“What to know about the HP Color LaserJet CM1312 Mfp printer using HP Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP toner comes down to understanding that one will be getting what is known as “”all-in-one”" or multifunction printer capable of also scanning and copying. Additionally, Hewlett-Packard has delivered his printer at an attractive price point that makes a competitive with many other higher-end printers. Its print quality is excellent and it is also fairly speedy, which is something unusual with multi-functions at this price point.”

Print shop quality comes to the 1312 multifunction at a price, though that price is very slight when one stops to think about it. To get that quality, one must be prepared to accept about 12 pages per minute of monochrome printing and eight pages per minute of color printing capability. While the machine is no speed burner, that probably won’t be the aim of most users of this particular HP printer.

Print resolution in both black-and-white and color is more than fine, coming in as it does at 600 dots per inch resolution. Everything that emerges will look sharp, clean and clear and there will be little if any problem ever presented due to smearing or smudging. As a copier, it is able to enlarge documents up to 400% or shrink them down to 25% of original size as well. For best results, print with Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP bulk toner.

Print time from tasking to emergence of the first sheet is 25 seconds in black-and-white. It will take an additional 6 seconds longer than that for something to be done in color. While this isn’t particularly speedy, this machine will certainly deliver print quality that will be more than acceptable, which is probably what Hewlett-Packard meant to do in slowing things down a bit.

Keep in mind that this is a multi-function printer, meaning that also can scan, copy and print. As a compromise, when it comes to doing all three functions, this particular Hewlett-Packard LaserJet-type machine does it all very well, especially when one considers its low price. It can scan at 1200×1200 dots per inch resolution, which will deliver extremely sharp documents when final rendering is completed.

Standard memory is also fine — especially for a multifunction printer — at 120 MB. There is no capability for memory upgrade, but that is usually the case for most multifunction units sold by this company in this particular market segment. It’s easy enough to hook the printer up to either a PC, Mac or even to a small network, as it uses a high-speed USB connection port. No other wired connectivity capability is available.

“It’s a fairly robust machine in that it has a monthly duty cycle of 30,000 impressions. When talking about a multifunction printer, “”impressions”" refers to its printing and copying capabilities the. The 1312 will be able to hold around 150 sheets of paper and it can handle a wide variety of media types, including envelopes, labels, transparencies and most sizes of paper. There is almost no Mac or Windows-based operating system the 1312 can’t run off of, by the way.”

Taken altogether, the HP Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP printer does it all and at a price ($350 for a fresh, refurbished unit) that’s sure to make the owner of a small office/home office business stand up and take notice. It isn’t the fastest printer on the market, but that’s not the rule this particular unit was built to take on. It is very durable and produces high-quality product, which actually is the role it’s meant to fill. You will need to have extra toner on hand.  This will allow you to keep printing when ink runs out.  You can either get your Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP cartridge from a store, or online.

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