HP Laserjet Pro CM1415fnw

Very good but needs improvement

This is a very good printer/scanner, which is to be expected for it's price. PC and Mac setup is easy. Wireless printing and Air Print are a breeze. Print quality is very good. However, there are some overlooked issues, some of which may only require a firmware update to fix. Here is what I'd like this printer to do:

- Scan both sides of a paper when loaded from the top.

- Have the ability to name the file when scanning directly to PDF on a flash drive.

- Be able to scan directly to my iPhone or iPad using HP iPrint, an app that allows for scanning to iDevices from other printer models but for some odd reason this model was overlooked.

- Printing speed could be a little faster.

Supporting Air Print was one of the main reasons I bought this printer. However, if other companies start making laser printers supporting Air Print then it may worthwhile to look at their printers before choosing this one.

Excellent printer

I purchased this printer for home use. I am very impressed with the quality and price. It was easily installed and now we are able to print from all of our labtops in the house wirelessly. I researched for a laser color printer and this is what I choose. I waited patiently for Best Buy to get this into stock because it was always sold out. It was so worth the 3 month wait. I am a very happy customer.

Good for home. Keep the inkjet around for photos

This printer is loaded with features. I can print to it from my iPad, or email an attachment. It takes about 5 Amps so plan accordingly (give it 8 amps of circuit capacity). Slow printing but steady. Good FAX and menu. Scanning, printing, faxing, copying all there. Its all easy to use. Toner costs more than printer -- but thats the norm these days. Looks like I'll spend $400 a year on toner for home/casual use. Ouch. Of course I am a purist and will only use HP branded toner and paper.

Photo image printing is not acceptable. I keep my inkjet around for that.

Great everyday printer

Bought it early 2011 and so far have no problem with the printer, the print quality is pretty good. I'm a light user and used it mostly for printing, occassional copying and faxing, so far it has performed all the duties smoothly without issues.

Excellent Choice For Home Office User

I bought this laser just for home/home office purposes, it was exactly as I was expecting. Setting up & connecting was a breeze, very user friendly & it serves its sole purpose. As I`m reading some reviews, it sounds as if the lower/negative reviews are coming from business owners who do a fair share of printing. By no means would I recommend this printer be used for commercial purposes, but for a college student or a person who has a small home office, I would definitely recommend this as a suitable product.

Good printer, fax and scan

Sometimes when there is an odd-sized paper in the tray, the machine will go into cleaning mode for about a minute, and then need to press "OK" to continue with each sheet. Printing greeting cards is a slow process. Paper jams in tray 2 every so often. Otherwise, I like the wireless capability and the print and scan quality is great. Fax too.

A let down, but not so fast

My 3015 was giving out after years of use. i searched for a replacement and decided to stay with HP. Set up was easy enough. It does print with nice quality, but has alot of drawbacks. mainly, when i installed the software and tried running the toolbox, I got nothing but errors. Finally got it to work after multiple installs. Then came the fax/sendrecieve log. It didnt work. I had HP tec support on the phone and controlling the pc by remote from PK for 4.5 hours and finally disconnected them and hung up. fixed it myself an hour later. Much to my surprise. The log worked, but was a total waste of time. Unlike the fax log of older HP's, where it keeps the image of what you faxed, the new log just gives you time date and page numbers, no way to see what was sent. TOTALLY USELESS. Now lets go to envelope printing. wow, what a step backwards ffrom the old 3015. Pull the paper out put the envelope in and adjust it. Then hope it picks the envelope up. i now have to put 2 envelopes ion the tray when I want to print one. Paper jams take aminute to remove physically but WAY to long for the printer to get back to work. its either connecting or calibrating or something. highly disappointing. Im going to keep my eyes open for a new unit at the end of the year and send this off to ebay land. The only plus is, i got the printer for 365.00 with an addition 2 year warranty from staple durring their in store rebates plus a 50 dollar credit for an old printer trade in. all in all, it could of been worse if i paid 450 for this crap.

Im updating my review. I decided to pruchase a dell 1355CNW. What a mistake. Im sorry, but the the reviewers that put the dell ahead of the HP, youre crazy. The HP is slightly slower.. Not much. The features between the 2, the HP tops the dell. I thought the grass was greener. NOPE After trying 2 comparable printers, The HP is the better choice. granted the envelope printing is tough, the other would not pick up a pre glued envelope, so what good is a priority tray.

Excellent Buy

The printer was a snap to set up and works great wirelessly with my IPAD 2 and EVO. Would be five stars if the paper tray handled more sheets and if the print per minute was just a little faster. All and all, for home use, its an excellent buy.

Don't buy one of these

This is an HP CM1415fnw but the drivers on the CD and HP web site are for a CM1410(series).
Even though the CD says CM1415fnw.
Driver install failed.
If you try to return this you will be charges a 15% (probably) restocking fee and the cost of the toner cartridges will be deducted from your refund. That's probably almost the cost of the printer.
I made a mistake buying this. It's made like it's disposable and they didn't even bother to get the drivers right.
I didn't call tech support because I don't have time to guide someone in India through a flow chart.
I'm going to use it as a copier until the ink runs out then throw it in the dumpster. It's THAT worhtless.
HP is taking a DUMP on consumers with this product.

One word: slow

This is a printer for small business use, isn't it?
HP says "yes" by selling this printer through their small-medium business (SMB) center.
I respectfully disagree. At 8 pages per minute print speed this is unacceptable for any of the professional tasks one encounters at an office.
While printing jobs are acceptable, because you can keep working on your computer while the printer "gives birth" to your papers (yes it seems that painfully slow), it is a completely unacceptable speed when using it as a copier. The HP CM1415fnw is making copies at the same 8 pages per minute speed, and the bottle neck it the printer side of the machine, even though the scanner is rather agile. I spent an entire hour on a job that takes a few minutes on other copiers.

Bottom line: if you value your time look elsewhere!

Since we can not return this machine at this time, our office is planning to just get another copier/printer and just give this one to one of our colleagues for personal use.

A couple other note: ink cartridges are small and rather expensive considering the number of copies hey are designed to last.
Set up was a breeze and WiFi printing from Windows 7 laptops is easy, as far as the good news go. The quality of color reproduction is rather nice too for a laser printer, which are historically notoriously bad in this regard compared with ink-jets.