Expert Verdict
HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dn printer is getting right into the most effective laser printers among HP brands. For users who are looking for an all in one printer, this makes for a great entry level printer. To get started with the HP laserjet printer, let’s first talk about its size, that is 19.09 x 16.5 x 19.69 inches in dimensions. The HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dn printer comes with all the important features - print, copy, scan and fax. Most importantly, it does all the important functions at a good speed - the maximum printing speed is 21 pages per minute (ppm) for both monochrome and color prints, the maximum copy speed is also 21 pages per minute (ppm) for both monochrome and color, maximum transmission speed is 33.6 Kbps, fax printing speed is 20 pages per minute (ppm), scans up to 17 ppm (A4) for black / white and scans up to 13 ppm (A4) for color.
Laserjet printers are often superior to various printers in many ways, and this one has all the reasons for this, it just fulfills all the user requirements to be worth it. This HP printer supports automatic printing, scanning, and copying. The following is its speed for duplex functions: up to 10 ipm (A4) for black / white & colored duplex copy, and up to 31 ipm (A4) - black / white and 11 ipm (A4) for color duplex scanning. The overall build of the printer does feature a lot of flexibility and hence this unit is perfect for those looking to maintain a budget at printing jobs. Another quality of this printer to keep in mind, is HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dn toner cartridges. The toner consumables include four different colors - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. The toner cartridges are available both in multipack & individual packs.
As mentioned about the toner cartridges, the HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dn toner cartridges print and print well when it comes to getting the most out of your toner. Users can let it sit for a few months and come back to it without any worry, if purchased high-quality cartridges, they won’t dry up at all. The toner will still be available to do its job. Let’s now talk about the document and media handling. This HP printer can handle A4 / Legal maximum media size and envelopes, film / transparencies, other, photo paper, plain paper media types. Its standard media capacity is 300 sheets, and maximum is 500 sheets, the bypass feeder capacity is 50 sheets and the output trays capacity is 150 sheets.
From sleep to print, it takes much less time to get active, from the point you hit print on a computer. The power consumption in operational mode is 397 Watt, in standby mode is 17.6 Watt and 1.5 Watt in sleep mode. Users can connect the office to a wired or wireless MFP with vibrant colour printing (using HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dn toner cartridges) and scanning features. This HP Color LaserJet activates the whole office to vibrant colour printing. The owners can see work productivity increasing with fast, and versatile scanning that sends documents directly to email, network folders, and to the cloud. The only point that makes users think twice before buying this printer, is the high initial price and the availability of HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dn toner cartridges on urgent basis. But this can be avoided by keeping an extra cartridge in spare, to prevent last moment panic. Also, the resolution is limited to 600 x 600dpi even while using high quality HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dn toner cartridges. Hence this printer is less recommended for growing businesses.