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Manufacturer: HP Part number: Q7815A#ABA
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- The HP LaserJet P3005 is a great mono laser printer for small- and medium-sized offices, but it's expensive. We think Lexmark's E350 series offers a better value.
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CNET editors' review
HP LaserJet P3005dn price range: $489.99 - $900.00
- Reviewed by: Felisa Yang
- Edited by: Matthew Elliott
- Reviewed on: 02/14/2007
The good: Fast prints; good print quality; very low per-page cost; lots of support options.
The bad: Expensive.
The bottom line: The HP LaserJet P3005 is a great mono laser printer for small- and medium-sized offices, but it's expensive. We think Lexmark's E350 series offers a better value.
The HP LaserJet P3005 is a mono laser printer that's all business: it's a quick printer that offers great print quality. With five configurations from which to choose (ranging from $550 to $1,000), you can find the right one for your home office or multi-user office, but the Lexmark E350 series boasts faster prints and is, overall, a better value. The Lexmark E352dn includes a duplexer and is network ready, and at $450, is $100 cheaper than the basic HP P3005, which includes neither feature (the comparably featured HP P3005dn costs $900). To its credit, the HP P3005 gives you better paper handling out of the box and cheaper prints. For the value and faster prints, we prefer the Lexmark E352dn, but the HP LaserJet P3005 is still an excellent, single-purpose office printer.
Design
The HP LaserJet P3005 is boxy, but its bland gray-and-putty color scheme will blend into any standard office environment. It stands 16.7 inches wide, 16.1 inches deep, and 12.2 inches tall, and weighs nearly 36 pounds. (The P3005x model is taller and heavier due to the extra paper tray.) It's reasonably small for a mono laser printer, but may be on the large side for a small home office.
The 500-sheet paper cassette pulls out from the front of the printer. You can adjust the tray to hold up to legal-length paper, though the cassette will stick out from the back of the printer. Above the cassette sits a foldout multipurpose tray that holds up to 100 sheets of plain paper--convenient for small print jobs on less commonly used media (you don't have to swap out the contents of the main tray). The top of the printer serves as the output tray, and a small extension flap helps keep long prints under control.
The control panel is straightforward, befitting the basic nature of the HP LaserJet P3005. A menu button and menu navigation button help you scroll through the short list of menus on the backlit, two-line text LCD. The options are those you'd expect: print quality, diagnostics, and maintenance, to name a few. One we found handy is the "Show Me How" menu, which includes options such as how to clear paper jams, how to load trays, and how to load special media. If you choose one of these, you'll receive a printout walking you through the process (these also can be found in the user guide). Of course, trying to print the How To Clear Paper Jams page after encountering a jam is fruitless and slightly ironic.
Features
The HP LaserJet P3005 series includes five configurations. All come with a 400MHz processor, a 500-sheet paper tray and a 100-sheet multipurpose tray, and USB 2.0 and parallel connectors. The $550 base model, the P3005, ships with 48MB of RAM (all configurations can be upgraded to a maximum of 320MB of memory). The $650 P3005d builds on the P3005 by shipping with 64MB of RAM and a built-in duplexer for automatic two-sided prints. The $800 P3005n builds further by starting with 80MB of RAM, but trades in the duplexer for built-in networking. The $900 P3005dn offers both auto duplex and built-in networking, while the $1,000 P3005x includes all of the above, plus an additional 500-sheet input tray. The low-end configs are better suited (and priced) for home offices, while the high-end configs are geared for small to medium-sized offices.
| Model | Price | Processor | Memory: Standard (Max) | Paper handling | Connection options | Auto duplex (yes/no) |
| P3005 | $550 | 400MHz | 48MB (320MB) | 500-sheet cassette; 100-sheet multipurpose tray | USB 2.0; parallel | no |
| P3005d | $650 | 400MHz | 64MB (320MB) | 500-sheet cassette; 100-sheet multipurpose tray | USB 2.0; parallel | Yes |
| P3005n | $800 | 400MHz | 80MB (320MB) | 500-sheet cassette; 100-sheet multipurpose tray | USB 2.0; parallel; 10/100 Ethernet | No |
| P3005dn | $900 | 400MHz | 80MB (320MB) | 500-sheet cassette; 100-sheet multipurpose tray | USB 2.0; parallel; 10/100 Ethernet | Yes |
| P3005x | $1,000 | 400MHz | 80MB (320MB) | 2 500-sheet cassettes; 100-sheet multipurpose tray | USB 2.0; parallel; 10/100 Ethernet | yes |
When it comes time to replace your spent toner, you have two options. HP offers a 6,500-page cartridge for $129 and a 13,000-page cartridge for $215. This works out to about 1.9 cents per page and 1.65 cents per page, respectively--both very low numbers. The Lexmark E352dn's per-page costs are nearly twice those of HP's: Lexmark's high-yield cartridges average out to about 3 cents per page. While the toner savings could be significant over time, it's not enough to make up for the huge difference in initial price between the two printers (comparing the equivalently featured HP P3005dn and the Lexmark E352dn).
Performance
For this review, we tested the base model, the HP LaserJet P3005, over a USB 2.0 connection. Performance should be similar among the five configurations, though the high-end versions may be slightly faster due to having more built-in memory. As we haven't reviewed many single-function, mono laser printers lately, it's tough to make direct comparisons to the competition, but the P3005 is pretty fast. It printed black text at a rate of 23.33 pages per minute (ppm) and black graphics at a rate of 20.99ppm. The Lexmark E350 series of mono lasers edges it out, though, scoring 24.13ppm for black text and 25.47ppm for black graphics (with more features, to boot).
CNET Labs' mono laser printer performance (pages per minute)
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We were generally happy with the P3005's print quality. The text printed up sharp and clean, though we would've liked it to be a bit blacker. A peek through the jeweler's loupe showed some problems handling very small point sizes (three points and smaller), though this is a nonissue for most people. The black graphics print also displayed sharp text, as well as good graphics handling. The photo elements on the page showed good detail, though they were beset by the cross-hatching that most lasers can't escape.
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Service and support
Hewlett-Packard backs the LaserJet P3005 with a standard one-year warranty, which is on par with the competition, but you can extend the warranty. While under warranty, you can get free, toll-free phone support 24-7. HP's Web site has downloadable drivers, software, and manuals; e-mail tech support; online chat with tech support; FAQs; and a troubleshooting guide.
User reviews
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This printer is an embarassment to HP.
by Havalina on November 18, 2009
Pros: When the printer worked, 15 minutes to 45 minutes between freezing, it was great.
Cons: The Formater board is bad, Had to order a Formatter board, before HP would really talk. Now I have a claim against them with HP customer Relations, but they have not called back. I will have to pursue the issue.
Summary: P3009 printers have a poor design or HP has built the Formatter Board with bad or under rated parts. HP has lost their reputation on this printer. I also needed ...
Summary: P3009 printers have a poor design or HP has built the Formatter Board with bad or under rated parts. HP has lost their reputation on this printer. I also needed a color printer, so i purchased a XEROX, since HP was not very cooperative. It may cost me approximately $300 to replace the Formater Board I choose to keep the P3005dn printer
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Problem plagued printer
by nmcclur1 on November 6, 2009
Pros: Good print quality - when it works
Cons: HP admits high incidence of electronic parts failure
Summary: After one month of use, the printer quit working. The formatter baord was replaced. The next month it would not come out of sleep mode without a reboot; now prints ...
Summary: After one month of use, the printer quit working. The formatter baord was replaced. The next month it would not come out of sleep mode without a reboot; now prints just a few pages and locks up; hours on phone with HP tech support who admit high incidence of parts failure on this printer - which has been discontinued. My printer is still under warranty; only HP offer is to replace it w/ a refurbished model - Why would anyone want another P3005dn? The internet has numerous negative listings on this printer. HP should step up and offer customers a trade-in on another HP printer.
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Multiple issues with printers
by rkjobe on October 27, 2009
Pros: I purchased these printers because of HP's ease of maintenance, low cost per page and past reliability.
Cons: Reliability is no longer there as well as the support. Too many problems with printer components.
Summary: I purchased three P3005dn printers in July 08 and deployed them to moderately high volume areas. In Dec 08 I had to have the Fuser assy replaced on one unit. ...
Summary: I purchased three P3005dn printers in July 08 and deployed them to moderately high volume areas. In Dec 08 I had to have the Fuser assy replaced on one unit. In Nov 08 I purchased Six more P3005dn printers. In Jan 09 I had to replace the bad Formatter board in one unit, Feb 09 had to replace the same board in another unit. This month (Oct 09) I'm having a broken gear replaced on one unit (warranty) and the Fuser replaced on another unit. Out of Nine printers that I purchased I've had 5 repaired, one twice. HP's customer support has been inadequate at best and the fact I had to pay for warranty ship to HP & onsite service call is NOT good business. I will be switching printer brands as I replace the 200 printers in my company.
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Used this workhorse for a year now and is great printer
by bpmansfield on May 28, 2009
Pros: has a small footprint
the toner actually lasted longer then I had calculated
very fast printing
I don't do anything of quality on this printer so cannot say as to it.Cons: I don't like the led screen. I was happy to actually have an led screen to see what the printer is telling me, but small size of it means you have to wait for text to scroll by. There is no cancel button. You have to press pause, n scroll to option.
Summary: I use several different printers throughout the week, and overall I like this one very much. I was extremely happy the volume I received out of the very small toner ...
Summary: I use several different printers throughout the week, and overall I like this one very much. I was extremely happy the volume I received out of the very small toner cartridge. I like the small footprint of this printer, although having the extra paper tray makes it tall, but that would be another feature I do like about this printer and that's having the additional paper trays and using multiple types of media. I did not like the LED screen. Although at first I was really happy to have an actual screen to see what the printer is telling you, it is small and you have to wait for the text to scroll through. The last downfall is the lack of cancel button. You have to hit pause and then scroll to cancel print job and I find this time consuming and by the time I get through all that the print job is already out because of the Pro of the printer being so speedy!
I use the duplex occasionally and have never had it jam. It is startling at first when you first duplex because the paper almost spits all the way out and then is sucked in for duplexing and if you grab it then it will jam, maybe that's what the other reviewer is talking about.
I rated this a five because it is a feature rich printer, the networking was easy, it is extremely fast, and the toner stunned me as to how long the cartridges have been lasting. Before I bought the printer I calculated how much I would use based on the volume needed and had figured on 3-4 toners a year. I have had this printer over a year (14 months) and just started my third toner and am actually printing more now then what I originally calculated. -
quit working in the first month and HP is not support
by RiceEEB on February 3, 2009
Pros: worked well while it lasted
Cons: not reliable and HP customer service will not stand behind it
Summary: Worked good for the first week, then the formatter went bad and we were instructed to take it to the local authorized repair shop. Three weeks later we?re still ...
Summary: Worked good for the first week, then the formatter went bad and we were instructed to take it to the local authorized repair shop. Three weeks later we?re still waiting for the part. HP customer support is non existent. After three weeks agreed to accept a refurbished replacement but wanted a 1 year warranty, if the refurbished is just as good shouldn?t they stand behind it as well? HP said no go and wanted me to pay to ship the refurbished printer.
So if you want a printer that doesn?t work and like to spend hours on the phone with tech and customer support, buy this printer. -
Good printer, but often jams when printing duplex
by BarbecueKing on September 30, 2008
Pros: Fast, good print quality. I was able to buy it for $450 at Staples.
Cons: About half the time when I try to print duplex, the paper jams while printing the second side of a page. HP says that they will repair it under warranty, but the most important part needed to fix it is backordered from HP.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: HP
- Part number: Q7815A#ABA
- Description: Does your workteam need high-quality printing that's fast and reliable? See users accomplish more with print speeds up to 35 ppm. And with HP print cartridge technology, this black and white LaserJet delivers print quality your team can count on - up to 1200 dpi.
General
- Printer Type Workgroup printer - Laser - Monochrome
- Form Factor Desktop
- Width 16.7 in
- Depth 16.1 in
- Height 12.2 in
- Weight 35.7 lbs
Printer
- Print Speed up to 33 pages/min - B/W - A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in)
- Built-in Devices Status LCD
- Connectivity Technology Wired
- Interface USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
- Max Resolution ( B&W ) 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi
- Duplex Printout Duplex
- PostScript Support Standard
- Language Simulation PCL 6, PCL 5E, PostScript 3
- Fonts Included 103 x PCL, 93 x PostScript
Processor
- Processor Motorola 400 MHz
RAM
- RAM Installed ( Max ) 80 MB / 320 MB (max)
- Technology DDR2 SDRAM - DIMM 144-pin
Media Handling
- Media Type Envelopes, Plain paper
- Max Media Size (Custom) 8.5 in x 14 in
- Media Sizes 3 in x 5 in, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), A5 (5.83 in x 8.25 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), JIS B5 (7.17 in x 10.12 in), Executive (7.25 in x 10.5 in), Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in)
- Media Weight 60 g/m2 - 200 g/m2
- Total Media Capacity 600 sheets
- Media Feeder(s) 1 x Autoload - 100 sheets - Legal (8.5 in x 14 in) weight: 60 g/m2 - 200 g/m2, 1 x Autoload - 500 sheets - Legal (8.5 in x 14 in) weight: 60 g/m2 - 120 g/m2
- Max Media Capacity 1100 sheets
- Output Trays Capacity 350 sheets
Duty Cycle
- Monthly Duty Cycle 100000 pages
Telecom
- Modem None
Networking
- Networking Print server
- Connectivity Technology Wired
- Data Link Protocol Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
Scanner
- Type None
Copier
- Copier Type None
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Slots Total (Free) 2 ( 1 ) x Memory - DIMM 144-pin, 1 EIO
- Interfaces 1 x USB, 1, 1
- Connections 1 x Hi-Speed USB, 1 x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
- Compatible Slots None
Miscellaneous
- Consumables Included 1 x Toner cartridge ( Black )
- Microsoft Certifications Certified for Windows Vista
- Compliant Standards CE, GS, UL, EMC, cUL, CE-LVD, EN55024, EN 60950, ICES-003, IEC 60950, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, FCC Part 15 B, EN55022 Class B, CISPR 22 Class B, IEC 825-1/EN 60825-1 class 1
Power
- Power Device Power supply - Internal
- Voltage Required AC 230 V
- Power Consumption Operational 600 Watt
- Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep 9 Watt
Battery
- Type None
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included Drivers & Utilities
- OS Required Apple MacOS X 10.2.8, Apple MacOS X 10.3.9, Apple MacOS X 10.4.x, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 59 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 90.5 °F
- Humidity Range Operating 10 - 80%
- Sound Emission (Operating) 51 dBA
Product series
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Manufacturer: HP
Specs: Workgroup printer - Laser - Monochrome, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 33 pages/min, PC, Mac, USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
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Manufacturer: HP
Specs: Workgroup printer - Laser - Monochrome, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 33 pages/min, PC, Mac, USB, Parallel
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Manufacturer: HP
Specs: Workgroup printer - Laser - Monochrome, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 35 pages/min, PC, Mac, USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
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Manufacturer: HP
Specs: Workgroup printer - Laser - Monochrome, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 35 pages/min, PC, Mac, USB, Parallel
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Manufacturer: HP
Specs: Workgroup printer - Laser - Monochrome, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 33 pages/min, PC, Mac, USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
Accessories
- HP Photo Paper - heavy-weight two-sided glossy photo paper - 200 sheet(s) (31397732)25.28 - 36.99
- HP 51A - toner cartridge (32068045)39.99 - 163.03
- HP Color Laser Presentation Paper - heavy-weight glossy paper - 300 sheet(s) (31829401)10.89 - 19.64
- HP 51X - toner cartridge (32069425)46.50 - 238.99
- HP JetDirect en1700 - print server (32785380)148.99 - 167.00
Manufacturer info
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