Information About The HP LaserJet 1500L Printer

As far as what Hewlett-Packard says the print speed is, it will print out nicely enough in monochrome to attract the attention of most any small business person looking for a low-cost, yet relatively quick printer from Hewlett-Packard. At 16 pages of print per minute, in monochrome, that's more than enough to overcome the fact that it only prints at four pages per minute in color. It would seem that black and white is the intended use.

Connectivity is through standard USB, with no other option available. In today's wired world this is really no big issue. The printer doesn't come standard with the USB cable, though, so keep that in mind when considering purchase of the 1500l. There's a fair chance any business looking for a printer in this end of the market won't have an IT specialist, but the connecting software makes the job easy enough to do by just about anybody.

The quality of the printed page that will emerge from the 1500l is fairly bread-and-butter for Hewlett-Packard, meaning that 600 dots per inch is what will be delivered. As far as most business needs, this is more than acceptable and the quality of the page will be uniformly nice across the board. HP includes one of its image enhancement technology programs to ensure that it stays that way no matter the print job using the HP compatible toner.

Supplied memory with the 1500l is fairly typical for this price point and segment of the market at about 16 MB, with no way of upgrading it. For most any workgroup that this kind of printer is meant for, that's really not too much of a concern. A 150 MHz processor that will keep all print tasks organized, prioritized and produced in acceptable time handles print duties.

The 1500l prints out on a nice number of different media stock, which includes transparencies and plain paper as well as envelopes. It can hold about 125 sheets of paper, which might seem a little low, so ensure that the workgroup understands that frequent paper restocking may be necessary. 375 pages of total media capacity is the norm for this particular printer, as well.

Durability in the 1500l is also nice enough, with a maximum monthly duty cycle at a nice 30,000 pages. HP recommends between 1,000 and 3,000 pages per month, though, which is about par for the course for a printer of this type and price. Keep in mind that this is a laser jet printer, meaning that it takes four printer cartridges, 1 each of black, yellow, cyan and magenta. It also can run off of Windows and Mac OS operating systems.

Taken altogether, there seems to be an awful lot to like when it comes to the HP Color LaserJet 1500l printer. It'll work well and do most any task given to it within a small business workgroup. As long as those workgroups aren't expecting the ability to handle very large print jobs, everything should be fine. Given that it sells for about $150 retail at a number of websites, and that it can print 16 pages per minute, there really is much to like about 1500l. Remember to always have back up toner cartridge refill. Eventually you will have to replace the HP Color LaserJet 1500L printer toner cartridges, so just search online for HP laser toner and find a store that sells some.