Pros
- Low price; excellent text quality
- Excellent setup and documentation
Cons
- Confusing control panel; heavy weight
- Not expandable
At A Glance
This basic office printer balances good pricing, speed, and print quality with a sometimes-awkward design.
Manufacturer’s Description
HL-4040CN Network-ready color laser printer prints 21 pages per minute with 2400 x 600 dpi. First black/white page is out in less than 16 seconds. First color page is out in 17 seconds. Printer produces high-quality color reports, brochures, and presentations right from your desktop, or directly from a USB Flash Memory drive, using its built-in front-panel USB Direct Interface. Color laser printer features a 64MB memory capacity; PCL6 emulation; flexible 300-sheet paper input capacity, including a fold-down multipurpose tray for envelopes and letterhead; and a PictBridge interface for digital cameras. Built-in Ethernet network interface allows you to share it with your small workgroup.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | HL4040CN |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 64.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.576 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | No |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | Yes |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 0 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 0 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 16.5 inches |
| Depth | 18.7 inches |
| Height | 12.5 inches |
| Weight | 64.2 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 300 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 1 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 2 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 2400 x 600 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 2400 x 600 dpi |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | PCL6 |
| Postcript Type | none |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Superior |
| Print quality: Color photo | Fair |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Fair |
| Copy quality | n/a |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 19.3 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Overall Scan Quality | n/a |
| Color Output Quality | Good |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 31.8 |
| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 3.9 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 3.3 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Very Good |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 33.99 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 15.21 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 40.4 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1.9 |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 16.42 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 19.7 |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 21.28 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 18.19 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 4.2 |
