HP Laser 178nw Wireless Multifunction Color Printer, Copier, Scanner; Duplex

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

The HP Laser 178nw is a fairly sensible “small office that needs colour, but not at any price” kind of machine. The big win is convenience: it’s wireless and does printing, copying and scanning without you faffing with cables or separate boxes. Duplex support is also genuinely useful in a B2B environment—if you regularly print invoices, decks, or internal paperwork, it stops you burning time and paper. At £275 ex‑VAT, it lands in the zone where you’re not taking a flyer, but you also shouldn’t expect it to replace a proper workhorse office fleet.

That said, I wouldn’t buy this if your priority is heavy print volumes or low running costs, because HP’s toner cost (like most colour laser gear) is usually where the “cheap upfront” gets you later. If you’re printing modest volumes—say light departmental use—this will feel like good value. It’s a decent fit for a few staff sharing one printer, home offices with occasional colour, or anyone who needs scanning to digital without paying for a higher-tier model.

**Buy it if:** you need colour laser output in a small space, want duplex to avoid manual page flipping, and you’re not printing constantly. **Skip it if:** you’re cost-per-page obsessed, printing high volumes daily, or you want something truly built for relentless throughput. If you tell me your monthly pages (especially colour vs mono), I can give you a more grounded “worth it” call.