HP Laserjet Pro M281fdw All in One Wireless Color Laser Printer (T6B82A) (Renewed)

4 4 out of 5 stars | 119 ratings

Price: 449

Last update: 12-18-2024


About this item

Big performance in a small package - this compact color laser printer features fastest in-class first page out and two-sided printing, Plus scan, copy, fax and wireless, as well as an auto document feeder, USB port and 2. 7-Inch color touchscreen
Fast print speeds - prints up to 22 pages per minute black/color, first page out as fast as 10. 3 sec black and 11. 7 sec color, input tray paper capacity up to 250 sheets
Easily Print from your mobile device - simply connect your iOS or Android device to the same network as your printer to print, or print without a network using Wi-Fi Direct
The POWER of your printer in the palm of your hand - The HP Smart app allows you to easily set up your printer, scan from your smartphone, order toner, and Print from the cloud - such as iCloud, Dropbox and Google Drive

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Top reviews from the United States

  • Jennifer W.
    5.0 out of 5 stars So worth the money!!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2020
    Great printer!! So worth the price. Works with my iPhone, iPad and chromebook!! (nothing is compatible with chromebooks lol) the wireless feature is the best part. Air print finds the printer immediately!! Very user friendly!!
  • ArwenOrion
    5.0 out of 5 stars Been through a lot of printers, and this is the best ever
    Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2021
    Great value for our money, easy setup, and excellent customer service. The printer arrived a day earlier than the most optimistic forecast. Opened up the box, plugged it in, turned it on and in two minutes it was connected to our wi-fi. Printing from my iPhone, MacBook Air, and my husband's Windows computer within 5 minutes. It's extremely quiet and lightning fast. I bought the extra warranty so feel perfectly comfortable with this purchase.
  • julie fox
    1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY
    Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2022
    This company sent me not one but two defective printers. I spent $630 just 8mths ago and still dont have a working printer. Their customer service took 2 days to call me back. We are a business who prints things daily so I had to go out and a buy a new printer just to print bills, invoices, etc...I want to return the most recent printer and just get my money back and they wont do it. Its TERRIBLE. I've sent an email to Jeff Bezos and Amazon customer service. Good luck DN Solutions!
  • JTS
    4.0 out of 5 stars This printer is a work horse I have more than one
    Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2024
    Although the printer is a great product, I was disappointed that there were no toner cartridges included despite the advertising indicates that there would be.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Rebuilt printer
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2021
    Had worked perfectly. I’m glad I saved a little snd purchased refurbished- it looked completely brand new. Still in packaging
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Customer Service
    Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2023
    I had an issue with the first printer I received and received a replacement very quickly, they were great to work with.
  • G.D.G.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great service and value.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2020
    I bought this printer after trying to purchase it from another retailer. I am so glad I discovered DN Printer Solutions, aka Reliable Printers. The quality and customer service were second to none. Max provided me with set up support that was really impressive. I would highly recommend this company and would gladly use them again. Plus, the price I paid was a very good value.
  • Stephen Arbon
    3.0 out of 5 stars Seller sent the wrong power cable.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2021
    I ordered this renewed printer trying to get a good deal on a decent product during pandemic times (printer prices are astronomical), and thought I had found the right balance between cost and value when I landed on this guy. It came quickly (as in, within a week, so points for that), and I immediately started to unbox it to set it up. Saw the paper in the box that links to the HP support page to set it up, so to do this right I headed to the link.

    First instruction: "Unpack your printer and connect to power". Easy enough.

    They sent a power cable and a rusty USB cable. "No worries, I'll most likely never use the USB cable. Let's just plug this sucker in and see how well it prints." I unpacked the bag of cables, and grabbed the included power cable, and began searching for the inlet on the machine. "There it is! Hmm...that looks a little different from the cable they sent... Maybe it still works? Let's just see... nope. This ain't gonna work."

    Stoked on the fast delivery. Less than enthused that I can't use this until I find an extra standard computer power cable either around the house or at my nearest store. Will update on the printer itself when I find a cable to get it working.

    Update (Same Day As Delivery): I reached out to the seller and informed them I had to buy the correct cable as an incompatible one was included with the printer, and they graciously reimbursed me for the cable, so I've added back two stars.

    Another Update (Same Day As Delivery): I bought the correct printer cable and got it plugged in and turned on and took off the rest of the tape holding all the compartments closed. Now the printer complaining of no toner which is weird because the item description clearly states in the fourth bullet point:

    "Toner included: Black 202(A) cartridge (1400 pg est.), Cyan starter cartridge (700 pg est.), Magenta starter cartridge (700 pg est.), Yellow starter cartridge (700 pg est.)"

    After searching the rest of the box for this promised toner, none is found. Luckily I ordered some just to have some extra on hand after the intro cartridges deplete. Installed those, and it finally prints. However, I must dock a star for being misled about the included toner.

    I will continue to test features to ensure the rest of the printer works as expected and report back.

    Update 5/19/2021: I've learned at the Auto Document Feeder on this printer suffers from a serious design flaw. The instructions for setup of this printer are also unclear, and, unfortunately, the original purchaser of this item (since this is renewed) either didn't follow the updated instructions or were given the old ones and peeled off the plastic that goes over the white mylar strip and the glass screen that the ADF sends the paper through. This causes the paper to get trapped under the white mylar strip and jams the ADF. Some Googling informed me that this issue is widespread, and not isolated to this particular model.

    Some have found their own solutions to remedy this design flaw. One is to buy a plastic iPad screen protector and cut it to size and lay it down over the mylar strip and the glass scanner window to allow the paper to flow through the ADF.

    As for me, I simply cleaned the ADF scanning window, grabbed a strip of transparent packing tape, and laid it over the mylar strip and the ADF scanning window, and then grabbed a razor and very carefully cut it to size where the mylar strip ends and the hard plastic of the printer begins so it laid flat on the mylar strip. So far, my tests have shown good-enough-for-me scanning quality, and the paper no longer gets stuck.

    Those who have experienced this problem should be able to understand my awful attempts at describing it and my homebrew solution.

    As far as I know, HP has yet to offer an official fix for this problem.

    One other thing I did to be certain that my third party toner cartridges continue to work with this machine was to refrain from updating the firmware beyond the 20200612 firmware. If one is in need of this firmware, you can still find it if you do enough googling. Apparently HP pushed a firmware after that (something like 202010...something) that breaks the printer for third party toner cartridges (unless you do the chip swap thing I've read about).

    After all of the above issues and tinkerings, this printer has performed quite well in my few uses. I simply want buyers to be aware of some of the caveats that come with this otherwise decent color laser printer.
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    Stephen Arbon
    3.0 out of 5 stars Seller sent the wrong power cable.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2021
    I ordered this renewed printer trying to get a good deal on a decent product during pandemic times (printer prices are astronomical), and thought I had found the right balance between cost and value when I landed on this guy. It came quickly (as in, within a week, so points for that), and I immediately started to unbox it to set it up. Saw the paper in the box that links to the HP support page to set it up, so to do this right I headed to the link.

    First instruction: "Unpack your printer and connect to power". Easy enough.

    They sent a power cable and a rusty USB cable. "No worries, I'll most likely never use the USB cable. Let's just plug this sucker in and see how well it prints." I unpacked the bag of cables, and grabbed the included power cable, and began searching for the inlet on the machine. "There it is! Hmm...that looks a little different from the cable they sent... Maybe it still works? Let's just see... nope. This ain't gonna work."

    Stoked on the fast delivery. Less than enthused that I can't use this until I find an extra standard computer power cable either around the house or at my nearest store. Will update on the printer itself when I find a cable to get it working.

    Update (Same Day As Delivery): I reached out to the seller and informed them I had to buy the correct cable as an incompatible one was included with the printer, and they graciously reimbursed me for the cable, so I've added back two stars.

    Another Update (Same Day As Delivery): I bought the correct printer cable and got it plugged in and turned on and took off the rest of the tape holding all the compartments closed. Now the printer complaining of no toner which is weird because the item description clearly states in the fourth bullet point:

    "Toner included: Black 202(A) cartridge (1400 pg est.), Cyan starter cartridge (700 pg est.), Magenta starter cartridge (700 pg est.), Yellow starter cartridge (700 pg est.)"

    After searching the rest of the box for this promised toner, none is found. Luckily I ordered some just to have some extra on hand after the intro cartridges deplete. Installed those, and it finally prints. However, I must dock a star for being misled about the included toner.

    I will continue to test features to ensure the rest of the printer works as expected and report back.

    Update 5/19/2021: I've learned at the Auto Document Feeder on this printer suffers from a serious design flaw. The instructions for setup of this printer are also unclear, and, unfortunately, the original purchaser of this item (since this is renewed) either didn't follow the updated instructions or were given the old ones and peeled off the plastic that goes over the white mylar strip and the glass screen that the ADF sends the paper through. This causes the paper to get trapped under the white mylar strip and jams the ADF. Some Googling informed me that this issue is widespread, and not isolated to this particular model.

    Some have found their own solutions to remedy this design flaw. One is to buy a plastic iPad screen protector and cut it to size and lay it down over the mylar strip and the glass scanner window to allow the paper to flow through the ADF.

    As for me, I simply cleaned the ADF scanning window, grabbed a strip of transparent packing tape, and laid it over the mylar strip and the ADF scanning window, and then grabbed a razor and very carefully cut it to size where the mylar strip ends and the hard plastic of the printer begins so it laid flat on the mylar strip. So far, my tests have shown good-enough-for-me scanning quality, and the paper no longer gets stuck.

    Those who have experienced this problem should be able to understand my awful attempts at describing it and my homebrew solution.

    As far as I know, HP has yet to offer an official fix for this problem.

    One other thing I did to be certain that my third party toner cartridges continue to work with this machine was to refrain from updating the firmware beyond the 20200612 firmware. If one is in need of this firmware, you can still find it if you do enough googling. Apparently HP pushed a firmware after that (something like 202010...something) that breaks the printer for third party toner cartridges (unless you do the chip swap thing I've read about).

    After all of the above issues and tinkerings, this printer has performed quite well in my few uses. I simply want buyers to be aware of some of the caveats that come with this otherwise decent color laser printer.
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