Color Laser Printer: A Review of the HP Color LaserJet CP1518ni Printer
I have always admired laser printing and having a color laser printer would be an incredible achievement. But like any other consumer, of course I just want to get one that has good quality and long life. After much searching, I found the HP Color LaserJet CP1518ni printer and saw that it had some good reviews. So here I am, sharing my own take on a review of this device.
Design
As a laser printer, it’s pretty small, but that’s because it’s not multifunctional. It has the dimensions of 15.7” x 17.8” x 10.0” and the weight of 40 pounds, quite heavy for its size. But it’s okay to keep it on a shelf or your computer table. You can’t place it too far from your work area, either, because it doesn’t have wireless capability, although you can connect to a network via an Ethernet cable.
The design of this printer is unique, even strange, in that it is shaped very much like a toaster oven and the navigation panel is very small. The two-line LCD display is only used for easy access when the printer is used without a PC, as the device has multiple memory card slots. The printer has a smooth dark gray body with a light gray top panel and front face.
Printing and other features
A laser printer is one machine and a color laser printer is another. With this model, I have definitely found a very good printer that produces excellent color results with the richest, most vivid and detailed images. The printer can create color and black prints with a resolution of 600×600, and the print speed for black documents is 12 pages per minute, while for color documents it is 8 pages per minute.
Although you do not have an automatic duplex printing function installed, manual driver support is provided and you can install it to be able to perform automatic duplex printing. The internal memory of the printer is 96 MB, very high for an inkjet printer, and you can stack several documents waiting to be printed at once so you don’t have to keep checking if you can print now or not.
The printer can handle letter, legal, executive, and envelope sizes of paper. It has a very high duty cycle of 30,000 pages, which means it can produce 30,000 impressions of any document you want to print in a single month. The device has two paper trays, a single-sheet priority feed slot and another sheet input tray that can hold 150 sheets.
Other features
The device has wired network capabilities, which allows me to use multiple computers to print to this device. However, this limits the accessibility of the printer, since it is connected via a cable that has a certain length. The device is also Energy Star qualified, so it’s great to use instead of other color laser printers.
conclusion
The only problem with this device is that it uses a lot of ink, which requires you to change the cartridges from time to time. This can be very inconvenient if you are a busy person and also expensive. However, the good quality of this printer can make up for most of its flaws. As a generalization, I can say that I am happy with the HP Color LaserJet CP1518ni printer. It provides what I need and has great print quality. So if you are looking for a dedicated color laser printer with excellent quality, I highly recommend this model.