Lexmark B3442dw Black and White Laser Printer, Wireless with Ethernet, Mobile-Friendly and Cloud Connection with Automatic Two-Sided Printing CarbonNeutral Certified Office Printer (4-Series)

Great simple monochrome (black & white) laser printer. I got it to print work orders and documents so I don’t waste expensive inkjet ink on them. It works just as advertised. I had a little trouble getting it setup to print from my laptop over WiFi. There are no instructions with the printer and none available online. You basically get a piece of paper with cryptic images that go through the printer unpacking and setup but no detailed instructions on how it operates. The setup of connecting over WiFi is done through the a simple screen with 3 buttons. You need to scan through all of the functions and then through the alphabet to enter password. Its time consuming and frustrating that they didnt make a better way to do this. The printer ended up connecting to my home WiFi network without a problem but would not allow printing through my PC. It showed up in the Windows printer list several times and would bounce between “ready” and “error” states. I finally was able to determine which printer was the correct one in my settings and delete the others. After that it works fine. I also connected via Ethernet for testing and that also worked fine. Also had an issue printing from Apple iPhones or iPads. The phone would show and “out of paper” error on it even though the tray was full and printer was online. Ultimately, I found a work around where you change the paper from “letter” to “letter, plain paper” and it will print fine. So it looks like there are a few bugs to be worked out still on the part of the manufacturer. I still give this printer a solid 4 stars for price, quality and the fact that it does just what it’s supposed to which is quickly print black and white documents inexpensively. Just be prepared to work though some issues with the initial setup.

This is a great monochrome printer for producing an inked base for heat transfer foil projects (such as projects using Deco Foil or Minc). This model, B3442w, can take 110lb cardstock with the 297 g/m2 parameter as long as you make sure the printer has been told to take heavy paper in Tray 1. I have already made several perfect foils on day one. I am using the Recollections cardstock for my work, by recommendation of an established foiling artist who is extremely correct about which paper to use. Ive tested many, many cardstock brands trying to find backup sources... only one ever came close to Recollections in foil adherence quality and wow, back to the printer. I highly suggest drawing from a stack of cardstock in Tray 1, as the intake mechanism grabs the sheet better that way. I mention this because some printers take cardstock better if its theres only one sheet in the tray. The printing accuracy of multiple passes for multi-color foils is very high. Only a millimetre or so off most of the time. The machine needs flat paper and will almost always jam if the paper has a curve to it. The printer will cause curving of cardstock paper but thats easily fixed - usually the foiling rollers press the sheet back to flat, so just be mindful and patient with this. My experience with their customer support was also very nice.

Great printer. I read where you needed a cd drive for installation. I went on their web site and installed a driver from there with no problems. Works great as a simple black and white printer. Well worth the price if you do not need color.

I had no trouble getting this printer to connect to my computer. First printing was easy and legible.

I had a little trouble setting this up. The instructions are graphical so that they work all the different languages worldwide. The first steps go through getting it out of the box, removing all the shipping tape and padding, putting paper in it and the like. At step 12, it basically says turn it on. Then in step 13 there is a picture of the CD and an arrow to a laptop. My laptop doesn’t have a CD drive. So I tried using it on a desktop Windows 10 PC and it couldn’t find the printer. I assume there was a missing step somewhere that was to allow the printer to access my local WiFi network. Since I have a wired ethernet as well as WiFi, I chose to make a wired connection so that I could go to the next step in the setup program. It did find the printer and that allowed me to go further. I did have to do a bit of troubleshooting to actually get it to print. I got some error message about something (SMTP?) not being set up. I kept trying to print and I thought it still wasn’t working until I went to the room where the printer was located and found that it had been printing and double sided at that. I seem to remember it asking me at some point if I used the wireless app to set up the printer. Since I didn’t have a wireless app that I was aware of, I said no. Notice in the lower right corner of the instructions there is an I with arrow pointing to a WWW for I assume information. Does this mean, if you need help search the web? A web might be helpful. On plus side, the printer works fine, with good print quality. I assume that I will get the wireless part working at some point.

... But that is where it ends. I have been frogging around for 3 days so far and still have not gotten it installed. Valuable information on intalling is scattered over a number of HP vidoes that you must find on your own with a Google search. When you find it, it is usually some guy with a thick accent who is hard to understand. I still have not found out how to connect to the WiFi. Also unable to get the print cartridges to click in as shown in the video. All in all, great price, but an absulute nightmare to install. I am unhappy the I purchased this boat anchor.

I would like to introduce you to my brand-new Lexmark Black and White Laser Printer 4 Series B3442dw. It is extremely easy to set-up, including the included software or you can download it from Lexmarks website. Firmware was up-to-date and it has an easy-to-use owners manual and accessories manual too. The app was also easy to use and recognized my printer almost immediately. You can setup the printer through Wi-Fi, Ethernet or USB. The printing is very fast, sharp, laser quality and automatically two-sided if you wish and prints on assorted size papers and various print media. it has very low print costs, with A high yield toner. The printer connects to cloud sharing platforms and includes A one year warranty and next business day service. Has excellent end-to-end security. All-in-all A high quality fast laser printing setup, for home or office, well worth the price indeed. I thank you for reading my review.

The packaging looked perfect, no punctures, tears, or scrapes. But as I unboxed the printer, a small coil spring fell out. Not sure if this matters, but it was a sign of things to come. The printer never printed a single page. Each time I tried, the page would make it about half way through the printer and then the thing would decide that it was jammed. Although I did not get far with the printer, I did get far enough to find three problems. Problem 1: the printer cannot accept a long WiFi password, and it does not inform you that this is a problem. You have to use supernatural methods to conclude that you must use a WiFi access point with a short password. Problem 2: the back door of the printer went off one of its two hinges, for lack of a better word. I have no idea how this happened, because I was very gentle with the printer while opening and closing it. But I had to use considerable force to get the door back in place. I have to wonder what other plastic deformations this printer is capable of. Problem 3: the entire printer is thin plastic and bendy. I realize that the days of solid office equipment are long gone, but this printer is especially shoddy. I cant imagine how it could last, even if it starts out alive on arrival.

Good printer. Easy to set up, connected immediately to wifi. I connected it manually via the touchscreen, worked just fine but a bit tedious entering in the wifi password as it requires running through entire numbers and alphabet. It does allow for scrolling through so it didnt take too long - just a different process via the touch screen. Very fast printing. Id say the printing speed is the best feature. Two-sided ejects the paper then draws it back in for the second side printing. Theres a little stop-paper shield to keep the paper from flying off the top of the printer but we havent needed to use that yet as all the print jobs have been small. Theres an additional paper tray for larger paper. The main letter sized paper tray is in front, easy to fill, and fits flush with the printer. This printer is a big heavier than most probably due to the large ink cartridge. Its a bit noisier than I expected. Comes with picture only instructions sheet and a DVD. Works well for a home or small business. Theres Apps that can be downloaded either Apple or Android phones. I downloaded the Apps but was able to just print from my phone email. However, on one of our laptops we kept getting an error code. Not sure what thats all about. Also on my phone I had trouble printing from Gmail but my other email printed just fine. So, some little bugs to work out. Havent had to replace the ink yet - when we do Ill update as needed if theres issues.

Lexmark B3442dw Monochrome Laser Printer was easy to install and has been a breeze to use! Works well and speedy!