HP Color LaserJet CM1312nfi Multifunction Printer

Comments about HP Color LaserJet CM1312nfi Multifunction Printer:

I spent two years looking for a good Laser All In One and want to upgrade from a Xerox to a Color. This by far is the best printer for the money and the quality is impeccable. I have 6 laptops throughout the house linked into this one printer and the kids love it too.

Comments about HP Color LaserJet CM1312nfi Multifunction Printer:

The printer itself is not that bad. It' the toner cartridges that are bad. HP know's that the toner leaks all over the inside of the printer. They also make sqeeky or grinding noises. They are working on a solution to the problem but till they do I'ld stay away from this printer. The printer prints great when the toner doesn't leak but once it starts it doesn't stop leaking toner.

Comments about HP Color LaserJet CM1312nfi Multifunction Printer:

I need to find a printer that likes to print, this one does not. I have had it for a week and it is horrible. For example, I need to print 75 sheets. It kicks in and goes to work quickly, however, this comes to a hault because it needs to stop and do some "cleaning" or "calibrating". It randomly does these, sometimes after 10 pages sometimes after 20 or 25 pages. But to get 75 pages out it MUST have a few BREAKS. Come on I need to print! Then there is the dreaded "cooling down". After using it for 45 minutes it then starts with this 5 to 10 minute cool down every 5 to 10 pages. It will come out of cool down then go right into cleaning or claibrating. Again, hello, I need to print! All in all this is the printer for you should you NOT need to print, because printing it does NOT do well.

Comments about HP Color LaserJet CM1312nfi Multifunction Printer:

I bought this to replace an officejet all-in-one that was becoming unreliable. That machine had no problem working with an answering machine, which I need to take after-hours orders. This device will simply NOT automatically answer an incoming fax, even after updating to the firmware that HP claims resolves this issue. HP will not help with customer support [...]

Comments about HP Color LaserJet CM1312nfi Multifunction Printer:

Product is used in an office environment. Cannot store faxes - all incomins faxes are printed. Duplicates and unnecessary cover sheets are all a waste of paper. Very difficult to set up. Too many menus & options. Very poor overall.

Comments about HP Color LaserJet CM1312nfi Multifunction Printer:

I print 50-100 pages a day for my work. I finally decided to get a color laser printer and this All-in-one CM1312nfi MFP really caught my eye. The price was finally affordable for me. I have had this printer for a month now, I have not experienced any issues with toner leaking, I have received excellent comments on my presentations and am very satisfied with the copy function and ease of two-sided printing, albeit with manual intervention. I also love the fact that this is network ready, I can connect it with any ethernet cable to my wireless router and print from all of my PCs & laptops, wired or wireless (just set up the printers IP Address on the highest end of your DHCP Range).
I only have two negative comments: First is the system fax mode; I have found that if the system is in a sleep state and someone sends a fax, it does not respond right away. At first, I thought the issue was related to configuring the system in its Fax/Tel mode, in which the fax line is shared with a telephone. I even thought I might have had the phone lines reversed, but that was not the case either. Continued testing found that even if it is set up as a stand-alone fax machine, the fax does not answer on the first, and sometimes not even the second or third attempts of someone transmitting a fax, if it has been ‘sleep mode’. If you do not know when you could receive a fax, and that is a considerable part of your business, I would go with a dedicated fax machine and a different color printer/scanner rather than this All-in-one. Otherwise, I would suggest that if you know someone is going to send you a fax, set the system up for Manual mode so you can be there and make sure the system is not ‘sleeping.’
My only other negative comment is the additional ‘baggage’ that it installs on your computer (Mac-book, PC-laptop, desktop, all experience issues) and how much of it gets loaded on boot-up… If you think Windows is slow to boot up now… try adding these HP drivers and features… ugh (or is that slug)! Yes, you can fine tune it, but be advised, if you are looking to just Plug-n-Pray, expect longer startup times.