Affordable Innovation - The HP LaserJet 5000 Printer

Any small business can take advantage and profit from a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 5000 printer. It is an economical machine that uses monochrome LaserJet 5000 Toner and is made for wireless printing and is capable of network printing. The software included has drivers that allow the printer to work with both MAC and Windows operating systems.

Printer Advantages

Contrasting most printers, 12 seconds is the warm-up time for any project. It produces high quality 1200 dots per inch printing which allows for one of its capabilities to be creating professional grade business cards. It possesses a duty cycle of 65,000 pages per month. This is not always necessary, but remains an asset during intense business schedules or any heavily promotional periods. A high yield printer cartridge is included, so there is little need for a large stock of toner. Every cartridge contains the printing efficiency of 10,000 pages.

Added Adaptions

Both a standard printing and a multipurpose tray are offered with this model. The standard tray holds 250 sheets of paper while the multipurpose tray will hold up to 100 sheets. Holding only 300 pages, the output trays can not compete with the input trays. In order to prevent papers from falling to the floor, a sensor was adapted to stop printing once the output tray is full.

Optional Trays

These optional paper trays allow the printer to hold up to 850 total pages. The printer hold a maximum of four trays. For the business that does a lot of two sided printing, there is a duplexer available for purchase. If more storage is necessary, there are two more trays available with the capacity of 250 sheets and 500 sheets.

Different Capabilities

This printer possesses the ability to accomplish many tasks, such as printing transparencies, labels and card stock up to 53 lbs. Card stock printing is a breeze with the use of the multipurpose tray. The print quality will be evenly matched for jobs ranging from general daily office printing to promotional items. Paper size printing capability is for paper as small as 3 x 5 inches and as large as 11 x 17 inches.

Network Printing

A large amount of RAM available on a printer provides fast printing on a network. If the set up is for a workgroup and will minimize any possible printing delays and keep work moving smoothly. It comes with just 4MB of RAM which is good for a small or home based business. For a workgroup, it will need more and there are three DIMM slots for adding memory. It may be added in increments of 4, 6, 8, 16, and 32 MB. The processor is 100MHz and is sufficient to facilitate smooth printing.

Efficient Size

The printer is able to sit on a desktop if necessary. It is 19.1 inches in width, 19 inches in length and 12.8 inches in height and weighs 46 pounds. The size is convenient but at this weight, a printer cart may be needed. In addition to the slots for RAM memory expansion, there is flash memory at 2 to 4 MB. These hold memory permanently even when the printer is off. There is a parallel IEEE1284 port and a 232C serial port to connect it to the computer.

Best Match

An HP LaserJet 5000 printer is just right for a small or home business. What is best about it would be the ability to save money. Every business needs letter head and business cards. If these items are done monochrome, this printer will do both with great quality. Savings will be found with the HP Laser Toner as well, since it comes standard with one that prints 10,000 pages.