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Add OnsHP Color LaserJet 3600N Review
Editor's Review
by Mel Meyers 10/12/2010
HP Color LaserJet 3600N by Mel Meyers 10/12/2010
OVERVIEW:
Similar in appearance and function as the Color LaserJet 3700, the HP LaserJet 3600N is a single-pass network color laser printer that can print color prints as fast as black & white at 17 ppm.
Editor's Pros & Cons
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PROS:
Weighing in just under 60 pounds, 3600N will take up a 16” x 21” footprint on a sturdy table or printer kiosk. The 16-inch height is just high enough to clear overhanging shelves in an office cubicle.
The LaserJet 3600N comes with a 250-sheet legal-size cassette tray, capable of holding over a half-ream of letter or legal-size paper. The flip-door on the front of the printer reveals a 100-sheet multi-purpose tray that can handle transparencies, labels, 3 x 5” post cards, envelopes, and to 8½” x 14” legal paper of various bond weights. A 500-sheet tray is optional to give you a maximum paper capacity of 850 sheets.
Using an instant fuser-on technology, the LaserJet can go from sleep to print in 14 seconds. The LaserJet 3600N can print up to 17 pages per minute, be it B&W or color. Single-pass color printing allows color print speeds to be the same as monochrome printing. To increase the native 600 x 600 dpi resolution of the LaserJet 3600, 3800, and 4700 series, HP developed a technology called ImageREt 3600. The result is prints with the professional quality resolution of 3600 dpi. At the maximum print resolution text is reasonably sharp, and photographs are very detailed with smooth color transitions.
In addition to Ethernet, the LaserJet 3600N also comes with USB 2.0 for direct connection to a computer. The LaserJet 3600 comes with a modest 64MB of memory that is not expandable. LaserJet 3600N relies on host-based emulation to handle most print jobs. The 3600N does not does not have PostScript and HP recommends buying the 3800 series LaserJet for those who need the Adobe print language for graphic design.
If you happen to be an administrator responsible for several networked HP printers, the HP Web JetAdmin application gives you the ability to remotely monitor and manage multiple network LaserJet and HP Inkjet printers including this model. To remotely change network printer configurations and notifications, the JetAdmin service allows printer management using your IE, Safari, or Firefox Internet browser. One cravat I recently discovered about the app is it will not install on a Windows 7 computer. Vista, yes, but Win 7 no.
CONS:
Weighing in just under 60 pounds, 3600N will take up a 16” x 21” footprint on a sturdy table or printer kiosk. The 16-inch height is just high enough to clear overhanging shelves in an office cubicle.
The LaserJet 3600N comes with a 250-sheet legal-size cassette tray, capable of holding over a half-ream of letter or legal-size paper. The flip-door on the front of the printer reveals a 100-sheet multi-purpose tray that can handle transparencies, labels, 3 x 5” post cards, envelopes, and to 8½” x 14” legal paper of various bond weights. A 500-sheet tray is optional to give you a maximum paper capacity of 850 sheets.
Using an instant fuser-on technology, the LaserJet can go from sleep to print in 14 seconds. The LaserJet 3600N can print up to 17 pages per minute, be it B&W or color. Single-pass color printing allows color print speeds to be the same as monochrome printing. To increase the native 600 x 600 dpi resolution of the LaserJet 3600, 3800, and 4700 series, HP developed a technology called ImageREt 3600. The result is prints with the professional quality resolution of 3600 dpi. At the maximum print resolution text is reasonably sharp, and photographs are very detailed with smooth color transitions.
In addition to Ethernet, the LaserJet 3600N also comes with USB 2.0 for direct connection to a computer. The LaserJet 3600 comes with a modest 64MB of memory that is not expandable. LaserJet 3600N relies on host-based emulation to handle most print jobs. The 3600N does not does not have PostScript and HP recommends buying the 3800 series LaserJet for those who need the Adobe print language for graphic design.
Rather than developing machine-specific drivers for newer operating systems like Vista and Windows 7, HP offers the Universal Print Driver. The UPD is a lot like buying a hat or a shirt that says “one size fits all”—and I’ll leave that conclusion to your own personal experiences. Owners of Apple computers running OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), HP does not offer any print drivers—you have to use the ones that come with OS 10.6.
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INK/TONER NEEDS:
Toner and drum are both accessible from the front panel, eliminating the need to have to move the printer to replace consumables. While many color laser printers have a separate imaging drum, the LaserJet 3600N’s drum is into the cartridge to keep replacing consumable simple. Out of the box, HP includes a 6,000-page yield black toner cartridge, and three 4000-page yield color cartridges. Of course those numbers are based on the official standard of “5% ink coverage per page”. To give you an idea of what that means to the real world, 5% is the amount of toner to print a business letter; a printout of a news webpage will need 10% ink coverage; a newsletter can use 30%; and a print with graphics, text, and photos can exceed 60% coverage. So when you look at those numbers, expect it to only last about half that amount.
These “no-shake” design cartridges can be purchased separately, especially since the black and yellow toners get depleted at a higher rate than the other colors. Combo-packages are available to save costs.
