Awesome color prints
Written: Aug 20 '00 (Updated Jul 08 '01)
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Pros: Awesome color prints
Cons: Pricey printer and comsumables
The Bottom Line: Great color printer, I would recommend it to anyone.
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| opinionated3's Full Review: Hewlett Packard Color LaserJet 4500 Printer |
I came a crossed this printer while looking for a printing solution for one of my clients. You see I am a computer hardware salesman, so it is my job to find the best products to fit my clients needs.
This client was looking to be able to create color invoices and brochures and other color projects. So I came a crossed this HP Color Laserjet 4500 and I fell in love with it. The quality of prints that come out of this printer are amazing. All the colors are so crisp they look like the would jump off the page at you. The text quality is pretty amazing in itself.
The Printer
Size
The first thing you notice about this printer is it large size. This is no small printer, it is very heavy and takes up a whole lot of desk top space. So once you decide where you are going to place this printer, it is not an easy machine to move. The actual dimensions of the printer are 31"x26"x27" and the weight of the printer is a hefty 140 lbs. The optional features will change the actual size of the printer you may buy.
Print quality and speed
As I explained earlier the quality of print is awesome, all the colors are very vivid and seem like they jump off the page. The text is equally awesome, it is crisp and clear. The colors are created using three colors of toner and each color is located in separate cartridges. The three colors of toner are cyan(blue), magenta(red) and yellow. The black toner cartridge of course is used for the black and white text printing. The speed of laser printers is determined by several factors and the biggest factor determining the speed of HP Color Laserjet 4500 is the fact that there are four color toner cartridges and they are located on a drum assembly and this drum must rotate 4 separate times to create the full color image. Since the drum must rotate 4 times it slows down how fast the image will be printed, 16 pages per minute black and 4 pages per minute color.
Standard features
133 MHz Processor for faster first page print time
16 ppm black
4 ppm color
32 MB memory for large file printing
Max of 208 MB
2 paper trays-400 sheet input
10 envelope feed
parallel printer port
2 open EIO slots for optional features
Postscript Level 2 capable
Optional Features
8 MB SDRAM DIMM Module
16 MB SDRAM DIMM Module
32 MB SDRAM DIMM Module
64 MB SDRAM DIMM Module
Auto Duplex unit for 2-side printing
500-sheet input tray
Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-T internal printer server
This printer would be considered a light to medium duty printer. What I mean by that is all printers are assigned a duty cycle by the manufacturer. The duty cycle refers to how many pages the printer can print without causing undue wear on the printer. The 35,000 pages per month is relatively low for a laser printer that is used by businesses, but really most businesses don't do a lot of mass quantity of color prints.
I would recommend this color laser printer to a client that has a need for very nice quality print's and that the price is not a problem. Not only is the printer in the $2700.00 price range, but the color and black toner cartridges are rather pricey.
In closing this is a super printer and I love the quality of the prints.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 2700.00
Operating System: Windows
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