HP LaserJet 4000 series

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A HP LaserJet 4000/4050/4100 printer.
A HP LaserJet 4000/4050/4100 printer.

The LaserJet 4000 series is Hewlett-Packard's medium-duty monochrome laser printer range and the successor to the LaserJet 6 series.

The LaserJet 4000 series, like most of Hewlett-Packard's laser printer series, follow the standard nomenclature for denoting factory-included features.

  • n = network ready
  • t = additional tray to hold an extra 500 sheets
  • d = double sided printing
  • s = stacker for output tray
  • l = stapler.

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[edit] LaserJet 4000

The LaserJet 4000/4050 and their respective variants were the first printers released in the 4000 series.


[edit] LaserJet 4100


[edit] LaserJet 4200

A HP LaserJet 4200dtns printer.
A HP LaserJet 4200dtns printer.

The HP LaserJet 4200 series were replacements for the HP LaserJet 4100 series of printers. They were introduced in December 2002 together with the HP LaserJet 4300 series. The HP 4200 series of printers consists of the following

  • 4200
  • 4200n
  • 4200tn
  • 4200dtn
  • 4200dtns
  • 4200dtnsl.

The base model, the 4200, has the following specifications: 48 MB of memory, parallel port connection and a 600 sheet paper tray. All the others with factory-installed features as indicated above have 64 MB of memory.

They are all powered by a PMC-Sierra RM7065A CPU running at 300 MHz. This is a 64 bit processor based on the MIPS architecture. The printing engine is manufactured by Canon.

This series of printers can handle PCL, PostScript, HP-GL/2 and PJL print languages.

[edit] LaserJet 4300

The LaserJet 4300 series are a faster version of the LaserJet 4200 series of printers. The HP 4300 series of printers consists of the following

  • 4300
  • 4300n
  • 4300tn
  • 4300dtn
  • 4300dtns
  • 4300dtnsl.

The base model, the 4300, has the following specifications: 64MB of memory, parallel port connection and a 600 sheet paper tray. All the others with factory-installed features as indicated above have 80MB of memory.

They are all powered by a PMC-Sierra RM7065A CPU running at 350MHz. This is a 64 bit processor based on the MIPS architecture.

This series can handle PCL, PostScript, HP-GL/2 and PJL print languages.

[edit] Comparison

Comparison table of HP LaserJet 4000 models
Model Introduction CPU Speed Print resolution (DPI)[1] Print speed (PPM)[2] Standard memory Maximum memory
4000 1997 100 MHz 1200 17 4 MB 100 MB
4050 1999 133 MHz 1200 17 8 MB 192 MB
4100 ??? 250 MHz 1200 25 16 MB 256 MB
4200 December 2002 300 MHz 1200 35 48 MB 416 MB
4300 December 2002 350 MHz 1200 45 64 MB 416 MB

[edit] References

  1. ^ Resolution is given in dots per inch (DPI)
  2. ^ Print speed is given in pages per minute (PPM)

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