HP LaserJet Pro M15w Wireless Monochrome Printer, Works with Alexa (W2G51A)

This is an excellent, easy to set up, and small printer. I sell on ebay and Etsy and use this for packing slips and shipping labels so the fact that it prints only black wasn't an issue. Printing from the phone is easy, but not a big deal to me. But what I really like about the printer is you can register with Google Cloud Print allowing you to print from any pc or phone from anywhere, even thousands of miles away. I do not understand why some reviews mention a difficult set up or not being able to print from their computer. This was by far the easiest wireless set up I've ever done (previous wireless printers were all Canon). I used HP's Android app to initially set up the printer, and I downloaded the Windows driver software from HP, installed it, and my computer had no problem recognizing the printer and printing to it. And my computer isn't a new one.....a 5 year old Toshiba laptop running Windows 8.1. I did not use any CD that came with the printer...I think it's quicker and easier to just download from HP. The computer does come with a USB cable to connect physically with a computer. Also, if you don't have a wireless router you can still connect wirelessly using Wi-Fi Direct (I haven't tried that yet). After I bought this, but before I received it, I read an online review from some tech website which was overall a very good review, the only flaw they saw was that "the text was a little too light and pale". That made be a little nervous because of all the dark black in the shipping labels I print, but I cannot tell the difference between these and ones I used to print on an inkjet. My reason for buying this was to save on ink cartridges; I was going through at least 1 black cartridge a month at $28 each. I thought about the Epsons with refillable ink tanks, but I didn't like some things about those models, so I decided to go with this. The toner cartridge yields 1,000 pages vs 300 pages for a Canon 240XL ink cartridge, AND the HP toner can be bought online for only $5 more than I was paying for the Canon ink.

I am very pleased with the printer. I was looking for a low cost laser printer to handle occasional black and white printing for both work and personal. From what I could figure out, the cartridge should last through about 1000 pages of use. The printer cost around $108 and this includes the cartridge inside - so I think it's a pretty good deal for my needs. And once I got it up and running with the WiFi it printed from the computers, iPhones, and iPads on our network without any issues - quick and a good resolution. BUT YOU WILL NEED TO GO ONLINE AND READ HOW TO INSTALL THE PRINTER AND DOWNLOAD A PARTICULAR HP APP in order to install. The printer came with very poor instructions as well as a CD - which was fairly useless since I do not have a CD reader on my computer. I think actual instructions would have been helpful, but I knew from other reviewers that if I bought this printer it would take some research to get it up and running. So here's what worked for me (once I accepted that there were no real instructions): Go to HP and create a log in account. Then look up the support info for the printer, which is referred to as "Troubleshooting" if I recall correctly. You will also need to download the HP Smart App to your smart phone (the installation is done using the smart phone and the app). In order to setup the WiFi on the printer, you need to create an account on the Smart App and add the serial number for the printer (this is on the side of the box, so be sure to keep the box and not disturb the outside label codes when opening.) You will need to know your WIFI network name and password. The HP Smart App will ask you to identify your network, and then it will ask you to choose a special HP Network to complete the installation. It seems that HP's dedicated network then takes care of everything else. After HP completes its setup, you will then need to switch your phone back to your normal network. Once everything was setup, I could print from all the devices on the network automatically. I did not need to download drivers, I think the Smart App is all that is needed. Great printer - wish HP had included a pamphlet on how to install the printer on a WIFI network. Also, would have been nice if the box tape had not been taped over the serial number label on the box since that was the only place I could find the serial number. Never found it on the product (which was where the online guide wanted me to look for it). TIP 1: photograph the labels on the box before you open it. TIP 2: go online with HP, sign in, look for the support on the model, and download/use the HP Smart App. TIP 3: the diagram of how to unpack the printer is the only real instruction in the box - so don't expect much help from the included pamphlets. I've given it 5 stars because I thought it was a great price, prints well for my purposes and is easy to print to from a WiFi network. I'm not dinging the setup because I did get it going and it works. Setup is (hopefully) a once in a lifetime event.

I have had a home office for decades and the early copiers/printers were toner types. Then everything went to ink cartridges and it was nice but as time, cost went by and the inconveniences of ink cartridges grew. I was happily shocked to see that inexpensive toner printers are back! No more ink cartridges drying up and no more projects ruined in the middle of printing. What is really nice is that the technology of toner printers have improved greatly. I bought this mostly for office work and printing out letters/emails but I printed a website page and was shocked to see how well it printed images. The printer only prints with black toner but I didn’t know it had such a broad spectrum of gray. I printed a couple of color photos from my iPhone onto plain paper and was impressed with the photo print quality. I know I’m on a tangent but I just had to share that info. I like the size of the printer. It prints very quickly and with very little noise. The quality of the prints are on the level of the “best” setting of a ink printer. Very crisp and share images/type. I have a Mac air computer and I went to HP website, downloaded the driver and the program walked you through and I had the printer online and my iPhones connected in about a half hour. I would consider my computer skills about a 7 on a 1-10 scale so please feel comfortable with installing this on your computer. You can connect this to your computer via wire but it recommends that you not and go WiFi instead which I did. The installation was much faster and all my devices recognized that the printer was online and immediately connected with the printer. Air drop connection with this printer has been the best yet! I’ve have struggled with printers connection issues in the past but this printer is has flawless connection. I love it’s simple simple simple. Simple set up, simple operation, prints simply and clean and simply connects to all my devices. I’m not a photographer but if I was, I’d experiment with black and white photography and find some shiny plain paper and try this printer out to make some old time photos. Pretty cool machine.

I couldn't get my old Brother printer to work with my Raspberry Pi running Rasbian OS. And it was not a very good printer, jamming frequently. So for a hundred bucks I got this little HP. This little HP printer is a great occasional-use household B&W Laser Printer on initial use, time will tell if it proves durable. This is not a workhorse printer you would want to subject to constant or even daily use. But if you are like me and need to print out a sewing pattern, a mailing label, a returned check, a tax document every now and then...a few pages a week...this printer would be a great fit. Reasons why I like it: -It is very small and light. About the size of a shoebox yet it is a real laser printer and not a money hungry Inkjet. It is small enough that when you are done with the occasional print job just put it away in a closet or wherever. Unlike a typical printer that takes up desk/shelf real estate, for the occasional user this printer is remarkable in that it you can just put it next to your keyboard, do a few prints, unplug and put away. -It has no feeding tray. You are not meant to keep paper in the device, so it folds up nicely. Just keep the paper in its ream binding and store it nearby. This is a better place for paper anyway since it wont get dusty. -It has good print quality, basically as good as any other B&W laser printer has, including the thousand dollar units we use at my workplace. I printed out gray-scaled detailed illustrations and it looks good. Text is excellent, and this is with cheap paper. -It is also surprisingly fast. Perhaps two seconds to print a page. I also starts quickly. Press the on button and about three seconds later is ready to take a job. No lengthy warm ups or diagnostic rigmarole that many printers make you endure. -It has good (relatively) Linux support. While the typical Linux user understands that basically nothing is easy as far as peripherals go in our Windows-Centric world, HP does have a downloadable Linux package (HPLIP) that you can install on top of CUPS and it will run this printer. If you can get CUPS working you can get HPLIP working from the command line, just search it. I cannot vouch for any Linux distribution besides the latest Raspbian, but I suspect it would run just fine off Debian or any of its descendants like Umbuntu since Raspbian is Debian-based. -It comes with a USB printer cable, which is how I would recommend using it with Linux since no worries about networking it. It is basically plug-n-play once you get it installed via CUPS/HPLIP. It does have a network cable port and supports wireless, but I have not tested this. This printer is so compact, light and portable there is really no sense in networking it. Just move it to wherever you need--as long as there is 120 VAC you'll be fine. Things I don't like: -It is sort of expensive considering I bought a B&W Laser printer of equal print quality for only $80 about 8 years ago. I would think it should be around $60-80; I suppose you are buying the HP name and product support vs a lesser brand. -It is white which is a terrible color for any electronic (dust attracting) device. Unfortunately everyone wants to be like Apple these days; if there was a black version I would have got it instead. -Like most modern electronics it is built as light as possible and not immediately fall apart. The plastic is very thin and gentle handling is a must if you want it to last. -It is made in Vietnam.

This is the third Laserjet I've owned (previously - the 1012 and the p1102w). For the record, the other LaserJets didn't wear out. I replaced the 1012 (donated to Goodwill) because I wanted wifi capability, and the p1102w is still chugging away at my work. I brought it home during the heavy quarantine months, and realized that it made a much better home printer than my ink-sucking color printer . Now that I will be returning to work on location - I will need to take the p1102w back as well. So I got my hands on the most updated model I can find. Full disclosure - I haven't had it very long. Still, I know what to expect. If I'm wrong, I'll come back and change my review. The good: Obviously, it's small. Fits into compact spaces and travels well. The printers in this line are not made for high capacity, but they are reliable (IMHO) and they last. Print quality is great. My set-up experience was very smooth. Wifi and remote printing work fine. The not-so-good: First of all, I'm not crazy about the design. The on/off/wifi/reset buttons don't feel like buttons - more like the plastic-y touch panel on a cheap microwave. Paper tray extension look little fragile. And... did it have to be white? The p1102w has a separate envelope tray above the paper feed. I didn't use it much, but it was nice to have. I'll miss that. I also expect the M15w to have a similar print limitation: 20-25 pages before it heats up and started curling the pages. I don't do a lot of volume printing so it's rarely an issue. Over-all I highly recommend it, so long as your needs are simple. Actually, I think simplicity is the key to the compact HP Laserjet line - fewer things to go wrong in a simply built unit.

I wanted a basic printer for occasional printing at home and didn't want to spend a lot of money on one. I did some research and glad I decided to get this! I use an iPhone and a MacBook (currently running Big Sur 11.2.3) and setting the printer up was surprisingly easy. After having read the reviews, I was ready to face some difficulty in setting it up but was amazed at how easy it was. I downloaded the HP smart app on my phone, followed the installation wizard, and was able to start printing from it right away. I didn't have to register for anything nor download any other driver other than the app. Setting up in my Mac was a breeze too, just go to system preferences > printers and scanners and then search and add the printer from there. I am very happy with this purchase but I do hope setting it up is just a one-time ordeal. I like being able to print wirelessly, output quality is excellent, and it's really small and portable. Just a heads up, this only has black ink so if you need a colored printer, this isn't for you. Highly recommend this printer!

I loved it. I downloaded the HP Smart app and saved some pdf documents on my google drive. Setup was so easy for me. Printed each page pretty fast! ! I printed pages from my iphone and also from my Samsung tablet. If you don’t mind not having color, this is the printer for you. It’s also very small, it fits perfect on my tiny desk! EDIT.... So I’ve been using it for a little while now and it’s still works great.the only thing is that it’s not for comercial purposes. If you’re going to be making a lot of copies all day, this is not for you. It overheats at about 70 pages when you print it all at the same time. Once it cools down, it continues to function just fine. This is for just a regular use at home and I still love it because it prints nicely and it’s so tiny that it fits anywhere. I’m still giving 5 stars for this reason.

Go to the last line... don't buy this printer. I purchased my first printer in 1993. I have been around a while. Used a lot of printers. Had some good ones, had some bad ones. The best I can figure more than a dozen. THIS IS BY FAR THE VERY WORST. I have tried to be polite. Worked with it the best I could. It has never worked reliably, or well. AVOID THIS PRINTER, it could be you might want to avoid all HP products, though I realize that leaves you with few options. This was my review: It takes more time to remove the tape then it does to do the rest of the set up. The cartridge installs mindlessly, just drop it in. Add paper, plug in the machine. Go to the website listed in the instructions, it took three minutes to follow the instructions there, mostly waiting. Next step, print! Super simple, and trouble free here. Windows 10 laptop, wireless connection. BTW, although it doesn't seem to mention this anywhere this has a USB connection on the back and comes with a USB printer cord. So, for those worried they might have wireless networking problems, you have USB to fall back on. It is also clear that you needn't involve your wireless router. This would make the connection to any WiFi enabled device easily. In fact it's printing music from my WiFi mp3 player as we speak ;-) If this tiny little printer acts up, I'll be back to let you know (it's January 2020). UPDATE: It is now August, seven months. I have had the unit unplugged as it isn't used much, maybe once a month to print a return receipt. That outlet is right under the window and it's summer. Well I needed to print an RMA sheet and plugged the printer back in. Now Windows does not find the printer. I run the HP software, a maddening loop that never finishes. I dig out the old instructions, go online, set up the printer again and nothing. After SIX setup attempts I finally get the drivers to load and print my sheet. I've seen others write a similar complaint. If this printer looses power, or you have to unplug it for any reason, you will have to reinstall the drivers. I've used PCs for the better part of twenty five years. This is the single most irritating design flaw I have even encountered. If the reinstall went smoothly, like it did the first time I set it up, I wouldn't have bothered with this update. But, the fix took more than three hours. By that time I had found an old inkjet that could hobble through the RMA sheet. I did, after six attempts get the drivers loaded. I have long experience with computers, if I found it difficult many wouldn't bother at all. So disappointing, back to look for printers. UPDATE 2: It is not easy to find a simple printer in this price point. The problem HAD been this wasn't a simple printer in the end. If you followed the story this far you know that a once easy going printer broke bad. You'll also remember I spent a long time downloading a "fix". It turns out the fix is good. I left the printer unplugged for days and when plugged in the PC finds it in about a minute! Rating restored. Maybe feedback worked? EDIT 2: THIS IS A PIECE OF JUNK. AVOID THIS PRINTER, you will go bald pulling your hair out. JUST DON'T DO IT!