The top panel has a textured black inset, while the surround is high-gloss black plastic, with a small control panel down the left-hand side, including indicators for wireless connection, errors and power and two buttons for wireless and job cancel. The output tray folds out from the top panel, where it looks a little incongruous and a small paper stop flips up to help keep output documents neat.

Cleverly positioned above the main input tray is a 10-sheet priority feeder for envelopes or special media, which is unusual in a machine at this end of the market. The 150-sheet input tray folds down from the front panel and the paper stop slides out to the front. This printer has very modest dimensions, mainly because it’s input and output trays fold out only when needed. HP’s brand-new, £100 LaserJet P1102w has wireless, complete with a button to turn it on and off. Where a Wi-Fi connection used to be included only on a limited number of models in a range and then in the more expensive, premium products, it’s now becoming increasingly ubiquitous. One of the recent technologies to infiltrate the printer market is wireless.

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