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(12 customer reviews) 26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Wow I'm pleased!,
February 1, 2005 Eric Lozauskas "lazer00@hicom.net" (Fairfield, NJ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP LaserJet 1320n Monochrome Network Printer (Office Product)
As always, here's my honest review with some background.
I've been looking for a good laser printer that I could have on my network for a while now. I have a small office and am an aspiring teacher (currently student teaching). When I can't get to the copy machine at school, I wanted something I could use to do some "mass printouts" for my students. I had an old NEC Superscript, but it frequently paused between pages for a breather and was generally slow.
If you don't need the network card (print server) built into this printer, then the 1320 (not 1320n) would be an amazing value! For me, I wanted the networking, so I was willing to spend the extra money. Setup was relatively simple, changing the IP address was easy, and I was up and running, printing from my Windows XP machines AND my MacOS X (10.3.7) machines.
Now for the printer itself. I'm very impressed with the build quality. Printers have been turning into plastic junk lately, but this...Read more
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
A year in use--still going strong,
November 24, 2004 T. M. Pruitt (Saint Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP LaserJet 1320n Monochrome Network Printer (Office Product)
One-year update (11/2005):
I would now give this printer 5 stars, as my original concerns (below) were superficial/cosmetic issues. The printer has performed wonderfully over the past year, no issues or breakdowns. Toner life has been well beyond my expectations, lasting just over a year of use. (I typically print a lot of academic, text-focused articles. Graphic-heavy works might use toner more quickly.) Printer speed is great, and even pretty decent using the 2-sided mode.
At this point, my only complaint is that the manual feed 'slot' isn't a 'tray'--thus requiring a bit of attention when using. Regardless, I can recommend this printer for home or small-office users who want fast, black and white printing.
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I recently purchased this printer to make printing over my home network easier. Functionally, the printer warms up quickly, text is clear, and it comes installed with some nice fonts one doesn't normally find standard in Windows,...Read more
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Works great on a network with Macs and PCs,
September 26, 2005 Jeffrey Heaton "Jeff Heaton" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP LaserJet 1320n Monochrome Network Printer (Office Product)
I have both Macintosh (OSX) and PC (Windows XP) computers on my home network. So I wanted a network printer so that I would not have to directly connect the printer to any one machine.
A single driver CD-ROM is included with this product. You must load the drivers onto both the Mac and PC. The SAME CD-ROM works with both. Once the HP driver is installed the machines can communicate directly with the printer.
The print quality seems fine, both with graphics and text. Being able to print on both sides of the paper is a really handy feature, and saves paper. The double sided printing is all automatic to the printer. No more printing odd/even pages and flipping!
Laser printers have a few advantages over Ink Jet printers. If you print mostly black/white text/graphics like I do, you will find your print speeds faster with a laser printer. You will also find lower print costs than Ink Jet. Further, toner has a longer shelf life than Ink cartages, since toner...Read more
