The elder sibling of the earlier reviewed HP LaserJet 1007, this one is at par with the PI007 in size. Looking elegant with a silver and gray colour combination, this surely sheds the myth of 'laser printers being bulky.' In fact, it is much smaller than some of the inkjets. When it's not printing, it has a small footprint, about the size of a plastic folder. Fold down the front panel to produce a paper feed tray for up to 150 sheets. There's no cover for the paper when the machine is in use, though, so you're obliged to fold it up in between print jobs, or risk dust in the mechanism. The HP LaserJet PI008 has just two indicator lights on the printer's top surface, to show power and any error conditions, like paper-out or a jam.



Everything else is controlled from the printer software on a computer. Maintaining the LaserJet PI008 is a simple matter; just open the top cover and slide in the integral drum and toner cartridge. This drops in and rotates slightly before locking into place. The LaserJet PlO08 comes with a USB 2 socket. As a personal laser printer, this may not be a problem. Text print quality is very good, with crisp and dense black characters, though areas of tint, such as in backgrounds to business graphics, are not so good. Photographs suffer from this uneven print of tints, too, though this is not a major task for most laser printers. The LaserJet 1018 prints quickly, at just under 14ppm, which is close to its rating of 16ppm. The input tray can hold around 150 sheets of paper. In all, a basic, yet solid mono laser printer from HP. The printer supports Windows and Mac operating systems.