Customer Ratings & Reviews

Easy to set up. Good color quality. Response time is adequate.

Great printer replacing my old HP color laser printer. Have been very happy so far. Easy to setup and connect. Worked right out of the box.

I updated my HP laserjet printer with the LaserJet Pro 4301fdw and am tickled pink. The one draw back I found was a small volume paper tray so I purchased the optional second paper tray that adds 550 sheet capability. The speed and quality of the printer is great for small business use. I recommend this printer highly.

Love my laser color printer allows me to print documents, envelopes and make copies an all-in-all printer. Wireless so I can print any pics or images or text from IPad or iPhone. I highly recommend it!!

I love it! It was easy to connect to phone to print. Just amazing product!

This printer is great for my home business. The print quality is crisp and clear

We have a small medical office and decided to print collateral in house as it was just so expensive with other sources (even with promos). Besides looking nice and pretty, the price was great, does exactly what we need and on demand, we expected it to be bigger so no shock there. We are happy we decided to make the switch to in house.

The new Hewlett Packard Laser Jet Pro 4301fdw MFP (Model 4RA82F) represents the features and functionality that are essential to me. Multi-Function Printers combine the functions of Printer, Scanner, Copier and Fax Machine into a single, integrated device.. The HP LJ Pro 4301fdw MFP is meeting my needs extremely well! Among the attributes of the 4301fdw are: • Color Printing and Copying. • Full-Duplex Scanning (some MFPs provide only duplex printing, but not duplex scanning). • Full-Duplex Printing. • 50 Sheet Auto-Document Feeder. • 250 Sheet (#20 basis weight) Main Paper Tray. • 50 Sheet (#20 basis weight) Multi-Purpose Paper Tray (which opens from the front of the printer). • 150 Sheet output bin. • Touchscreen Control Panel (4.3” capacitive). • Flexible and powerful Connectivity including Dual-Band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Direct and Ethernet Port. o Wi-Fi is 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) but not 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6). • Rated at 35 Pages Per Minute (PPM) for both Black & White and Color Single Sided, Letter Size Pages for both Printing and Copying. (Which is an extremely fast print speed for a non-commercial printer). o Two-Sided Printing speed is not specified; however Two-Sided Copying speed is specified as 31 PPM for both monochrome and color pages. • First Page Out speed of only 9.1 seconds for black & white and 9.9 seconds for letter size color pages. o HP does not provide the basis for the printing or copy speed claims. Some manufacturers base the advertised printing speeds on ISO/IEC Standard 24734 and base copy speeds on ISO/IEC 29183 which specifies detailed parameters for testing the performance of copiers and multifunction devices. Actual printing speeds are dependent upon what is being printed. Typically, more complex content on a page will result in a longer print time. o In use, the 4301fdw printing speeds are incredibly fast for both single and double-sided sheets. The first sheet out time, even for a very complex graphic page, was just seconds. • Print Resolution of 600x600 dpi for black & white and color. Pantone calibrated color. o imageREt 2400 – which is an imaging quality option that mixes multiple toner colors within single dots, rather than using standard dithering, which is a multi-level trapping technology intended to result in a synthesized resolution replicating 2400 dpi. • Scan Resolution of 600x600 dpi Hardware Resolution and Optical Resolution HP states that the 4301fdw is suitable for use by small businesses and workgroups of up to ten users. HP also claims that the 4301fdw has a monthly duty cycle of up to 50,000 pages (letter or A4 sheets), however the recommended monthly page volume is listed as only 750 – 4,000 sheets, which is a significant difference from the stated duty cycle. The cost of keeping any printer fed with expensive toner or ink can seem punishing. In this case, if you replace the set of four toner cartridges just twice, the cost of those cartridges exceeds the original price of the printer. For this new model line of MFP printers, HP has introduced a new line of toner cartridges at a new, high price point. According to HP, the new TerraJet Cartridges and packaging are designed for a low carbon footprint with reduced plastic and energy use. HP also claims that TerraJet Toner is more efficient and produces more pages per cartridge. The 4301fdw uses HP 210A (standard yield) or 210X (high yield) toner cartridges. The 210A Black Toner Cartridge is rated to yield approximately 2,000 pages. The 210A Color Cartridges (Yellow, Cyan and Magenta) are rated to yield approximately 1,800 pages. The 210X Black Toner Cartridge is rated at approximately 7,500 pages, and the 210X Color Cartridges are rated for approximately 5,500 pages. The cost per page using 210A standard yield cartridges is approximately $0.24 per page, and using the expensive 210X high yield cartridges the approximate cost per page is $0.15. The printer comes equipped with a standard black toner cartridge, but includes limited usage, “Introductory” color toner cartridges which are rated to yield only approximately 1,000 color pages. HP has adopted the same OEM restrictions as some other printer manufacturers, and the firmware of the 4301fdw will only permit the printer to operate with genuine HP toner cartridges which have an HP chip embedded in them. The 4301fdw is designed to accept an optional (and somewhat expensive) 550 sheet, third paper tray (second cassette tray – Part Number 28N93A). I frankly wish that the second paper cassette was standard, since it is frequently important to have two media sizes loaded in cassettes at the same time, such as for a mail-merge. The combined capacity of all three paper trays would be 850 sheets. To make use of all of the features and functionality of the 4301fdw, the HP Smart App must be installed. Although scan software and drivers are available for a basic, functional setup, only the Smart App accommodates a full featured configuration and utilization of HP cloud services. The Smart App must be linked to an existing or new HP Account. The 4301 supports fax archiving and forwarding so that faxes can be sent to a network folder or email address, rather than printing the pages upon receipt. I still cannot configure that functionality properly. In order for the fax to be recognized as a printing path for applications such as MS Office, I found it necessary to download and install the HP Universal Fax Driver for Windows. HP Embedded Web Server provides a browser accessed printer homepage for numerous configuration and operation settings, including fax settings. EWS can be accessed from the Smart App or a browser window. A PIN number is required to access EWS and for many configuration changes. The PIN is even required to change the sleep setting (why???). The pre-assigned PIN is located on a tag accessed from the front door. The PIN can be changed, but the required length and format of a user defined PIN might offend your sensibilities. HP Smart App provides a user interface to numerous printer functions, including scanning, but there is also an HP Scan app. There are numerous dissimilarities in both the user interface and the available settings including features, functionality and available scan resolutions. Setting up the 4301fdw was not without complications. After downloading the full set of drivers and scan software, there were operational issues. Ultimately, I uninstalled all of the HP software, performed a factory default reset on the 4301 printer, and reinstalled the drivers and software. I found that using the HP Easy Start Printer Setup software was the preferred installation method. Nevertheless, there was still an issue during the reinstallation process, which was resolved by completing the setup with HP Smart App I have had issues with HP software in the past, so I am disappointed to encounter software deficiencies and problems once again. The 4301fdw measures approximately 16.5” wide x 17” deep x 15” high, and weighs approximately 45 lbs. Many of the plastic components are much thinner than those on my previous HP printers. Resultantly, there is flexion in parts that were formerly rigid and durable. The very thin profile, momentary contact power switch is flush on the front panel, making it more difficult to access and depress. The 4301fdw accepts a wide range of media sizes and types, including glossy and heavy papers. Duplex printing on 67# Bristol and 110# Index card stock from the main cassette paper tray performed perfectly, without any paper feeding or printing issues. The 4301fdw print quality is outstanding! Close inspection, including under magnification, of extremely detailed Test & Sign-Off Print Samples confirmed the excellent print quality. Pantone color matching was not performed, but color accuracy appeared to be excellent. Color saturation and gradation were excellent. Gray scale gradation was similarly excellent. Lines were sharp and definition was excellent. There were no printing defects observable, even under magnification. Photorealism was excellent. I compared an identical print sample from a different HP laser-jet, using magnification, and found that the 4301 produced even sharper and smoother lines than the other model. Scanning operations were incredibly fast for both single-sided and double-sided media. The duplexing ADF performs very well and is extremely fast. No misfeeds occurred, but there was intermittent and variable skewing. I scanned several hundred pages, including rescanning the same sheets multiple times to compare results, and found that the skewing was not related to the quality or weight of the paper. The issue appears to be hardware related, perhaps to the plucking and feeding of the sheets by the ADF, or perhaps it is attributable to the small size and flexibility of the paper guides, or perhaps the feed rollers are responsible. Photocopying is of course an operation which merges the scanning and printing functions, and its performance is equally excellent and fast. The 4301fdw supports reduction, enlargement, density adjustment and collation. Thus far the 4301fdw has been performing very well. Printing is extremely fast. Printed copy looks terrific. Scanning is also incredibly fast. Full duplex scanning, printing and copying works very well, and the speed is truly very impressive. The 4301 handles all types and weights of paper without jams or other issues. The 4301fdw is providing good, solid, reliable performance. In the event that the product ever does require service, it is comforting that it carries a one-year, next business day, on-site warranty. The HP 4301fdw MFP is a very good unit in my opinion. It performs all of the important functions that a demanding user can expect from an MFP, and it performs them all very well, and very quickly.

Love this printer. Print fast and is a great addition to our business. We print our own candle lables. Lloydcandlecompany.com

Wonderful printer! The print quality is remarkable and highly economical. I would definitely purchase it again.

We really like this printer. We have had no problems with it so far. It connected easily to the internet, printing is clear. We originally had a different one and had issues with it. Since we have Total Tech we took it in and said we didn’t want that one and wanted to exchange it for a different brand. We had no hassle and customer service was great!

Great quality prints and fast printing. Lackluster scanning with autofeed. Have to manually seperate pages to feed. Upgraded to laser due to poor proformace of new inkjet models.

The quality of the print is truly amazing. My pictures on printer paper come out super clean!

This is am amazing printer. I've been an HP fan since the original 2680 back in 1981.. This printer is fast, efficient, great output quality, and SMART... I highly recommend this printer for your home or work environments.

Excellent Product. Very easy and powerful printer. Highly Recommend

So far, our home office printer is exactly what we were looking for. Print quality is excellent.

The printer runs smoothly. Not having a single problem

My thanks to BestBuy for arranging for my receiving this equipment for my trial of the machine. In exchange I wish to provide my hands on experience and opinions of the printer. Having experience with a similar HP printer beginning only 6 months ago with very similar features, gives me the chance to compare and note any improvements and differences in these two models. My initial impressions is that they are almost indistinguishable machines with only some tweaks in the styling and location of some of the controls. The response, speed, output quality, and additional features of these multifunction machines is identical. My first realization was the substantial weight of this printer, weighing 45 lbs, by the labeling on the box. Compared to ink jet printers, the laser engine is profoundly heavier. The value of the laser in speed of output, large capacity for larger work loads, and much cheaper price per page of output make the laser printer worth the extra weight. It is designated as appropriate for a small to medium business, with output of up to 50,000 pages a month. Printer output is quite brisk, rated at 35 pages/minute for both color and B&W. The is a convenient front load 50 sheet loading paper slot for printing onto an occasional stock, such as letterhead, color paper, heavier stock for photos, etc. The second 250 sheet bulk tray is at the base, accepting all normal bulk stock such as 8.5” x 11” and A5. The tray accepts 8.5” x 14”, but the trays then sticks out in the front to accommodate the extra 3” of length for the legal page stock. The printer is compatible to the most common operating systems, including Windows, MacOS, Linux, ChromeOS, iOS and Android for mobile devices, Linux, and Citrix. I found it worked seamlessly with AirPrint on my iPhone 13; no hoops to jump through. It just worked. It arrived via a commercial carrier in excellent condition, well packaged. Alas, a couple of large chunks of styrofoam came in the box, one of the least ecological plastics available and not accepted in the majority of municipal curbside recycling programs. Other bulky items I have received recently have been much more ecologically padded with use of molded cardboard to protect the equipment. This molded heavy cardboard was sufficient protection for the equipment, which has all arrived in excellent shape, and avoids new plastics traveling for centuries of life in the landfill or oceans. The printer itself was a departure from the starkness of most recent HP printers in their plain white motif. With a blue facade, it was actually quite stylish in comparison, and a welcome change for me. Other aspects of how the machine was organized was also showing some improvements of access and convenience, such as the USB port in an easier access, behind a little flip up door, rather than tucked The touchscreen which is about 4.3” diagonal screen is very conveniently located up front. It prompted you for all the steps to setup your printer, without a hitch. Logging in to the WiFi was simple and flawless in execution. It then automatically checked for any firmware updates, and gave me the options for future updates whether I wished to check on my own, receive notifications of updates, or allow such updates to be automatically installed. My first pass on the firmware update gave me an error screen (see photo) but the second pass was flawless. There is also Ethernet connectivity, which would offer advantages of speed, and stability of the network even if the WiFi “went down”, and offers security by no vulnerability to hacking into the WiFi network. The machine arrived with all 4 color toner cartridges installed. The black cartridge was a regular size, rated at around 1800 pages of output, whereas the color cartridges were “introductory” cartridges, offering around 800-1000 pages of output (varies with your usage of color output). HP notes in the firmware disclosure that the machine is programed to accept only HP brand cartridges, and recognizes the embedded computer chips in HP brand cartridges. HP stated in this disclosure that future updates in the firmware will function to detect and thwart future any third party toner cartridges that have been designed to bypass HP’s restriction to only HP branded toner products. The customer cost of the 4 regular fill cartridges at retail is $425, but various vendors offer “rewards” for customers, which lowers the final cost. The various office supply stores charge essentially the same prices at retail. Printer Duplex printing, which can be toggled easily on the print dialog screen, as well as standard choices of color or B&W printing, number of copies, whether you want the whole document or just certain pages of it to print, etc. Very fast output, stated to be 35 pages/minute, color or B&W. This small to medium office machine is likely faster than “home use” rated machines, which have output in the 20-25 pages/minute range. The photo output is actually quite good. Generally, for fully optimal (gallery or archival) usage a laser printer is not the machine for photographs. In the consumer market that is usually an ink jet printer, with many manufacturers all making photo printers in a wide range of prices, depending on size format of the resulting prints. Laser printers usually top out at 8.5” x 14” size pages, and do not do glossy print surfaces. Dye sublimation, giclee, and other technologies for maximal accuracy of rendition, and longevity of print life, are available for the photo and graphic design pros. 
So a laser printer is great for color graphs and illustrations, illustrative photographs, line drawings, etc. but this “office machine” is not designed to fulfill your Ansel Adams dreams. Fax No having a land line at my home office, I did not test out the traditional fax function. I did, however, activate the “mobile fax” function. Note that this is a send only function, you would need a traditional land line to use it for receiving faxes. The mobile fax was easy to activate, and I had no difficulty in sending myself a fax to the office’s fax number. You can use this to send with typing in your message or attaching a document, such as a PDF. Scan You can choose color or B&W resolution 75 dpi, 150 dpi, or 300 dpi easily choose from the flatbed scanner glass (for items that are not standard paper size) or use the document feeder, which can scan duplex, capturing both sides of the document to be scanned in a single pass. I had a a problem getting both sides to actually show up on my scanned documents, when I selected “two sided printing”. Despite repeated attempts, it only scans one side. This capacity flawlessly executed on a similar but slightly older HP model. I am in the midst of trying to resolve this issue, and it has escaped me. I need to sift through the online help from HP, but sort of a low priority, as this is an infrequently used feature. I cannot say this is broken, but certainly not functioning as I intended. The prior printer would easily scan the documents to a USB memory stick if inserted into the USB port on the printer. It was one of the options, once you chose to scan, the USB was one target offered for the scan procedure. However the MFP4301 did not have a “scan to USB stick” option, just a scan “to computer” option, where you could have the scan go to any computer on your network. Of course, you could then save that PDF or JPG to your USB thumb drive from the computer, but it takes an extra step on the MFP 4301. Copy One touch to function as a copy machine, using the document feeder or the flatbed glass screen, where you can arrange multiple items (a series of narrow receipts from a retail store, for example). Duplex works well in this mode. Create You are prompted to download to your computer, tablet, smartphone the program HP Smart. This opens up a bevy of support apps, templates, features, and the like. Various cards and craft projects are presented. Using your phone’s camera as a mobile and portable scanner is certainly handy. There are many phone apps that offer such a function, but often at an ongoing fee. The HP Smart download is free, and includes access to a mobile faxing program for a trial period of unstated duration. You can send faxes from your computer or the phone HP Smart app, using your phone as a scanner or the phone’s camera to send a photo. The advantage of sending a photo via an internet fax is not that obvious to me, whereas sending a JPG via email, text, or message app is quite ubiquitous. However, the sign up does inquire if you are a HIPAA requiring entity, which suggests that their protocols could be compliant with the legal requirements of HIPAA for confidential transmission of medical reports, history, and similar data for the health care fields. Conclusion The printer performs very well, with a speedy consistent output, and several capacities beyond being just a printer. The price tag is I think reasonable given that you are getting about $425 worth of toner pre-loaded in the product. 
Whether the flat bed scanner, duplex printing, land line fax ability, and very fast page output are worth the premium over a more basic LaserJet is a calculation you will need to make. Since my home office usage is not that great, and I don’t therefore burn through toner that much, the requirement to stick with HP branded toner cartridges is not a deal breaker. Again that is a calculation you will need to decide for yourself. In comparison to the prior HP model that I use at the office, there are a couple of features that are missing here, that I had used regularly. Most notably:
 1) to scan to a USB drive (not offered as a choice in this model) and 
 2) getting the scanning to provide duplex scanning (both sides of a document without having to take out and re-feed the document into the tray). Duplex scanning is present in the choices of scanning, but just doesn’t work. I have not yet connected with HP help desk to see if

Have had this printer for about a month and, so far, it functions as advertised. My first color laserjet and I'm pleased.

Stopped printing after less than 50 prints. Got some weird error on the LCD and unit became unresponsive even after multiple restarts. Waited a few hours and it started printing fine again. When it does work, it works great, but if you are buying this for a business, maybe buy an older model with a proven track record.