HP Laserjet CM1415FNW

 (43 customer reviews)

This new MFP from HP looked promising, but falls short due to their terrible software and driver bundle and lack of proper network scanning.

Replaced a Brother inkjet MFP that was half the price. The print quality on this laser is quite good, though the toner cartridges are puny and expensive, it may end up costing about the same to run as the brother inkjet.

Biggest issue is you have to install hundreds of megabytes of software just to use the printer. With the brother, it was a 16 megabyte driver that included network TWAIN scanning, and the rest was optional.

Typically business marketed network MFP's in this price range have network scanning (dell/brother/kyocera, where one can simply walk up to the device and send your scan by email, FTP, or server file share. This is not possible with this model. The only way to scan is to run the HP toolbox on your PC and then walk over to where the printer is, then load your document and walk back. Anyone...Read more

I purchased this item directly from HP's small-medium business (SMB) center. I was looking for a printer to replace my Brother MFC-9840CDW, which is a color/wireless all-in-one (AIO). Brother had not come out with a newer model that bettered this AIO that I have had for a couple of years. Since I was going to have to buy multiple new Brother toner cartridges for color, which would be 1/2 the price of a completely new model, I was in the market for a new AIO. My reqirements were AIO, laser, color, wireless networking and good user feedback. My Brother repair center told me that they can definitely tell the difference in HP color printers versus the other guys. Since my Brother gave out weak/light color prints, and the color accuracy was pretty bad, I wanted to like the HP LaserJet Pro CM1415fnw, which just came out and did not have any user comments.

I purchased from HP's SMB with a 30-day return policy. If you go through another center, your return period may be shorter...Read more

This all-in-one printer is good at some things, but not good at others.

Printing black and white documents. Rating: 4 stars

Very clear, crisp black text like you'd expect from a laser. Its only problem is it doesn't produce very good grays. The grays sometimes have some ugly line or grain patterns in them, even though the same document prints fine on my inkjets. Running the printer's color calibration didn't improve anything.

Copying black and white documents. Rating: 4 stars

Copies of black text are indistinguishable from the original. However, some grays in black and white documents either don't show up or are faded with uneven print and are hard to see. Adjusting the darkness and other settings doesn't cure the problem.

Printing documents with 12pt colored text in many different colors. Rating: 3 stars

Although the majority of the colors look good and are a good match to what is on screen, some of the colors have...Read more