The HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dw is a good fit for a business owner who is looking for a color laser multifunction printer (MFP) for his/her office. The reason being that it allows employees to print easily from mobile devices and scan to multiple locations. Let’s know more about its design and features. With a 3.5-inch color touch screen, this MFP printer measures 19.7 by 16.5 by 18.1 inches (H/W/D), and weighs 61.29 lbs. The office machine is capable of performing multiple functions, in a single machine - fax, copier, printer and scanner. The scanner is equipped with a 50-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF), which can scan on both sides of a document simultaneously. This HP printer has a standard paper capacity of 300 sheets, split between a 250 sheet tray and a 50 sheet bypass feeder. However, the output tray capacity is 150 sheets, there is an optional tray available with the capacity holds 250 sheets and a maximum of 550 sheets. The paper capacity is a bit less when compared to the printers of the OKI brand. The supported media types are bond paper, cards, envelopes, glossy paper, labels, photo paper, plain paper, recycled paper, and transparencies, whereas the supported media sizes are 3 in x 5 in, 3.95 in x 5.83 in, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), and 8.5 in x 11 in.
It supports multiple operating systems such as Apple Mac, Debian Linux, Fedora, HP-UX, MS Windows, SuSe Linux, SunSoft Solaris, Ubuntu Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Windows, etc. The automatic duplexer lets you print on both sides of a sheet of paper, using HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dw Toner Cartridges. The M476dw can connect via USB or Ethernet, plus Wi-Fi, NFC, and HP Wireless Direct. It's even compatible with HP ePrint and Apple AirPrint. Though the printer has broad wireless capabilities, it lacks Wi-Fi Direct. But offers good output quality when high-quality HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dw Toner Cartridges are used. Users can even save their money by using the compatible HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dw Toner Cartridges for an abundance workflow. The business owners can expect a smooth workflow because of its printing speed. The maximum printing speed of HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dw printer is upto 21 pages per minute for both B/W and color prints and the maximum copying speed is also 21 pages per minute for both B/W and color documents.
The output quality of the M476dw is also quite good. For a laser, the MFP's average text quality is good for business users (except those who require very small fonts) and the graphics quality is fine too. With graphics, the colour is generally solid, in good detail, which is impressive enough for company newsletters and the like. There might be some minor problems at times, such as dithering, faded backgrounds, but no major issues.
The M476dw's running costs are quite affordable with both original and compatible HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dw Toner Cartridges. The other good qualities of this printer are the impressive output quality, especially for graphics, it scans to multiple destinations and a 50-sheet one pass duplexing scanner. But the printer lacks NFC, Wi-Fi, and HP wireless direct capabilities. Also, it is a bit slow for the price paid, and has modest paper capacity. The bottom line is that the HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M476dw is a capable color multifunction printer with good output quality and an abundance of wired and wireless connectivity choices.