HP Color LaserJet 3800

Quality

When it comes to what the 3800 can do in terms of print output, 22 pages per minute is the norm, and this is actually one of the 3800's bigger selling points, because many laser jet printers aren't nearly as fast. The pages that emerge will be in color or black-and-white, and they'll come out in about 13 seconds once the print job has been sent by the computer user to the printer itself. This low tasking time is excellent for printer of its price range.

For anyone interested in the durability of the printer, this particular model is good for around 65,000 pages per month of printing before needing very basic maintenance, which is an excellent rate for a printer that is marketed for a very nice price. It's a laser jet model, meaning that it will make use of four separate cartridges (black, cyan, yellow and magenta), which differentiates it from a laser toner cartridge model, so keep that in mind.

Processor

Processing capabilities in the 3800 printer are quite good, and HP has supplied a 533 MHz chip that is extremely nimble and light on its feet. It will be able to take a great many separate print tasks, all coming into the printer at the same time, separate and collate them and then deliver what is asked, when it is asked. HP is known for its network printer capabilities, and this one delivers on almost every front.

Print quality is standard for printers in this segment, at 600 dots per inch resolution. In terms of clearness and clarity, most any job required by a networked workgroup will be more than up to the task and criteria, meaning there will be a nice looking product, free of smudging or blurriness in almost every case, including jobs with graphics present within them.

Paper

The printer itself can hold a total of three paper trays, with a total of 850 sheets of paper able to be held within those trays. Additionally, it can handle up to 10 envelopes, though there is no automated envelope feeder -- which really isn't a problem because the printer itself is quite easy to maneuver when it's time to have an envelope printed out.

Memory is one of the 3800's strong attributes, and it comes in at a total of 544 MB. 96 MB of RAM is standard. This means that the 3800 should be able to handle even gargantuan print jobs of hundreds of pages with little to no problem whatsoever once its memory is increased. It, like many HP products, is capable of making use of Windows-based operating systems to run itself, and - somewhat surprisingly - it also is able to make use of a number of different Mac OS systems.

Summary

Totaling up what the HP Color LaserJet 3800 printer can do is actually a fairly pleasing task because Hewlett-Packard has made a networkable workgroup printer that is easy to handle. It comes at a reasonable price and is fairly durable and functional in everything that it can do, as well. Most workgroups would feel themselves lucky to have this particular model.

One of the things that this HP printer does well is produce gorgeously clear prints. No one will be surprised that HP toner is a quality product, however, the competitive prices offered by online vendors for replacement printer toner should come as a pleasant revelation.