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HP Laserjet P1505

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Pros
Inexpensive
Fast, especially printing graphics
Cons
Skimpy design; pricey toner
Awful graphics quality

$124.00 - $245.40
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Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $199 (11/3/2008)
Performance: Good: 78
Features: Poor: 53
Design: Fair: 69

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $199

Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $68

Performance

Good: 78

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

Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	8.7
Color Photo Quality	n/a

Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm)	8.5
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs)	7.06
Grayscale Output Quality	Poor

Grayscale Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Grayscale Glossy Output Quality	n/a

Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
300dpi Line Art Image (secs)	6.91
Line Art Output Quality	Good

Scan Tests (in seconds)
Overall Scan Quality	n/a

Copy Tests
Copy Output Quality	n/a

Features

Poor: 53

Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed	2
Maximum Amount of RAM	2

Dimensions
Dimensions	14.9 by 9.6 by 8.9
Weight (pounds)	12.9

Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min.	B&W PPM: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)	0

Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard	1
Number of Input Trays, Maximum	1
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

Cost of Operation Inside of Warranty
Cost per Page, Black	$0.03
Cost per Page, Color	$0.03

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

HP LaserJet P1505 Monochrome Laser Printer Review

by Melissa Riofrio

- HP targets the entry-level laser market with the impressively speedy, if otherwise unremarkable, LaserJet P1505 monochrome printer. For reasons explained below, I disliked the design, and the print quality varies from slightly disappointing to profoundly so. But given the low price ($199 when reviewed), it's a tempting buy.

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