Pros
- Inexpensive; very good print quality
- Competent speeds
Cons
- No weekend support
- Some pieces rattle and feel cheap
At A Glance
For the price, you get solid overall performance--but a somewhat less solid-feeling package.
Manufacturer’s Description
Create print shop-quality marketing materials and documents in your office, fast, with this networked color laser printer Save paper and time with available duplexing and and an additional 250-sheet paper tray.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | CB496A |
| Processor | |
| Processor speed | 0.54 MHz |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Memory | |
| Memory size | 0.128 MB |
| Memory max | 0.384 GB |
| Display | |
| Display type | Monochrome |
| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 445 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 18 watts |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 1.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 15.9 inches |
| Depth | 17.9 inches |
| Height | 12.7 inches |
| Weight | 50.0 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Maximum sheet capacity with standard trays | 250.0 sheets |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 250 |
| 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 | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5c |
| Postcript Type | HP postscript level 3 emulation |
| Vendor Rated Speeds | |
| Monochrome print speed | 21 ppm |
| Color print speed | 21 ppm |
| Warranty | |
| Warranty information | 1 Year |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Superior |
| Print quality: Color photo | Superior |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Fair |
| Copy quality | n/a |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 17.5 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Overall Scan Quality | n/a |
| Color Output Quality | Superior |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 41.59 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 3.2 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Very Good |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 25.29 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 17.58 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 44.68 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 3.4 |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 17.38 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 20.24 |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 19.23 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 18.77 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 4.2 |
