does not work with the operating systems. No updates are available from Brother.

Their website does not state that. There is no support chat or telephone number. It appears that Brother has stopped supporting this machine for newer versions of both both Apple and Windows. On the plus side, set up was not difficult.

The print function and copy functions are decent. Bottom line pass this machine and get something better.

I thought a Laser printer would be the solution. Sometimes it works and sometimes it takes a long tech support session to get it up and running. Today the display indicates a paper jam. But when I open it, there is no paper jam.

I guess it’ll be less hassle to take a ride out to the copy center and just pay for copies. The display is really dark with poor contrast. Very hard to see. I’m trying to resist the temptation to heave it into the trash at this point.

Brother MFC-7240, purchased from Walmart on May 7, 2021.

I needed a black and white laser printer that also scan and copy. It will be used infrequently so this is perfect, unlike color printers which requires all colors in addition to black to print. I have windows 10 home 64 bit PC and the installation with the on line driver download was easy.

The print was nice and the scan function was a little confusing because you need to click on CC4 button instead of the scan button in the Brother Utility to scan. Met my needs and I am happy with the purchase.

There’s so many features that I love about this printer but the fact that it leaves ghosting on papers is a big negative. I use only brother ink and I have used multiple papers to see if it would fix the problem.

Brother was wonderful and replaced my machine and it still doing it on the new printer. I have a 6200 that does the same thing. Very disappointing.

Great Printer that works well. However, I tried to connect it over my network and it initially worked then stopped. When I call Support (Live Chat) I was given all kinds of different fixes that did not work.

Finally connected it directly myself and it works fine.

This was the recommended printer for my business. It was easy to set up. the print speed was fast. So far so good. I enjoy this printer and I highly recommend it. Hopefully I will get a chance go review it 3 to 6 months from now.

I’m several weeks into use, but to date I find this to be an excellent choice for a B&W laser printer with manual scanning if you don’t need (or want) a document auto-feed feature. My usage level is light, home-based, less than 10 pages per day.

If you’re looking for auto-feed, then the corresponding Brother model is MFC-L2750DW. The absence of auto-feed reduces the machine height somewhat and provides a basically flat top surface along with a smoother opening of the top to access the glass scanning surface (for manual scanning) compared with the MFC-L2750DW, when I compared the two models side-by-side.

The printer works with a Window 10 driver (I believe) for easy printing. In any case, after installing the Brother software, I have been able to print directly from open documents without having to open separately a Brother program.

The printing is a bit noisy, but it’s nice that the paper delivery remains securely inside the machine body (as portrayed in pictures) rather than shooting out as is often the case with less expensive machines that are strictly printers.

Regarding the scanner: I don’t think there is a built-in Windows driver. I installed the Brother program, which has multiple options for different types of documents and colors. The program though does seem a bit more cumbersome to operate compared with the Epsom scanning program that I used previous (on an Epsom machine before that machine became inoperative).

It does have more features, though. (Remember that while you can scan a color document to create a color electronic document, you of course can only print in B&W. ) I’ve not used the copy function. Thus over all I rate this 5-star so far, as the shortcomings I’ve encountered so far are based more on comparison with an ideal standard rather than representing any technical issues.

I bought this Brother’s model because I gave my wife a nice, new Apple Mac Pro for her birthday and discovered my trusty HL5370-DW would not print anything from the kingdom of Apples. And, like that model, that has chugged along, creating literally tens of thousands of perfectly printed copies (cards, notes, letters, envelopes) over years and years, this one works perfectly.

PLUS, I now can replace my old HP 3-in-1 (that was only used for scanning) and an old Xerox (that was only used for photocopying), with a model that will not only do what the 3 machines did, but does it faster, with memory for the printing, a nifty little screen to tell it what you want to do, and all for the same footprint.

My only (slight) complaint is a little “crack-buzz” as it comes to life and warms up – which it does quite quickly. I have yet to try the scanner function – I use my phone for so much of that these days.

But, when I do, I’ll try checking back in and keep you updated. One thing I wish it had: the 5370 took a very high-capacity toner cartridge that easily printed over 8,000 copies. I could not find such a high-capacity cartridge for the L2395.

Still my wife has retired from teaching (that generated vast numbers of papers) and I am also doing far less correspondence. Plus, now I can print directly from my iPhone and my wife’s iPad, as well as the new Samsung (Windows11) machine I just got from BestBuy.

So, this is an all-around winner in our household. I waited a bit before reviewing to be sure that the machine would perform well. Have printed cards, envelopes, photos (b&w proofs), copied, 1-sided, 2-sided, card stock, and thin stock.

I’ve used every phone and other device that prints and it talks to them all and does a great job. Would recommend to any friend who wants a good, b&w printer that will NOT cost a lot to operate for years to come.

I have worn out a lot of printers in my time — Panasonic, HP, and Brother. I have come to massively prefer Brother. I bought a Brother printer (printer only, no scan or copy) when I went to graduate school in 2012.

The key feature that sold me was the paper tray capacity of 250 sheets. Wonderful for printing drafts and drafts of papers for my classes, and my master’s thesis. That printer gave excellent service for several years, until it finally gave up the ghost just last year.

It lasted longer than any other printer I have had. As I said, I can wear out a printer. This current printer also has a 250 sheet paper tray, again a big selling point for me. I have made good use of the scanning function, and some use of the copy function, and they have worked just fine.

The scanning needs to have a little bit bigger field, as the right margin gets cut off just a tiny bit, but not a big problem. I haven’t had to replace the toner cartridge yet, so we’ll see how big a bite that will be in the wallet.

One complaint I have is a complaint I have about all software these days — no printed manual. I’m 75 years old, which means I am old school. Having to go online to get to a manual sometimes is a royal pain in the sitting-down place.

Having to leave the screen I’m working on to get to the copy of the manual I downloaded is also a pain. I’d rather have a printed manual, like we used to in the early days of home computers, that I could hold in my lap while remaining in my workspace.

That way, I don’t have to switch back and forth from the manual to my work, and forget the instruction I just read while I’m getting back to my workspace.

This is a nice, small, good-performing printer. It is exactly as advertised. Reading other reviews where buyers complain that it doesn’t print in color or doesn’t scan; Of course not, it is a monochrome, black-and-white printer, not an all-in-one or scanner.

I was prepared for the difficulty in setting it up. In 40 years of setting up personal computer printers, never have I seen such convoluted and confusing instructions and procedures. I wanted to use it as a wireless network printer with my Windows 10 and MacOS 12 computers.

To do this, I was told to plug in the USB. Unplug the USB, Turn the printer off. Turn the printer on. I think I was asked to these 4 or 5 times. I was fully aware of the poor setup software, but stupidly assumed it had been improved.

NOT! It’s done for my MacBook, Windows notebook, and my Windows desktop is yet to do. It appears to be a good, inexpensive printer. If the setup software could be improved, it would be a great inexpensive printer.

I’d finish that, in my home network, I assign fixed IPs to the 3 printers we have. With that done, it seems that this printer also uses a DHCP assigned IP address, so 2 are assigned to it. I never accepted DHCP assignment, but Canon took it on theirselves to use one.

This is the only BAD issue.

The printer itself is really good when used via USB, There is no hidden download or anything for it to work right out the box. Drivers install themselves and you are ready to print. Lets talk about the wireless setup.

There are so many steps to this, when it really should just be a simple install driver and viola, but that is not the case with this printer. You have to download two separate files from canon make changes to a specific one and then run the installer again to see if it works.

Also you have to make sure that the printer is set the right channel on your windows. Really isn’t an easy setup to new people who just wanted a good wireless printer. Even with that though once you do that setup it is quick and extremely efficient overall 7/10 printer.

The ink is a little pricey when compared to other makers. The average yield is a lot lower than competition but its still a nice small printer.

After years of horrible experiences with inkjet printers from the same manufacturer, I have to say the ease and reliability of this little machine is a pleasure. I’m still on the starter toner after 2 months of use, and the fact that it prints immediately, quietly and without jams is a pure joy.

I’ve seen laser prints with more satisfying heavy black on the page, but for the price this is a great little workhorse. Setup was easy as pie! For everyday office use, I’m happy to live without color and with all these advantages.

Considering what this all-in-one cost, I consider it a good value. Fairly quiet and does what it’s supposed to do. There is a lack of instructions and needs a good user manual. Now I had a paper user manual with my old Brother all-in-one and that was like 250 pages! Anyway, I am giving this unit 4 stars and consider it a very good purchase for the money.

I should note here that I am using it as a stand alone unit, not connected to any network or Windows. It’s not the best all-in-one and doesn’t pretend to be, certainly not at this price, but it works! Yes, and like I said, pretty quiet and gets the jobs done.

I much prefer the paper storage tray found on my old Brother with sliding drawer as opposed to what’s on this unit. The size is very convenient, and not heavy. The tilting display is nice. The unit looks good, performs well, and is relatively quiet.

Bottom line: A good value for the money.

Can’t tell you how many times, I’m in the middle of printing multiple documents and it drops the network connection. By the time I open my next document, the printer is no longer connected to the network.

(It’s not a network issue since none of my other devices have this problem). The only solution is shut the printer down, start it back up, let it find the network and then resume printing – this all adds a couple of minutes to printing.

This happens consistently and so quickly. Sometimes I’m just adding paper to an empty tray in the middle of a large document – but still it’s dropped the network connection and I have to shut it down, then see where it left of printing.

The printer is literally sitting between my wifi router and computer so don’t know what’s up with the network issue. Other than this frustration, it produces a good quality print and copies quickly.

I’m sick of ink cartridges, so that was my reason to spend more money and get a laser printer. The set up sounds easy when you read it, but I could not get it to work using the provided disc. I tried several times the first day then just gave up.

Next day I downloaded the setup from online and I struggled with that for awhile but finally got to work. The printing that I have done so far (not much) is fast, clean and well focused. The machine is very quiet and looks good.

I will update this review after I have used it more. The only complaint I have is with the included instruction booklet. It deals with setup but tells you nothing about using the machine or any of it’s features.

Thank God for You-Tube.

Have had a few months, having a lot of trouble with the unit going into sleep mode, and Brother tech support verifies you cant turn it off! They disabled the hidden menu that used to be available on their laser printers to turn off deep sleep, and mine goes into sleep mode immediately upon reboot/reset, then shortly after into deep sleep and there’s nothing that will wake it up.

Deep sleep knocks it offline every time, so when I use it I have to uninstall, re setup wifi and it only works until I stop. Within a minute it goes into sleep mode, unusable again. Brother support offered no solution nor warranty coverage, seller refused to take it back because its over 30 days.

Clearly either a software or electronic defect in this 4 month old printer, its now trash. Yes, updated all firmware, reinstalled several times, set the time for sleep, same result. Won’t buy Brother again, won’t buy from this seller again.

Expected better from a seller Walmart allows in their market, as well as from Brother.

So far so good! I managed to pick this up from a very nice place at a really good price. It was really easy to set up and although I’ve only used it a couple of times, it really produces fantastic quality prints.

I bought it mainly for my daughter who is a student. She is studying art and needs quality colour pictures printed from time to time, along with course work text. Only being for occasional use I wanted a laser printer as ink cartridges cost a fortune and tend to dry up.

So basically are poor value for money. Our new Brother led printer solves that problem which is great! It replaced a Samsung grey scale laser printer which is a little smaller, but I managed to find space to site the Brother.

One thing I will say, it is very heavy! So mind your back when lifting the box and take care when removing it from the box and installing it. Could be a two person job to be on the safe side. All in all you can’t go wrong, especially if you can get one at the good as I did, very happy.

Bought this printer to replace an older one that wasn’t printing very good, getting splochy and faded print areas. Needed one with a multipurpose tray that would hold more than one page at a time because we issue prenumbered checks on this printer, Since this printer pulls paper from its paper tray “face down”, I would have to reverse the order of my checks before I could print or print them “one check at a time”.

This was not discussed in the features of the printer and the in-store employees could not explain this print feature to me. With further research, I found out all I needed to do with my old printer was to replace the drum unit.

Printer now works fine. However, now I am stuck with $300 printer that I really don’t need, Try to return it to the store and was told they could not take it back since it was bought on-line. Went on-line trying to navigate the return procedure which did not work or was very difficult to understand.

Called the customer help number and was told through computer prompts that nothing on that order number was returnable. this is when I found out that Technology items have a 14 day return period, we thought we had 30 days to return this printer.

I guess I am stuck with a $300 printer that I don’t need. Thanks Office Depot.

I bought this printer 13 months ago. I just started a small business and use it primarily for printing out black and white documents and color documents every once in a while. I used to have an hp desk jet 15 years ago that lived to be 10+ years so I felt confident buying this brand.

Big mistake, as with most companies that date back everything has turned subscription based. I am not a fan of their cartridge program because I do not like the fact that hp has access to the documents I print (highly sensitive).

I declined this feature for security and left me with the inability to get help when my printer was having issues. Another big issue with this printer is the cost of the cartridge if you aren’t involved in their program.

The printer really doesn’t print that much for each cartridge and it would have been cheaper to go to a fedex and print there. The bluetooth portion of the printer has been a complete joke. Each time I want to print, none of my devices can see the printer’s bluetooth.

I have to go the printer restart it completely and then restart my device each time. Not really sure the bluetooth is working properly. I also have a Macbook and apparently hp is not compatible so you can’t get into any settings without downloading their app.

But even the app cannot pick up on the bluetooth. The worst part about this printer is that in this 13th month of having this printer, it started taking 10 mins to print each page. I went to customer service but because I am now a month out of my 1 year warranty I don’t qualify for any customer assistance other than their virtual assistant which only answers up to 4 questions.

I would have expected better support. With all that said, I buying a new printer (different brand) and going to destroy this one ‘Office Space’ style before I have an aneurysm.

When my HP 5640 gave up the ghost after nearly 10 years of reliable service, I needed to replace it with a printer of similar quality whose cost would not break my piggy bank. I found this printer, the price was right, and it had several features my now departed printer did not have (such as scan and copy).

When I received it, I was surprised by how lightweight it was. But setting it up was a snap (directions included for doing so were clear and easy to follow). Inserting the ink cartridges was a new experience since they required being “snapped” into place instead of closing a spring-loaded cover.

However, when I loaded it up with paper (the feeder is substantially smaller than what I was used to with my previous printer), turned it on, and then had my laptop print its first page to it, I was satisfied with the result.

I was pleased to see that I could also “print” to a PDF format instead of paper, if I chose that option. This printer also has the capability of using a Wi-Fi connection via a router using Bluetooth protocols), and that means more than one device can use it from anywhere within range PLUS one can use a cellphone or tablet (with Wi-Fi capability) to print out a document to it.

I did not try that option, so I do not know how well it works. But the best featureis that the printer can order additional ink cartridges when it senses they are getting low–provided you set that option up with HP when you register the printer AND as long as you leave the Wi-Fi connection open.

I also tried the scan and copy functions, and they worked quite well. However, both those functions work only with standard paper, so things like framed photos and the like cannot be done. All in all, this printer will serve my needs AND the ink cartridges are substantially less expensive than they were for my previous printer (like about a third the cost), so that definitely makes up for any “inconveniences” there may be with this printer–as in paper loading is not quite as simple as loading a tray and the receiving tray does not extend out long enough to properly hold the printed sheets without them slipping off onto the floor.

Also there is no reverse print option, so printing out a series of pages that are meant to be in order will need to be reversed by hand. And while the software accommodates two-sided printing, that must be done one at a time by hand (while the printer waits for you to flip the sheet and then it in the paper tray a second time) as each side is ready to be printed.

I will also be interested to see how long the ink cartridges last compared to what I used before. However, the two supplied “beginner” cartridges (that supposedly held much less ink than the “regular” ones I will need to buy did provide me with two good weeks of printing, or about 150 pages total.

The regular cartridges claim to produce at least double that. The unique aspect was that the software needed to run the printer had to be downloaded from a dedicated website and not from a disk, but once installed it identified my printer and all worked well.

It includes features like choosing specific pages to print (helpful when you only need certain pages–like from a multi-paged digital document), adjusting margins, adjusting print quality (draft, normal, best) and resolution (up to 1200 dpi), and having access to a wide variety of paper sizes Including envelopes, index cards, etc.

I found the printer even worked well with label sheets and photo paper, but I doubt that anything thicker or stiffer than that would not be handled by this printer. So if you’re looking for a printer that can handle relatively light printing demands from home uses, then this one is perfect.

If you are looking for something to handle the level of a typical office’s output, then I would suggest looking for a different model. But either way, I can say that HP is a brand I totally trust for reliability.

I bought this printer thinking it would have the basics for an older couple with an up to date Windows 10 PC I was helping who do not have WiFi, but just wired internet. All printers I have ever bought have either worked by just plugging it in by USB, or by downloading a driver from the official website.

I went through the HP Smart App Prompts several times, and the printer was “Setup” and “Ready”, but all I could do was print test pages from the app. I even tried setting it up through Windows Printers/Scanners List, but still would have issues.

In all other applications like Microsoft Edge or Microsoft Word, the print jobs would get stuck in queue and go no where. As an IT, I tried several ways to get it working with printing from other apps, but it would not work.

Removing the printer, then re-setting it up. There was no way this older couple I was helping was going to figure this out if I was having a hay day with it. I like the printer, and it printed clearly, that part is great.

it just doesn’t support Windows 10 PCs from my knowledge, and nothing on the HP website I tried worked, and so I ran out of drivers/programs from their website to try. I have used the HP Envy 5070, and the HP Envy 7855 that use the very same HP Smart App as this 3755.

Those work, amazingly, almost to the point that you can plug and play. So the issues with 3755 was baffling. I went ahead an returned it, as it won’t work with Windows 10 computers it seems. If you are looking for a decent printer, look for a higher number of model than 3755 and spend the extra money.

This printer doesn’t have all the extra bells and whistles and is priced as such. If you want fast, sharp black and white prints, this fits the bill. Not true wi-fi but the Smart app makes it perform like wi-fi from any device as long as you’re okay connecting the printer itself to your network router/modem via ethernet.

Manual only for two-sided printing. Doesn’t have a scanner or a copier. A printer only. But with the smart app, you can scan your items with your phone or tablet camera and seamlessly send the print job to this printer.

Same thing for files. If you have the need to do photos regularly, that would be one reason to go with a different printer.

My old HP M402n was awesome, so I ordered the updated model M404n when it was time to buy. Stay with a winner, right? Wrong. Maybe HP engineers tried loading too much software capability into the Smart App?? It worked initially.

for 1 day. then started going “offline” regularly. Tried using the HP support, Scan Doctor, delete/reinstall. you name it. but the Doctor never revived this critter. I’m a mid-level tech sort of guy, but after I wasted 4 hours of my work time, I called it quits.

Returned it, bought a Brother HL-L2395. $100 cheaper, BTW. No problems, up and flying in about 15 minutes with the set up CD and online updates.

Laser printers have several advantages over inkjet printers…but, at the same time, there are certain advantages that ink jet printers have over laser printers. The HP LaserJet Pro M404n is a perfect example.

Is the M404n right for you? We shall see………. UNBOXING & INITIAL IMPRESSIONS: Many companies have switched to “environmentally-friendly packaging” (cardboard, as opposed to Styrofoam), including HP in many of their lower-end printers.

Unfortunately, HP still uses (a lot of) Styrofoam in packaging their higher-end printers. While it does keep the printer ‘safe’ during shipping, the impact to the environment will last for several human generations.

As for cables, the ONLY cable included is the power cord…there are no USB and/or Ethernet cables included. On the ‘bright’ side, the printer’s toner cartridge comes pre-installed. SETUP: This was both simple, and difficult.

The physical setup, as well as installing the drivers & software, were a breeze. Setup consisted of plugging in the power cable, connecting the Ethernet cable (the printer can be connected directly to a single computer, via USB, if you don’t want/need network printing capabilities), powering the printer up, and answering a few simple questions on the printer’s 2-line LCD display.

For driver/software installation, you have two options – you can download the HPEasyStart file (6. 43MB), or you can download the full-install package (111. 5MB). The first option is the easier, and smarter, way to go, as it will only download the components needed for your specific setup, and will walk you through every (well, almost every, as I later discovered, and will explain, below) step of the install/configure process.

As mentioned, there is a slight problem in configuring everything, that being that, while configuring the EWS (Embedded Web Server settings, the ‘Internet connection’ is not automatically connected. After installation is complete, if you go to the “Web Services” tab, on the ‘Summary’ page, under ‘Internet connection’, it will indicate “Not Connected”…even though ‘Web Services Status’ shows “Enabled”, and ‘Printer connection to HP Connected’ indicates “Connected”.

As discovered during a phone call with HP’s tech support, the printer’s Network connection needs to be set to a static IP, as opposed to the dynamic IP setting configured during the setup. You do this in a 2-step process.

First, on the “Network” tab, under ‘General’, click on ‘Network Protocols’, and change it to “Enable IPv4 only”, then click. Next, go to ‘Wired’ (“Network” tab), then ‘IPv4 Configuration’, and change the IP Address Configuration from “DHCP” to “Manual IP”.

If everything is working as it should, your previously auto-assigned IPv4 information should automatically be filled into the ‘Manual IP’ & ‘DNS’ boxes. To finish, just click. If you go back to the “Web Services” tab, under ‘Summary’, the Internet connection line should now read “Connected”.

Needless to say, a relatively minor problem, but a bit of a PitA in regards to getting the info needed to fix it (the HP tech support person didn’t provide the solution…it was jointly discovered during the phone call.

PRINT QUALITY AND SPEED: This is one area that laser printers greatly excel over inkjet printers. Print quality IS OUTSTANDING…the blacks are “black”, grayscale is “grayscale”, text & images are sharp…no more, and no less, than what I would have expected.

HP claims a maximum print speed of 40ppm, and it’s quite accurate…and not accurate. Using a 42-page document, I ran three tests, although the first two tests produced almost-identical results. First, I printed one page, from the printer in “Sleep Mode”, then one page with printer ‘awake’, and finally the remaining 40 pages, also with the printer ‘awake’.

Whether the printer was ‘asleep’, or ‘awake’, it made no difference, which I’ll explain. With an inkjet, printing is, essentially, a 1-step process – you click , the computer sends the print data to the printer, and it prints whatever was sent.

With laser printers, on the other hand, it is a 2-step process. Step 1 consists of clicking , which sends a command to the printer that a print job is about to start, the laser printer “warms up”, and finally the printer sends back a command that it’s “ready to receive the print data”.

The second step consists of said print data being sent to the printer, and the printer printing what it received. In ALL three tests, the first step took approx 1. 5 minutes (+/- 4 seconds). In the first two tests, the printer completed the second step in approx 10 seconds.

As such, while the “printing” took only 10 seconds, the total printing process took approx 1 minute, 40 seconds. Moving onto the final test, the second step took 62 seconds. So, in essence, this does prove that HP’s claim of “printing” up to 40ppm is accurate…however, when combining the time of both steps, the total printing process took just under 2.

5 minutes. While the “total printing process” might be much longer than HP’s 40ppm claim, that’s still faster than most inkjet printers. Considering that the printing was done at the ‘Normal’ setting, an equivalent print job on an inkjet might have taken considerably longer (even if printing “black only”).

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS: HP lists the LaserJet Pro M404n as having two paper trays…and, in a matter of speaking, it does…but, not entirely. What is labeled as ‘Tray 2’ is actually your primary tray, located at the bottom of the printer, and capable of holding up to 250 sheets.

Before I cover ‘tray 1’, I will mention that you can purchase/install an additional paper tray (which becomes ‘tray 3’), and has a 500-sheet capacity. Getting back to ‘tray 1’, this is accessed by opening the front panel, and manually loading (up to 150 sheets) the paper (a flip-up extender allows it to accommodate legal-length paper), or envelopes.

While you could, technically, leave ‘tray 1’ loaded all the time, its real use is in temporary usage. If you want two different paper-types loaded on a regular basis, I would highly suggest/recommend purchasing the 500-sheet ‘tray 3’.

Also, the 2-line display could be better. At minimum, a 3-line display should have been included. Better yet, a color touch-screen display, as seen in almost off of HP’s other LaserJet printers (including less-expensive models, wouldn’t have been too much to ask for.

Looking at all their LaserJet printers in the same general price-range ($200-399), there are 9 different ‘series’, 5 of which have touch-screen displays, including two models that are up to $100 cheaper than the M404n.

THE GOOD: • Excellent print quality • Extremely high-speed printing • Easy to understand/use software • (Mostly) Simple to set up • Compact size (for a business-oriented laser printer) THE BAD: • Getting the printer “internet connected” isn’t automatically accomplished, requires manual settings • No auto-duplex printing THE UGLY: • For the price, HP could have easily included a touch-screen display FINAL VERDICT: If you’re only printing a few pages at a time, then an inkjet printer is probably your best bet.

If you need to print in color, I stand by that same comment. Lastly, if your monthly printing is fairly low (say, less than 50 pages/month), then you should ask yourself if you REALLY need a laser printer.

However, if you have any need for printing high-volume print jobs and/or you print over 100pages/month and/or you need printouts to be waterproof (inkjet prints are NOT waterproof, and WILL bleed if gotten wet), then a laser printer will fit your needs.

The are less expensive laser printers (from HP, as well as from other manufacturers), but they will have less features/functions, slower print speeds, and (typically) only a single tray). There are also laser printers with lots more features/functions (including fax capability), faster print speeds (up to 60ppm w/ HP), and multiple trays (up to 5 w/ HP), but they can cost into the thousands of dollars.

If you’re looking for a reasonably-priced black-only laser printer, with a reasonable number of features/functions, that also prints fast, HP’s M404-series of LaserJet printers will fit the bill. There are five models to choose from, with the M404n being the middle-of-the-pack.

Disclaimer: This product was provided free, or at reduced cost, for the purpose of reviewing the product. Nevertheless, the above review, be it positive, negative, or anywhere in-between, is a 100% honest review, and the price paid played absolutely no part in my review.

It can be tricky to find the right drivers for it with newer operating systems. But here’s what has worked for me and others. It helps to know exactly which drivers will work best with your particular OS.

If you have Win 8 or higher, go with the HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (v6. 6. 0). You will also need a DOT4_001 driver to create an HP port for the printer. Make sure the printer is plugged into your comp and turned on so the drivers will help the comp find it.

Then it should work just fine. It even works with the newest Win 10 updates. Keep in mind that it is an older printer. It works best for mass-printing of documents. Images will slow it up.

Most securely packaged item I have ever received. It took almost an hour to separate the printer from the foam. I needed a replacement for older 2200DN that stopped feeding and I still have an investment in several unused toner cartridges.

This was less expensive than buying replacement inkjet cartridges for other printers. Setup was quick and easy. Looking forward to several more years of reliable service.

Mine was acually a HP LaserJet 2200DSE. It is a great B/W laser printer for a bargain price that comes with the duplexing option. Drivers and User Guide easy to find and download. Has great memory expansion (up to 72mb) with networking card expansion as an option.

This is a high quality, high volume HP workhorse that was not abused and should last a very long time. Added memory and 610 Jet Direct card easy to get cheap and install. Be sure to get one with a low page count and relatively new toner.

With 64mb and the HP universal PCL5e driver, it prints Adobe PDFs very quickly compared to my old HP5m.

I love my new HP Laserjet Pro M-404DW. This printer is quiet, fast and has great print quality. I needed a printer that had great print quality, was fast , had automatic duplexing of print and would allow wireless printing, this printer “checks all the boxes”! This printer replaces 2 brother laser printers that failed within a 2 year period, the first printer lasted about 18 months the second one only lasted 2 months, bothe were replaced under geek squad replacement warranties.

It all comes down to you get what you pay for. A sub $200 laser cannot compare to a $420. HP Laserjet. The speed anf print quality on this HP Laserjet blows away the previous Brother printer. The print quality on the HP is so much clearer and sharper than the print on the Brother.

Even when set on the lowest print quality the Hp printers print quality is so much cleared and sharper than the brother laser even on brothers highest print quality. There is no comparison between the HP and the Brother, the HP wins hands down.

The superior build quality is evident immediatly when you open the HP box, everything fits better the toner cart fits much better and slides in more smoothly on the HP than the Brother and is much quieter when printing.

Yes the HP is about twice the cost and the toner carts are more expensive, but you get what you pay for! You can buy quality once first off or you can go cheap and spend much more on multiple throw away printers.

I am confident this printer will last much longer and print much better than the previous 2 printers it replaces. I am very pleased with my HP M404DW!.

HP printers are the best in built quality and reliability. After 22 years of using the HP LaserJet 2200dn the on/off switch broke and was not able to find a replacement – sad. But it gave us many, many thousand perfect pages without a single jam! However, HP Printer Premium Paper (24lb) was always used! Bought this LaserJet Pro M404dw last week with the 4-year extended warranty and tech support: Comments: 1) is not as fast as HP states of 40ppm, much much slower than my old printer; 2) setup/driver download/install was easy and fast; my dell PC recognized it immediately; 3) however, the wireless connection to my iPhone was a nightmare, until finally it connected; 4) the extended warranty with Technical Support is provided by “Asurion”, which is physically located in the Philippines; 5) Asurion support was very poor, to say the least: a) their English is below par, even though the issue was repeated several times and repeated “s l o w,” b) was transferred 4 times!, c) the first two said the printer was defective, even though I was telling them is printing fine.

The issue is only with the wireless portion, which is not being recognized! They said “return the printer is new so go back to the store and get another one”! I requested to be transferred to a technician.

d) the other two non-techs (even thought I requested to speak with a tech) said they couldn’t help me, so I requested again to be transferred to a tech. They did not understand, so I hang up, e) Called and for the fifth (5) time, then was able to speak with tech (yeah!) who’s English was poor, BUT he paid attention to what I was explaining to him, he was very helpful (Francis).

Francis understood and was able to guide me circumnavigating the wireless portion and in 25 minutes I was up and running and printing from my iPhone! Thanks to Francis! f) the printer is very quite printing and is not on “quiet” mode.

g) is small (15 x 14. 06 x 8. 5 in) and only weigh 18. 8lbs, w/o box. h) IF during setup you set the printing to “fine” it will yield 1200 x 1200 dpi, which is an outstanding resolution! Have had HP printers form 30+ years and obviously a fan after trying other brands.

An HP fan for business and home (now retired). Plan to continue buying HP printers through “Staples” because of their great service. However, will not order/buy again the extended “Asurion” plans – too much stress.

Do recommend this printer. If you do NOT want fast printing speeds. If you want faster printing speeds, then choose the HP M507dn.

Bought 2 of these as work printers for two different computers. The printer never prints when you hit print. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers multiple times, trying to reset. Also, have cleared out the queue.

The times I have had a successful print, it prints random characters at the top of the page. When I go to the website for help I try to download the HP Print and Scan doctor and upon installing, when I click on it says the program is not functioning correctly.

Very dismayed. Worst printers I’ve ever bought.

I have set up this printer through a usb cable. I have set it up over my wifi. I have followed all the manuals for this product I could find. I have restarted everything and cleared all errors. I have even downloaded the borderline malware that is the HP Smart Printer App.

And yet, somehow, I still have to click print multiple times before it will even print one copy. AND it stalls for about 20-30 minutes after I press print before printing anything. Then I end up with however many copies that I clicked the print button.

Which would make sense, if only I weren’t forced to click print 7 times before this printer will even consider printing anything. Overpriced paperweight that will occasionally print too much of one thing for no apparent reason.

0/5.

I have had this for about a week and it is working fine. Installation was a bit of a pain. HP really seems to want you to register, I assume so they can replace toner cartridges. If you don’t want to do this, options start to get fewer.

It would not link to the WPS button on the router. I finally hooked it up using a USB cable to get one computer started and then switched it over to wireless. Once set up, other devices in the house recognized it on the network and connected seamlessly.

This included IPhones and IPads. It is working fine and starts printing much faster than my previous laser printer. But, when it goes to sleep, both the wireless light and power light start to flash.

Since the printer is set up in a bedroom, these lights are hugely disruptive and had to be covered.

Having had previous budget printer scanners that have not spent the test of time we decided to buy a more robust mobile printer from Printerland. We bought an HP Officejet 250 mobile printer scanner and not only was it delivered within 18 hours of ordering it was one of the easiest setups ever taking at tops 10 minutes.

The printer is pleasantly robust too and can run off its own internal battery. Glad we bought inks with our purchase the setup inks seem to be only very partially filled and we should be OK for a while as we bought the high volume inks.

Only set up to work from phones iPads so far very easy and print quality is very good on the 20 pages we ve printed so far. Would recommend this printer and Printerland.

Ordered this product as I have used Netgear products in the past and they have always been very reliable. Received the item and followed the instructions for setup there are only 3 steps, so it wasnt that difficult.

Attach network cable, power cable, turn on. You are then directed to a web page to discover and configure the device. The discovery went fine, found the device, no problem. From this point it went downhill like a free fall.

When clicking the button to configure the device, you just get a temporarily lost communication with your storage device error, would you like to try again. This goes into an endless loop. Next step, contact customer support.

The web site takes a bit of navigating to get to the point where you can hopefully speak with a person. You complete the location, SN and date of purchase information and the next page say please use this case number when calling about your device.

Sadly there is nothing but a red box outline where the case number should be. If you try to refresh the page it takes you back to the beginning. I tried logging in and seeing it assigned a case number to my account.

Nope, no products registered to this account. No worries, lets click the register product button. Get a warning telling me that my serial number is not valid for my country. Go into my profile to check that I am in the country I claim to be in the UK in this case and try again.

This time I get a generic error telling me this just isnt working, sorry. I call the number again and go through all the steps on the automated system and it tells me that the only way I can get support is to go onto the website and log a case.

Needless to say, this device is getting boxed back up and returned. I can forgive technical issues that sometimes you just have to work through I have an IT background but support that is so shockingly bad and unhelpful is unforgivable.

Netgear, I fear you may have lost a customer if not for life, at least a very long time.

This printer has mostly worked for two years printing correctly large. pdf document files (many over 175 pages) that contain both letter and legal sized pages (the printer switching from letter to legal and back to letter again, letter from the bottom tray, legal from the top tray).

Then this year the printer randomly started to print bizarre ASCII characters during the printing of many documents. I updated to the latest HP printer drivers. I have Windows 10. The printer printed a few document files out correctly and then it started printing the same random ASCII characters on subsequent files.

I have collected a stack about a foot high of papers that the printer printed random ASCII characters on. I have been able to print out some of these document files by printing the pages out in groups of five pages, and quickly stopping the printer when the printer starts to print the random ASCII characters.

One time it took me an hour and a half to print out a 200 page document file. I have used both Acrobat Reader as well as Foxit Reader to print the documents from, and the problem occurs equally with both pieces of software.

I work as a notary and signing agent and it is common for me to print out 400 pages for a signing appointment. These printing problems are causing me to loose income.

I purchased this printer fro may son because of its high rating on Consumer Reports, but primarily because it was supposed to be an “AirPrint” device for Apple products. I have two Epson printers that are AirPrint printers that require no wired connection to the device.

Turns out that this device will only work with a wired connection to the computer. My son loves the print quality, but because of space constraints, has to have the printer in another room so he has to bring his computer to the printer to print.

It has no wireless card at all. While this is an inexpensive HP printer, it is an expensive home laser printer so I was expecting more from HP.

As a self-employed writer, editor, desktop publisher, and writing teacher, I need a B&W laser printer for printing large quantities of drafts, and I hate having to add paper to the tray. When my workhorse LaserJet 4050 finally became unusable, I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to find a B&W laser printer with a large tray at a reasonable price.

I went with the M501, even though it’s overkill for the quantity I print, because a 550-sheet tray came standard. It’s also super fast. I occasionally need to print 2-sided, and the auto-duplexing is fabulous — wish I’d gotten that years ago.

The footprint is exactly the same as the 4050, and it’s not even as tall. I love the printer, but I knocked a point off of performance for a couple minor annoyances — every so often, the printer thinks it’s out of paper when it’s not (something the 4050 never, ever did), and I have to open and close the tray.

I also find it harder to load paper. And when I use the auto-duplexing, pages sometimes push other pages out of the output tray. I finally figured out that a little plastic piece that flips up at the end of the output tray is (I guess) intended to keep the pages in the tray, but that piece is not identified in the drawings of the printer and not mentioned anywhere in the manual I downloaded (since, of course, nothing comes with a manual anymore).

(There’s at least one other part on the printer that is not identified anywhere, and even though I apparently don’t need to do anything with it, it still drives me nuts not knowing what it is or does.

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DO ***NOT ****BUY!!!! You have been warned!!!!! very bad printer. If you want to use this printer for printing and NOT as a paper weight. Please, look at a different printer. This printer is very hard to setup wirelessly.

This printer will power its self off after idle for a time, then, the wireless connection is lost. You then have to go thur and re-set up the wireless connection every time you want to print. I haven’t tried to print wired.

This printer should work with Amazon Alexa i can’t get that to work either. The App is very frustrating making you jump between printers Wi-Fi hotspot and your network and then, the printer times itself out.

you have to start over again. I WILL HAVE GREAT SATISFACTION FROM SMASHING THIS PRINTER FOR THE TRASH CAN!!.

Historically, I’ve struggled with printers. When you need them most, something always goes wrong. What I hate most is when it won’t print a black and white page because I’m out of one of the colored toners.

So far, I love this printer. I love that it’s white, not a big ugly black box. If it were a pretty color, I’d love it more. The only thing I haven’t liked is that it turns itself off after several hours.

There may be a setting to fix that but I haven’t researched it yet. The toner it came with has lasted quite awhile. I’ve printed labels with color, pages of baby shower games, posters and documents, and so far it isn’t saying its low.

It linked with my iphone and MacBook very easily. Haven’t had a single issue.

Regular ink does not last long at all. When one of your ink cartridges is low, the printer has a malfunction. I have figured out that you have to know how to play with the settings just to get it to print.

I will never buy this printer and possibly not another cannon in the near future. The XL ink lasts much longer thank goodness, and you can only print small pictures out. Does anyone know a better all in one printer (wireless preferred)?.

I really cannot at this time fairly rate this machine. It is a very complex unit in which I am having to learn. I purchased the master class to help me throughout this process. I can tell you I will rate this machine 5 stars on the packaging and the appearance of the product when I received it.

It was very well packed. I also loved that the sheet with it was laminated and makes for easy keeping. I do have the machine upacked, the cartridges loaded and waiting for me to understand. (lol) I do however look forward to seeing if this machine will be all that I hope for it to be!.

I have been looking into this printer for some time. I finally decided to buy it and Swing Design had amazing packages to choose from and the fastest shipping. I would highly recommend them. Great white toner printer.

I don’t care for the software you need to use with it. Very confusing for a Mac girl.

I was debating between this and a Sawgrass. Swing Design was great at helping make the right decision for my business. There was a learning curve with the Uninet 560, but now I am loving it! Great for making transfers to sell and creating one off shirts.

If you are looking for a way to create custom shirts without spending $12k on a DTG white, this is it. Can not go wrong buying from Swing, fast shipping and great service.

The best feature for me on this printer is that it never turns off but instead, goes into a standby mode. Whenever you need it, just send your document to it and it prints. Note: other brands do not do this.

Other brands turn off after a lack of use (You have to turn them on every day). The other feature that I like is the low profile and the large internal paper storage. These 2 features alone, make this printer a real workhorse for me.

I am using this printer in the wired connection scheme, The time for first page to print is very quick, just another plus.

This was my first time purchasing a LaserJet printer and I’d highly recommend it if you are looking for something to just print out documents. One of the differences between a laser printer and an inkjet is that laser printers use toner cartridges as opposed to liquid inks.

So I’ve saved a lot of money when it comes to refills! A cartridge usually lasts me about a year of occasional printing before I need to replace it. — #techie #workspace #crafttime #organizedlife.