HP Color Laserjet CP1215 Toner Cartridges

Expert Verdict

The HP Color Laserjet CP1215 is a lovely small printer with a simple control panel that has two huge buttons for paper feed and job cancel, as well as a variety of indication lights, including four for HP Color Laserjet CP1215 Toner Cartridges level. There are no possibilities to add further trays to improve the capacity and variety of the machine, and paper flows from a 150-sheet tray at the bottom of the machine to an indent in its top cover. There's a single USB port on the back for data transfer, and HP says there's no wireless option. A jam access door is located just above the 150-sheet paper tray, according to HP. This is a full-width flap that folds up and locks, but for two reasons, it's difficult to understand how it may be used to remove jammed paper. HP Color LaserJet CP1215 Toner Cartridges are used in the HP Color LaserJet CP1215 printer. Toner cartridges for the HP Color Laserjet CP1215 are available in black, yellow, cyan, and magenta.

The color laser engine has a small and tidy design. To access the four HP Color Laserjet CP1215 Toner Cartridges, fold down the front panel and slide out the tray. Each cartridge contains both drum and toner. The HP Color Laserjet CP1215 Toner Cartridges that come with the printer have a capacity of 750 pages a piece, so you'll need to order supplies soon if you're using the printer for anything other than printing. HP offers print rates of 16 pages per minute in black and 12 pages per minute in color for the Color LaserJet CP1215, although these are overly optimistic. Our five-page black text print measured 6.12ppm, whereas the 20-page test document measured 9.45ppm. The five-page black text and color graphics print came in at 4.76ppm, which is significantly slower than the promised speeds in both situations. The software is simple to install, with drivers for all Windows versions after 2000 included on the CD and Linux drivers available for download.

With HP Color Laserjet CP1215 Toner Cartridges, the print quality of the HP printer is fine for ordinary office tasks, with crisp, sharp, black text down to small point sizes. There is no evidence of toner spatter, and emboldened text in headings seems as clean as body copy. Color images are vibrant to the point of oversaturation, with a subtle shine that some people dislike. More problematic is the fact that some hues appear overly dark, making black lettering over the top difficult to read. The only consumables on this machine are the four drums and HP Color Laserjet CP1215 Toner Cartridges for the 2,200-page with black cartridge and the 1,400-page with color cartridges. This results in page costs of 3.2p for ISO black and 13.5p for ISO color, with 0.7p for the paper included in both.

When HP decided what to include and leave out of the Color LaserJet CP1215 laser printer, it was most likely striving to build a cost-effective entry-level printer for workgroup environments. The issue is that they appear to have considerably underestimated what was required of a successful printer. The LaserJet CP1215, unlike many similar models now on the market, lacks an LCD panel, making it difficult to tell what's going on with the printer if you can't view its status via computer. HP concluded that a basic control panel of push buttons on the device's outside would be a superior replacement for this function. Another oddity about this laser printer is that it does not support Mac OS X environments at all. It simply does not include any type of Macintosh driver software, and the manufacturer has not given drivers to Apple as part of its included drivers programme. There's no reason to leave the world's second-largest desktop computer platform out of the competition.

Finally, the Color LaserJet CP1215 has various advantages, such as its small size, ease of maintenance, and high text print quality. It is, however, somewhat slow, has over-saturated colors, and lacks Mac support.

Review

Ideal for individuals in home offices and small businesses, HP Color Laserjet CP1215 printer is great to make impressive business documents. It supports high-quality colour documents and uses high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity.

Dimensionally, the device is 59.8 x 49.8 x 35.4 cm and it weighs 17.6 kilograms. A simplified control panel with just two buttons and 9 LEDs is there to handle the device. It can print at the speed of 12 ppm for black and 8 ppm for colourful print. HP Color Laserjet CP1215 toner cartridges play an essential role in enhancing the colour quality. With the printer’s potential, you can reduce the time it takes to print the first page. Thanks to its instant-on technology that reduces warm-up timing to a huge extent. It allows making 50 transparencies and can handle up to 150 sheets. It helps media types that include cards, envelopes, glossy paper, labels, plain paper, recycled paper and transparencies. Using it's unique 'grown' toner, the device creates sharper edges in a wider range of colour. The entry-level printer is compatible with Windows operating systems.

• More affordable (lowest-priced printer from HP)
• Easy installation
• High-quality print
• High-capacity HP Color Laserjet CP1215 toner cartridges
• Qualified with ENERGY STAR
• Instant-on technology

• Not compatible with Mac OS
• Comparatively slow colour prints
• Lacks LCD display
• Fixed resolution

The compatible cartridges are:

• HP 125A (CB540A) Black Toner
• HP 125A (CB541A) Cyan Toner
• HP 125A (CB542A) Yellow Toner
• HP 125A (CB543A) HP Magenta Toner

HP has integrated Color Laserjet CP1215 with superior memory, instant-on technology and higher quality printing. It operates quietly and its compact design saves space. It is lightweight and hence easily portable. The HP Color Laserjet CP1215 toner cartridges help in achieving the best results. Formulated for power savings and high-quality colour documents, this printer is great for small workgroups.

How to fix the poor print quality in your HP Color Laserjet CP1215 printer?

The most evident indication of the low toner cartridge is poor print quality. Blurry text, missed prints & lines are indicating that there is a need to replace the cartridge.

Following are the steps to replace toner cartridges with new HP Color Laserjet CP1215 Toner Cartridges:

• Check the compatibility of the cartridges with different ink.
• To replace the toner cartridge, follow the instructions:
  • Open the front access door of the printer.
  • Press the blue handle on the toner cartridge drawer to release it, and afterward pull the drawer out.
  • Hold the center of the old cartridge, and then pull it straight up to remove it.
  • Hold the toner cartridge so that the imaging drum faces the bottom of the cartridge drawer, and then insert the HP Color Laserjet CP1215 Toner Cartridges into the correct position.
  • Make sure that you insert the cartridge in its correct slot.
  • Close the cartridge drawer and the front access door.

How to solve the paper jam issue for HP Color Laserjet CP1215 printer?

Paper jams can occur mainly in three areas:

• Output tray
• Tray 1
• Fuser

The following are the steps to resolve the issue:

• Remove all the loose paper from tray 1 and output tray & do not remove any jammed paper at this stage.
• Clear the jam from the output tray, tray 1 area & fuser by following the instructions listed below:
  • With both hands, hold the jammed paper where it is most visible, including the middle, and then carefully pull the paper out of the trays.
  • Lower the rear door to clear the error light.
• Reset the printer & try printing. If the issue persists, then follow the next step.
• During the printing process, paper, toner, or dust particles can accumulate inside the product and might cause paper jams. Follow these steps to clean the HP Color Laserjet CP1215 Toner Cartridges print area.
  • Click Start, click All Programs, click your product, and then the click Toolbox.
  • Click Help, and then click the Troubleshooting.
  • Click Start to begin the cleaning process in the cleaning mode area.
  • The product processes a single page and then returns to the Ready state when the cleaning process ends.
• Replace your HP toner cartridge if the issue persists after completing all the preceding steps.