Expert Verdict
The HP Laserjet P2015dn is a good mono laser printer for the home, small office, or dorm room as it is compact, fast and produces decent text and graphics thanks to its good quality HP Laserjet P2015DN toner cartridges. The Lexmark E350d series is a better value proposition than this where you get more features for less money along with better print quality and comparable print speeds. Being a mono laser printer, the model of the HP LaserJet P2015dn printer is quite small, making it a good fit for small home offices and small apartments and dorm rooms. This model measures 13.8 inches wide, 14.3 inches deep, and 10.1 inches tall, and weighs just 24.3 pounds. The other models of the P2015 differ slightly in dimensions and weight due to features like extra paper trays and a built-in duplexer. The muted light and dark-grey colour scheme gives the printers a simple look.
Being a mono printer, this printer supports black HP Laserjet P2015DN toner cartridges only. The main paper tray comes out from the front of the printer and holds up to 250 sheets of plain paper. A multipurpose input tray folds out from the printer's front wall and can hold up to 50 sheets of paper, it is a great feature if you switch to media often. A straight pass-through door is placed in the rear - you will have to simply open the door to engage the straight pass-through. The top-mounted control panel consists only of several indicator lights including a go button, and a cancel button.
HP Laserjet P2015DN toner cartridge options are straightforward for this model. You can choose either the 3,000-page standard cartridge and the 7,000-page high-capacity cartridge, the choice is yours. The former cost just doubles the standard ones. Using the high-capacity HP Laserjet P2015DN toner cartridges, print costs are really reduced. HP's recommended monthly duty cycle of about 15000 pages for this model, so it is suitable for a home or very small office. HP offers five variations on the P2015 and P2015dn is one of them which includes a duplexer and built-in networking. This model comes with a 400MHz processor and 32MB of RAM, this can also be upgraded to 288MB if you need it in future.
The P2015dn is a fast mono printer, producing output text at a rate of 22. Coming to print quality, in testing, the text quality was excellent - text was sharp and clean, characters were consistently formed, and the black prints were deep and rich. But at a very small font size, we noticed a couple of errors - the printer overprinted some of the letters, one at the top of another. Based on our experiences, the printer probably won't make this error often, but it's possible that the error could happen again. This error is admittedly small, but combined with the fact that there are other printers at the same price range which are faster and cheaper, leads us to recommend the other HP laser mono printers.
Printed graphics showed decent quality. Though we observed a bit of compression in the light end of the grayscale. This happened by the photo elements in the print, which were slightly blown out, which resulted in the loss of detail in highlighted areas. Moreover, the photo elements were grainy.
In all, the printer performance and print quality took us to the conclusion that the printer comes with very limited features. The running costs are also high because of the HP Laserjet P2015DN toner cartridges. If you still would want to purchase the printer and keep the running costs down, we would recommend you to use compatible HP Laserjet P2015DN toner cartridges. They are 33% more efficient than the original ones and work just fine.
Review
The HP LaserJet P2015DN printer is a monochromatic workgroup LaserJet printer that works well for home or small business use.It is ideal for work teams of up to 10 users and demanding individuals in small, medium and enterprise companies who need a reliable, space-saving, black-and-white printer for fast, high-quality business printing.
The printer is 13.8 inches wide, 14.3 inches deep, and 10.1 inches tall, and weighs just 24.3 pounds.The printer is equipped with a duplex feature and is capable of being installed onto a network.The paper is loaded from a bottom tray and the finished copies exit onto a top tray. There is a small display that will show the user any error information if generated and settings can be adjusted from there.
The main paper sheet tray pulls out from the front of the printer and can hold up to 250 sheets of plain paper. A multipurpose input tray that folds out from the printer's front wall can hold up to 50 sheets of paper which is a great feature if one switches the media often. The printer is a fast mono printer, churning up text at a rate of 22.13ppm and graphics at a rate of 21.29ppm.The text quality is excellent with HP Laserjet P2015DN toner cartridges as the text generated are sharp and clean, characters are consistently formed, and the black is deep and rich.Graphics prints are of decent quality but there can be a bit of compression in the light end of the grayscale.
Advantages:- Compact and lightweight
- Cost effective
- Features duplexer
- Relatively large footprint due to duplexer
- Substantially louder than other models
- It has a strong toner odour when printing multiple pages
The compatible HP Laserjet P2015DN toner cartridges are:
- HP Toner Ink Cartridge Q7553X (53X)
- HP Toner Cartridge Q7553A (53A)
Overall though, the HP P2015DN is a good choice for a home or small business user. It is compact and fast and usually produces decent text and graphics with HP Laserjet P2015DN toner cartridges. The printer has the right features to make it a good fit for a small office or home office, but the competition offers better options at lesser cost.