Save Money With The HP LaserJet 1020 Printer

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The low-priced HP LaserJet 1020 printer using HP LaserJet 1020 printer toner cartridge, seems to have been designed by Hewlett-Packard to meet the specific needs of most home office users who only need good quality print jobs performed every once in a while. In this role, the 1020 performs well enough, especially given that it's low retail price is sure to please. Also, this is one of several different 1000-series printers made by the company.

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This monochrome laser jet printer is capable of printing about 14 pages per minute of products, which is about average for a laser jet printer in this price point and market segment. As long as one keeps in mind that this unit is to be employed as a personal laser monochrome printer and not as the office's primary workplace printer, there should be little to quibble over in terms of print speed.

It can be hooked up to a PC very easily via its USB connection, which is the only way that the printer can be joined up to a personal computer. It has no capability to be operated using a Mac, so keep that in mind if one is contemplating purchasing a low-priced personal monochrome laser printer for use with one of Apple's products. There are other higher-priced (though not all that much higher in price) printers suitable to that role.

As far as the quality of the print job produced by the 1020, most observers and experts relate that it is fine. At 600 dots per inch print resolution, anything that emerges from the 1020 will look crisp and clean and will also come out after only about 10 seconds. That's the time from when the print job is sent to the printer by the computer. HP also ensures quality printing by including one of its image enhancement tools in the printer.

Maximum and standard onboard memory is 2 MB of RAM, which should be more than enough to handle any sort of print job being contemplated to be produced by the 1020 printer. It'll all be controlled by a standard 234 MHz microprocessor, which does its job well enough to make sure that there'll be no issues with lining up and then printing out concurrent or consecutive print jobs.

The 1020 can also handle a variety of media type materials when it comes to printing out product. This includes envelopes, labels, plain paper and transparencies as well as business cards. There is a 150 sheet maximum capacity and it has a 5000 pages per month maximum duty cycle. For a small personal printer, this is actually a very good number and will mean that any maintenance to be done will be few and far between.

HP includes a single black HP LaserJet laser toner and the 1020 has been made to run off of several different Windows operating systems, including ME and XP. There is a fine one-year warranty that's extendable for a price. In all, it looks like Hewlett-Packard has designed a fairly durable personal printer meant to fit nicely in the 1000-series of printers it has made available over the years.

For a price of about $150 new for the HP LaserJet 1020 printer, one will be getting a capable and durable machine that will print most things well and will also accomplish most tasks with little problem. Check the Internet carefully, because prices for this unit have been ranging as high as $370 from some stores. Given its nice functional capability, it's easy to see why many people prefer the 1000 series of printers as their personal machines. When it comes time to get more remanufactured toner, do a search online for HP LaserJet compatible toner and find the cheapest HP LaserJet 1020 cartridges available.
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