HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP LaserJet 1320 Laser Printer

Must have laser printer, good performer

By George Y  Apr 18, 2005 | 11 out of 11 found this HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP LaserJet 1320 Laser Printer review helpful

Pros: High quality mono printouts, very good performer, powerful compact duplex Laser printer

Cons: papers may get very hot especially in duplex mode, network comes at a price, low capacity toner comes in the package

I got this printer for some research projects, I installed it almost in lest than 5 minutes and started printing. I started with 370 pages document, the 1320 just adopted itself to the request and started at full duplex the whole job took about 23 mi...nutes, thats about 16 pages per minutes with duplex mode and 600dpi. Econo mode is useless, since it compromises the quality of your output. Graphics come decently quick however if I had added some RAM that could have been a lot better. The 1320 is a good performer I recommend it for every user looking for quality output, however there are some issues that HP must work on for example the heat that dissipates on duplexed papers it may burn your fingers in heavy graphics printing. Another thing the price that you may pay just to get a bluetooth device or jetdirect is comparatively high. Also the on board RAM upgrade, HP sells you 128MB module for a little less than $900 thats about 2.7 times the price of a new 1320!!! Sometimes the alert software that comes with 1320 will falsely report a failing job. Also when you have heavy printing the machine will pause for some time and nothing is reported in the alerts software. What I like most is the web management page that gives a handy toolbox to control your printer. The PCL6/PCLXL/PS2 are essential juicy features, however I would have preferred if they add PS level 3 or more. All in all, I recommend this printer for personal, and small groups... Read more Less