HP Color Laserjet Pro M283fdw – Dead Simple Setup.
I set up the new printer, an HP Color Laserjet Pro M283fdw over two days. Each day, first thing in the morning after brewing my coffee. Because the day doesn’t even begin until I’m sipping on that bold brew.
Day 1. I opened the box. Turned it upside down and lifted the box off the printer. It was well shielded by styrofoam and soft plastic wrap. After removing the side pieces of the foam I noticed the standard pieces of orange tape they use at the factory to secure all the flaps and trays. Peeled them off. It comes with the toner cartridges already installed. Placed the MFD on its table, plugged it in and powered it up. Selected my language. That took all of 4 minutes, if that. And that was all I planned to do for that day.
Day 2. Same thing. Coffee. Went to the touchscreen, enabled the Wi-Fi. It showed me my network. I typed in the password on it’s iPhone-sized touchscreen keyboard. Connected. Opened an email on my iPhone and printed. Painless. Earlier in the week I had already created its email account on my mail server for it to scan to email. Also very simple for those in the know. I touched the network icon on the touchscreen, saw the IP address of the built in web server of the MFD. Selected the Scan tab. Provided the SMTP and port information. Saved. Added both our email addresses in the phone book. Placed a document in the feeder, selected Scan, chose my email address. Perfect. This took another 4 minute chunk out of my morning routine.
As far as I’m concerned, it was done. Not having owned a computer for 8 years now, I am lucky enough to have no real computing power requirements. My iPad Air and iPhone are all that I use. Carol, on the other hand, just got a brand new MacBook. I was sure it would work for her too. Sure enough, that night she was able to connect right to it. She asked, “Is it called Goliath?” Yes. Yes it is called Goliath.
Easiest setup ever.