2024 the best printer for home use review
Price: $339.00
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Ideal for offices, get vibrant laser-quality color and powerful productivity with the Color LaserJet Pro 3201dw. This color laser printer is loaded with features and incredible speed perfect for offices. Connect via wireless or ethernet with the 3201dw, a printer that has built-in Wi-Fi® and HP Wolf Pro to keep your information secure.
FROM AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED PRINTER BRAND – Perfect for small teams printing professional-quality color documents and reports. Print speeds up to 26 ppm black/color.
PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIVITY – Proficiency with every print—next-generation TerraJet toner brings your business to life with more vivid colors
UPGRADED FEATURES – Fast color printing, auto 2-sided printing, and a 250-sheet input tray
AWARD-WINNING RELIABILITY – Performance you can count on page after page, and always ready for the high demands of business
WIRELESS PRINTING – Stay connected with dual-band Wi-Fi with self-reset, which automatically detects and resolves connection issues
PROTECTS YOUR DATA – Built-in HP Wolf Pro Security uses a powerful suite of customizable tools that boosts security and helps keep networks protected against cyber threats and malware
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN – Decrease your carbon footprint with a printer and toner cartridges built to reduce plastic use and energy consumption. The 3201dw is Energy Star and EPEAT certified. Recycle your toner cartridges with HP Planet Partners.
This printer is intended to work only with cartridges with original HP chips or circuitry and will block cartridges using non-HP chips or circuitry. Periodic firmware updates will maintain the effectiveness of these measures.
Reviewer: James
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: So Far So Good !! HP3201dw is an Excellent Model and a Great Value
Review: I ordered the HP 3201 DW and so far it has met my expectations. I upgraded to a laser printer for my home office needs and after reading the pros and cons, I took a chance on this model and after a week, I have to say things are going well. The colors are vibrant, the printing is quick and relatively quiet. I have an IMac so the setup was instant and easy. I plugged it in, my wife hit a few buttons and wah-lah .. wifi printing. No HP downloads and it even works with Samsung. I print directly from my Samsung cell phone with no challenges at all. I am pleased with the delivery, ease of use, quality, size, price and appearance. This is supposedly the "newer" version and I did purchase the extended warranty just in case.
Reviewer: Loretta Anderson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Print It!
Review: This HP printer was a great choice! I needed a new printer and did some research..this one caught my attention as I was looking for a laser printer and the price range was right! It was easy to set up and prints beautifully.. its wireless and I am very happy with my choice!
Reviewer: Edward O. Wolcott
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A good, solid printer that works well
Review: I am using this printer in a wired mode and it works well. Startup did not take long, produces excellent copies, and it is fast and quiet. I would definitely recommend it for my level of copy usage--500 copies a month
Reviewer: onton
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good print quality but awful UX
Review: It is borderline unusable over wifi.Easy to setup, easy to use, print quality is fine as well. Plug it in, connect it to wifi, add it to your laptop or phone, print. Easy. Everything works fine the first time.However next time you try to print anything from the laptop or the phone nothing will work. It will say "printer is offline" and after that, no matter what you do to it, there is no reliable way to refresh its status and force it to print anything. Reboot the printer - doesn't matter, says "offline", reboot the laptop - doesn't matter, "offline". Re-connect the printer to wifi, doesn't matter - "offline".The stupidest thing is that when you open the HP app on the same laptop the app does see the printer and recognizes it as online. Shows you the status, the toner level. But you can't print anything, print queue and print dialogs say it's offline.Then randomly after a few minutes (or a lot of minutes, it's random) it would get recognized as online again and you would be able to print. Until you pause for some period and it becomes offline again. Repeat.There are "troubleshooting" steps like making a default printer, some other similar suggestions. They help maybe once, after the period of inactivity you will be back at square one, everything will say it's offline. And at that point it's already a default printer and all troubleshooting steps performed. Nothing helps.Same when printing from the phone. Trying to add it from the print dialog works the first time. Next times it would say offline. Sometimes it would randomly recognize it as online after a few minutes of staring at the print dialog. But sometimes it wouldn't. When you try to add it over wifi direct it would work the first time. But then again, next time it's offline. And if you remove and attempt to add it again - good luck, the phone would find it but you won't be able to install it.Or you can install HP smart app and whatever other apps it requires to print from the phone. It won't see the printer. But then after you lose the patience and go back to the print dialog, it would be available in the dialog using the HP plugin. What is going on.....Doesn't matter the OS either. MacOS, Windows, Android - same things. Doesn't matter the wifi quality, gone through multiple routers, different bands, through other different settings, and currently sitting right next to it on the same network, unable to print anything but able to do everything else over the same wifi.I dread the next time I need to print anything, I will need to go over all possible combinations of random actions that I think are related. I feel like I am following a cargo cult, where I need to perform some weird dance and press random things in hope that the pinter gods will allow me to send the PDF over and I would get it on a paper by some magic.How hard it is to implement a reliable working wifi printer driver?
Reviewer: C.Pelaez
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Need to note...
Review: I had previously purchase (kinda sorta) same; my mistake not seeing clearly it was not a colored printer. So I found THIS one. Great reviews! Home office. Set up was a bit challenging without the onscreen (touch screen) but fairly doable to do manually. Boom thought all was good for one week. Went to print again and asked to log in (again); wifi not connected (again) but ok, I had not printed in 5 days so perhaps it did not quite connect. (what do I know...); tried again and still nothing; turn off, turn on, reset. frustrating. They saw an alert; "you may have run out of toner" really? One week? and (toner) low? But ok, perhaps I was sent a printer that isn't up to par for making a mistake ordering original. Now trying to buy a toner. No guidance (this is the toner you need for the printer you just purchased) - which makes me weary to buy and make another mistake. Other than that, when it prints, it prints nicely. #twocents
Reviewer: Gentle Reader
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great trouble-free printer!
Review: I was tired of my laser jet printed pages smearing if they got damp, etc. I decided to try this Laserjet printer and am so glad I did! I have had it for over a year now and am really impressed with its performance and print quality. I buy the high yield cartridges and am impressed with how easy they are to install and replace. Just pull out a tray, remove the spent cartridge by lifting it out, and pop in a new one. Once the tray is reinserted it will go trough a short cycle to get the cartridge ready and to calibrate. We have had minimal issues with connectivity, paper jams, or other technical issues. I did need to reconnect the printer to our router once or twice, but it is easy to do. It seems to go through walls well. My husbandâs office is across the house and in in the back from mine but he connects just fine. Paper is easy to change sizes or to refill. The print quality is so much better than my old HP Officejet!! The only con for me is the high cost of the proprietary cartridges, but that is part of the cost of owning a LaserJet. I have replaced the black toner twice and two of the color ones twice in the past 15 months but your mileage will vary depending on how much you print. I do plan to start another business this fall so I know I will use more toner and paper once that happens.I do recommend that you buy a full set of high yield cartridges to keep on hand as the cartridges that come with the printer do not last that long. When one color or black cartridge is spent, I order another spare for the next time to keep on hand as the colors run out at different times. There is a newer model I see but if the price is good do not hesitate to buy this one.
Reviewer: Marc Lanctôt
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Usage personnel
Reviewer: Victoria Foster
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: It has been the best purchase for a printer.
Reviewer: Leo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: it works - exactly what i need from it
Reviewer: Emmanuel Mendez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Da excelente calidad de impresión. Lo único malo es que no soporta papeles con gramajes altos.
Reviewer: Stephen Sobol
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Huge value for the money. Very satisfied.
Customers say
Customers like the ease of setup and print speed of the printer. They mention it's easy to use, prints fast enough for their work-from-home needs, and is happy with the color quality. However, some customers have issues with connectivity. Opinions are mixed on the print quality, value for money, printer functionality, and wireless connectivity.
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