Taking the measure of the HP LaserJet P1006 printer is easy enough to do, and will quickly reveal a monochrome laser printer that comes to its user for an impressively low price. It will also deliver to its user good print speed and excellent print quality with the HP LaserJet P1006 toner, that is usually superior to competitor printers at its price point, which is around $125 new and in the box.

Given the price of this printer, it certainly seems to offer more than enough features to help it stand out from its competition.  It will also certainly be attractive to those small office/home office entrepreneurs who are operating on a limited budget or who wish to save a little money in these economically-challenging times many businesses find themselves in.

When it comes to the printer’s ability to print out at a relatively high rate of speed, this HP model will do well enough at 17 pages per minute. Considering its price, this is actually quite impressive. Print speeds always vary according to the depth and richness of any print product, so don’t be surprised if the speed is either greater or lesser than advertised performance.

In terms of the printer’s physical characteristics, the LaserJet 1006 is equally impressive. For one, it weighs only around 10.5 pounds and is fairly compact in size. It’ll be able to fit nicely on most any desktop, working quietly and doing everything that it’s asked in a competent and non-stressed manner. HP seems to have put extra effort into ensuring it will be able to function competently across a wide variety of functions.

Print quality issuing forth from the LaserJet P1006 will be excellent at 1,200 by 1,200 dots per inch of resolution. In fact, most other printers against which this printer competes don’t usually come with such print resolution, offering instead 600 dots per inch. It delivers quality printing through use of an included HP image enhancement technology suite.

Connectivity is handled through use of a USB port, although there’s no included USB cable, so remember to pick one up before leaving the store. Given it’s low price, it really isn’t all that big a concern to spend a few more dollars on a basic cable. Once plugged into the computer, it will quickly begin to begin to set up the software and drivers needed to power the printer quite easily in fairly short order.

The printer supplies 8 MB of memory, though it will make good use of a computer’s own processing capabilities to handle most of its task work. It’ll do so fairly quickly with a 266 MHz processor that’ll keep things humming along smoothly and with no drama. It can also hold 160 sheets of paper, with 150 of those sitting in a single input tray and 10 in a custom input slot. It runs off most Windows-based OS, as well as a Mac operating system or two.

When it comes to reliability and durability, the HP LaserJet P1006 printer meets every expectation you would have with Hewlett-Packard.  Durability is backed up by virtue of its 5,000 page per month duty cycle, and it’s a rare occasion indeed if it’ll ever need more than regular or scheduled maintenance. After taking stock of all of its functions and features — along with that nice price — it’ll be hard to see why anyone on a budget and needing a laser printer wouldn’t at least consider going with it.

Bargains can also be found when you need HP LaserJet P1006 replacement toner when doing a search for HP printer toner cartridges online.  Toner And Ink Cartridges can be found at such great prices, you’ll wonder why you would ever look anywhere else.