HP - LaserJet M234sdwe Wireless Black-and-White Laser Printer with 6 months of Toner through HP+ - White & Slate

HP is our favorite type of printer. This one is great. The only thing we regretted not doing was getting the color printer, oh well that’s hindsight for ya. It’s a great printer there has been any print, scanning, or copying job that it could not do. I highly recommend it. My wife primarily uses it for her work and it needs to be able to do all 3 of these things. Sorry couldn’t get a better picture for y’all my wife was having a meeting so this was the best I could get.

Love the printer. It was not as easy to hookup as some, but a call to HP Chat took care of it. They weren't sure why it was being difficult either. Works GREAT wireless. have enjoyed it so far

If you want to start your business this is the right printer, silent, fast and you can print from your cell phone

This is a reliable printer with easy setup and operation.

I love my new printer. It prints very fast and efficiently!

Just purchased this printer for our small business and it’s the perfect fit! Able to print from our computer or our phones. Easy to make multiple copies at the touch of a button on the printer. Scanner is another bonus feature! RECOMMEND :)

The instructions for setting up this printer leave out the most important part in my opinion. You have to shut it off wait 60 seconds and turn it back on for it to connect to the Wi-Fi. We have Verizon internet and this printer doesn’t stay connected to the internet. We have to constantly reboot it for it to print wirelessly.

REVIEW: HP - LASERJET M234SDWE WIRELESS BLACK-AND-WHITE LASER PRINTER WITH 6 MONTHS OF TONER THROUGH HP+ - WHITE & SLATE VALUE FOCUSED – HOME / SMALL OFFICE / PRINTER + SCANNER There is a lot to like about the M234SDWE Multi-Function- Printer (MFP). Duplex (2 sided) Printing, Low Cost of Investment. Good Print Quality and Print Speed. Scanning and Copying is passible. This is targeted and appropriate for a small home business where you just need a little of everything (printing, scanning, copying). As a value printer, it does a good enough job at all of these things. Default Scanning and Printing from the Automatic Document Feeder (300 DPI - ADF) results in typical crooked pages from budget MFPs. However, if you download and use the full version of the HP SCANNER software it has an auto correct feature that fixes that issue on most scans. Flat Bed Scanning - 600 Dots Per Inch (DPI) is pretty good even in color (see picture). PRO’s - Compact Design, takes up about 40% less space than my 10 year old HP MFP - Good Scanning - Good Printing - Includes a wired LAN port (not just WIFI). - USB port that can be used after the setup is complete. HP “E” PRINTERS (AKA HP+) If you get the “E” version of HP printers you are paying about 25% less than the Non E version but the tradeoff is that you must have an online account and are prevented from using generic toner. Further, it is also required that your printer must have access to the internet in order to print. If this bothers you then don’t get the “E” printers. As long as the HP toner is somewhat affordable then I’m OK with this. I use about 1 cartridge a year. It looks like 2500 page cartridges are about $80. This is OK for me as long as I can get a year or two out of them. When you create your online account and register your printer your warranty is doubled to 2 years. This is different, but complimentary to the Instant Ink Program where you agree to pay HP a fixed amount each month (starting at $1.99) and they will automatically send you a new toner cartridge when you need it. You will have to crunch the numbers for yourself if Instant ink makes sense for you. I find it useful at the low end of print volumes and the high end of print volumes. If you have a widely variable amount of printing each month, then be aware that this is a like an old-fashioned cell phone plan with penalties for going over your allotted page count (starting at 10 cents per page) and it even has “roll over pages” where some fraction of your unused pages can roll over to the next month. For me life is too short and complicated already without having to worry about keeping track of how many pages I have left to print each month. On the other hand, having toner just show up when needed is very convenient. Is HP+ worth it? If you tend to only use HP Brand cartridges, sure, why not save a little money on your purchase. The double warranty is nice, but to be honest in 30 years using HP printers, I’ve never had one fail other than normal consumables. SCANNING You get 300 DPI from the ADF and 600 DPI from the flatbed scanner. As I mentioned with most budget MFP’s the pages are slightly crooked when scanned with the ADF. Download and use the full version of the software (HP SCAN) to select autocorrect and access more advanced features. NOTE: THERE IS NO 2 SIDED (duplex) SCANNING: Even though this prints on both sides it does not scan or copy on both sides. Even with the full version of HP SCAN, it says “Manual 2 sided scanning” but it is misleading (or maybe broken). Imagine your all you front pages are odd page numbers and all your back pages are even numbers. Now, when you trigger manual 2 sided scanning you would expect when the process is over to get your pages in the correct order. Instead of 1,2,3,4,5,6 you get 1,3,5,2,4,6 which is completely useless and the same as back to back 1 sided scanning. Why even have that as an option? PRINTING Fast but a little loud for such a small printer. The print quality is good. The stated resolution for printing is 600x600 DPI, and that looks about right. The paper tray is on the small side, so be prepared to keep feeding the printer if you do a lot of printing. SETUP I initially tried to set up the M234SDWE with a physical LAN cable (instead of wireless) but it was problematic. Instead, my suggestion is to use the Wireless setup and then plug in the LAN cable after everything else is all set. TIP: For the last setup step, I could not get it to print anything and it kept giving me an error “action needed” while things piled up in the printer queue. When I went into the various HP apps it said everything was fine. In the end all it was waiting for was for me to press the “i" button on the printer, but it never told me that, or if it did, then I missed it. I would strongly suggest you also download and install the full software suite from the HP support site, it gives you much more control over the printing and scanning process using HP SCANNER software instead of HP SMART software. It also includes OCR software for converting scanned images to text. I do miss a more complete control panel display but at this price point I understand the trade off. SUMMARY / CONCLUSION / RECOMMENDATION You get a lot of printer for the price. If you are a heavy scanner user, then I might suggest moving a few models up that also have duplex scanning and support scan to email (which the M234SDWE) without being connected to a PC. If your primary use is printing, then this is a good bet as a printer, especially with the 2 sided printing. As to HP+ (reduced price for a requirement to be online and only use HP Toner), I’m mostly on board as long as the toner stays affordable. So really you have to do the math on this yourself. Each Toner Cartridge for the M234SDWE is about $80 and is rated at 2500 pages. Overall, I recommend this printer for the value conscious user.