Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9870 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Hewlett Packard
• Model: CB410A#ABU
• Released on: 2007-12-06
• Platform: Mac OS X
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 10.36 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Meet your small business needs with the HP LaserJet P1005 monochrome laser Printer with PowerSave and Instant-on Technology for the ultimate in efficiency. This Energy Star qualified printer can help save on energy costs while offering high-end output in a compact, budget-friendly design.

The P1005 has a powerful 133 MHz processor and 2 MB of memory which help to boost print speeds as high as 15 pages per minute with this LaserJet. Print quality is impressive at 1200 dpi which makes this printer easily capable of printing professional-looking B&W documents.

With a monthly duty cycle of 5,000 pages, the P1005 can outperform any inkjet printer when it comes to printing volume. The 150-sheet input paper tray also supports a high printing volume and eliminates the need to refill the paper supply as often.

Customer Reviews

Nice little Laserjet for Home/Student use
I am using this HP P1005 Laserjet printer with my Apple 13" Macbook running OSX Leopard (10.5). I purchased this over the similarly priced Canon i-SENSYS LBP2900B Laser Printer due to the lack of Macintosh drivers from Canon and the many positive reviews for HP I came across when researching small monochrome laser printers on the internet.

Installation was quick and simple and inside the box was a leaflet for a £35 rebate from HP on the condition that you complete 2 surveys on your printer usage over a year, which was a pleasant surprise.

The printer is very compact and folds away its trays neatly when there is no paper inside. It powers-up very fast and is relatively quick to process information prior to printing.

The main criticisms I find with this printer however are that the heat produced from printing will bend your paper slightly, the supplied toner cartridge is only half-full (marketed as a "trial" cartridge), there is no USB cable supplied in the box and if you're printing more than 10 pages you begin to notice that laser-printer ozone smell, a necessary byproduct of the printing process.

Criticisms aside for around £50 this is a good quality printer. Full toner cartridges are around £40 but they are good for approx. 1500 sheets resulting in printing costs of around £0.03p (~£0.02p/sheet, not inc. paper). A good purchase and very useful for homes, small business' and students who do not require to print in colour.

Great for home use
This printer is cheap and comes with a toner which is roughly 50% full, and unfortunately with no USB cable. For home use this is a perfect printer, that is reasonably fast and produces very good quality prints. Printing is cheap and the toner works even after long periods without being used - I keep another Laserjet P1005 in my holiday home in Italy, so that I can print when I am there, something I could never do with an inkjet. I think most users do not need a colour printer, since photos are too expensive to print at home with a colour inkjet on photo paper anyway. I do recommend this printer for home use.

An excellent alternative to ink-jet printers.
Having grown sick and tired of ink-jet printers, I decided to have a look at lasers and was pleasantly surprised by the price of the P1005. I only need basic black and white capabilities, and thanks to the previous reviewers' comments, it was a bit of a no-brainer when it came to making a decision! I'm not disappointed.

The P1005 doesn't take up much room, it look fairly solid, the software is quick and easy to install (I'm running Windows XP) and the print quality is excellent. Okay, it's a bit noisy (but no more so than my ink-jet) and the paper does warp very slightly (I haven't tried better quality paper yet - so maybe it's just down to the cheap brand I've been using so far) and it doesn't come with the necessary USB cable. However, in terms of value for money, I couldn't be happier.