HP Color LaserJet Pro CP1525nw

• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 10 reviews
• My rating: 0 stars

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• 8 stars

  Great printer for the price

  by hmelnick on May 8, 2011

  Pros: Print quality is good; even photos on plain paper are acceptable. it's relatively quiet, relatively fast. Easy to set up (I used the USB connection, haven't gotten around to the WiFi setup.) The one-sheet tray works as expected.

  Cons: No cons as far as I'm concerned, for my home usage.

  Summary: All things are relative. I was using a Konica-Minolta 2400 color laser printer; I bought it because it was only $200. When printing, it sounds like a Sherman tank crossing ...

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  Summary: All things are relative. I was using a Konica-Minolta 2400 color laser printer; I bought it because it was only $200. When printing, it sounds like a Sherman tank crossing a railroad track; frequent paper jams; supposed to print envelopes but wouldn't; no separate input tray for envelopes or other paper; software glitches. I decided I would replace it when the black cartridge ran out.
  
  OfficeMax had a special on the HP I couldn't resist. This HP printer costs what I paid for the KM, and OfficeMax gave me $50 for my old printer. The HP is far quieter (about the sound of a small electric fan), is just as fast as the KM, does everything I want, has an input slot for different paper or envelopes, and prints envelopes. I've had it only a day but so far I'm delighted.

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• 1 stars

  Strongly advise not to buy

  by eagle1862 on October 25, 2012

  Pros: Worked initially well

  Cons: Major color misalignment

  Summary: Wish I had not perchased this product. Color misalignment seems to be a common problem with HP colorjets, and successful solutions are seldom.

  Summary: Wish I had not perchased this product. Color misalignment seems to be a common problem with HP colorjets, and successful solutions are seldom.

• 2 stars

  Don't buy, there's a reason HP stopped making this unit

  by seattle_expat on September 14, 2012

  Pros: 802.11n wireless

  Cons: Slow
  Constantly "cleaning" or "initializing"
  Can't print envelopes
  Can't print paper that is not A4 or US Letter
  Only holds a 1/2 ream of paper

  Summary: Originally I was fairly happy with this printer. After using the CP1525 for several months, however, we are disappointed and frustrated with this product. (It should also be a clue ...

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  Summary: Originally I was fairly happy with this printer. After using the CP1525 for several months, however, we are disappointed and frustrated with this product. (It should also be a clue that HP stopped manufacturing this model shortly after it was released!)
  
  I have to preface this by saying that I have been spoiled using an HP Color Laserjet CP2025dn for the past couple years and I have zero complaints. I bought this 1525 model because I needed a color printer for my home office and it was a couple bucks cheaper with most of the same features. I especially liked that HP is finally integrating 802.11n WiFi into their models, a step up from the slower 802.11b/g standards. Also liked the easy setup and management on both Windows and OSX.
  
  That said, this printer is really a let down in terms of functionality. For one (1) the paper tray only holds about 50-80 sheets. I really like it when printer manufacturers create a model that can hold a whole ream in their tray. Keeps me from having a 1/2 ream of loose paper lying around. Also, (2) printing is really slow. When I use the 2025 model, I can press 'print' on the computer and almost instantly the wheels start turning. But with this model (1525) it takes about 40 seconds before the light even starts flashing, indicating that a job has been sent. Seems a bit long for new model printer. Also, (3) this model frequently stops for "initializing" and "cleaning" way more than any other printer I have ever owned. (4) This printer CANNOT PRINT ENVELOPES. Take note if this is something you plan to use this model for. We have spend dozens of man hours trying to figure out why this feature won't work as advertised. The printer simply won't feed envelopes. (5) The printer doesn't seem to be able to handle any other paper than A4 or US Letter. If you try to get fancy and print some custom sizes, forget it. It randomly scales the fonts and you never quite get what you want.
  
  We plan to salvage this model and go back to the 2025 (now re-banded as the LaserJet PRO 400).

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• 9 stars

  Excellent Afforadable Color Laser, Retiring The Inkjets

  by fsclaol on May 11, 2012

  Pros: Very good color print quality, easy set up, wireless printing, HP ePrint mobile print capability.

  Cons: None yet encountered, very minor software setup oversight, explained in summary below.

  Summary: Was up till the wee hours NOT setting up this printer, but, printing wirelessly from computers on the network and generally giving the CP 1525nw a printing workout / checkout. This ...

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  Summary: Was up till the wee hours NOT setting up this printer, but, printing wirelessly from computers on the network and generally giving the CP 1525nw a printing workout / checkout. This printer is a keeper as I've already printed 100s of pages of text and graphics. These are instructions, configurations, reports, stored forms (notepad / graph paper, checklist, musical pages), ePrint setup reference pages, test photos, etc....
  
  Prior to any software setup, I went through all of the menu options via the front panel buttons and printed out reports, forms, learned features and enhancements, etc..... and learned quite a bit about the printer even before cracking the User Manual (on included CD).
  
  Set up was a breeze, the slight oversight is the fact that the factory sleep default value is 15mins. While waiting for my slower home internet connection during the WiFi set up process, the printer took a snooze and wasn't going to be woken up. This stopped the setup interaction between the computer and the printer when connected to the USB cable. I finally realized that the printer snoozed and thus stopped the setup process at 15%, so I hit a button the front panel and the rest of the setup went smoothly. So if you are setting up your printer for the first time, you may want to learn / scroll through the front panel menu and disable the sleep time until after setting the printer up completely.
  
  This is an excellent color laser, especially at the price I paid, I'm so very happy to give up the majority of my color printing on my various inkjets........ No more running colors on papers while caught in the rain.....

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• 1 stars

  After nearly 8 hours, this printer still does not work.

  by mburlingame@swbell.net on January 6, 2012

  Pros: None - doesn't work.

  Cons: I spent 3 hrs of my time trying to get this printer installed & 4 1/2 hours on the phone w/ HP Tech sprt.I have a 3 yr old laptop w/ an upgraded Windows 7 32 bit OS. According to HP tech, this printer won't work with an upgraded version of Windows 7!

  Summary: I was told I have to wait 2-3 weeks for a patch to be developed. This printer is going back to the store.

  Summary: I was told I have to wait 2-3 weeks for a patch to be developed. This printer is going back to the store.

• 1 stars

  Good value printer but cant print photos

  by mikellewin on October 18, 2011

  Pros: Cheap laser printer could have been good value.

  Cons: Photo's print dark - specifically done by the HP driver to make this printer unusable for printing realistic photos

  Summary: Very high impact problem if you print anything except text and charts

  Summary: Very high impact problem if you print anything except text and charts

• 10 stars

  Does a fine job when you set it up properly!

  by amnman on September 14, 2011

  Pros: Good print quality, quiet, Convenient wireless, easy to setup as a stand alone (via wireless) without a dedicated computer.

  Cons: Setup documentation needs improvement, Photos darker than what is on the computer.

  Summary: I bought this printer after careful review of other printers at my place of business and research online. I have personally replace more Non-HP color laser printers in the 10 ...

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  Summary: I bought this printer after careful review of other printers at my place of business and research online. I have personally replace more Non-HP color laser printers in the 10 years I have worked at my current company. Xerox, Lexmark and Canon just couldn't stand up to constant use. The current HP printer at work has damage to internal components but continues to run with only a couple hiccups. I like a tough printer.
  
  To setup the printer as a stand alone for a home wireless printer requires you to setup the printer via a USB cable. Once done, all one has to do is load the driver from the CD on all the computers you want access to it.
  
  Toner cartridges are reasonable in price for a color printer (<$70) and they almost last forever (750 pages for the supplied starter cartridges).

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• 7 stars

  Solid Printer at a good price.

  by smartin684 on August 19, 2011

  Pros: Fast printing. Quiet. Wireless. Able to print directly from iPad or you can email any picture from any phone or computer directly to your printer through HP's system. Very cool!!!! Wireless and Ethernet connections.

  Cons: Toner Price. Setup documentation. Color photos not as vibrant

  Summary: I bought this printer to replace my Canon inkjet that I had to continually buy ink for. HP was running a special on this for $150 which was right in ...

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  Summary: I bought this printer to replace my Canon inkjet that I had to continually buy ink for. HP was running a special on this for $150 which was right in my price range and it has proven itself to be a very good buy. The print speed is very good and the output for color documents is exceptional for my needs. Color photos are not as accurate as an inkjet, though.
  Im not sure why the other reviewer here gave it one star and was rattling off some French consumer protection laws and then complaining that HP hadn't CALLED HIM BACK?? What? You have to be kidding!!! Take some initiative and spend a few minutes with Google. Yes, the setup and documentation are a bit quirky and it took longer than any printer setup should, but come on, it is not THAT complicated. All I had to do was Google the setup and found a website that documented the procedure much better than the HP disk. I would recommend doing the setup connected through USB rather than wireless.

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• 10 stars

  An outstanding color laser printer at a great price!

  by LagoonP on April 22, 2011

  Pros: Sharp print quality, prints on broad variety of print media, low power consumption, the starter cartridges are rated at 750 pages and still going strong after 6 weeks of regular printing including color text. The ePrint feature is wonderful, now I can pri

  Cons: In six weeks of daily regular use, I have yet to see any cons with this printer.

  Summary: Given the price and quality of this printer, I would say, it is pretty hard to beat. As an IT Consultant, I purchase, install and support a lot of printers, ...

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  Summary: Given the price and quality of this printer, I would say, it is pretty hard to beat. As an IT Consultant, I purchase, install and support a lot of printers, including enterprise level printers; this is a great printer for a small business, small workgroup or as a personal printer. As mentioned above, my only complaint, and a minor one at that, is it does not have auto-duplex. It does support manual duplex though, which I have done couple of times. Most of the documents I print are not apporopriate for duplex printing. I have a very muscular Canon AIO laser that does high-speed duplex priniting, so duplex prining not a requirement for my CP1525NW - which I use mostly for business correspondence, such as proposals.

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• 2 stars

  This printer will not install as promised

  by peter_dalton on January 23, 2011

  Pros: Clear vivid colour print, but slow compared with CLJ 2500 series

  Cons: The CD disk stops half-way through installation with no promised choice of connection. No manual on disk. There is no obvious route to wireless connection - only USB.
  So far support has not been forthcoming since 23 Dec 2010 - it is now 22 Jan 2011.

  Summary: The lack of support and unwillingness to give it is unsurpassed in my experience of HP machines.
  Obtaining toner cartridges has been difficult - some suppliers (HP nominated) have no ...

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  Summary: The lack of support and unwillingness to give it is unsurpassed in my experience of HP machines.
  Obtaining toner cartridges has been difficult - some suppliers (HP nominated) have no knowledge of them.
  Colour printing is quite excellent but the failure to connect other than via USB and the lack of support make this a dead product for us. After all we purchased what we thought would be an office wireless printer but the problem is insoluble, and with no User Guide it has to go.
  In France a vendor is bound by the law, amongst others Articles 1642 and 1648 of the Code Civil, in that
  
  1 - The seller guarantees an object sold against hidden defaults in that object which render it unsuitable for the destined use, or reduce noticeably that use, such that the buyer would not otherwise have purchased kit, had he known about them.
  
  2 - If material defects faults show themselves the buyer must bring them to the attention of the seller or may bring an action against the seller within 24 months of the discovery of the fault. Any associated guarantee to repair or replace with the same or an equivalent article or articles may run for a specified period .
  
  This applies is our case and HP seems oblivious although we have notified them. It remains to decide what action to take. We hope for a support telephone call this week.

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