Information For Prospective HP LaserJet 4M Plus Printer Owners

by erin on November 3, 2010

Coming from Hewlett Packard’s series of black-and-white laser printers for business use is the HP LaserJet 4M Plus Printer. It has enough room for upgrading, such as additional media trays, memory and a unit that enables duplex printing. Such ensures that the machine can easily grow with your increasing productivity needs. Additionally, the HP toner cartridge 4M Plus enhances performance and printout quality.

A speed of 12 ppm (pages per minute) is provided by a 25-MHz processor. Working with it is the MEt (Memory Enhancement technology). This efficiently makes the most out of the printer’s available memory so optimum performance is achieved. It takes about 18.6 seconds for the first black-and-white page to be out. Warm up time takes less than 45 seconds, so everyday tasks can be accomplished the soonest time possible.

It weighs 37 lb and measures 11.7 in x 16.4 in x 15.9 in (height x width x depth). With these figures, the 4M Plus is obviously a bit bulky. Having a designated space for this is advisable, as taking it from one spot in the office to another can be a problem. For hassle-free installation to a PC or network, there are two connectivity options available: the RS-232-C with 9 pins and the Bi-Tronics parallel ports.

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.

Regular, recycled, rough, vellum, labels, envelopes and index cards are some media types supported. You may also feed transparencies and glossy photo paper specifically designed for a laser printer. Legal, letter and executive are the media sizes supported. But it can also handle custom sizes, ranging from 3.5 in x 6.3 in to as much as 8.5 in x 14 in. An optional duplex unit may be used for tasks which necessitate printing on both sides of the paper.

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 toner 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 HP toner and all the other printing technologies Hewlett Packard has added into the machine.

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