The compact design and speedy, high-quality printing of the M28w make it a good option for any small business or home office. However, the expensive toner cartridges mean that running costs are above average, so the printer will be best suited to occasional use when you really need top-quality text...

Every now and then, people need a new printer for the house or a company needs to purchase multiple printers for the entire office. That's where HP's Color LaserJet Pro MFP M281fdw comes in.

Compact design; Price is reasonable; Prints quickly; Works with mobile

Photo quality can be a hit or miss

Bought this for home as well as business use and specifically wantted a duplex color printer. Unfortunately it continues to jam when printing duplex manually which is causing me to waste more paper, ink, and toner than I should be saving by using the duplex function.

Affordable

HAVE TO UNPLUG IT EVERY TIME BEFORE IT WILL WORK! THEN I HAVE TO HOLD MY BREATH AND TRY AGAIN! SOMETIMES IT WORKS AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T! SAYS "PRINTING" MAKES NOISES - DOESN'T PRINT- SOMETIMES SAYS "PRINTING" AND TOTAL SILENCE... SOMETIMES SAYS CAN'T FIND PRINTER... RESTART... DOESN'T HELP...

I have 2 M281 printers and one works great on all my computers this one however will not work correctly on the same computers. I have had Tech support 5 times and they remotely connect it but a few hours later it not working. They just keep connecting it. Not good for my business

value

Performance; Print Quality

This thing prints color so great. Black and white are amazing too. Reason I can't give that last star is it is incredibly slow when it is in WiFi mode. I ended up hooking an ethernet cable directly to my router and printer and now it runs great, however, I shouldn't have to do this for a wifi...

Be warned, recent firmware updates to this printer will mean that 'compatible' toner is no longer compatible. I had very little issues with this printer for the first few months of use, unfortunately as the printer was networked it decided it needed a firmware upgrade.

Lack of instructions led to difficulties in setting up. The various parts of the paper were not obvious which led to a paper jam on first use. Once this was resolved all was well but it took some searching out and I was on the point of returning the printer as unsatisfactory.

If I can set up and use this it has to be easy. I am no expert but to me the quality is great. I am VERY pleased with the results and highly recommend this printer. Very small footprint on the desk, clean tidy lines that looks good (even impressed the wife)

Bought this printer to upgrade from an inkjet and also to add Wifi printing capability. The unit size for a Multi Function Printer (MFP) is great and it fits neatly on the side of the desk. Really appreciate the wifi printing option (from Laptop or iPad) and the instant on technology.