HP LaserJet P3015d

HP LaserJet Enterprise P3015d Printer

HP LaserJet Enterprise P3015d Monochrome Laser Has Speed and Paper Capacity, But Toner is Pricey The HP LaserJet P3015d is a midpriced ($649 as of 11/12/09) monochrome laser printer that doesn't realize its full potential. Though the company touts it as an enterprise model, it's expensive to operate and it has limited connectivity options. The LaserJet P3015d performed speedily in our tests. It managed a top pace of 36.5 pages per minute printing plain text--shy of HP's claim of 42 ppm, but still faster than the results from two of its like-priced competitors, the Ricoh Aficio SP 4210N and the Xerox Phaser 3600/N. Its graphics speeds also largely exceeded the average. As with most monochrome lasers, however, print quality beyond text was disappointing: The LaserJet P3015d's images showed grainy textures and visible banding. This printer lacks an ethernet port, which limits the unit's connectivity--and in my tests, during setup, it led to a few hiccups. The installation wizard prompted me to select the type of connection (local or network) that I planned to use. The Getting Started guide even illustrates plugging in the ethernet cable. But where?