HP COLOR LASERJET 2820 COLOR TONER CARTRIDGES SET

HP Color LaserJet 2820 Review

Overview:

Most people will need to use a printer, whether it is at home for personal use, or in an office. The HP Color LaserJet 2820 has been designed to not only give you a powerful printer, but also a scanner option included. This makes this a multifunctional machine that can be seen as reliable and well built. Read below to find out more about the good and bad of this machine.

Pros:

Obviously the fact that the machine is multifunctional is the main aspect. Its main objective is to print out, but HP have added in an extra scanning function to make it that little bit more advanced that its competitors. This printer though is not based on an ink jet printer, but based on a color laser engine designed by HP. This makes it generally fast when printing out.

Using the actual machine is something that HP has put a lot of thought into, and they have done it surprisingly well. You control the machine by a series of buttons. All of these buttons are color coded meaning easier functionality. This is then powered by a back lit display that displays user information to help you function it. The screen also tells you the status of the four toner cartridges. It is important to know the level of cartridges and to keep track of this so that you don't run out completely.

Connectivity is another big factor when deciding your machine of choice. If you are working within an office, or more than one computer is connecting to the machine then a network connection is essential. This machine has a 10/100 Ethernet built in. If you want, it has a USB 2.0 port for high speed USB connecting also. The user can choose to print or scan directly through the network. It also comes fitted with a 50 sheet auto document feeder.

The machine is able to print out in very good quality, even in color your documents and images will look very good. The speed at which it prints out is also good. It can reach up to 20 prints per minute when printing in black and white, and can complete around 4 prints per minute when printing in color. It can handle many different types of paper as well. These include letter sizes, legal sizes, envelopes as well as certain custom sizes. It has a sheet capacity of 125 sheets. This is quite a good sheet capacity if you are using the machine for home use. If you are in an office however, this might not be enough.

The scanning resolution at which this machine offers is also very good. It can achieve 1200 dpi that will give you very good quality scans ready to be edited or emailed on your computer.

Cons:

A major downside, that nearly all offices will want, is the ability to do duplex printing. This machine doesn't have this option though, and you cannot upgrade to this either. Duplex printing is when the machine will automatically turn the paper around for you and lets you print on both sides of paper. If you want to print of both sides of paper with this machine, you will manually have to turn the paper around. A duplex printing option saves the company a lot of money as they will be saving on paper. Not only this, but it saves the user of the machine time, and it will affect their workflow if they are manually doing duplex printing.

The speed at which this machine prints is excellent at 20 pages per minute in black and white. However, when printing in color, 4 pages per minute is not very fast and if you rely on this being fast in order for the office to work fast, then you might want to think about getting a faster color printer.


Overall, this is a good printer that has the added ability of scanning. It is well built and can produce good quality, as well as fast prints in black and white. If you are looking for color as your primary printing method, then you might want to look elsewhere.