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HP Color LaserJet 3700n Review
 
Editor's Review
HP Color LaserJet 3700n by Mel Meyers 09/08/2010 OVERVIEW: Similar in appearance and function as the Color LaserJet 4700, the 2004 HP LaserJet 3700n is a single-pass color laser printer that can print color prints as fast as black & white at 16 pages. Four models give you the flexibility to choose the printer best suited for your office.
Editor's Pros & Cons
PROS: There are four variations in the LaserJet 3700n series: The basic 3700, the network-ready 3700n, the 3700dn with Ethernet and duplexer, the 850-sheet capacity 3700dtn. The network, memory, and extra paper tray are available as optional accessories and can be easily added to any printer with no more than a screwdriver. Most businesses will start with the 3700n model and upgrade from there. Weighing in at a hefty 73 pounds, 3700n will take up a 20” x 18” footprint on a sturdy table or printing kiosk. With a minimum height of 18” (taller with the extra paper tray), you want to have plenty of headspace. The LaserJet 3700n comes standard with a 250-sheet cassette tray, capable of holding over a half-ream of letter or legal-size paper. For more capacity, an additional 500-sheet cassette can be stacked to bring the total printing capacity to 850 pages. The flip-door on the front of the printer reveals a 100-sheet multi-purpose tray that can handle transparencies, labels, post cards, envelopes, and to 8.5” x 14” legal paper of various bond weights up to 43 pounds. Using an instant fuser-on technology, the LaserJet can go from sleep to print in 20 seconds. The LaserJet 3700n can print up to 16 pages per minute, be it B&W or color. Single-pass color printing allows color print speeds to be almost as fast as many monochrome laser printers in its time. To achieve the 2400 x 2400 color resolution HP utilizes a technique where each dot in the native 600 x 600 dpi contains 4 colors. Think of it like having a whole pie then cutting it up into 4 smaller pieces. At the maximum print resolution text is reasonably sharp, and photographs are very detailed with smooth color transitions. If you want to print in B & W, the printer software will allow for you to only use the black toner, saving on color toner. In addition to Ethernet, the LaserJet 3700n also has a Parallel port interface, and the slower USB 1.1 socket. With a loudness of only 49dB, this is one of HP’s quieter color lasers. The built-in 124MB of printer memory can be expanded up to 448MB, enabling the LaserJet 3700n to easily handle workloads as a high-volume network printer. Understanding the needs of graphic designers, PostScript 3 print emulation is included along with HP PCL5e, and PCL6. CONS: When introduced in 2004, 16 ppm color printing was fast. Two years later the HP LaserJet 4700 almost doubled that at 30 ppm. If you are looking to invest in a refurbished color laser, you might want to opt for the color LaserJet 4700. Customer Reviews For HP Color LaserJet 3700n
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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. Out of the box, HP includes standard 6,000-page yield toner cartridges. Of course those numbers are based on official standard of “5% ink coverage per page”. To give you an idea of what that mean’s: 5% is the amount of toner to print a business letter, a printout of a news webpage will need 10% ink coverage; a newsletter 30%, and a print with graphics, text, and photos can exceed 60% coverage. These “no-shake” design cartridges can be purchased separately, especially if the black toner gets depleted at a higher rate than the other colors. Combo-packages are available to save costs. Other consumables you’ll need to consider is replacement of the Image Fuser and the Image Transfer units every 60,000 images. 
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