Initial thoughts:
-setup: very easy. Had to pull out each toner cartridge to break off some tabs that helds things still for shipping, and pull out some plastic; took about 5 mins without needing to look at instructions. I did look at them later and it was straightforward.
-size/weight: a lot heavier than I expected, but its the same size at it looks.
-add to wifi: you can run a setup and connect to the printer from your PC or phone and use that to change the wifi on your printer, or you can add it manually via the small one line LCD screen. I did it this way; it will definitely be painful for anyone with crazy long passwords with extra symbols like me. It was easy, just a lot of hitting the down-arrow icon looking for next character. But it added immediately, and was available immediately for search from my PC.
-printing: it prints fast and its very quiet, Enough so that when I print to it (its directly behind my wife's desk) she doesn't notice. You can definitely hear it, but its quiet enough to blend in to background noise.
-print quality: documents look sharp, icons etc look good both in color and black and white
-print quality, photos: used some laserjet photo paper and printed out a picture: I'll put it in the 'good enough for a postcard or to send your mom her annual family pic to frame'. Definitely not the color sharpness/brightness you'd get from CVS, but not expecting that, either. We will likely use it for our next party invite instead of going to UPS store to print.
-mobile printing; TBD, haven't tried
-duplex printing: TBD, haven't tried
-toner life: we probably won't need new toner for 6+ months and I'll try to update then.
Overall, it does everything I expect it to at the level I expected.
If you need a general/workhorse printer capable of printing anything at a reasonably decent level- this is likely the printer for you.
If you are looking to print pictures to frame; get a color inkjet. Or just keep printing @ CVS which is likely cheaper anyway.
Conserves energy compared to similar products.
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EPEAT
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Certification Level
SILVER
