HP Laserjet Pro M201dw Wireless Monochrome Printer, Amazon Dash Replenishment Ready (CF456A)

Simple and effective network laser printer. I have WiFi in the house, but I prefer to use Ethernet when it is feasible (in this case, there was an existing drop right next to the printer's location).Setup was easy. I plugged the Ethernet cord into the printer, and downloaded the the driver/software package from HP. The printer was automatically detected by the software. I then made a DHCP reservation for the printer's MAC address on my router (this is not necessary for setup, but something I chose to do for IP address management purposes). The printer worked fine from the onset. I have not connected via WiFi or USB, but I keep a USB cable plugged into the back of the printer just in case.The major selling point for me on this unit was the auto duplex printing. Printing documents via email is a nice perk, although I don't anticipate needing to use it. I could have paid a bit more and bought an all-in-one unit (i.e., print/copy/scan/fax), but I have an AIO inkjet for such applications.Overall, nice little printer. It prints fast, and does so on both sides of the page. It's got USB, WiFi, and Ethernet connectivity. If all you need is a reliable monochrome laser printer, this one fits the bill and leaves nothing more to be desired.

I needed a replacement printer for my 2009 Mac Pro computer, my wife's 2015 iMac, and my sister's Windows 10 laptop. I've used a 1200 dpi Laserjet 1200 for the last 12+ years, and it finally died. I had purchased an HP P1102w for my mother's Mac laptop, and another for my father's Windows laptop. Both were small, cheap, and easy to set up, but both have intermittent issues connecting wirelessly. This M201dw is a little larger, but still inexpensive, and has worked flawlessly for months now. And it is FAST.Okay, here goes. I don't print from my smartphone, so I have no answers for that.I am fairly computer savvy, but not terribly good with networking. I do know my wireless router's name and password. I found the setup instructions confusing, and loaded with HP buzzwords to describe standard technology. Terms used in printed manuals, online, and on CD didn't always match. I knew I had to enter my router name and password, but couldn't seem to figure out where. But there is an easy solution. After trying to figure it out for a hour, I gave up and went to online support. I clicked on the chat window, allowed the customer service guy remote access to my computer, and he had me running in about 2 minutes! That couldn't have been easier.When I send something to the printer there is a pause as it heats up, all my HP's have been like that, but then it spits out pages like crazy. Easily does double-sided too. No more sorting trays and having documents screwed up because everything shifted by one page.HP buzzwords may give you fits trying to compare resolutions. My old Laserjet 1200 was true 1200 dpi. Now called ProRes by HP. This printer uses 1200 dpi FastRes. That is 1200 dpi using a 600 dpi printhead. Got it? I didn't think so. Don't worry, you don't have to read the white papers like I did. For all practical purposes it is 1200 dpi at a 600 dpi printing speed. I have printed out photographs and AutoCAD line drawings on both printers and can't tell the difference, except that this one is FAST, or did I mention that before?It does come with a toner cartridge, slightly lower capacity than a standard cartridge. By the way, 1200 dpi does not use more toner than 600 dpi. Sure, there are more dots, but the dots are smaller. So better resolution, same toner use.HP toner cartridges cost more than some other brands. You want that, I promise. Every laser printer uses a special drum in the printing process. Eventually the drum wears out. HP's drum is in the toner cartridge and gets replaced every time you change the cartridge. Those "cheaper" brands use a drum in the printer. The toner is cheaper but when the drum goes bad you'll be buying a new printer.Auto On and Auto Off: I started getting mad about this when I first read through the manual, but it turns out I didn't need to be. These features don't mean what you think. Auto Off will turn off your printer after a certain amount of time, and you will have to turn it back on manually to use it. You can set the delay, but not disable it. It won't "wake up" like you'd think. Auto On won't wake your printer after it has turned off. It will "wake" your printer if in sleep mode. From reading the instructions, and reviews on Amazon, it seemed that my printer would turn off and have to be turned back on manually, and there is no setting to stop this behavior. In actuality, my printer is hooked to my computer through wifi and that is enough to keep it from turning off completely.Last thing, the trays are easy to deal with, the printer works great, the tilting control panel is nice, and once the printing starts, this thing is FAST. The manual feed slot for envelopes is a little deep inside the machine for my taste. It's okay to use, but if I were doing envelopes all day it I'd have to load them in a tray or go nuts. Also, there is a fairly bright white light on the control panel, it doesn't bother me but some people may complain.

First, I must say that I am impressed with HP Technical Support, as they have made a lot of effort to help me get this printer up and running (over 4 hours on the phone to date), however, they have not yet been successful. Upon receipt of the printer, I followed the very simplistic instructions for a supposedly easy and automatic setup which included driver download and installation. The documentation was a little confusing, as there were multiple website addresses for support, with what was included in the packaging providing different instructions than what was shown on the HP website. In the end, after about three hours of trying to get the printer set up and running wirelessly (the reason I purchased it, giving up a perfectly good wired connection only printer), I gave up and called Technical Support. They remoted into my MacBook Pro and had the printer set up and running wirelessly from my computer within about 10 minutes. Great! It worked like a charm. Two days later, when I finally had a chance to attempt to print from both an iPhone and an iPad using AirPrint, I discovered that wouldn't work, and that wireless printing from the Mac quit working as well. So I called HP Technical Support, and in thist go-around, I spent three hours with a level 3 technician, who did all kinds of things that a person with average IT competence would either not think to do, or would not be able to do, including updating the printer firmware, performing factory resets to the printer, adjusting settings on the router, etc. Through the course of this effort, the technician admitted that there have been problems with AirPrint, and that I probably should not get my hopes up that it will ever work correctly, and suggesting that we only use ePrint from mobile devices. That's where you basically email a document you'd like printed, to the printer's email address, I was not happy about that, but at least I'd be able to print wirelessly from a mobile device. So after three hours, we had wireless printing from the Mac, and, via ePrint, from mobile IOS devices. But within a couple of days, the printer locked up and would not print anything, no matter by which means. To his credit, the technician must have been suspicious that the fixes may not stick, and we had arranged for him to call me back in three days to see if everything was still working. We spent another hour on the phone, and the best he could do was set it up so that at least I could print via a USB cable. He has escalated the case to his supervisor and to engineering. That is where it currently stands. I will provide updates as things progress. As of right now, I would not recommend this printer if you plan to use it wirelessly.1/11/17 update. I spoke with a supervisor at HP who said HP had been having problems with wireless printing, particularly with ARRIS routers, which I have. He said there was nothing they could do and recommended returning the printer to Amazon. Perhaps next I will try a Brother printer.