Not reliable

Have had this printer for 4 months and had 8 service calls on it already. Boards have been replaced and yet it cannot reliably work for a week without developing a new issue. HP has not been supportive when called or emailed, so we're eating the cost and getting something else.

Small footprint; HP PCL support

Unreliable; Have to change fax settings on device, not via UI setup; Non-descriptive error messages

Its ok

I've owned this printer for about a day and its already jammed 3 times. It jams very easily when legal sized paper or label paper is placed in the tray, very irritating. The manual feed grabs the paper too fast and then it jams Other than that its an ok printer.

HP LaserJet Pro M501dn Review

The HP LaserJet Pro M501dn ($549.98) is a good choice as a mono laser printer to anchor a small or micro office. It has a strong feature set, good speed, high standard paper capacity, and above-par output quality, and is built to print in volume. It adds security features like password-protected printing from a keypad on the printer itself. The M501dn lacks the optional paper capacity of the Editors' Choice Dell B3460dn ($1,205.00 at Amazon) but has better output quality, and earns an Editors' Choice award in its own right. Design and FeaturesFairly compact for a mono laser, the M501dn measures 11.4 by 16.5 by 14.8 inches (HWD) and weighs 25.6 pounds—it would be at home on a spacious desk. The front panel has a two-line monochrome LCD, a two-way controller (up and down arrows with an OK button between them), and a numeric keypad for secure printing. A port in the back of the printer fits a USB thumb drive for storing print jobs that an authorized user can access by entering a pas...

The HP LaserJet Pro M501dn is a feature-rich mono laser that provides good speed, generous standard paper capacity, and above-average output quality.

Reasonably fast; Built for high-volume printing; Good standard paper capacity; Competitive running costs; PCL5, PCL6, and PostScript drivers

Limited optional paper capacity