Some Product Information For Potential Hewlett-Packard 4-M Plus B/W Printer Owners
The HP LaserJet 4M Plus Printer comes from the series of monochrome laser printers by Hewlett Packard for various business applications. It leaves sufficient room for upgrading to catch up with increased productivity demands in the future, such as the memory, duplex unit and media trays. The manufacturer has also added some printing technologies, like the HP LaserJet 4M Plus cartridges, that allow for improved performance and quality printouts.
Within it is a processor of 25MHz that enables the unit to eject as much as 12 monochrome pages per minute. This speed is partly due to the assistance the Memory Enhancement technology, or MEt, provides. This doubles the memory usage of the printer efficiently. The first page is out in 18.6 seconds only. Depending on the printer memory available, warm up time is 45 seconds at most so you can finish right away the printing tasks for the day.
Its body has a dimension of 11.7″ (height) x 16.4″ (width) x 15.9″ (depth) and it weighs 37 lb. Obviously on the bulky side, it’s recommended to have a designated spot for the 4M Plus as it may be somewhat of a hassle to move it around the workplace. Interfaces fitted onto it include Bi-Tronics parallel and 9-pin RS-232-C ports for trouble-free installation to a computer or workgroup.
This unit boasts of an impressive media handling capacity. There are two input trays around. The first one can handle up to 100 sheets and the second one can handle up to 200 sheets. But as much as 3 optional media trays may be attached to the machine, increasing the input and output media capacity to 800 sheets. HP has set the monthly printout volume at 20000 pages. Maintaining this limit allows for optimal printer performance and supplies usage.
Supported media types are bond paper, recycled, vellum, cardstock, labels and envelopes. It’s also possible to use laser-specific transparencies and photo paper. Supported media dimensions are executive, legal, letter and custom ones which measure from as small as 3.5″ x 6.3″ to as big as 8.5″ x 14″. A duplex unit (optional) may be installed for certain tasks that require two-sided printing.
A max of 600 x 600 dpi (dots per inch) print resolution is used by the 4M Plus. Developed by HP itself, REt (Resolution Enhancement technology) helps in rendering lines and text with sharpness and clarity. Printing grayscale images is also hassle-free, as they end up with photorealistic features. For your convenience, this office equipment uses Microfine toners and a single-unit cartridge system.
There’s a 6 MB memory already installed upon purchase. However, there are 4 slots available which can accept single in-line memory modules (SIMMs). Such allow you to expand the unit’s memory to as much as 50 MB. Included are 10 TrueType, 35 IntelliFont and 35 Adobe PostScript font faces. You can fill up free memory with additional font faces, patterns, macros, and many more.
For a business or an office that’s moderately sized, the HP LaserJet 4M Plus Printer can prove to be a helpful tool. It can be used with a single PC or network, and there’s enough room for upgrading to meet varying output requirements. Having professional looking documents becomes simple with industry leading 4M Plus printer toners and all the other printing technologies Hewlett Packard has added into the machine.