Pros
- High-quality color printing
- Good paper handling, including duplexer
Cons
- Slow print speeds
- High costs per page
At A Glance
This fully loaded model has three paper trays and a duplexer, and prints high-quality photos, but print speeds are slow.
Manufacturer’s Description
Get your work done quickly and professionally with this simple, intuitive printer. It's easy and amazingly affordable to add color to all your documents. Enjoy superior print quality and achieve professional-quality results in brilliant color with HP ColorSphere Toner and HP Imageret 2400. Get more done and at a remarkably affordable cost with this reliable and versatile color laser printer. Take advantage of special features in the printer and supplies that make work tasks easier, more efficient, and more productive.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | Q7823A |
| Inventory Number | 25380 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 64.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.32 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | No |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | No |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 260 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 18 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 16.1 inches |
| Depth | 17.8 inches |
| Height | 19.4 inches |
| Weight | 52.1 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 3 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 500 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 1 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Standard |
| Max Input Trays | 3 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 1100.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | CompactFlash |
| Micro SD | xD-Picture Card |
| SD card | SD Card |
| Memory stick | Memory Stick |
| Smart media | SmartMedia |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | PCL6 |
| Postcript Type | Level 3 emulation |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Very Good |
| Print quality: Color photo | Good |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Fair |
| Copy quality | n/a |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 11.6 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Overall Scan Quality | n/a |
| Color Output Quality | Good |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Poor |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 57.09 |
| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 1.9 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 1.6 |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Good |
| Line Art Output Quality | Good |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 37.41 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 31.19 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 67.05 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1.1 |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Good |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 29.13 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 1.1 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 30.85 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Good |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 57.15 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 37.82 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 2 |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Very Good |
