This limitation, combined with relatively limited paper handling, effectively defines the M1212nf as fitting best into a micro or home office.įor my tests, I connected the M1212nf to a network and installed the drivers on a system running Windows Vista. If the printer's not sitting on or right next to your desk, you have to walk to it twice each time you scan-once to set the document in place, and once to retrieve it after you've given the scan command from your computer. In particular, it offers only a 150-sheet input tray and no automatic duplexer, even as an option, and there's no way to scan by giving commands from the front panel. Its 35-page ADF is a welcome touch for any office, making it easy to scan, fax, and copy multi-page documents as well as legal-size pages, which are too big to fit on the letter-size flatbed.Īs you might expect from the low price, the printer leaves out some useful conveniences. The M1212nf can print and fax from, as well as scan to, a PC even over a network, it works as a standalone copier and fax machine, and it can send e-mail by automatically launching an e-mail message on your PC and adding a scanned document as an attachment.
It's not a match for the Editors' Choice in this category, the Brother MFC-7840W ($300 street, ), but it doesn't cost as much either. Yet it costs just $50 more, making it a veritable bargain if you need the MFP features.Įven better, the M1212nf is also a bargain compared to other mono laser MFPs aimed at a micro or home office (or personal use in any size office), including the similarly priced Dell 1135n ($199 direct, ) MFP that I recently reviewed. Built around the same monochrome laser engine, it adds a flatbed scanner, fax modem, automatic document feeder (ADF), and Ethernet connector, along with all of the extra capabilities that implies. The M1212nf is the multi-function printer (MFP) version of the P1102w single-function printer. The easiest way to make that point, however, is to compare it with HP's own LaserJet Pro P1102w ($149.99 direct, ) printer that I reviewed just a few months ago. However you look it, the Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf MFP ($199 direct) offers a lot of capability for the price.
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