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Reviews: Monochrome Laser Printers
HP LaserJet P1505
B&W Pages per Min.: 24 • Max. B&W dpi: 600-by-600 • Tray Capacity, pages: 250 • Price When Reviewed: $199
HP LaserJet P1505 (Front)
HP LaserJet P1505 (Front)
77.8 Good
Last updated
November 19, 2007
Test Center Reviewed by
Melissa Riofrio
Pros
  • Inexpensive
  • Fast, especially printing graphics
Cons
  • Skimpy design; pricey toner
  • Awful graphics quality
Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $199 (11/5/2007)
Performance: Good: 71
Features: Fair: 63
Design: Fair: 69
Pricing
Very Inexpensive: $199  
Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $68
Performance
Good: 71  
Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm) 26.1 
Three-Page Word Document (secs) 12.5 
Ten-Page Word Document (secs) 29.87 
Text Output Quality Very Good 
Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm) 9.9 
Two-Page Excel Document (secs) 9.8 
One-Page Webpage (secs) 7.16 
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) 7.31 
Color Output Quality Poor 
Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) 7.06 
Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
300dpi Line Art Image (secs) 6.91 
Features
Fair: 63  
Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed
Maximum Amount of RAM
Dimensions
Dimensions 14.9 by 9.6 by 8.9 
Weight (pounds) 12.9 
Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min. 24 
Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi 600-by-600 
Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type Host-based 
Interfaces
Parallel Port No 
Serial Port No 
USB 1.1 Yes 
USB 2.0 Yes 
Ethernet No 
PictBridge No 
Drivers
Macintosh Yes 
Windows 98 No 
Windows NT No 
Windows 2000 Yes 
Windows XP Yes 
Linux No 
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 377.26 
Standby Power Draw (watts) 2.37 
Multifunction Printer Specs
Fax Memory (pages)
Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard
Number of Input Trays, Maximum
Tray Capacity, pages 250 
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays 250 
Manual Feed Slot Yes 
Maximum Paper Size Legal 
Output Tray Capacity 125 
Auto Duplexer No 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 24 
Saturday Support Hours 24 
Sunday Support Hours 24 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle 8000 
Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields 2000 
Bundled Items
Included Hardware HP LaserJet 1505 Printer, introductory HP LaserJet print cartridge, support flyer, paper tray cover, power cord 
Included Software 8 printer documentation, software on CD-ROM, Host-based printing, HP Status and Alerts, HP Usage tracking 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category More bad news for HP: below-average grades for out-of-box problems and significant problems with its printers. Readers aren’t thrilled with HP’s phone support either. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems Worse than Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Worse than Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Average 
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Average 
Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support Average 
Overall quality of vendor's phone support Worse than Average 
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service Average 
Overall quality of service Average 
Design
Fair: 69  

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