HP COLOR LASERJET 3700DTN COLOR TONER CARTRIDGES SET

HP Color LaserJet 3700dtn Review

Overview:

The HP Color LaserJet 3700dtn, an upgrade from the 3700dn and its predecessors, is a practical printer that offers quality output. This printer is affordable, effortless, and reliable in its printing capabilities. With reasonable print rates, this printer is easy to operate and maintain. This model is the biggest of the 3700 family, and sits at 23.8" in height, 17.6" in depth, and 19" in width; this printer is the heaviest at 88.5 pounds. This device and its capabilities make it a suitable companion in small-medium business sizes.

Pros:

This device printers up to 16 pages per minute with a first-page-output of the day at 20 seconds or less. A MIPS RISC 350 Mega Hertz processor is incorporated alongside with HP ImageREt 2400 technologies. The 3700 and the 3700n model utilizes memory of 128 Mega Byte, but the 3700dn and 3700dtn uses a standard 256 Mega Byte. There is no extra capacity in the maximum memory; the maximum memory is 448 Mega Bytes. Businesses are guaranteed a monthly duty cycle of 55,000 pages. The official resolution is a True 600 x 600 dots per inch, but pages will look more refined that your typical 600 x 600 resolution. The HP 3700dtn is a corporate cog that facilitates a nice collection of media handling components; Tray 1 (100-sheets, Tray 2 (250-sheets), and Tray 3 (500-sheets).

Unlike the 3700 and 3700n, the 3700dtn has automatic duplex printing. This means that users do not have to stand around flipping pages just to get a 2-sided print. Users don't have to stand around wasting time, and they can devote the saved time to an area of more valuable productivity. Looking at the 3700 model in hindsight, there is an open EIO slot. On the 3700dtn, that same open EIO slot is replaced with an HP Jetdirect 615n print server. Basically, this printer is network-ready right out of the box.

The printer can handle a limited variety of paper sizes like (Monarch, No. 10) envelopes, executive, legal, and letter. Tray 1 can handle media in sizes 3 x 5" to 8.5 x 14". Tray 2 can handle media sizes of 5.8 x 8.3" to 8.5 x 14". Tray 3 can handle media sizes of 8.5 x 11" and 8.3 x 11.7". It appears that the tray paper size requirements are equipped to handle everyday corporate mediums like card stock, labels, transparencies, envelopes, paper (recycled, tough, glossy, plain).

People or organizations who purchase this item will receive proper out-of-the-box materials like an internal print server, 500-sheet tray, one of each toner (black, yellow, magenta, cyan), a power-cord, CD with software and user guide, setup poster, and a 'Getting Started Guide'. It is advisable to purchase an extra set of toner cartridges. It is unclear whether the purchase includes an Ethernet cable or USB wire.

The (J3258B) 170x print server utilizes an Ethernet, which is the most basic of network configurations. The (J6035C) 175x print server uses a 10/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet. An HP Jetdirect en3700 (J7942A) external server uses the same connection as the 175x server. A (J6061A) Jetdirect 380x 802.11b is used for wireless connections. For those old fashioned network administrators, a Token Ring configuration is possible on the (J3264A) Jetdirect 500x print server. Although, the battle between Ethernet Star Topologies and Token Ring has already been fought with Ethernet as the victor.

Cons:

Though this printer is an effective corporate cog, it is recommended that the computers networked with the device are running on Windows XP Professional platforms; in-house and mobile computing. The device has been discontinued from HP, thus making it difficult to obtain drivers for newer operating systems like Windows Vista or Windows 7. Other than the weight and size differences in comparison to the 3700 model, there are not really any cons to this device worth noting.