I bought an HP 1200d Printer in April of this year. I chose this printer because the reviews I had read were excellent and I wanted a printer with seperate ink cartridges that were quock and were in my privce range. This printer met all 3 conditions.
The print speed of text is very very ... Read review
Advantages: Very fast cheap to run printer Disadvantages: quite large for home use
I bought an HP 1200d Printer in April of this year. I chose this printer because the reviews I had read were excellent and I wanted a printer with seperate ink cartridges that were quock and were in my privce range. This printer met all 3 conditions.
The print speed of text is very very quick, colour printing is quick but photos are fairly slow however the quaality is excellent. The printer has a built in duplex facility.
... ...print heads to deal with. HP says each cartridge can manage 1,750 pages. The beauty of seperate cartridges is that if the Cyan runs out you just change the cyan you do not loose the remainder of teh other colours.
The black print head can do approx 16,000 pages, and each color print head around 24,000 pages.
Two other important touches are a duplexer and a 6,250-page-per-month duty cycle. The 150-page input capacity ... more
I bought an HP 1200d Printer in April of this year. I chose this printer because the reviews I had read were excellent and I wanted a printer with seperate ink cartridges that were quock and were in my privce range. This printer met all 3 conditions.
The print speed of text is very very quick, colour printing is quick but photos are fairly slow however the quaality is excellent. The printer has a built in duplex facility.
The 1200d is a little bigger than most ink jets, at 8.3in by 19.9in by 18.3in (HWD). The ink cartridges are separate from the print heads, so you have to install four of each also there are 4 seperate print heads to deal with. HP says each cartridge can manage 1,750 pages. The beauty of seperate cartridges is that if the Cyan runs out you just change the cyan you do not loose the remainder of teh other colours.
The black print head can do approx 16,000 pages, and each color print head around 24,000 pages.
Two other important touches are a duplexer and a 6,250-page-per-month duty cycle. The 150-page input capacity is low, but adequate.
Output quality is fantastic rpobably the best I have seen from an ink jet printer. Text quality is excellent even with small fonts. Photos are very goodthough slow to print, graphics at the high end of good but there is slight banding when printing in normal quality.
In a nutshell and in my opinion the 1200d is Fast, quality is great for text and graphics, ink cartridges are cheap compared to normal hp cartridges. The tray where the prints are stored is a little flimsy but other than that this is an excellent all round printer suitable for home use or a small office.
Advantages: fast ,super laser quality and economical Disadvantages: can be troublesome for home use if you dont have lot of space
Very satisfied with the product performance, but struggling to find the cartridges.. hard . tried everywhere online , in shops for c4840a...black.
Still I suggest this product for home or office use. I will get the cartridge as well. I am sure..
After one week..........
and after some research I got it as well and much cheaper as i thought. Initially it comes with black c 4840a , 26ml but for replacing
we get c4844a which is 70ml and only 30euro..
... ...get the black cartridge with double quantity, that means less tension of replacing it also and more economical.
Overall, I am enjoying using this Printer at home also. i won't say that its only for small businesses, I am using it at home , I have a good usage. I print on an average 5000 sheets in a month.
So, its fast speed, easy usage and excellent performance makes me proud owner of this product. ...
cunningeyes 08.01.2008
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~ Colour: Print is grayscale, colour attributes (saturation, brightness, colour tone can all be adjusted)
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General
MPN
C8154A, C8154A#ABU, C8154A#ACT
Printer Type
Workgroup printer - ink-jet - colour
Width
50.6 cm
Depth
46.4 cm
Height
21.1 cm
Weight
9.4 kg
Localisation
English / United Kingdom, German / Europe
Printer
Print Speed
Up to 9 ppm - black normal
Up to 28 ppm - black draft
Up to 4 ppm - black best
Up to 24 ppm - mixed text/colour graphics draft
Up to 8 ppm - mixed text/colour graphics normal
Up to 4 ppm - mixed text/colour graphics best
Up to 8.1 ppm - colour draft
Up to 2.3 ppm - colour normal
Up to 0.7 ppm - colour best
Connectivity Technology
Wired
Interface
Parallel, USB
Max Resolution ( B&W )
1200 dpi x 1200 dpi
Max Resolution ( Colour )
4800 dpi x 1200 dpi
Image Enhancement Technology
HP PhotoREt III
Duplex Printout
Duplex
Language Simulation
PCL 3
Fonts Included
8 x TrueType
Ink Cartridge Configuration
4 individual ink tanks
Nozzle Configuration
304 nozzles (black), 3 x 304 nozzles (cyan, magenta, yellow)
Ink Palette Supported (Colours)
4-ink - cyan, magenta, yellow, black
Inkjet Technology
HP Thermal Inkjet
Processor
Processor
Motorola ColdFire 4e 240 MHz
Ram
RAM Installed ( Max )
32 MB / 32 MB (max)
Media handling
Media Type
Envelopes, transparencies, plain paper, glossy paper, photo paper, matte paper, banners, multi-purpose labels, heavy-weight paper, cards, bond paper, recycled paper
Max Media Size (Custom)
216 mm x 356 mm
Media Sizes
ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm), Legal (216 x 356 mm), Executive (184 x 267 mm), A4 (210 x 297 mm), A5 (148 x 210 mm), B5 (176 x 250 mm), Statement (139.7 x 215.9 mm)
Envelope Sizes
US No 10 (104.7 x 241.3 mm), US A2 (111 x 146 mm), International DL (110 x 220 mm), International C6 (114 x 162 mm), International C5 (162 x 229 mm), Monarch (98.4 x 190.5 mm)
Card / Label Sizes
US 4 x 6 Card (10 x 15 cm), US 5 x 8 Card (127.0 x 203.2 mm), A6 Card (105 x 148.5 mm), US 3 x 5 Card (76 x 127 mm)
Certified for Windows Vista software and devices have undergone compatibility tests for ease-of-use, better performance and enhanced security.
Compliant Standards
CSA, UL, NOM, CE, GOST, GS, NEMKO
Power
Power Device
Power adapter - external
Voltage Required
AC 120/230 V
Frequency Required
50/60 Hz
Power Consumption Operational
75 Watt
Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep
2 Watt
Software / system requirements
Software Included
Drivers & Utilities
OS Required
Microsoft Windows 2000 / NT4.0, Apple MacOS 9.1, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple MacOS X 10.1.5 or later
System Requirements Details
Windows 98/ME - Pentium - 266 MHz - RAM 32 MB - HD 100 MB
Windows NT 4.0 SP6 or later - Pentium - 266 MHz - RAM 64 MB - HD 100 MB
Windows 2000 - Pentium - 300 MHz - RAM 64 MB - HD 100 MB
Windows XP - Pentium - 300 MHz - RAM 128 MB - HD 100 MB
MacOS 9.1 - RAM 64 MB
MacOS X 10.1.5 - RAM 128 MB
Environmental standards
EPA Energy Star Compliant
Yes
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support
1 year warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 1 year
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature
15 °C
Max Operating Temperature
35 °C
Humidity Range Operating
15 - 80%
Sound Emission (Idle)
14 dBA
Sound Emission (Operating)
47 dBA
Manufacturer's product description
HP's low running-cost color printer, the HP Business Inkjet 1200 printer series is the ideal solution for high-productivity individuals or small workteams in general office environments. Four separate ink cartridges, fast print speeds, and 4800 x 1200-optimized dpi color printing on premium photo paper enable the printer to deliver quality, performance and cost savings in one economical package. So you can maximize your investment as well as your office productivity.
