HP LaserJet 2420d - Expert Reviews

Verdict: Over £400 for a personal mono laser with a 250-sheet paper tray and no network capability is asking a lot. The LaserJet 2420d is reasonably cheap to run and prints fast, but, even assuming the print quality problems we saw are isolated to this unit,

Review summary: There's still a big market for standard mono laser printers but does hp's latest LaserJet live up the company's reputation?

Verdict: As a new LaserJet from HP, the 2420d should be a good, solid office laser printer, but the problems we had with its duplex function and the question mark over some of its print output, left us less impressed than we expected. If you're paying this kind of

Review summary: The HP LaserJet 2420dn is a monochrome laser printer with a maximum resolution of 1200x1200DPI.

Verdict: We were also less than thrilled about the mottling that was present in some of our darker image and shading tests. This was much less pronounced at the 600dpi setting than at 1200dpi, and paper quality also seemed to contribute to or reduce this effect. I

Pros: Two-sided printing; good text quality; speedy; inexpensive extended warranty.

Cons: Mediocre graphics printouts; humdrum design; rudimentary drivers and software.

Verdict: This small-workgroup monochrome laser falls short of the competition in speed, print quality, and features.