HP LaserJet Professional M1210 Series Printers

The HP LaserJet Professional M1210 Series Multifunction Printer is an A4 mono laser printer / fax / copier / scanner aimed at individuals and small offices. It is based on theP1102 which is just a printer.

The HP LaserJet Pro M1132 MFP sacrifices the fax capability, the 35 page ADF and the LCD display - so its cheaper and perhaps more suited to home use.

TheM1217nfw MFP is a 2012 addition to the line that has HP e-Print and wireless networking as well.

• For home and small offices the M1212 has the convenience of network sharing - but without the potential struggle and risk of wireless networking.
• The 35 page automatic document feeder (ADF) will sometimes prove useful in business - but note that these printers don't have automatic duplex so they won't deal with copying double-sided reports very elegantly.

If a straight-forward printer is preferred look at theP1100 series .

These printers are all based on the CanonLBP6000engine, first seen in the P1005 and similar printers. HP's use of the engine is quite different here; creating a personal copier and printer in a convenient, small, low cost unit with contemporary styling.

HP have chosen to make the M1130 and M1210 series printers in several variants, aimed at regional markets. The EMEA version is the M1212nf. There may be firmware variations.

Printers that take the CE285A cartridge are intended for the US and European markets.

Printers that take the CE388A cartridge are intended for emerging Asian markets. Apparently they use a less demanding and less precise toner.

There is more on cartridges below and here .

The firmware will differ between models and so cartridges intended for one market may not work in the other. Otherwise the difference between the printers is a fine-tuning of model to market conditions.

Colour:

These are mono - black only - machines. Mono printers retain advantages for business printing in being simple, reliable and cheap to run. For business process printing - statements, invoices, remittance advice and shipment notes they remain unbeatable.

The scanner is colour - there is very little saving in cost to the manufacturers in making a mono scanner - and although the printer can't make colour copies it can scan colour documents into the computer.

Control:

The M1210 has an LCD display panel for messages which makes the printer more self-explanatory for use in an office - and easier to set up on a network.

There is more detail on operation of the control panel here .

Buttons are

• Numeric keypad for entering fax numbers an numeric values.
• Cursor keys and OK for stepping through and selecting menu entries.
• Back Arrow key (arrow looping counter-clockwise) for exiting menus.
• Cancel key (a cross) Cancels the print, copy or fax job.
• Send Fax key (phone with page) send a fax to the number.
• Copy key (page-arrow-page) make a copy.
• Setup key (a spanner) Menu entries for overall setup - see below
• Copy Settings (menu with arrow) Quick setups for copies.
• Dark/Light button (circle with shade) Quickly change the darkness or lighness of the current job.
• Fax redial (phone with backarrow) Redials the number used for the last fax job.

3 LED indicator lights (Attention ,Ready ,Toner low )

Two Line LCD character display for status information, menus and messages.

Menus  

The menus are availble by pressing the setup (spanner) key. There are menu entries for:

• Phone Book : open the fax phone book
• Fax Job status : list of faxes queues, dialled and inbound numbers.
• Fax functions: configure fax schedules reprinting or clear memory.
• Copy setup: configure copy settings such as contrast, collation, or copy numbers.
• Fax setup: configure base fax options, outgoing and incoming fax settings
• System setup: basic settings such as language, print quality, or volume levels.
• Service menu: restore defaults and activate modes that affect print output. Printer cleaning.
• Network config: establish network configuration settings.

Error Messages

One of the benefits of the M1210 series is that it has a small screen, so it can give clear error messages.

22 Scanner Error. Flatbed scanner problem. Check that the scanner head moves along it's track.

50.X Fuser Error . Try turning the printer off, then on again. If this doesn't work the fuser heater may need replacing.

52 Scanner Error. Error 52 is the laser-scanner not the flatbed-CIS scanner. The laser scanner uses a semiconductor laser and a polygon mirror to scan the image as the OPC drum turns.

Comm.error. Fax communication error. check the fax phone line is working properly and plugged in.

Device error Press [OK]. Warning message. Print might be incorrect, inspect it for problems.

Door Open . Close the cartridge door properly to resume printing. The door has a safety switch to stop laser scanning and fusing and maintain user safety.

Engine comm. Error. Try turning the printer off, then on. Fault between the formatter and engine controller, or possibly the PSU. Try an engine test (open and close the cartridge door five times in rapid succession).

Fax recv. error. Receiving a fax failed or an error in the fax message wasn't corrected.

Fax Send error. Unable to send a fax. Confirm the phone line is working and the number can receive faxes.

Jam in <location> - Open door and clear jam. A paper jam is suspected, possibly under the cartridge.

Load tray 1 PLAIN <SIZE> - Cleaning Mode. The printer is in a cleaning cycle. HP recommend a laser-printer rated transparency or plain paper. Press OK to start the cleaning cycle.

Load tray <TYPE>, <SIZE> . The tray is empty. Load the tray with the required paper.

Manual duplex - Load tray1 Press [OK]. The user should turn the page over, print side down top-edge first then press OK to get double sided print.

Manual feed <SIZE>, <TYPE> Press [OK]. The printer is set for manual feed of a page. Load the tray and press [OK].

Memory is low Press [OK] . Not enough memory to process the job. Wait for one job to complete before sending another.

Misprint Press [OK] . An error that might affect the output happened.

No paper pickup Press [OK]. Paper failed to move from tray. RL1-2593 may be excessively worn

Page too complex Press [OK]. Page details are too complex to be handled by the drivers or print memory.

Paper jam clear paper path .Printer did not pick up from input tray.

Settings Cleared. The printer cleared down settings from a job.

For more on problem solving see below.

Print Speed:

Print Resolution:

Maximum engine resolution 600 dpi

HP say :

• "Print Technology Resolution" : FastRes 600; FastRes 1200
• "Print Resolution" : Black (best): Up to 600 x 600 dpi (1200 effective dpi with HP FastRes 1200); Black (normal): Up to 600 x 400 dpi (600 effective dpi with HP FastRes 600)

HP don't say whether FastRes 1200 has any impact on print speed. The printer has a moderately powerful processor and RAM for a mono machine and formatting is host-based. If printing slows in high resolution or with complex print jobs that might be the computer rather than the printer.

Duty Cycle:

Monthly duty cycle A4: Up to 8000 pages. The print cartridges are rated for 1600 pages so this printer isn't intended for frequent or long print jobs. Look to the Pro-300 and Pro-400 ranges for better economy on long run print jobs.

Recommended-monthly-page-volume from 250 to 2000 pages per month. With a page volume much below 100 cartridges might life-expire before the toner has been used.

Scanner Abilities:

Flatbed Colour Scanner. Scan Area 216 x 297 mm

Scan Resolution: Hardware: Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi; Enhanced: Up to 19200 dpi; Optical: Up to 1200 dpi.

Scan Information: Up to 256 Grey levels and 24 bit colour.

Scan Speed: 10 x 15 cm colour photo to file: less than 7 sec for single image scan; Black (normal): Up to 6 ppm; Colour (normal): Up to 3 ppm

Scan File Format: JPEG, TIF (compressed and uncompressed), PDF, GIF, BMP

Scanning via HP LaserJet scan application or TWAIN - or WIA-compliant application software

Digital Sending Standard Features: Scan to E-mail, scan to application, scan to file (all from PC only).

Copy Abilities:

Copy speed: Black (A4): Up to 18 cpm.

Black (text and graphics): Up to 600 x 400 dpi; Colour (text and graphics): Up to 600 x 400 dpi.

Maximum Number Of Copies: Up to 99 copies.

Copier Resize: Reduction to 30% , Enlargement to 400%

Paper Handling:

A single fold-down tray acting as both multipurpose and main tray

Tray:

Media Type And Capacity, tray 1. sheets: 150; envelopes: 10

Media Types Supported: Paper (plain, laser), envelopes, transparencies, labels, cardstock, postcards.

Media Weight 60 to 163 gsm

Custom Media Sizes: 76 x 127 to 216 x 356 mm

Face Down Tray:

100-sheet face-down bin (Up to 10 envelopes)

Duplex:

Processor:

Marvell® processor 400 MHz.

Memory:

Maximum/Standard Memory 8 MB.

Interface:

Standard Connectivity: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port

The USB Cable is not included, order the length required separately. The HP part-number is 8121-0868 for the 1.8 metre version.

Network:

Not a network printer - buy the M2010 instead. An external print-server MAY work but only a few models are likely to support the scanner.

Print Languages:

Standard Printer Languages are not available. Its a host-based printer. Pages are formatted in the computer connected to the printer.

Host-based print drivers, TWAIN, WIA, Scan to application, XPS driver, Mac driver

Install without a CD using HP Smart Install, which makes it easy to start printing quickly.

System Compatability:

Windows® 7; Windows Vista®; Microsoft® Windows® XP, Server 2003,Server 2008; For Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 and Server 2008, add print and scan drivers only.

Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5, v10.6; Processor: PPC and Intel Core Processor Macs

Linux (see www.hplip.net).

Power Requirements:

Power Supply Type: Built-in power supply

Power Requirements: Input voltage 110 to 127 VAC (+/- 10%), 60 Hz (+/- 2 Hz); 220 to 240 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 2 Hz)

Power Consumption:

Power Consumption: 375 watts (printing), 265 watts (copy or scan) active, 0.3 watts off, 1 watt (Auto-Off) powersave, 3.2 watts standby

Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC) Number: 0.589 kWh/Week

Environment:

Instant on fuser saves electricity in comparison with other manufacturers laser printers and gives faster printing.

Print multiple pages per sheet with N-up printing (printing more than one page on a sheet) Save paper by printing two or more pages of a document side-by-side on one sheet of paper.

Manual duplex (manual two sided printing features) save paper. Access this feature through the printer driver.

EconoMode printer driver feature saves toner.

Archive printing feature for printing pages that you plan to store for a long time.

Reduce waste by using recycled paper.

Recycle print cartridges by using the HP return process.

Operating Temperature Range: 10 to 32.5o C

Recommended Operating Temperature: 10 to 32.5o C

Storage Temperature Range: 0 to 35o C

Non-Operating Humidity Range: 10 to 80% RH

Operating Humidity Range: 10 to 80% RH

Recommended Humidity Operating Range: 10 to 80% RH

Acoustics:

Dimensions:

Product Dimensions

w x d x h: 415 x 265 x 250 mm

Maximum: 415 x 365 x 250 mm

Weight:

Product Weight: 7.0 kg

Consumables:

The printer should work with any office copy paper available from stationers and supermarkets. HP recommend their own paper (obviously);

CHP110 HP Office Paper-500 sht/A4/210 x 297 mm

CHP210 HP Printing Paper-500 sht/A4/210 x 297 mm

Toner:

Print Cartridge Features

Authentication for genuine HP print cartridges.

Easy ordering for replacement supplies.

Supplies status page shows estimated toner level in the print cartridge. Not available for non-HP supplies.

One of the benefits of HP Mono laser printers is simplicity - just a single print cartridge to change.

CE285A HP LaserJet CE285A Black Print Cartridge.

CE285AD HP LaserJet CE285A Black Print Cartridge Dual Pack.

The print cartridge is a single piece design containing toner, developer, drum and waste collection blade and receptacle. Average cartridge yields 1600 standard pages. Declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC 19752.

The CE285A cartridge holds just 1600 pages worth of toner and its price gives these printers a rather high UK street price per copy of £ 2.6p (US official pricing is 4.25 cents per page).

Toner formulation is 55% Styrene acrylate copolymer, 45% ferrite and 10% Wax according to the MSDS. The high percentage of ferrite with its magnetic qualities apparently improves image sharpness.

For Asian emerging markets HP ships a different cartridge, the CE388A which uses a less exacting toner. Yield is the same.

Printers ship with a 700 page reduced capacity starter cartridge.

Fuser:

The fuser is available as:

• Just the fuser film assembly - the heater and film as one part.
• The fuser paper delivery assembly - the remaining parts of the fuser

RM1-6873 Fuser Film Assembly 220 Volt RM1-6873-000CN

RM1-6872 Fuser Film Assembly 120 Volt RM1-6872-000CN

RM1-7734 Fuser paper delivery assembly (220 V) RM1-7734-000CN

RM1-7733 Fuser paper delivery assembly (110 V) RM1-7733-000CN

As usual the 220 Volt fuser is used in the UK, Europe and much of the rest of the world. The 110/120Volt fuser is used in the US, Canada and Japan and will probably be a special order outside those regions.

Maintenance Kit:

Possibly because there isn't strictly a fuser and only one each of pickup roller and pad there doesn't seem to be an official maintenance kit listed at present.

Spares:

HP have created a set of user-oriented repair kits with instructions for these printers.

CE841-67901 - Pickup roller kit. Pickup roller with Instruction sheet - CE841-67901

CE841-67902 - Separation pad kit. Separation pad with Instruction sheet - CE841-67902

CE841-67903 - Paper pickup tray kit. Paper pickup tray with Instruction sheet - CE841-67903

CE841-67904 - Paper delivery tray kit. Paper delivery tray with Instruction sheet - CE841-67904

CE841-67905 - Short-media extender tool kit. Short-media stop tool with Instruction sheet - CE841-67905

Engineering Parts

RL1-2593 - Roller, paper pickup - RL1-2593-000CN

RM1-4006 - Separation pad assembly - RM1-4006-000CN

RM1-4023 Transfer roller - RM1-4023-000CN

CE831-60001 - Formatter PCA assembly for HP LaserJet Professional M1130 MFP series) - CE831-60001

CE832-60001 - Formatter PCA assembly for HP LaserJet Professional M1210 MFP series - CE832-60001

CE868-60001 - Fax card, DAA Euro for HP LaserJet Professional M1210 MFP series - CE868-60001

CE841-60110 - Control panel, Western for HP LaserJet Professional M1210 MFP series - CE841-60110

CE841-60118 - Input tray, ADF - CE841-60118

CB780-60032 - Description Pre-pick arm assembly, ADF - CB780-60032

CB780-60008 - Pad friction, ADF - CB780-80008

CB780-60009 - Separation pad assembly, ADF - CB780-60009

CE841-60114 - Core, ADF for HP LaserJet Professional M1210 - CE841-60114

CE847-60112 - Scanner assembly, HP LaserJet Professional M1130 MFP series - CE847-60112

CE841-60125 - Scanner assembly, HP LaserJet Professional M1210 - CE841-60125

CE841-60106 - Automatic document feeder (ADF), HP LaserJet Professional M1210 - CE841-60106

Service:

These are comparatively low cost printers so when there is a problem people will want to deal with it in-house rather than pay the call-out for an experienced technician. Here are some hints.

When there is a problem with printing check that the power light is on. Problems with printers often turn out to be power turned off. Check the power cable seating, its an IEC C14 type and they need pushing home. UK power cables have a built in fuse, check the fuse or swap the cable. Check the USB cable.

A frequently tried fix for computer problems is to turn it off, wait, then turn it back on. Turning the power off forces machines back to their default state. Turn off both printer and computer then turn the printer on and finally the computer.

Checking the documentation may also help. Printers ship with a quick setup guide and a user guide but the CD often gets lost.

HP LaserJet M1130/M1210 MFP Series User Guide is available online

CE841-90904 - User Guide Product user guide. CE841-90904

The service manual for the HP CLJ_Pro_M1130 and CLJ_Pro M1210 does not ship with the printer, it may be reserved for engineers who have attended a course. However manuals can often be found online. The manual is:

Part number: CE841-90985 Edition 1, 4/2010

Many laser printer faults can be identified because the way the machine works uses a succession of different sized roller. Those rollers leave characteristic marks down the page.

Error Messages

The M1130 series printers indicate their status using lights and a 2 digit numeric indicator that normally shows a copy count but can display error messages.

Control Panel Lights M1130			Fault
Power	Attention	Toner
Off	Off	Off	Printer is off. Press the power button to turn it on. Check the power cable.
Blink	Blink	Off	Initialisation or a cleaning cycle is underway. Wait for the Ready light to come on.
On	Off	Off	Printer is ready and waiting for a print job.
Blink	Off	Off	Receiving or processing a print job. If there is a long delay there is a driver or memory issue. Cancel the job and try something simpler.
Slow Blink	Off	Off	Low power mode. The Printer is in low power mode and wakes up for a job.
Off	Blink	Off	Paper Feed problem. EO = Paper Jam. E1 = Input Tray Empty. E2 = Cartridge door is open. E4 = Memory Full. E5 = Paper Pickup Roller or Pad. H0 = Manual feed mode.
Off	Blink	Blink	A problem with the cartridge. Error E3 = ensure cartridge is installed correctly.
Off	Off	On	Print cartridge near end of life. Change the cartridge when print quality is no longer acceptable.
On	Blink	Off	Continual Error. The printer will try to recover. If it does not check the paper path, then power off, wait and turn on again.
On	On	Off	With E7 = Fuser error. E8 = Scanner Error. E9 = Engine Error

Problem Solving

These are fairly basic mono printers so most faults will be cleared by changing the print cartridge. If that doesn't clear the fault put the new cartridge back in its light-proof wrappings and in the box for later use.

To test that the basic print mechanism does work there is an engine test. The engine test is set away by opening and closing the cartridge loading door 5 times at roughly 2 second intervals. The printer will produce a page of thin vertical stripes - not very elaborate but a good basic test within the capabilities of the engine management chip.

Paper Jams are likely to be a failure to pick up, since the printer has a fairly simple paper path. Make sure the paper is held under the pickup roller and pad in the back of the machine by the paper stop. If the printer frequently fails to feed or feeds more than one sheet the pickup roller and pad need cleaning or replacing.

Bad Print that is too light, too dark or uneven on the page is likely to be an issue with the print cartridge or drum. Try shaking the cartridge (over a washable surface in case of spills) and check both cartridge and inside the printer for spilled toner. Clean cartridge and printer surfaces paying attention to metallic contacts. There is more on cleaning here.

Whats In the Box:

An M1130 Series Printer - the M1132 Model in Europe and the US together with a 700 page starter cartridge and a power cable. Installation guide and CD(s) with software and documentation. Readiris PRO 11 text recognition software.

Note that printers do not ship with a USB or network cable. The HP part-number for the USB cable is 8121-0868. Any A to B USB cable will do.

Warranty:

One-year limited warranty. Warranty and support options vary by product, country and local legal requirements.

Options and Accessories:

These printers are not expandable.

Copyright G & J Huskinson & MindMachine Associates Ltd 2013, 2015, 2016. Some pictures derived from HP User and Service guides. These technical pages do not constitute an offer for sale; just our knowledge at the time of writing. See the catalog. Sales pages on this Web site use cookies to store user information. We also use Google Analytics to track site usage patterns.