Taking The HP Color LaserJet 3800n Printer For What It's Worth

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:19:58 EST

Taking the HP Color LaserJet 3800n printer using HP Color LaserJet 3800n toner for what it's worth is the recommended way to go when looking at this member of the 3800 line of Hewlett-Packard network printers. This particular model comes with a number of additions and upgrades that its sibling lower in the lineup (the 3800) features only as optional equipment. These standard features in the 3800n means that it will have a bit more on the ball, performance-wise.

For starters, this particular printer model comes standard with Hewlett-Packard's Jetdirect Fast Ethernet embedded print server, in addition to a number of different wireless capabilities. This includes wireless LAN at 802.11b/g, which is only available as an optional feature in the 3800. It is also a network-ready member of the lineup, meaning that it will please the IT specialist as possible for hooking it up to no end.

Like every other one of the printers in the 3800 line, it features standard print speed of 22 pages per minute (ppm). Its competitors from other manufacturers usually offer printers that can only put out from 18 to 19 ppm, meaning that the 3800 will have a bit more going for it right out of the box. Additionally, it produces its print job in less than 12.5 seconds from the time it is tasked to do so.

A standard 533 MHz processing chip handles all of the chores within the printer. This particular chip is also standard equipment in every 3800 model in the line. All will be able to take a large number of print assignments and prioritize and then produce their assignments with little trouble and no hangup or stuttering from dealing with multiple assignments. Most workgroups rapidly come to appreciate this sort of reliability.

All 3800 printers also are capable of putting out up to 65,000 pages per month before requiring any sort of maintenance. This reliable duty cycle is also another attractive feature of every 3800. These particular printers come with four separate printer cartridges, meaning they are not laser printers but, rather, laser jet. Black, yellow, magenta and cyan cartridges are used by the 3800.

All 3800 printers feature the same standard print resolutions, which is not a criticism. At 600x600 dots per inch, most any print job will come out looking smudge and blur-free, for one, and will also look clear and crisp. This is no matter the print task assigned, including packages that feature a great many graphics or photos, both of which any 3800 printer handles easily enough.

Every 3800 in the lineup comes with the same paper-carrying capability. All feature to standard paper trays, with the option to add a third when needed. 850 sheets of paper can be accommodated with little trouble, as well as 10 envelopes, though no 3800 comes with an automated envelope feeder, is really a very minor sticking point that is of no real concern, to be honest.

As far as memory goes, every 3800 also starts out their life with 160 MB of RAM that can be easily upgraded to 544 MB. This gives the HP Color LaserJet 3800n printer a formidable handling capability that will easily accommodate even the largest of print jobs. When looked at as a complete package, there are more than several positive attributes to a 3800 printer, including a decent price, which should make it fairly attractive to most businesses or workgroups.

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Taking The HP Color LaserJet 3800n Printer For What It's Worth