HP - LaserJet Pro M277dw Wireless Color All-In-One Printer - Gray

I have experience with HP's small desktop LaserJets all the way from the Laserjet 4 to the 400 Pro, with mostly positive results. This unit is a new design, targeted at users who need occasional printing, but don't like the page yields they get from an inkjet. Lasers have a higher acquisition cost, though, so could this thing save you some money in the long run, or is it a device without a market? My impressions thus far have been very good. It's a good-looking printer, and the pages it prints look great. Photo prints are about what you would expect from a laser - inaccurate midtone reproduction being the biggest problem. The scanner, however, is excellent. It's fast and quiet, much better than the OfficeJet I used previously. The ability to scan directly to a flash drive is a plus, and it saves documents as a PDF by default. Setup is easy, although you do have to download the software from HP's website to your PC. Cons? Well, it can't do legal from the tray, and the tray capacity is only slightly bigger than most inkjets. The toner cartridges are small too, but if your page count is a couple thousand a month you'll want a business-class unit anyway. Other minor quibbles include the fan noise when it's running at full tilt, and the fact that it goes into "sleep" mode after a while, which turns the WiFi antenna off. This is a setting that you can modify up to 8 hours - but not CANCEL - which is a known gripe on HP's forums. I still like this printer a lot - it's a good quality product from a reputable nameplate - and recommend it if it meets your needs. Small business owners may want to go up one level in the HP lineup. Home / home office users who prefer or need color laser printing may find it a viable option. I did.

HI bought this printer to replace my inkjet printer because I was going through ink so fast. This is an excellent low priced laser printer with easy to use functions. All in one features make it an excellent all around printer. I can also print from my cell phone. I really recommend this to everyone looking to upgrade to a laser printer not only for price but features. I print a lot when I am in school and like to print some pages in color so this was a good all around printer that can print over 1000 pages on a single tone. The only downside is the cost of the toner so I have to watch out for sales. But I think this toner will last me for more than a year with the amount of printing I do. Clarity is sharp and color comes out really nice and it also says you can print photos but I already have a photo printer so no need for that.

It was easy to set up the printer by following the instructions and diagrams. I installed the drivers from the HP Support website since the version was newer than the one with the supplied disk. I also downloaded a new firmware update. There were no problems setting up the Wi-Fi. I also followed the prompts for setting up ePrint, which assigned a unique email account to the printer. Since I use all of the features of the printer, I tested them all. Copying: I initially thought I had a problem with auto-duplex copying 1-sided to 2-sided pages from the document feeder, so I called HP support. The representative gave me incorrect information. He said you could not do auto-duplexing from the document feeder. I knew he was wrong since I was staring at the directions right in front of me, so I hung up and called back. The second representative also gave me the same wrong information, so don’t necessarily believe everything they tell you. I finally realized what I was doing wrong. You need to load the copies with the print side face-up not face-down. It then worked perfectly. I also tried to print envelopes. The small 6-3/4” ones cannot be fed through the manual feeder. The small size kept getting hung up just inside the feeder, and gave an error message on the screen. Using the paper tray by adjusting the guides or feeding from the auto document feeder worked fine. Size 10 envelopes worked fine using any of the methods. The only small quirk is that the Word 2010 envelope print program does not allow for multiple copies to the same address, so I had to keep running the program for each envelope. FAX: Initial setup was very easy. I tried several different scenarios. I had someone fax me a page to test it. If you answer the telephone and hear fax tones, you can press “123” on the phone, hang up, and the call will automatically be transferred to the fax machine. If you don’t have someone to test with you can send a test fax to a special HP number, 1-888-HPFaxme (1-888-473-2963) and after a few minutes, it will fax you back a page letting you know it’s working ok. I also tried letting the phone continue to ring to see if it would automatically transfer to the fax machine which it did (after setting the rings to answer in the setup menu to 5). Scan: This feature works perfectly. I could scan a multi-page document (using the document feeder) into a single scanned document using the computer program which can be accessed by launching the print program from “Devices and Printers” in the start menu and then choosing the Scanner option. I could not do multi-page scanner with my old all-in-one printer. You can even set up shortcuts for this as well as for printing and faxing. All in all, this is a great machine. It does everything well as long as you completely read the instructions. I’ve read most of the reviews on this machine, and found that all of the problems users claim to have, are addressed either in the user manual (which can be downloaded), or HP’s support website for this copier at www.hp.com/support/colorljMFPM277.

Best printer I've bought. Ive had ink jets over the years and got tired of replacing dried up ink cartridges. Decided to go laser. Lucky me, this one just hit the market a month before I bought and BB had it one sale. This made it affordable, I even managed to purchase the 4 yr warranty...all for just over $500. I unpacked , plugged up, turned on, followed short instructions and it was up and running....thank heaven, I am not electronic savey. It does the wireless wonderfully. Also eprint. I send most of my printing from my tab and it worked great and I'm on Centurytel modem so it really deserves a 6 just having to work with their undependable internet system. I absolutely Love the photo prints. They are at least twice as good as any inkjet I've ever used. The prints will be as good as what your camera can take. I used a Samsung 12.2 Tab to take pictures at the Grand Canyon and printed some off and they were Great. Color was very authentic. Think the cam on the tab is only an 8. So the printer is most certainly doing it's job. I have worked in offices and this small unit is just as good as what those big expensive guys put out. Very happy purchaser!!! Oh, two sided print is great, scanner copies are good, just a tad darker color so need to adjust for that, fax hooked up great but haven't used yet.

This printer is fast to print, produces great print and scan quality, and is easy to setup. Includes advanced home office/small business scan and print features, to include scanning to a NAS or network share, to email, or to a usb drive. Also easily recognized by mobile devices to include iPhone and iPad to print from. I highly recommend this color laser for small business/home office use. Smaller in size than the competition.

This all-in-one laser printer replaced a desk-jet that ate ink cartridges faster than I could buy them, and at a price that was less than the desk-jet when I bought it. I've had it for a few months, and so far, everything prints faster, cleaner, crisper. It is sleek and sturdy. The front usb port makes it easy for my kids to use it too to print directly from their school flash-drives. Very intuitive.

Everything is awesome about this printer except one minor thing. I will not duplex print for copies and scans. I understand the scan part, flat glass but I wished it would duplex print copies. It does duplex regular prints. Only reason for not giving 5 stars.

This was the first laser printer I have purchased for home use. This device was easy to setup out of the box. Many features can be configured through the web interface and through the physical console. Compatible with Google cloud print which was not listed on the box. I bought this to replace a inkjet due to low quantity of printing I do. Not dealing with drying ink and clogged print heads due to lack of usage is what I wanted to go for. Print speed for this device is much faster then the previous inkjet I owned and not having to worry about smearing the ink has been a high point for this printer. Glad I made this choice and looking forward to getting every page out of the cartridges.