HP Color LaserJet CM1312 Toner Review
Colour laser printers are becoming more discreet and multifunction printers based on colour laser systems are likewise reducing in size. This slender new multifunction from HP is only a little larger than a standard single-function laser from 2007, and is aimed at the SOHO market, or possibly even a family tool.
Appearing like a smallish group of steps, the Color LaserJet CM1312 is decked in cream along with something getting close to black and the simple, curved lines look pleasantly stylish.
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Working from the top downward, underneath the cream lid is a straightforward, A4 flatbed scanning device while the control panel is supported using a two-line by 16-character LCD display. Despite the fact that this hasn't a backlight, it's tilted forwards and contrast is high enough for being read in normal overhead light.
Controls are pretty typical for any laser-based multifunction unit, however the large, elevated button which cycles right and left through menu choices if you push either end of it, has an OK button arranged inside it, that makes it tricky to utilize.
Unusually, the scanner portion of the equipment does not hinge upwards, yet there is adequate room between it and the printer section for you to recover any paper that may get jammed. The printer section has a very rounded front, which is actually a hinged cover offering direct access to the cartridges. Beneath this is the just about sufficient, 150-sheet paper tray.
Just above the tray is a hinged cover which you open to be able to get at jammed paper.
Whenever you fold down the printer's front cover there is an inset handle, which brings out a tray possessing four near-identical drum and toner cartridges, making this an exceptionally simple colour laser to maintain.
The single software CD comprises custom-made HP software meant for scanning, copying plus printing, in addition to a copy of ReadIris OCR software.
HP reckons the appliance will print 12ppm in black and white along with 8ppm in colour, which would definitely be reasonable however, as usual, we couldn't attain those rates of speed. Our five-page, black and white text test piece required 48 seconds to finish, offering a real-world, black and white print rate of 6.25ppm.
The five-page, colour text and graphics document took 63 seconds, or an equivalent of 4.76ppm, so the two outcomes are just above half the rated results.
A 15 x 10cm photograph needed 32 seconds in order to print plus a sole page copy took 38 seconds, that's reasonable considering the fact that this particular unit doesn't have Auto Document Feeder (ADF).
The photograph print was rather over-coloured and a little garish. Although fine detail levels are good, and there is no apparent banding, some shadow fine detail is gone plus the colour field seems lowered.
The colour brightness that overawed the photograph print is actually well suited for business graphics along with the colours in our text and graphics page appear vivid and confident.
Black text, printed at the machine's normal 600dpi resolution, is sharp and also clean, providing a very sleek and professional appearance to text documents.
The only operating costs with this device are the combined drum and toner cartridges, that are rated at 2,200 pages with regard to black along with 1,400 pages with respect to each of the colours.
The uncomplicated design and simple setup as well as upkeep of the Color LaserJet CM1312 help make it very capitivating, however truth be told there are a few strange design choices that may let it down. A paper tray supporting just 150 sheets on a unit created for office usage is a bizarre restriction although a lot of individuals will be able to settle for the relatively slow speed. If you're able to tolerate these constraints, though, it'll make a good choice.
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