Say Goodbye! To Paper Jams With The HP Color Laserjet CP3505n Printer

by erin on January 20, 2010

The most important factor a consumer should keep in mind when purchasing a printer is the intended purpose for the device. While a printer may do any type of print job requested it still might have been designed for one primary type of printing. A photo printer may be able to print a black and white text document, for example, but may use up extra color ink by mixing them to make black. So stock up on HP CP3505n Color toner. The HP Color LaserJet cp3505n printer is a good choice to do plain text or graphic printing with speed sufficient to keep most users satisfied.

Speed is always an area of focus for the person waiting on something to print. There are several areas printer companies focus on that a user will want to consider. The ‘Time to First Page’ measures the amount of time from when you select to print your document to the time the printer presents the first printed sheet. This measurement can be affected by your computer specifications, as the time needed for the print job to be sent from the computer to the printer may vary by computer. The HP cp3505n can present the first page, in black or color, in as fast as twelve and a half seconds… Which is a good speed for even people in a rush.

Another aspect of a printer’s speed is the ‘pages per minute’ rating, which simply is the highest number of pages the printer can output in one-minute time. The time measured will vary with the complexity of the print on the pages; a full-page photo will take longer than a standard text document obviously. The HP cp3505n posts up to twenty-two pages per minute throughput, a very good speed for this level of printer.

A printer user who will be doing a lot of steady printing will want to pay attention to two areas when choosing their printer. The first focus will be the ‘monthly duty cycle’, which is basically to allow a measurement of how robust this printer is compared to similar HP devices. This will allow you to gauge your expected output each month against what the maximum amount the manufacturer expects this printer to handle. The monthly duty cycle HP presents on its HP cp3505n is sixty five thousand pages a month. The second area is a measure of what a company has seen as their optimum page per month, taking into account supply replacement and the life of the printer. This measurement is the ‘recommended monthly print volume’ and for this printer the recommended is fifteen hundred to five thousand pages.

Most users do not worry about print quality if they are printing only simple text documents. An office memo at lowest quality may be sufficient and a good way to save on supplies. However sending documents to others, or graphic printing, may require a good resolution. Print quality is currently measured in ‘dots per inch’ or dpi, which is simply the number of toner/ink dots possible in one inch. The greater the number the better the image will look on the page. This measurement is used in two ways, the pure resolution of the hardware and then the resolution possible with the addition of software technology. This printer is rated at twelve hundred by six hundred dots per inch in both color and black only printing, which is pretty standard. However, the HP cp3505n benefits from HP ImageREt 3600 technology, which improves the quality of the image at twelve hundred by 600 dpi! This technology is specially designed to use the characteristics of the printer’s hardware, toner, HP optimized glossy paper and HP driver technology to present an image that looks better than a standard twelve hundred by six hundred dpi image.

Yet another important factor in selecting the proper printer for a customer is the types of media that are supported. Some printers are designed to print only on plain, letter-sized white paper. Using an unsupported media in a printer can cause anything from poor print quality, frequent paper jams or even damage to the printer hardware. The role the printer is expected to fill should be covered with the supported media types; a plain paper printer will do horribly as a pharmacy label printer for example. The HP cp3505n supports a variety of papers as well as labels, transparencies, cardstock and envelopes.

Printer options are another very important factor to consider when purchasing a printer. These can include additional paper input sources, additional paper output areas, duplex options to print on the front and back of a page, extra memory or storage space, or finishing devices that may staple, collate or hole punch. If you require a function to be done check to make sure your printer supports it, or allows an option addition that will support it.

There are many job roles a print device can perform with toner. When purchasing HP toner and a printer make sure your printer has the capability to meet your needs. Many people find factors such as speed, image quality and duty cycle important when making their decision but these are just some of the areas that a consumer may want to weigh when making a purchase. Concerning the categories covered the HP Color LaserJet cp3505n printer, which uses HP’s Color LaserJet cp3505n toner, would make a dependable office printer.

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