
HP Laserjet 3030 All-In-One Printer (14 PPM, 1200x1200 DPI, B&W, 32MB, PC/Mac)

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- Core Components
- Media Handling
- Network
- Connectivity
- Platform Support
- Dimensions
- General Features
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- Scanning
- Faxing
Media Handling
| Manual Feed Slot | No |
| Maximum Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum paper size, height | 14.0 inches |
| Maximum Sheets With All Paper Trays | 150 |
| Output Tray Capacity | 125 |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum paper size, width | 8.5 inches |
| Standard input sheet capacity | 150 |
Platform Support
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General Features
| Printer Emulation Type | PCL |
| Media slots | |
| PictBridge compatible | No |
| Printer languages supported | PCL 6 |
- Lab Tested
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Pros
Fairly compact
Text looked dark and clean
Cons
Slow scanning
Subpar speed and image quality
Bottom Line
Subpar speed and image quality make this small laser multifunction printer tough to recommend.
HP LaserJet 3030
Laserjet 3030 All-In-One Printer (14 PPM, 1200x1200 DPI, B&W, 32MB, PC/Mac) Review, by Lisa Cekan May 27, 2005
The HP LaserJet 3030 is a sleek-looking monochrome laser MFP with the signature HP black-and-gray color scheme. It's fairly lightweight (26.4 pounds, making it the lightest model here), and compact enough to fit neatly onto a desk. The well-designed front panel sets aside discrete sections for faxing, scanning, and copying, as well as for controlling the LCD menu. Unfortunately the unit's performance leaves much to be desired.
The LaserJet 3030 printed text at a fairly slow 11.4 pages per minute and grayscale graphics at 3.4 ppm--just over half the average speed of the average monochrome MFP in the group we reviewed for our July 2005 issue. Even more disappointing was its print quality. Our test black-and-white photo was pixelated and had distinct moire patterns throughout; parts of the image showed excessive contrast, giving it a choppy texture. Text looked better, with dark and clean lettering.
Scanning with the LaserJet 3030--using either its software or front panel--is simple. You can save your scanned image to a file, send it via e-mail, or open it in an application. Unlike many other HP printers and MFPs, the LaserJet 3030 come without HP's Image Zone image organizer and editor. Since this is a monochrome laser printer, we understand why HP would leave off color image-editing software; but it makes color scans, so those extra features would have been useful. Instead, HP provides a viewer as part of the scan driver, enabling you to make rudimentary changes to a prescanned image before saving it.
Though scanning images is easy, you may not want to use this function: The LaserJet 3030 was the slowest scanner among the monochrome laser MFPs we tested, taking 56.2 seconds--25 seconds longer than average--to scan our color document. And our judges reported that the scanned image, both on-screen and printed, looked reddish and fuzzy, as though a light film overlay it. A print of a page of scanned text looked better, exhibiting dark, sharp letters.
Pedestrian scanning abilities aside, the LaserJet 3030 is a serviceable copier. The unit permits one-touch black-and-white copying on the front panel, where you can make copies lighter or darker, reduce or enlarge them, specify the number of copies, and change the output quality by choosing text, draft, photo, or best photo. Copies were dark and sharp enough, and a page of copied text emerged in 5 seconds--about average for the monochrome MFPs we reviewed.
The unit includes HP Toolbox, a Web-based configuration and navigational tool. The Web pages highlight each function of the MFP and allow you to configure such things as the fax number, fax call report, and automatic log printing. You can also use Toolbox to configure the IP address or DNS address and to set up general copy and print settings. Ethernet networking is a $299 option.(HP offers 802.11b/g wireless networking for $199 and Bluetooth networking for $159, as separate options.)
You can choose from various external print servers--including wireless print servers--but the LaserJet 3030's limited paper-handling capacity makes it most suitable for small workgroups. Its 150-sheet main paper tray is relatively small, and the unit has no paper tray expansion options.
Upshot: You can find faster, better-quality monochrome laser MFPs than the LaserJet 3030 for your home office.
Lisa Cekan
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Performance
| Color Photo (secs) | 16.85 |
| Color Photo, Normal Settings | 16.85 |
| Copy Output Quality | Good |
| Copy Quality | Good |
| Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 18.45 |
| Grayscale Output Quality | Poor |
| Line Art Output Quality | Fair |
| One-Page Copy | 12.03 |
| One-Page Copy (secs) | 12.03 |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic | 17.67 |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) | 17.67 |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Poor |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Fair |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Good |
| Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 31.56 |
| Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-pv2x2maxmax-Average) | 31.56 |
| Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 31.79 |
| Preview Scan, Line Art, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-pvLAmax1-Average) | 31.73 |
| Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 32.24 |
| Ten-Page Word Document | 52.46 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 52.46 |
| Tested Color Graphics Speed (formerly pf-PCWColorSpeed) | 3.4 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 3.4 |
| Tested Text Speed (formerly pf-PCWBWSpeed) | 11.4 |
| Tested Text Speed (ppm) | 11.4 |
| Text Output Quality | Good |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document | 73.94 |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) | 73.94 |
| Three-Page Word Document | 21.06 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 21.06 |
| Total Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-2x2maxmax-Average) | 25.58 |
| Total Scan Time, Line Art, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-LAmax1-Average) | 26.94 |
| Total Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 18.45 |
| Two-Page Excel Document | 15.24 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 15.24 |
Scanning
| Preview scan, 2-by-2-inch document, 600 dpi | 31.56 |
| Preview scan, 4-by-5-inch document, 100 dpi | 31.79 |
| Preview scan, one-page Word document, 300 dpi | 32.24 |
| Preview scan, one-page Word document, 300 dpi | 32.24 |
Text Printing
| Text output quality | Good |
Review Now! Already own it? Tell us What You Think
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Reviewed by: razvan36
Strengths: small dimensions, multiple functions (4 in one fax, copy, printer, scanner) long term usage of laser cartridge, good for small business.
Weaknesses: does not have any printer cables to connect to the computer (bought 3 printers in the last 2 years, the first 2 had at least the USB cable, but the third one is missing even that one!!!).
Overall: It is a very handy gadget! The feeder allows for quick copying and faxing (I think up to 50 pages). The manual feeding tray is usefull for double side copying and for printing envelope addresses. The NOT INCLUDED USB printer cable is relatively easy to get from other devices (or I'm assuming from the store as well, and I don't think it is expensive!).
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Reviewed by: udi0
Strengths: great text quality
Weaknesses: paper handling is relatively limited
Overall: Easy set up. Good choice for home office and small business users. Excellent scanning, faxing, and copying capabilities. Short warm-up time. I got it for $xx after coupon. High-quality printer at an excellent price.
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Reviewed by: khkutler
Strengths: Decent all-in-one abilities, decent print jobs in a reasonable amount of warm-up time, and small footprint.
Weaknesses: No wireless capabilities and paper tray a bit on the small side.
Overall: I'm very happy with my purchase. I think the quality of the laser printing is reasonable for the price...especially because it's able to fax/scan/copy/etc. It's good for a small office with a low number of print jobs per day.
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Reviewed by: WithoutFluff
Strengths: Fast Laser Printing, Good Faxing - especially with the top auto-feeding tray, good low print cost per page, 2000 pages on a toner for $70, INCREDIBLY RELIABLE as I use it for Real Estate and business
Weaknesses: Very few if any, but the paper tray could hold more paper, and maybe a duplex option (I know it's too expensive of an option for HP), and lacks Wireless connectivity (I'm really nit-picking here)
Overall: This is one of HP's BEST LaserJet All-in-One printers. This was is one of the better most reliable, and high quality printer that they've made in a while. High print quality, good faxing with solid performance. The top tray for loading faxes is really great and I use it to load 70 page Real Estate contracts without having to wait by the machine. You get about 2000+ pages printed on a $70 or cheaper toner cartridge giving you a pretty good low cost per print. This printer DOES NOT have the jamming problems which a lot of the older HP Laserjets do have. It doesn't eat up 3 or 4 sheets of paper at once and it's absolutely a blast because of the faxing, scanning, copying, and laser printing. Simply amazing!
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Reviewed by: afulacom
Strengths: All in one
Weaknesses: have not found any yet
Overall: I like HP Laser Jet 3030 for all in one functionality. You can get fast Laser quality printing, faxing, scanning, and coping. Great space saver. Works well for home and small business use.
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