HP PageWide Pro 477dw Multifunction Printer AIO

The HP PageWide Pro 477dw Multifunction Printer operates more like a laser than the inkjet, higher-volume sibling, the HP PageWide Pro 577dw Multifunction Printer, the 477dw is fast, prints generally excellent graphics and good-looking text, and its running costs are competitive. It costs a couple of hundred dollars less than the 577dw, and about $150 more than the comparably equipped Epson WorkForce Pro WF-6590; hence, it’s a little too expensive to take the WF-6590’s place as our Editors’ Choice. Even so, the 477dw is a fine small-to-midsize business AIO, especially as a laser-printer alternative.

Design and Features

Measuring 18.4 by 20.9 by 16 inches (HWD) and weighing just under 49 pounds, the 477dw is the same size and weight as the 577dw, but smaller and lighter than the Epson WF-6590 (21.3 by 20.3 by 29.8 inches, 68 pounds). Even so, 49 pounds is a lot for one person to pull out of a box; you’ll probably need help getting it onto a sturdy stand or table. Paper capacity is 550 sheets up to legal-size, divided between a 500-sheet cassette and a 50-sheet multipurpose tray. If that’s not enough, you can add another 500-sheet drawer ($199), for a maximum of 1,050 sheets.

With a 50,000-page maximum monthly duty cycle and a recommended duty cycle of up to 4,500 pages, the 477dw is rated well below both the HP 577dw (80,000 pages maximum, 6,000 recommended) and the Epson WF-6590 (75,000 maximum, 5,000 recommended). Of the three, the WorkForce model offers the highest capacity for the lowest purchase price.

Atop the 477dw are a legal-size flatbed scanner and a 50-sheet single-pass auto-duplexing automatic document feeder (ADF) for copying or scanning two-sided, multipage documents. As a single-pass device, it contains two scanning mechanisms for capturing both sides of the page simultaneously, which is faster than the legacy method of scanning one side, pulling the page back into the ADF, flipping it over, and then scanning the other side.