HP HotSpot LaserJet Pro M1218nfs: Built-in Wireless Printing and Internet Surfing

The innovative thing about this MFP is a built-in wireless router, which apart from allowing wireless printing also doubles up as an Internet hot spot. Up to 8 PCs and mobile devices can connect to it at a time.

Apart from that, the MFP boasts of features like Smart Install, ePrint, and Airprint. Smart Install allows you to install the printer without inserting a CD for drivers. ePrint allows you to fire prints to the printer simply by sending emails to HP's servers. Airprint allows you to print from Apple's devices.

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At 8.3 KGs, the MFP is pretty lightweight. Besides WiFi, the MFP also has USB and Ethernet connectivity. It has an uncluttered and easy to use control panel. We used a standard ISO page for testing the performance of this MFP. We got 17 documents printed within a minute, with the first page coming out in 9 secs. The results for copying were also similar. You can get a maximum of 99 copies with a resize range varying from 25 to 400%. The automatic duplex printing feature is not available but you could do it manually. The scanner clocked 7 and 3 secs for scanning an A4 page in B/W & color modes respectively. The print quality was always excellent.

Bottomline: A low cost MFP that doubles up as a wireless Internet hotspot, besides the usual functions. This functionality definitely makes it a good choice for SMEs.