While the hefty HP Color LaserJet 2840, which weighs in at a total 75.4 pounds, is just a little too big to be comfortably referred to as a personal printer, the device comes so fully loaded with features that you may want to consider making room on your desk. With the power of a color laser multifunction center at a price affordable for a home office, the HP Color LaserJet 2840 is a unique find in a market flooded with monochrome devices.
A width of 20.9 inches and depth of 19.6 inches make the HP Color LaserJet 2840 at least reasonably manageable for personal use, and its top heavy design, with a height of 22.6 inches, keeps its footprint at a reasonable girth. With a 30,000 possible impression maximum monthly duty cycle, users can feel confident they will get the most out of their investment.
The HP Color LaserJet 2840 comes equipped with a standard memory of 96 MBs, which should serve almost all print and copy functions perfectly well. However, when dealing with extremely complex input material or print output, slowdown can occur, which is why HP included an expansion slot that allows for a maximum of 224 MBs of total memory to be incorporated into the unit.
Print speeds come highly segregated, with a 20 page per minute black and white print or copy speed, and only a 4 page per minute color print speed. With such a slow color output, it is safe to say that the HP Color LaserJet 2840′s color capabilities were intended for light output duty. That being said, adding the ability for the occasional color project to an already powerful monochrome device makes the 2840 one of the most versatile in its class.
Color copying can be done in a range of resolutions maxing out at 600 x 600 dots per inch. Enlargement and reduction functions can be activated directly from the unit with a range of 25% up to 400% in single percentage increments. Print resolution also tops out at 600 x 600 dots per inch which, while not ideal for color imagery, should make for acceptable picture reproductions.
Scanning resolution is boosted up to a 1200 x 1200 dot per inch max for optical scans, and a head turning 19,200 x 19,200 dot per inch maximum when using interpolation technology. Color scans are made possible with a 24 bit depth.
A super G3 fax modem allows for 33.6 Kbps transmission speed faxes with selectable resolutions of 203 x 98 dpi, 203 x 196 dpi, and 300 x 300 dpi. A total memory capacity of 250 pages allows incoming faxes to be stored internally even when paper outages make hard copies impossible. Data can then be deferred to a local computer via PC faxing, or stored indefinitely. With faxing, as well as printing, copying, and scanning, all in bright, full color, and right at your fingertips, the HP Color LaserJet 2840 would make a welcome addition to any small office, or home business that has the space for it.
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