HP Color LaserJet CM1017 MFP is a good choice for the small or home office user who needs high-quality laser prints–particularly graphics–but not necessarily fast prints. This $700 color laser multifunction printer prints, scans, copies, and includes built-in media card readers, a rarity for laser printers.
The HP Color LaserJet CM1017 MFP measures 17.3 inches wide, 20 inches deep, and 21.3 inches tall, and it weighs nearly 50 pounds. The top-mounted flatbed scanner and control panel sit atop the body like a flat hat..
Although multifunction laser printers are generally office-oriented, the Color LaserJet CM1017 MFP lacks fax functionality, which may be a deal breaker for some offices. This Laser jet printer also consists of a media card reader for printing descent quality photos that can be useful in certain industries such as real estate or insurance. The cheap CM1017 comes with a 300MHz processor and 94MB of RAM standard (upgradeable to 224MB). Duplex, or two-sided, printing is a manual operation, as the CM1017 lacks a built-in duplexer. The copy features of CM1017 are basic. This cheap printer consists of black and color cartridge. New 2,500-page black cartridge costs about $75, while each 2,000-page color cartridge (cyan, magenta, and yellow) costs about $83.
HP Color LaserJet CM1017 prints black text at 6.81ppm, black graphics at 6.31ppm, color text at 5.91ppm, and color graphics at 6.16ppm. It scanned a grayscale document at a rate of 3.39ppm and a color document at 2.61ppm. Black text obtained from the printer is dark, sharp, clean, and well-formed.