HP Color LaserJet CP3505x

When it comes to the speed with which this Hewlett-Packard can print product, it comes rated with a full 22 ppm of print capability. This print output speed can be increased slightly by selecting a lower mode of print quality, as 22 ppm is for what the company calls ""best quality mode."" For a business needing slightly faster print speeds, this is a good option to have.

It usually only takes about 12.5 seconds to get the first sheet from the printer after the print job has been sent to it from a computer. This should help to keep down crowds around the printer waiting for product to emerge from it. When it comes to task-to-output, this is an excellent production time that is sure to please bosses who are concerned about employee productivity. HP toner helps achieve this.

"This HP model is also fairly durable, with a rated monthly duty cycle of 65,000 pages. For those who don't know, ""duty cycle"" is the max number of pages per month a printer can image and then put out. Hewlett-Packard says that maximum monthly pages required of the printer should run between 1,500 and 5,000 before performing very basic and easy-to-do maintenance."

When it comes to the quality of the output that the printer delivers to its users, it appears to be generally excellent with resolution as high as 1,200 x 600 dpi. This is for both black and white and color. Speaking of that color capability, this machine will require four separate printer cartridges (black, magenta, yellow and cyan). This is standard for most color printers, by the way.

This particular unit from HP also comes with three standard printer trays that can hold up to 850 sheets of paper between them. It is also fairly well equipped and can perform automatic duplex (two-sided) printing whenever needed. The printer can handle a variety of media types, including bond paper, labels and envelopes. As well, there's a multipurpose tray that can hold a number of different custom media size objects.

Memory supplied with the Hewlett-Packard CP3505x is excellent, coming with 324 MB of RAM which can be upgraded, if needed, to 1,024 MB. This should be far more memory than most networked workgroups would need at any one time. It's also handled via an excellent 450 MHz processor, which will help to ensure that all print orders are prioritized and then produced quickly and with no drama.

It's obvious just from a casual appraisal that the HP Color LaserJet CP3505x printer is intended for purely business use and that it doesn't come as cheap as one might hope. Presently, it is listing for as high as $3,000, though many websites are selling new models for about $1,500 after discounts. Still, for a machine of such great versatility, this seems a small price to pay for a business-type printer.

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