HP LaserJet Pro M203dw Wireless Laser Printer, Amazon Dash Replenishment ready (G3Q47A). Replaces HP M201dw Laser Printer

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As others have said, the setup for this printer was very difficult for me! Im kind of tech savvy, but It took me about 4 hours! It should have been a simple plug and play, but it was far from that. The obstacles I faced were getting it to run wirelessly, and getting the auto 2 sided printing feature to work. I searched the online detailed user guide to no avail. I finally combed the HP forum for the answers. Cant figure out why HP has not fixed this setup process. After the arduous setup process, it seems to work OK. Unless you like figuring stuff out, dont choose this printer!

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Buyer beware. Attempt at your own risk. You have a patient and tolerant personality? Sure you do. Until you’ve tried setting this blithering hunk of crap up. Read a few more reviews. I wish I had. I saved the window in my home office, but not by much. This boat anchor, sorry a$$, excuse for a printer was nearly heaved across the room. A perfectly good weekend day blown typing to worthless chat bots, reviewing the HP Forum for an hour, and on another hour-long actual chat session. (Good luck finding phone support!). Let’s just say that’s 3.5 hours of my life never to be retrieved, and I’d consider myself technically proficient. Unless you plan to only connect a computer directly via USB cable, move on. There is nothing to see here. You say you want a reliable, easy to setup, wi-fi enabled printer that won’t cost an arm and a leg for inkjet cartridges? Well, again, move right along. You’ll never get it on your network. There is no LCD screen to input your network password. So though there “are” ways, it’ll take days of research to uncover it. Horrible out of box documentation. Customer experience and Tech Support were both horrendous. Waste no further time. Don’t even think about purchasing this. You might be far better off just looking at another brand altogether. That is what I will do, because this junkshow is boxed up and heading to the UPS store for return tomorrow!

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If you want a frustrating setup experience that ultimately fails, please buy this printer. After hours of trying I finally gave up. In reading the reviews, which I wish I had done first, people have had similar frustrating experiences. I have returned it.

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I bought this for my daughter in college so she doesnt have to go to the library every time she needs to print something. I was able to setup drivers on her Macbook easily, and even setup web printing and ePrint. I set up wireless access at home, but since I hooked it up wired in her dorm room I turned it off so other students cant print to it. Its fast, and the two-sided printing works well.

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This printer was trouble from day one. It consistently would error message in the print que so that I would have to delete the print job and reinstall the printer. It would NOT work at all as a wireless - it had to be connected with the USB cable, then even that stopped working. The "Attention" light has been blinking non-stop now and it refused to print. I had to manually remove the printer from my computer. Whether its an issue with the printer alone or because of Windows 10 I cant be sure. All I know is that its been a disaster!!!

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Very dissapointed. After a few days use, a large dark line printed on right side of paper. I was not doing a lot of heavy printing. Contacted HP - after SEVERAL hours and days of trying to explain the issue - was told it was the imaging drum and they would send a new printer. When I received the "refurbished" printer - it was only the shell. The instructions advised to remove the toner cartridge and imaging drum from old unit and install in the new unit. Obviously this did not correct the problem with the imaging drum. Again after several hours on the phone with HP - I finally talked with someone who said - all you need is the imaging drum. After waiting several weeks for the new drum to arrive - the new drum was installed. Again after a few days use, a dark mark started to appear on the page - very sporatic - one day it would print fine and the next day have the marks. Unacceptable. Very frustrated as the previous HP laser jet printer I had lasted around 9 years - which is why I went with HP again.

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This printer replaced my HP P1102W which I loved. M203DW is faster and USB, Wired or Wireless connection and a much bigger footprint vs. P1102W. I did not figure out how to use a wired/ethernet connection and still have the printer available via WI-FI. I followed the install steps and was able to print via air-print from my iPhone quickly. However, I could not get the printer off thinking it was using the USB connection to my computer. Basically I could not print from my computer. I called HP support and they were very helpful. Turns out I needed to install the "full" version of the software in order to get everything to work properly. Also, there were a few manual steps and changing the IP port. I have installed several HP wireless printers and this one was a pain. Also, the printer only prints around 800 pages before the toner needs to be replaced. Also, it has a drum that needed to be replaced around 18,000 pages. Maybe that is not too bad and I will probably purchase new printer.

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Really a very bad piece of tech. It can’t sustain a connection to the WiFi. So every time you want to use it you have to switch it off and on again - and that doesn’t always work either. There are numerous long winded and complex ways to try and see solve the problem on the internet but none of them appear to work. The point is that in this day and age a printer should just work - the consumer shouldn’t have to do anything other than plug it in and run through a simple set up. HP you should be ashamed of yourselves for pedaling this rubbish.

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Great little printer. Out of the box-- connected to my network via both ethernet and WiFi and printing a test page in less than ten minutes . . . . No BS! It replaced my last HP LaserJet-- a 4MP which was still going strong after 17 years!! Unfortunately that one was not WiFi or USB enabled and these days thats a must. Prints quickly from my Windows and Linux PCs, my iPhone and my Android tablet, plus can use an available PostScript driver for exceptional graphics rendering. Best thing by far is the price . . . . .

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First, as others mentioned the toner cartridge does not come out during initial setup. The manual vaguely indicates this. As most HPs require removal of the toner at initial setup to remove shipping tape, this is a frustration many will experience. Turn the printer on, allow it to run its first warm up cycle, and the toner can then be removed. Other item to note are the buttons on this printer which have a very low quality feel. The wireless button/indicator initially blinks trouble - this stopped once it was setup via ethernet. This printer also has a separate imaging unit, which is unusual for an HP. Print quality is fine, however the printer clicks and makes more noise than other similar HPs. This may be due to the autoduplexing unit, even though this noise occurs with non duplex printing. Overall, it appears that HP has created a low cost single function printer and added some unusual features and possibly sacrificed build quality. Time will tell in regards to how long it lasts. At this point, I would not buy again, but it is functional.

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