HP LaserJet Pro P1606dn Printer (CE749A#BGJ)
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Manufacturer: Hewlett PackardAudio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows 2003 Server
Model: CE749A#BGJ
Color: BLK
Product features:
- 250-sheet input tray
- Automatic Duplex Printing
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port, 10/100 Ethernet networking
- 4 LED indicator lights, 2 buttons
- 150-sheet face-down bin, Up to 150 sheets output tray
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Customer Review: Don't Use HP Universal Print Driver (Post Script)
Summary: 4 Stars
After a few hours of playing tittly-winks with HP Technical Support, having them go on and on about how I can't use this in a "business environment" and how "it doesn't support printing via ethernet" (I really wish I was joking about that one, but the technician actually said that), I was just about to throw my hands up in the air - Until I happened to try the PCL version of the HP Universal Print Driver - And then it started working like a champ!
I generally make a habbit of only using HP Universal Drivers and installing both PCL and PS versions on my Windows 2003 print server so I:
A) Don't have to worry about maintaining individual drivers for all of the HP C/LJ's around my office.
and
B) If someone needs to use PCL or Post Script, each of them are there as seperate printer instances so my users can connect to them any time they need either version.
My issue was when testing to make sure I could print to this device - before maping a user to this printer - I was only testing with the Post Script instance of the printer. I suppose I should also mention that when I told HP I had a print server handling jobs (good practice when you have an office full of printers and prefer keeping your hair on your head rather than between your fingers as you pull them out), and that I had established a DHCP reservation so the printer would obtain IP information dynamically, but always be given the same address - let's just say that drove HP technical support up a wall; almost to the point where they just about put the kibosh on the entire support call. I suppose the kind of training that goes into those that support these is different than those that support, say, LJ 8150s.
The end result was after being told:
A) I had a bad toner cartridge (at which point jumped through the proverbial hoop and went out to buy a spare)
B) There were "multiple" bad ports on my Extreme Networks Summit X450-48p switch (yeah right, pretty sure I would have noticed that)
C) That ethernet printing was either "not supported entirely" or that at most it was "only supported being connected to a home Linksys router"
D) Not having enough paper loaded into the device (even when it was full)
We finally came to find that when a print job is sent via the Post Script driver this printer TANKS.
And when I say "tanks", I mean:
A) Web interface stops working
B) Ping requests time out
C) The NIC completly shuts down (link light drops offline)
D) The printer appears to restart / re-initialize (yellow lights flicker on the top)
E) You have to wait 15-20 seconds for it to come back up
Worse yet, after being sent a job via PS (and it subsequently goes into it's fit of rage), it usually requires a restart to remain stable. I found this out because while testing I had a continuous ping going throughout all of this, and it would randomly time out long after the restart / reinitializing sequence was complete - even when no job was being sent. The only way to get it to remain stable again was to completely shut it off and reboot. WOW - What a joke!
Moral of the story, I'm rating this a 4 because if you don't even think Post Script, it's actually a good light-duty (all I'm planning on using it for) printer that absolutly WILL work in a network environment (in a business or otherwise). Just make sure you don't try to use a Post Script driver, unless you enjoy making your brain hurt watching your printer act a fool for no apparent reason.
PS: I generally NEVER write reviews about things (even though, full disclosure, I read them all the time). That said, the wasted afternoon I spent troubleshooting this was SUCH A PAIN IN THE REAR that I couldn't resist the temptation to share my experiance with those of you wanting to pick this puppy up. Hope it's helpful for you!
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