HP Neverstop Laser MFP 1200a Review

HP has innovated a new toner system to reduce downtime and cost. This new system helps to reload laser rapidly plus get awesome print quality every time at an affordable cost. Now no need to refill your toner every-now-and-then, refill the toner with HP quality ink and enjoy tension free printing for up to 5000 pages. What else you can expect from this MFP, let’s find out…

Design

In terms of body design, it has an identical HP body design. Most of the body is grey colour and the rest has a combination of dark grey and black. It has a compact body that can easily fit to any office environment. The top part of the printer has the flatbed scanner which is easy to access and quick to scan single or multiple pages, IDs and other documents.

At the left of the scanner, an LCD control panel is placed along with some control button below the screen. The panel lets you operate the MFP easily to perform basic operations. On the right, there is a toner level indicator that helps you to identify when your toner running out and require refilling.

The paper input tray is placed at the bottom of the printer, but it’s a bit awkward. The input paper tray has a cover, take the cover off every time you are feeding page to the printer. The good part is – the tray can have up to 150 pages in one go. But you need to struggle a bit often to feed-in papers.

Setup

HP Neverstop Laser MFP 1200a comes one power and USB port at the back. To set up the device with your PC or laptop, simply insert the USB to your PC and power on the printer. PC would diagnose the device and add it to the list. Additionally, you can download the driver from the HP website to get a better printing experience.

Performance

HP claims to offer speed of up to 20 ppm with Neverstop Laser 1200a. In real life, it was able to achieve the same. While printing test pages of various documents, assorted text pages, it was able to print 100 pages in 5 minutes and 30 seconds, near to 20 ppm.

The MFP performed very well in all our tests and would be suitable for most office requirements. In our standard ISO tests with 5% ink coverage, the printer churned out 5 monochrome A4 pages in a just 44 seconds. The text printed was sharp and crisp. The text is well-formed even for small font sizes. We also printed documents and photos.

The flatbed scanner supports up to 600 PPI. It is one of the fastest scanners that can scan a page in about 22 seconds. Also, if you are copying a document of ID card, there is a dedicated button which allows you to quickly copy the ID card from both sides and get the print in one go.

Refilling the printer with toner is quite easy. On the top of the printer, you can see a toner inlet protected by a cover, simply slide away the cover and refill the toner.

Overall, the Neverstop Laser MFP 1200a is a perfect option for offices thanks to its compact design, fast printing and easy refilling options.