HP LaserJet Pro M404dn Monochrome Printer with built-in Ethernet & 2-sided printing, works with Alexa (W1A53A)

For black-and-white-only printing you can't beat the value of this HP laser printer. Its cost-per-page is MUCH lower than that of comparable inkjet printers and it prints up to 38 pages per minute (a page every 1 - 2 seconds!). The printer comes equipped with every network configuration setting known to man so it is appropriate for the smallest business or home office and the largest enterprise. HP has done a great job of securing the Web server that comes standard with the printer that is used for configuring its settings. This is a small printer that fits in tight spaces but performs like much larger, more expensive, competitive printers.

We rarely need or want to print anything. 99 percent of the time we need or want to print something B/W is either what we want or acceptable for the use. We had an inexpensive color inkjet printer that did what we needed, but the cartridges were drying up before we were using up the ink. For that reason I wanted to get a laser printer.I also use various versions of Linux OS. This HP printer works natively with the Linux versions that I use. No need to install drivers. It just worked with all of our OS very easily.This printer continues to work well for us after several months.It works well for us.

After getting fed up with print head issues on ink jet printers (bought the cleaning kit, tried to clean the individual nozzles, WHAT A MESSSS!!!), I decided to buy a laser jet printer. I'm a teacher and love my HP laserjet at work. I was practically in tears trying to get it to connect to my wifi, and there was nobody to call...just digging through help guides and downloading the HP Smart App onto my PC and virtual chats. Eventually, I connected the printer directly to our router with an ethernet cable and now my family can see the printer on their individual laptops and wirelessly connect and print to the printer. The printer itself prints fast and very clean and we all LOVE it. It was just the initial set up that almost drove me into tears. Hopefully not everyone has this experience with the initial set up, but if you do...hang in there...still a great product.

Had a many years old HP 5 that served well for many many years. This new HP LaserJet Pro M404dn is much faster when printing. There is a pause after clicking the print key while the printer figures out what to do. Then when it starts to print it is fast. So far so good. This printer does NOT have wifi. I don't want wifi in my house because of the EMF radiation. (Beware 5G)Con: I give it 4 stars because I copy images from pictures and put them on pages in Word files about subjects and resize them on the page by dragging the corners. 80% of the time when printing the page the printer will not print the page as you see it after resizing. (What you see is what you get - WYSIWYG.) It will print the page with the picture as it was before being resized. If it originally was a large picture that won't all fit on the page it will print the page with just a portion of the picture on the edge of the page and the rest of the picture is lost.If anyone knows how to fix this please reply and let me know. Thank you.Otherwise I am happy with the printer.

Good print quality. It was ready out of the box, with no need to pull it apart to remove little pieces of tape from all over the insides. It's easy to set up, IF you know your way around networks (at least the basics). The Windows software, once located and installed, couldn't find the printer until it was set to its own static IP address. That was the only complication encountered, and the end results are quite pleasing.

I have to say, my experiences with this printer have mostly been positive, but the printer occasionally has network connectivity issues, and the most recent bout with these issues had me thinking the printer was finally done for. Thankfully, that wasn't the case, but I'll use this opportunity to (hopefully) help you fix that seemingly permanent "offline" printer status when you're using this printer over a network. I'll assume you're using a Windows PC. I'm unsure whether these instructions work on other platforms.Of course, these steps assume that your network isn't the problem and that the printer is turned on.First, get a USB printer cable.Disconnect the ethernet cable from the back of the printer if you haven't already done so.See the part marked [OPTIONAL?] below? Skip it for now if you want to potentially save time. If this guide doesn't work without the [OPTIONAL?] steps, then start from the beginning and do every step, including the [OPTIONAL?] ones.[OPTIONAL?] Remove the printer from Printers & Scanners within Settings in Windows.Connect the printer to your PC using the USB printer cable.Go to https://123.hp.com/laserjet to download drivers for the printer.Run the setup program and follow the steps to set up the printer over USB.When installation completes, try printing a page to ensure the printer works.Disconnect the USB printer cable from your PC.[OPTIONAL?] Remove that copy of the printer from Printers & Scanners within Settings in Windows, as this copy of the printer will only work over USB.Plug the ethernet cable back into your printer.[OPTIONAL?] Run the setup program again and follow the steps to set up the printer over ethernet.Try printing a page. The printer should be working now.[OPTIONAL?] Stoop down in front of the printer so you're at eye level, then lean in toward it so your face is close to the front of the printer. Now, sternly say to the printer, "Now, don't you EVER do that again!" as you point your index finger authoritatively at the printer.Aggravating? Very much so. Will the "offline" issue pop up again? Probably. Printers gonna printer. They're all ultimately junk, and they'll all ultimately break, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. This printer's quite good when it works, though. Honest.

Super easy set up. My last printer lasted 20 years so I have big expectations for this one. What I can say, the ease of being able to move the printer is a plus. Also, being that multiple people use this device, it resides in my home office. It is very quite, so it does not disturb me if I'm working and others are printing.