HP Colour Laserjet M175a Toner Cartridges

Expert Verdict

While most printer manufacturing companies, such as Epson, are trying to make their business inkjets look more like laser printers, HP appears to be doing it vice versa. The HP Colour Laserjet M175a nearly resembles the Officejet inkjet range, with a curved case and prominent 35-page Automatic Document Feeder (ADF). This is a good thing, as previous LaserJet MFPs looked below average for a laserjet printer. Also, the build quality is much sturdier than most of its inkjet siblings.

The main motive behind the design of this printer is to take as little space as possible, that is why the HP Colour Laserjet M175a Toner cartridges are loaded into a rotating caddy. The lid must be shut while the caddy rotates. Therefore changing a full set of HP Colour Laserjet M175a Toner cartridges involves a lot of opening and closing of the printer lid. Though the HP Colour Laserjet M175a lacks a colour display or fancy interface, plenty of buttons and a mono LCD screen make it easy to copy documents and send scans to your computer.

Mono text prints are crisp and sharp as expected, thanks to the high capacity HP Colour Laserjet M175a Toner cartridges. Also, the colour prints are detailed containing accurate colours and smooth shades. Seeing the other laserjet printer at the same price, the HP Colour Laserjet M175a Toner cartridges do not offer the glossy finish as the other colour laser printers, however, its output looks great even on thin or poor-quality printer paper. This counts as an advantage over most inkjets, which require a minimum of 80 gsm paper to avoid wrinkling due to moisture from the ink. In testing the photos printed from HP Colour Laserjet M175a were good, however, the results are never going to be something that one will want to frame and put up in the living room.

Undoubtedly, The M175a is fast enough when it comes to monochrome printing, providing results at 12.4ppm. As it's a four-pass printer (printer with multiple printing speeds), the paper has to be sent through the engine four times for full colour. This limits the printer to run at a very low speed of 3.5ppm, however, this speed is still faster than other business inkjets. Unfortunately, colour costs are extremely high if you opt for this printer. It costs 18.5p for a mixed black and colour page. Even a mon text page costs 3.8p, which is quite high when compared to almost any inkjet printer.

The scanner and its driver are mostly the same as HP's other MFPs. With this printer, scanning is more efficient. It's still very limited, though, restricting you to a handful of preset resolutions and providing few image processing or correction features. You are not allowed to disable auto-sharpening, either. Also for a laserjet printer, the contrast is quite lower on scanning, however, scan quality is acceptable. Coming to the copy feature, mono copies are of good quality. Colour copies are also good, though they have slight colour variation in black text, printed over colour. A photo print can have a reduced colour gamut, but still, it has usable detail in the hard-to-reproduce shadows.

The laserjet printer is inexpensive compared to the other HP MFPs, and the speed and quality offered by this printer are quite impressive. Even though it's good at printing, we would be reluctant to pick this machine, unless there is any need for colour pages. However, the cost of HP Colour Laserjet M175a Toner cartridges is expensive if you want to print a lot of colour prints. However, to save money, you could use compatible HP Colour Laserjet M175a Toner cartridges. Also, the faults in scans are not worth ignoring. Though this laserjet has plenty of features, most small and home offices will benefit a lot from this printer.

Review

Designed to print high-quality documents, the HP Laserjet M175a is a coloured laserjet printer that can print at the speed of up to 16ppm and is suitable for small businesses and homes. It can print up to 99 copies with a print resolution of 600 x 600dpi. This HP laserjet machine comes in a stylish black finish, with a two-line display and a flat-bed scanner/copier to accommodate legal-sized print media. Compact in size, the printer has a small footprint and supports 35-sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) to print the documents at ease.

The printer measures 337 x 442 x 323mm and weighs less than 20kg. The HP Laserjet M175a colour laser printer contains a pack of the HP 126A toners and support for compatible HP Colour Laserjet M175a toner cartridges to cut the costs. The printer supports connection only via a USB data connection and does not support wireless connectivity. For the purpose of handling media, the LaserJet Pro 100 M175a MFP printer can carry up to 150 sheets of 75gms media.

• Print, scan and copy outstanding colour documents
• Good quality prints and copies
• Low purchase price
• Has small footprints

• Slow colour print
• Low-yield HP Colour Laserjet M175a toner cartridges
• High running costs
• No wireless connection support

The HP Colour Laserjet M175a toner cartridges include:

• HP126A (CE310A) Black toner cartridges
• HP126A (CE311A) Cyan toner cartridges
• HP126A (CE312A) Yellow toner cartridges
• HP126A (CE313A) Magenta toner cartridges

The HP Colour Laserjet M175a is a high-quality printer that can print, copy and scan documents at ease. The printer is compatible with various operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Ubuntu and can print multiple documents. It does not support connectivity through Ethernet, so it is preferred to use in areas with low printing requirements like home office areas.

How to resolve the issue of print jobs stuck in queue for my HP Colour Laserjet M175a printer?

If you cannot delete or cancel HP print job, follow these steps to fix this issue:

• Turn your HP printer off completely and disconnect it from the power source.
• Search “Services” in the search toolbar and open Windows Services or click the Window button on your keyboard.
• On the services list, you’ll see one called the “Print Spooler.” Right click on the option and click “STOP”. This will terminate any stuck print you have eliminating the queue.
• Once you’ve terminated all print jobs, use the Windows Explorer browser to search your files.
• Remove the existing files in the queue and shut down your machine unit from Windows.
• Pressing the power button, turn on the printer. Then turn it off and start it again.
• Restart the print spooler service.
• Print your document. If it works fine, the process is done.
• At times, an older driver may not be compatible which prevents the print from processing. Try changing the printer driver. If you are still having a problem with your queue jamming, uninstall the printer driver and update it.

How to fix the half page printing issue while printing HP Colour Laserjet M175a toner cartridge?

Receiving half page printouts can be because of an issue with HP Colour Laserjet M175a toner cartridge. Try the steps below to get over the issue:

• As a first step, unplug your printer and printing system, and restart it after a few minutes.
• Make sure that the paper size you have used is supported by your printer.
• There might be a problem with the print spooler on Windows systems. Fix the spooler issue.
• Ensure that your USB cord or USB port is not dodgy.
• Replace the HP Colour Laserjet M175a toner cartridge.