Performance is the key advantage of the HP LaserJet Pro M12a over many inkjet printers. It is slightly more expensive, but the price difference is worth every single penny to increase productivity at work.

As its name suggests, the printer relies on the laser printing technology to deliver high quality printouts at a respectable speed. It lacks many features, but its performance alone makes it a good buy for consumers who don’t mind spending a little more money to get themselves a reliable partner at work.

Features and Highlights

The HP LaserJet Pro M12a has many similarities with the HP LaserJet Pro M12w. They both share the same design and size, measuring at 349 mm wide, 238 mm high, and 196 mm tall. They also weigh 5.2 kg each. What makes the two different from each other is that one of them supports wireless network and HP ePrint. Unfortunately, it is the HP LaserJet Pro M12a that is the inferior one because it only supports USB connection to print from a compatible computer.

Also, the HP LaserJet Pro M12w’s control panel includes three LED indicator lights and two buttons, while the HP LaserJet Pro M12a’s only consists of Attention and Ready indicator lights.

The HP LaserJet Pro M12a can print up to five thousand pages a month, but you should never print more than one thousand pages unless you really have to. Doing so is likely to damage the printer sooner than expected. The more often the printer gets damaged, the more money you have to spend to keep it running. It is also possible that one of the damages finally renders the printer out of service permanently.

Its output tray has an extension arm that folds out from the front to prevent up to one hundred printed pages from falling to the floor. All the printed pages come from the front flap that folds open, which extends the footprint of the printer, to take up to 150 sheets.

The printer can eject up to eighteen pages per minute. Every page is printed in black because the machine cannot print in color. The black toner cartridge that comes preinstalled in the printer can last up to 500 pages before it needs a replacement. The HP 79A is the original toner cartridge that the printer supports, which offers a higher page yield than the starter toner cartridge.

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HP Auto On and HP Auto Off help keep the HP LaserJet Pro M12a’s power consumption as minimum as possible. These two functions turn off the printer automatically if no one uses it for a certain period of time and turn it back on when it is needed.

Duplex printing allows users to save more money. It reduces the amount of paper consumption significantly. However, the fact that it needs user intervention to print on the other side of a paper may discourage some users to print double-sided pages. You can click the link below to download HP LaserJet Pro M12a Driver for Windows: