HP LaserJet P2015DN Laser Printer
Hewlett Packard
- CB368A
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OK, I never write reviews, but after my frustrating experience setting this up with Windows VISTA I feel I need to say something to either warn others or help them. I have Windows VISTA and XP on various computers on my home network. The XP install and setup went fine so if you are using XP then I would recommend this printer. If you have VISTA then you may want to think twice before jumping into what may be an extremely frustrating and difficult setup!
HP should really be embarrassed by claiming VISTA compatibility with this printer and the work their customers need to go through to get it setup is beyond reasonable. I have been a big fan and user of HP printers for almost 20 years and this experience has shaken my faith in their quality. This printer says it is compatible with VISTA and even states that on the outside of the box. However, the install CD which comes with the printer does not contain software or drivers for VISTA and will not work. You will need to visit the HP site to
HP should really be embarrassed by claiming VISTA compatibility with this printer and the work their customers need to go through to get it setup is beyond reasonable. I have been a big fan and user of HP printers for almost 20 years and this experience has shaken my faith in their quality. This printer says it is compatible with VISTA and even states that on the outside of the box. However, the install CD which comes with the printer does not contain software or drivers for VISTA and will not work. You will need to visit the HP site to
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The printer works well, prints fast, good quality, typical HP workhorse. The software however is another story. Installation on XP systems was bearable, the only major issue is that after installation the notification program sometimes pops up during printing and hangs, sucking up memory like a Shop-Vac and forcing you to kill the process to close it. The next part I will capitalize for emphasis... IF YOU HAVE VISTA IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT, DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PRINTER! The driver is NOT compatible with Vista, regardless of what you read on the HP website. Now, as a disclaimer I should state that my experience with this printer on Vista is limited to a strict network installation, using an IP address to access the printer (not file and print sharing), perhaps it works better as a standalone printer, however I've installed it on two brand new Vista machines and it works correctly on neither one. I finally resorted to using an older driver from a different printer which does not offer
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I'm a big HP fan and this was my 4th printer from them (4L, 1100, 2500L). But this one simply doesn't work, the text flakes off on creases or even with a rub of the finger. It happens using any of the paper-type settings, and four different media types, all laser-guaranteed (including HP paper), and all of which work just fine on the 1100 and 2500L.
The feature set is great and it truly is a fast printer. But I need the text to stay on more than one minute. Try it out on the paper you plan to use before buying. If you have one and haven't tried it yet, scratch your fingernail lightly and see if the whole page comes off. It may surprise you like it did me...when a client called about it. Very unprofessional.
RE: support...after a very long support session doing a bunch of things that didn't solve the problem, HP offered to have a look at it if I paid $54 shipping. For a brand new printer, that doesn't print. I'm picturing spending the time finding another box, packing it up, getting it
The feature set is great and it truly is a fast printer. But I need the text to stay on more than one minute. Try it out on the paper you plan to use before buying. If you have one and haven't tried it yet, scratch your fingernail lightly and see if the whole page comes off. It may surprise you like it did me...when a client called about it. Very unprofessional.
RE: support...after a very long support session doing a bunch of things that didn't solve the problem, HP offered to have a look at it if I paid $54 shipping. For a brand new printer, that doesn't print. I'm picturing spending the time finding another box, packing it up, getting it
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After a month of what has been a great printer (maybe 100pp total so far), a glitch developed. The roller needs to be cleaned. (!) This inhibits the automatic paper feed to work.
Spent half a day on the phone with HP. Absolutely bad. The fix is to do it yourself, which is crazy. I have added memory to printers, computers, swapped out Hard Drives..etc. This little job is not for the faint of heart. After several attempts (consulting HPs support doc sent to me on the 2d phone call of the day to HP), I had to call again. Something wasn't right. Bottom line, this pain in the neck has exposed to me how poor customer relations is at HP. No axe to grind, but if it wasn't so sad, it would be funny.
I am exhausted and frustrated and, yeah, mad at this whole thing. MOre to the story, but right now, I will not buy another HP product again.
Spent half a day on the phone with HP. Absolutely bad. The fix is to do it yourself, which is crazy. I have added memory to printers, computers, swapped out Hard Drives..etc. This little job is not for the faint of heart. After several attempts (consulting HPs support doc sent to me on the 2d phone call of the day to HP), I had to call again. Something wasn't right. Bottom line, this pain in the neck has exposed to me how poor customer relations is at HP. No axe to grind, but if it wasn't so sad, it would be funny.
I am exhausted and frustrated and, yeah, mad at this whole thing. MOre to the story, but right now, I will not buy another HP product again.
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I bought this printer with the expectation of printing high quality text on quality paper. Much to my extreme disappointment, it only prints with any quality on plain paper. If you try to use any other type of paper, such as 24 lb cotten linen for resume's or letterhead, forget about it. The toner just wipes off after it prints. Unfortunately, I now see that others have had this same problem. I just wasted $300.
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This is my first review on Amazon. I usually don't write reviews if I feel they will not add anything new to the reader; however, I think this might help some of you who own an Airport Extreme or Airport Express. I bought this printer b/c I do accounting work as a side job from home and use a software that prints out legal forms that must meet certain requirements. As a result, I was required to purchase a laser printer that using PCL as its language and that is how I came to purchase the HP P2015DN since it meets the PCL requirement.
Although, I realize the fact that is has a network card I wondered if I will be able to hock it up to my Airport extreme using a USB cable instead of Ethernet cable since my Airport extreme has only one port which my PowerMac G4 uses for its internet connection. I hooked the printer up using the USB cable and followed the instructions to add it to bonjour and it worked flawless lee on all three of my mac's and my PC.
Although, I realize the fact that is has a network card I wondered if I will be able to hock it up to my Airport extreme using a USB cable instead of Ethernet cable since my Airport extreme has only one port which my PowerMac G4 uses for its internet connection. I hooked the printer up using the USB cable and followed the instructions to add it to bonjour and it worked flawless lee on all three of my mac's and my PC.
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My need was for a fast, good quality printer. This one fits the bill extremely well. I also print quite a few envelopes. It also works well for this. If you print several hundred envelopes, you'll have to feed them about 8 at a time The print quality is excellent and the almost instant on speed is great. It also doesn't stay "on" after printing, which I appreciate. I often print single sheets of card stock thickness or colored paper for notebook divider pages, and the easy and quick access to the alternate feeding tray (which is also where the envelopes go) is very good. I'd buy another one of these printers.
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I had no problem at all setting the 2015dn up for duplex printing under OS X 10.4.9.
It could be that the drivers have been updated since the previous poster had trouble -- but it also could be that because the duplex feature is well-buried in the options, he didn't find it.
First, make sure that when you check the printer properties under Preferences, that the duplex option is checked. You do this by clicking on "Printer Setup" and going from there.
In the Print dialogue box you first grab the drop-down menu for "Copies and Pages," then select "Layout," and there it is, as "Two-Sided." Select "Long Edge" or "Short Edge" and go.
Works perfectly.
It could be that the drivers have been updated since the previous poster had trouble -- but it also could be that because the duplex feature is well-buried in the options, he didn't find it.
First, make sure that when you check the printer properties under Preferences, that the duplex option is checked. You do this by clicking on "Printer Setup" and going from there.
In the Print dialogue box you first grab the drop-down menu for "Copies and Pages," then select "Layout," and there it is, as "Two-Sided." Select "Long Edge" or "Short Edge" and go.
Works perfectly.
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The print quality on this is great. No complaints. It's a little noisy as it prints, but that's to be expected for a workgroup printer of this speed.
My biggest beef here, and the reason it gets only three stars, is that HP pitches this thing as a "duplex" printer and one with Mac OS X support. Just how much is supported, they of course, do not reveal. The two things I bought it for - duplex, Mac OS X support - don't go together! The Mac driver doesn't include a "print both sides" checkbox under "Finishing" the way the Windows driver does.
I specifically ditched my HP LaserJet 1020 personal printer b/c there was no Mac support / workable drivers. HP should put a note beside their software indicating certain features are not available on the Mac.
I thought this printer was a safe bet, noting that on the Apple Store, this is one of the most full featured printers listed too.
HP should know that skimping on Mac support will cost them customer good will.
My biggest beef here, and the reason it gets only three stars, is that HP pitches this thing as a "duplex" printer and one with Mac OS X support. Just how much is supported, they of course, do not reveal. The two things I bought it for - duplex, Mac OS X support - don't go together! The Mac driver doesn't include a "print both sides" checkbox under "Finishing" the way the Windows driver does.
I specifically ditched my HP LaserJet 1020 personal printer b/c there was no Mac support / workable drivers. HP should put a note beside their software indicating certain features are not available on the Mac.
I thought this printer was a safe bet, noting that on the Apple Store, this is one of the most full featured printers listed too.
HP should know that skimping on Mac support will cost them customer good will.
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The print quality on this is great. No complaints. It's a little noisy as it prints, but that's to be expected for a workgroup printer of this speed.
My biggest beef here, and the reason it gets only three stars, is that HP pitches this thing as a "duplex" printer and one with Mac OS X support. Just how much is supported, they of course, do not reveal. The two things I bought it for - duplex, Mac OS X support - don't go together! The Mac driver doesn't include a "print both sides" checkbox under "Finishing" the way the Windows driver does.
I specifically ditched my HP LaserJet 1020 personal printer b/c there was no Mac support / workable drivers. HP should put a note beside their software indicating certain features are not available on the Mac.
I thought this printer was a safe bet, noting that on the Apple Store, this is one of the most full featured printers listed too.
HP should know that skimping on Mac support will cost them customer good will.
My biggest beef here, and the reason it gets only three stars, is that HP pitches this thing as a "duplex" printer and one with Mac OS X support. Just how much is supported, they of course, do not reveal. The two things I bought it for - duplex, Mac OS X support - don't go together! The Mac driver doesn't include a "print both sides" checkbox under "Finishing" the way the Windows driver does.
I specifically ditched my HP LaserJet 1020 personal printer b/c there was no Mac support / workable drivers. HP should put a note beside their software indicating certain features are not available on the Mac.
I thought this printer was a safe bet, noting that on the Apple Store, this is one of the most full featured printers listed too.
HP should know that skimping on Mac support will cost them customer good will.
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After close to ten years of using an HP 4L,(which still works perfectly), I decided to look for a printer with a larger paper reserve and higher speed. I've been thrilled with the P2015dn. The speed is incredible, the paper tray holds 250 sheets, with the front of the unit having a small indicator as to approximate amount of paper left in tray. The 32 MB standard memory means that on a big print job, even if the paper runs out in the middle of printing, it will remember and print the remainder of the job. Here's the great thing...this model of the P2015 unit is network ready with a built-in print server. I have a small network server connecting 2 computers and a wireless router for our laptops. My 4L was connected to a print server with parallel cable. By choosing this unit, all I had to do was use a J45 ethernet cable, plug one end into one of my ethernet hub's empty ports, and the other end into the back of the printer. Install the drivers on each computer (not the server), and you
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Last week was HP week at Office Depot and I decided to buy the HP LaserJet P2015DN for [...]. Things I particularly like:
--250 sheet input tray under the unit, not stuck out front, reminds me of the old LaserJet II and III workhorses that are still in use by some
--fast start up
--fast print, even duplex
--lots of paper choices, including recycled which I usually use
--small footprint
--easy set up
--excellent print
--plenty of memory for a single user, easy memory upgrade if more needed
--front tray for envelopes, etc.
Things to know:
--cartridge included is the smaller one, rated at 3000 pages (larger is rated at 7000)
--"D" means duplex
--"N" means network card included (not in use by me)
--4 models available
P2015
P2015D
P2015DN (mine)
P2015X comes with a 2nd 250 input tray and 7000 page cartridge
--recommended page volume is 740 to 3,000 pages per month, though the advertised duty cycle is up to 15,000 per month.
This printer was designed for workgroups, though
--250 sheet input tray under the unit, not stuck out front, reminds me of the old LaserJet II and III workhorses that are still in use by some
--fast start up
--fast print, even duplex
--lots of paper choices, including recycled which I usually use
--small footprint
--easy set up
--excellent print
--plenty of memory for a single user, easy memory upgrade if more needed
--front tray for envelopes, etc.
Things to know:
--cartridge included is the smaller one, rated at 3000 pages (larger is rated at 7000)
--"D" means duplex
--"N" means network card included (not in use by me)
--4 models available
P2015
P2015D
P2015DN (mine)
P2015X comes with a 2nd 250 input tray and 7000 page cartridge
--recommended page volume is 740 to 3,000 pages per month, though the advertised duty cycle is up to 15,000 per month.
This printer was designed for workgroups, though
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After trying other printers for a while, I came back to HP and bought the P2015DN and I'm happy that I did. It's a workhorse, with near instant printing from sleep mode, and extremely fast throughput. We have it networked with Bonjour to several computers and it doesn't miss a beat. Highly recommended for a workgroup printer.
