HP Color Laser MFP 179fnw A4 600 x 600 DPI 18 ppm Wi-Fi

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

The HP Color Laser MFP 179fnw is one of those “small office, real work” printers that usually makes sense if you want colour documents without going up to big-office prices. At £319.19 ex-VAT, it’s fairly good value for an A4 colour laser with Wi‑Fi—especially if you’re printing things like invoices, sales packs, simple marketing one-pagers and occasional colour PDFs where ink costs would otherwise hurt. Setup is typically painless, and the Wi‑Fi plus multifunction bit is exactly what you want in a team that doesn’t want to fuss with cables or dedicated print servers.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it if your main use is heavy daily volume or you need consistently high-speed colour throughput. Entry-level colour lasers often struggle with sustained busy workloads, and the “cheap to buy” trade-off can show up in running costs and drum/toner handling over time. It’s also a better fit for light-to-moderate printing and scanning rather than a department that’s constantly hammering it. If your monthly print volume is moderate and you want a compact, easy-to-manage colour MFP for a UK office that just needs to work, this is a solid choice; if you’re expecting near-all-day duty cycles, look higher up the range.