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HP LaserJet 3030 All-in-One

HP LaserJet 3030 All-in-One

REVIEW

The middle sibling in a series that includes the HP LaserJet 3015 at the low end and the 3380 at the high end, the HP LaserJet 3030 All-in-One offers almost everything you'll find in its big brother for about $200 less. It cuts few corners in printing, scanning, copying, and faxing, although paper handling capability, speed, and output quality are all a smidge lower. Its claimed duty cycle is also a bit less than the 3380's at 7,000 pages per month versus 10,000.

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Company

Hewlett-Packard Company

http://www.hp.com

Spec Data
  • Price as Tested: 
  • Printer Category: Laser
  • Type: All-In-One
  • Connection Type: Ethernet
  • Rated Speed at Default Resolution (Color): 15 ppm
  • Scanner Type: Flatbed with ADF (Standard or Optional)
  • Scanner Optical Resolution: 600 pixels per inch
  • Maximum Scan Area: 8.5" x 15"
  • Standalone Copier and Fax: Copier, Fax

Bottom Line

If you want the speed and text quality a laser printer provides, but require more versatility—for scanning, faxing, and copying—the HP LaserJet 3030 with its flatbed scanner and automatic document feeder is a good choice where printing demands are light to moderate. The quality of graphics and photo output, however, is less than ideal.

Pros

Good to excellent text output; excellent scanning, faxing, and copying capabilities; 50-sheet automatic document feeder for scanning and faxing multipage documents.

Cons

Graphics output shows obvious dithering; photo output is seriously flawed with extremely obvious posterization; paper handling is relatively limited.



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