HP Color LaserJet CP3505x - The Best Machine For The Small Office

Taking a look at the HP Color LaserJet CP3505x printer shows an offering from Hewlett-Packard that is intended for large networked workgroups. It combines nice print speed and reliable durability, along with ease-of-use. The HP Color LaserJet CP3505x replacement toner is capable of printing both color and black-and-white product with equal ease and is also able to run by using a number of different computer operating systems. It is one of the 3500 series of printers, too.

"As far as how fast the HP CP3505x can put out product, it's rated at 22 pages per minute or thereabouts, which is a good rate of speed for a color laser jet printer. This is in what HP refers to as ""best quality mode"" so one can expect print speeds to be slightly faster if dropping the print quality mode just below that criteria point."

The CP3505x also kicks out product fairly quickly, from the time the print order is sent from a computer until the time the first page of the print job emerges. On average, it'll only take about 12.5 seconds to accomplish this task, which should serve to keep people from congregating around this network printer when not need or for long periods of time. Toner from HP helps achieve this.

"This particular Hewlett-Packard is also durable and it comes rated with a duty cycle of 65,000 pages per month. What's meant by ""duty cycle"" is the fact that the printer has a maximum number of pages that it can image and then produce within a month. For purposes of actual monthly output before very minor maintenance is needed, the printer should be set at 1,500 to 5,000 pages."

When it comes to the quality of the output that the printer delivers to its users, it appears to be generally excellent with resolution as high as 1,200 x 600 dpi. This is for both black and white and color. Speaking of that color capability, this machine will require four separate printer cartridges (black, magenta, yellow and cyan). This is standard for most color printers, by the way.

This particular unit from HP also comes with three standard printer trays that can hold up to 850 sheets of paper between them. It is also fairly well equipped and can perform automatic duplex (two-sided) printing whenever needed. The printer can handle a variety of media types, including bond paper, labels and envelopes. As well, there's a multipurpose tray that can hold a number of different custom media size objects.

The LaserJet CP 3505x comes supplied with 324 MB of RAM. This can be increased all the way up to 1,024 MB of RAM, meaning that the printer should be able to handle fairly easily most any amount of print taskings sent to it from the network. It will all be prioritized and then produced by means of a 450 MHz processor, which is able to shuffle everything around and then put it out without theatrics.

Even a casual look at the HP Color LaserJet CP3505x printer will reveal a very nice laser jet printer intended for use in the business or with a large networked work group of users. It's not a cheap printer, though, so expect to pay between $1,500 and $3,000 for it new. The low price can be found at present from a number of different online retailers. For a machine of such versatility, this is an excellent price, it must be said.

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