The Latest In Print Technology The HP LaserJet 5100 Printer For Your Work Group
If your office or workgroup needs a dependable black printer, one of the machines from the HP LaserJet 5100 printer family may be a good choice. There are three printers in this family. The basic model is the HP LaserJet 5100 printer using 5100 toner cartridge. The 5100tn and the 5100dtn are the other models. The latter two models offer some upgrades that can be added later to the 5100 model, as well as some features that are not available as upgrades.
The LaserJet 5100 is the base model of the family. It is equipped with 16 MB of SDRAM. The upgraded 5100tn and 5100dtn models both come equipped with 32 MB of SDRAM. All models are equipped with three memory slots. Maximum internal memory is 192 MB and a 10 GB hard drive is available. A 300 MHz RISC is installed internally in the machine.
The base model comes equipped to handle 350 sheets of paper. Its multipurpose tray will hold 100 sheets of paper and standard tray 250 sheets of paper. A second 250 sheet tray can be added to bring the total capacity of this machine to six hundred sheets. The upgraded models can have these same capacities; however a standard 500 sheet paper tray is included so they can hold a total of 1,100 sheets of paper. These options mean you can spend less time changing paper to get the size you need for your prints.
As with most machines, preventative maintenance is important to keep your printer in top printing condition. HP offers several parts to help with regular maintenance. These include a roller kit and a maintenance kit.
This family of printers includes all monochrome printers. The first print is produced in less than thirteen seconds. Letter sized prints are produced at 21 pages per minute. The printer is rated with a monthly duty cycle of 65,000 pages.
Duplex Printing is offered as an option on the 5100 and 5100tn machines. It is standard on the 5100dtn machine. The printers accept paper from legal sizes to the large tabloid which gives full bleed on an 11 x 17 sheet of paper. It will print on vellum and transparencies as well as copier or bond papers. All three printers will handle papers in the range of 16 lb to the 53 lb weight.
The machine was designed for operation with all Windows systems up to and including XP. It is likely that Vista and Windows 7 will transition smoothly to the machine. It is also able to make prints directly from AutoCAD programs. Prints have very little distortion. Maximum resolution is at 1,200 dpi. These characteristics make this machine an excellent choice for drafting or design teams.
The HP LaserJet 5100 printer family was introduced several years ago using some of the most innovative technology available from HP at the time. They offered excellent paper handling and great quality prints. The speed is not the fastest available from HP today, but still an acceptable 21 ppm. The printer is equally at home in a general office environment as it is with drafting and design teams or finance teams. It produces black prints that are of the highest quality and prints on several sizes of media using HP toners. This printer is an economical choice for many work groups.
This economy continues in the 5100 with the LaserJet 5100 printer toner. Using a quality HP printer toner removes any worry about what your final prints look like. Online merchants offer toner at a price that will ensure you never have to minimize your production.
