Monochrome printers have always made their mark as best printers for many small offices and home businesses. They provide an attractive solution for many business consumers. The HP LaserJet M1319f multifunction device is a compact monochrome printer that is an excellent tool for producing text documents quickly. This printer can very economically execute many duties that are necessary for a small business. The printer can perform faxing, duplex printing, copying, and scanning tasks.
The M1319f is laser based and weighs around 22 pounds. It boasts of being one of the lightest laser printers and comprises easy to use buttons and a small LED screen. The printer gives you the option of modifying settings for the fax and copier. You will find the menus on the device as not very user friendly. In case you need to do modifications to your tasks before printing, be prepared to use your computer screen. The M1319f lacks PostScript and Ethernet support. You can connect this device to your Mac through USB 2.0. Just configure your Print and Fax System Preferences and you are ready to share this printer over your network.
The black only toner of this printer is ill suited for photo printing. As the M1319f is designed to be used to produce business documents quickly, it provides great quality in those documents. The text produced by this printer is top class and you can print enough good images to be put in your business portfolios. The text produced is of utmost superior quality and is ideal for a business environment. If you want to print graphics with this printer, beware. The printer produces not very good graphics and highlights its inability to print smooth gray gradients.
The M1319f can not print color documents but can readily scan them. The scanned documents show decent colors and ooze of a good overall visual appeal and clarity. As far as printing and faxing is concerned, this device is really good. For copying and scanning, the device is pretty okay. If you want to replace the toner cartridge in the printer, be prepared to shell out $78. The cartridges boast of a printing capacity of 2,000 pages with printing costs per page to be around $0.04.
