The HP Color LaserJet 1500L Printer

by erin on February 9, 2010

The HP Color LaserJet 1500l printer using Hp 1500L toner is a true budget-priced laser jet printer that can make for an ideal candidate for any business that needs a good printer at a bargain price. It has nice print speeds and the quality of the printed product is also very good. It’s meant for true workgroup duties, by the way, and it has easy-to-implement connectivity processes, which makes it even more of an attractive candidate.

When it comes to print speed, the 1500l does well enough in B&W to attract consideration from any small business on the lookout for an inexpensive-yet-relatively-speedy printer. It features 16 pages per minute of print capability in black-and-white, with color coming in at about 4 pages. HP usually intends for printers at this price point to be able to print in color, though B&W is more its intended role.

Connectivity is through standard USB, with no other option available. In today’s wired world this is really no big issue. The printer doesn’t come standard with the USB cable, though, so keep that in mind when considering purchase of the 1500l. There’s a fair chance any business looking for a printer in this end of the market won’t have an IT specialist, but the connecting software makes the job easy enough to do by just about anybody.

Printed page resolution is fairly standard HP, at 600 dots per inch (dpi). This is adequate enough to ensure that most any printed page will emerge from the printer looking clean and tidy, with no blurriness or smudging in evidence. HP includes a proprietary image enhancement technology control software program to keep everything looking just as neat across most any print task.

RAM in the 1500l is typical for a printer in this segment, and its 16MB can’t be upgraded, either. It’s smart to take stock of the kind of print tasks and how many of them will need to be done at nearly the same time before settling on a printer at this low-end rating when it comes to RAM. There’s nothing out-of-the-ordinary, though. A standard 150MHz microprocessor keeps everything organized and flowing well enough.

The printer can print out on a wide variety of media types, including envelopes and transparencies and plain paper. It holds about 125 sheets of paper, so keep that in  mind if the aim is to find a high paper storage printer. The maximum number of media types that can be stored can be as much as 375 pages in total, though it’s more likely that the 125-page capacity will be standard operating procedure.

Durability in the 1500l is also nice enough, with a maximum monthly duty cycle at a nice 30,000 pages. HP recommends between 1,000 and 3,000 pages per month, though, which is about par for the course for a printer of this type and price. Keep in mind that this is a laser jet printer, meaning that it takes four printer cartridges, 1 each of black, yellow, cyan and magenta. It also can run off of Windows and Mac OS operating systems.

The HP Color LaserJet 1500l printer will work well in a small business workgroup setting that doesn’t need hugely complicated and large print files produced. It can be found for under 150 dollars online, which is a very nice price for a network color printer. It’s also durable enough and can print out at about 16 pages per minute in black-and-white, which is a nice print speed. Color comes out at 4 pages per minute, though. If you need replacement toner, which you will occasionally, search online for HP toner.  You will specifically need HP Color LaserJet 1500l toner to match your printer.

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