HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Wireless Laser Printer (CE658A)

After reading all the reviews both pro and con about installing this printer on a MAC I went ahead and bought it anyway. And I did get it to work properly (wireless) the first time on MAC OS 10.7.5. (The USB worked easily also although we no longer use the printer on USB.) Only the first installation was difficult. We have several MACs installed at this location all of which reach their printers over wireless. The other printers all saw the printer and connected flawlessly. So I like this printer for it's cost, size and operating efficiency. Good, low-end B/W laser! Follow these installations instructions which I found on the Apple site. They work! The wireless configuration proccess is the same on Mac OS X 10.7 as for Snow Leopard. Before configuring the wireless connection, make sure to install the latest Software version using USB first. Any previous version will appear differently and will not work on Lion: [...] Follow these steps to change to a wireless network in Mac OS X v10.6 and v10.7. You can view a video demonstration to learn how to set up a wireless connection, or you can follow the written steps listed below the video. The following video demonstrates how to set up a wireless installation on the HP LaserJet P1102w printer on a Macintosh computer. The product in the video might not look exactly like your product, but the steps are the same. If you have trouble viewing the video, or to view the video in a different size, click here to play the video on YouTube. In Finder , click Applications , and then double-click System Preferences . Click Print & Fax (in Mac OS X v10.6) or Print & Scan (in Mac OS X v10.7). Click Open Print Queue , and then click Printer Setup . Click the Utility tab, and then click Open Printer Utility . Click HTMLConfig . Click the Networking tab, and then click Wireless from the list on the left. Under Communication Mode , click Infrastructure , select your network SSID from the Available Network Names (SSID) list, and then click the << button. From the Security Mode pop-up menu under Authentication , click WEP or WPA/WPA2 . Your selection depends on which Wireless Security Protocol your network uses. NOTE:If your network does not have Wireless Security, leave the Security Mode set toOpen System (No Authentication) . Type your WEP/WPA/WPA2 key in the appropriate field, and then click Apply . In the confirmation box, click OK , and then close the HTML Config and Print Queue windows. In the Print & Fax or Print & Scan window, click your HP product from the list of printers, and then click the Minus sign to remove it from the list. NOTE:This action removes the USB Connection from the list so that the only entry for your HP product is the Wireless Connection. Disconnect the USB cable from the product and the computer. Under Printers , click the Plus sign ( ). Select your product name with Bonjour as the Kind , and then click Add . Close the Print & Fax or Print & Scan window. Step two: Delete the USB connected printer, and then add the wireless connected printer Click the Apple icon, and then click System Preferences . Click Print & Fax . Under Printers , click your product, and then click the Minus sign (- ) to remove the product. Click the Plus sign (+ ) to find your product. When you find your product, make sure that the connection type listed under Kind is Bonjour . Click Add to add your wireless connected product.

I did a lot of research before settling on this printer for light home use. I did note that some people had to go through a lot of steps to get successfully connected at home, but others chirped cheerfully about how easy the set up was. Don't believe it!! If you are a normal person, somewhat technically literate, but looking for a printer that only takes a couple of clearly described steps to set up, forget about this one. I would've paid twice as much for an easier install. I bought this weeks ago and, yes, I am a person who reads directions and can follow them, but when I came to about the third step in the process the "Easy Install" screen did not pop-up as described. In fact, I have never seen it, weeks later. By hook or by crook, I finally got the thing working, fitfully. Sometimes it was off and wouldn't automatically start; other times it just refused to connect. Then, horrors, I tried to connect a second laptop. Well, that was the end of everything except my frustration. It stopped responding. A week later, my brother-in-law, an engineer and a technically savvy person who uses every piece of technology known to humankind, came by and I begged him to help fix the system. It took him two hours to go through the process again and again, finally discovering that two laptops can't be connected to the machine at the same time. Ok, that I can deal with. Too bad about the much-ballyhooed "print from your Android phone or tablet!!" My bad. He eventually got the thing working that night. He left. A couple of days later I wanted to print something. It doesn't work. My wireless signal is strong, the printer is on and the lights indicate it is ready, but the document does not print. Apparently the printer is not responding. I could throw the thing through the window except that I spent additional money buying extra toner cartridges, so I'm invested in more than the printer. I have read through many, many reviews and posts now and have spent hours on the HP support forum. It looks like hundreds of people say that this is a hard installation with many obstacles and little to support users. Written instructions do not match what many see as they attempt installation. There are lots of posts that give you work-arounds but every one is different. Push these two buttons at the same time...unplug it...reinstall...make sure this light flashes three times...stand on your head. Tried lots of them and, no go. I wish I'd bought a Brother. I hate to add to the cost by hiring some pimply-faced kid to come do the installation, but I may have to do that. And that will really ensure my unhappiness with this product.

this is a refurbished unit, but you would never know from the looks of the unit. you will know it have been previously setup when you try to set it up wirelessly on your wifi router, however, because the previous users info is there. first the good: after set up, works great. very quick with a 10 sec warmup time. after that prints pretty continuously on multiple page printing. it is just black and white, but that makes it quick and cheap and good for most things. lightweight, pretty small footprint, but the paper tray takes space just like the picture shows. now the cons(kinda): 1. the physical setup was pretty straight forward, but the pictures directions could have used some wording--however this is a multination printer so they took the Ikea route. the software setup for a wireless printer was less that straight forward. i am fairly savvy on consumer electronics and was able to get the printer working in about 20 minutes. i am no I.T. guy, but i like all my electronic toys--smartphones, smart tvs, amazon alexa, wifi cameras, tablets, laptops,desktops(all apple), etc. this printer setup was a bit of a challenge. directions were less that stellar on a macbook(apple laptop). maybe a windows setup was straight forward. basically had to insert CD that comes with, does not start automatically, click on box picture, start download of software, then back out when the pop up box tells you the software already in the printer is newer than what it wants to download from the CD. then go into your printer preferences, look for your new printer, click thru to configuration setup, find the IP address(IpV4 address), type that into you browser, change the router SSID name and password, unplug the printer cable, go back into your printer profiles and add this printer. you ten need to add this printer to your other laptops/desktops and find and enable on your tablets and smartphones. techies i am sure do this is their sleep. i found it a small adventure which i actually appreciate since i am retired and approaching 70. if this sounds too adventuresome, then maybe pass on this computer for an apple setup(again, maybe windows would be very different). or just have the nearest high schooler or college kid do it for you in a flash. overall, i am very happy with the printer so far and a refurb for half the price that looks and preforms as new is a great deal.

Great printer once I figured out how to install it. Without going into detail, here are some installation tips. If you have multiple computers and laptops you must set up one computer and the network first. Don't bother to look at the installation directions provided. They are useless if you have not done it before. Just position the printer temporarily next to the first computer. Insert the installation DVD and follow directions choosing, when you get to the screen, "install and SET UP A NETWORK" or something like that (I'm writing this from memory). This first part uses a hard wire connection between the printer and computer. After setting up computer #1 unplug the cable and put the printer wherever you want to keep it in your house or office. Insert the installation DVD in your other computers wherever they are. From here on you will communicate with the printer by wireless. When you get to the connection screen choose "install onto an EXISTING printer network" or something like that (it's the one you set up in step #1). If your computer does not have a DVD player, use another computer to just copy the entire DVD to a USB or SD card and run the auto execute program from the card to get started. On the connection screen (auto or manual), I found that "auto" worked best. I didn't bother to set up the mobile device link. You can do that later by accessing your printer the way you would access a router by entering the printer IP address in your browser from any computer. To recap: start all installations by using the DVD first. First computer you "set up a network", subsequent computers you "install on an existing network". Oh, one more thing. Use the browser IP address to access your printer settings and choose "printer off" NEVER. Just let it sleep (after 5 min.). Otherwise, you'll have to turn on the printer when you want to use it. All of this worked great on Windows 7 and 10. If the HP 1102w is anything like my ten year old, and still running HP 1020 (it looks the same) you'll get years of perfect, trouble free, cheap laser printing from all of your computers anywhere in your home or office.

I have just hooked up this printer and I am very pleased so far. Over the years, I have used several inkjets from Epson and an HP LaserJet 1020. The ink jets always seem to run out of ink too fast, costing more than the printer to replace the ink. The HP LasertJet has been going strong since 2006 and is only on its second toner cartridge. So, how did I get here? Even though my HP LaserJet is still in use (the inkjets have been retired), I wanted a wireless version of my Laserjet. This is it. This is a beautiful printer. The outside is mostly glossy black plastic, with some matte black. It feels well-built and is heavy, due to some metal internals,which are noticeable on the backside. The unboxing experience with this printer is simple enough, although three sets of instructions are provided, all mentioning various stages of the same installation steps. Setup involves removing the protective plastic film all around the glossy parts, removing the Styrofoam inside where the toner cartridge lives, and removing an orange tab and pull strip from the toner cartridge. The box includes everything you need, including the USB cable required for the initial configuration. If you follow the directions provided in the Getting Started Guide, you will be up and running is 10 minutes or so. While the documented setup instructions are clear and easy to follow, the software installation is only written from the perspective that the only computer to use this wireless printer is the one you are performing the setup on. No additional client installation instructions are provided. Because this is a wireless printer, it is not out of the ordinary to assume that perhaps more than one computer (or even a smartphone) would want to print to it. So, once you have this printer setup and configured on the first computer, setting up additional computers involves the following steps. Windows: 1) Download the full installation software from HP's site or use the provided CD. 2) Turn on the printer 3) Run the installer 4) Select Install Printer Software from the tab at the top 5) Select wireless install 6) Select Easy install 7) Select HP LaserJet Profession P1100W Series 8) Select Connect to a Configured Wireless Network Printer 9) Select "Select from a list of detected printers" 10) Click Next to open a firewall port for the printer 11) Select the printer when it is found 12) Enable Direct Print 13) Print Test Page 14) Click Finish 15) Run the HP ePrint installer when prompted 16) Reboot when prompted MAC: 1) Turn on the Printer 2) Go to System Preferences 3) Select Printers and Scanners 4) Click "+" to add 5) If Bonjour doesn't discover it, select IP. If it found it with Bonjour, click Add. 6) Type in your printer's IP Address 7) Click Add 8) Wait for setup to complete Overall, the is a rock solid printer with one exception. The power button seems cheaply made and feels like it could break easily. Beyond that, I cannot think of any cons about build quality. There seems to be some delay between pressing print on the computer and the time the printer actually starts printing. It could just be my network though. Based on my history with my HP LaserJet 1020 and what I have done so far with this printer, I can easily recommend it to anyone. It is the one and only printer you need (assuming you don't need to print in color of course).

We have been a HP laser user for years, our whole office and warehouse operation used the same non color lasers for basic routine printing needs such as invoices, pick lists, etc. We go through 1000s of sheets of paper overall every week and what seems like millions of carts over the lifetime of the printers. Our HP printers just always seemed to work fine and we could use after market toner carts with no issue. I cannot recall ever having to pull a printer out of service and put one of the spares into use. THEN CAME NEW WINDOWS SOFTWARE and NONE of the printers we owned would make the transition to the new OS in spite of so called work arounds, etc. So while we hope HP gets 1000s fleas in their arm pits for that, we were please with their product while it worked. Now to the P1102w. It seems to be same general quality of our previous models, maybe somewhat faster on the time for paper out and print speed. I don't like the black color as it shows dust and dirt more easily compared to a more beige color. Cart loading is easy and quick. The paper tray seems a bit whimsical compared to beefier trays, and there is NO paper tray cover that came with ours. Software installs went fine with no issues. Noise of the paper draw from the tray of this printer is higher than our old ones. In a quiet office it might be objectionable. The printer footprint is smaller than our older models, so it fits the casual desktop user's desk easier than the older models. Will update in 6 months, we will be using these daily and with gusto. A 6 month update from us will be like years of use to the casual user. UPDATE : Sooo, it is later and we have several of these. All work fine. The one in my office goes through about a ream a day. My only gripe is that it only holds about 160 pages in the paper tray, I would be far happier if it held more, perhaps 200+ or so. We use the Green Box AzTechSupplies reman'ed toner carts and they work fine. We DON"T use Vinc due to previous issues and issues in this printer. We also had to place a spacer under the printed sheet tray extension to make it point up a bit more, our paper curled slightly and it would push it off on the floor. Put a 1/8"+ spacer by the extension hinge and it is all good.

My tech level is high, nearly as high as my frustration level in trying to get this printer to work. I have a wired and wireless network at my home, designed and installed by myself. No matter how I tried I could not get the drivers from the CD nor from the website to install on my primary windows 7 machine. The installation froze part way through the installation. Repeated attempts failed. The uninstall portion of the install never finished, so I was not able to do an official uninstall. I finally got my wife's windows 7 laptop to install the CD drivers after three attempts. Once the printer was properly installed, my computer saw it on the network and I was able to use the shadow of remaining drivers on my machine to access it. So what about my kids' Windows XP machines? No way. Drivers would not install. Not the CD, not the web based. Never in all my years of building computers or installing software have I seen such a poorly designed set of drivers and installation tools. The printer itself is fine. Starts quick, prints as it should. Drivers = crapola. It is now three months since I started using this printer on a limited basis. I've printed around 200 pages of various text, nothing toner-intensive. The cartridge is empty. Really HP? Only 200 prints? I'm going back to my 4-year old Samsung which I can get a 5000 print cartridge for not much more than what HP charges. My two stars is being changed to one.

I'm coming back (5!!!) years after I purchased this printer to write a review because that is how grateful I am for it. I purchased this printer upon entering my freshman year of college in 2016. I still, to this day, have never had to replace an ink cartridge and I have no problems printing. For what it is, it is great! It's small, can easily be packed up and fits into boxes, it's economical, and it prints quickly and efficiently. This is a great personal printer. I see a lot of complaints here about wireless setup with multiple computers. I never intended on sharing my printer with anyone beyond myself, and when my friends used it they could easily use the USB cord to print locally. If you are going into college, and looking for an affordable option, pick this! You should have no issues with B&W printing, and you can do dual-sided (look up a YT tutorial because it's not totally obvious at first how to). In college, I rarely needed a color print so I would use my roommates or the library in the 2 or 3 times I had to print in color. I could not recommend this more. I've never had to spend money on ink, and have gone through multiple reams of paper on one cartridge. Also, in school you move so frequently it was nice that the printer wasn't too large or heavy. Can't emphasize it enough– great starter printer for the price! Note** I was a business major and have used this to print largely class notes/essays. Would think this is not the right decision for an architecture major or art major.