High Functionality And Compatibility - The HP Laserjet 8150dn Printer

That print speed comes to the fore right away, with the 8150dn able to kick out product at a fast 32 pages per minute. For a business needing a workhorse network printer, it's hard to find many much better than this Hewlett-Packard model. It is able to juggle a number of different print jobs effortlessly and it has a decently fast processor to help it along.

As far as the media types the 8150dn is able to print on, the best word to describe its capabilities would be "versatile". That's because it can print out on an extremely large number of different paper sizes, as well as transparencies, envelopes and labels. It's a sure bet that this printer will be able to accommodate the needs of most any network workgroup or business.

Connectivity is carried out via means of Hewlett-Packard's bread-and-butter ports. One can expect to be able to hook up the printer either with the traditional parallel port or with a modern and up-to-date Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX printer port. Either will give the IT specialist responsible for hooking it to the network very little trouble, if any at all, in truth.

Another area where the 8150dn performs well is in its print resolution capability, which is 1,200 dots per inch of high-quality printing using HP cartridge. Considering that the printer is made to be more of a workhorse, it wouldn't have come as a surprise if print resolution was only 600 dpi, but Hewlett-Packard has given it a higher quality. This is also surprising when one figures that the printer is mid-priced at best.

Task-to-production times come in at a low 17 seconds, meaning that from the moment the printer is given a job of printing out a document or file it will be only 17 seconds until it emerges. That's made possible by a nice 250 MHz microprocessor, which marries up well with the standard memory included in the printer. It will be able handle a number of jobs from all across the network as well.

As far as memory goes, the Hewlett-Packard comes with 32 MB of it, though that can be increased up to 160 MB of RAM quite easily. Assess the needs of the network or workgroup and how often it requires print jobs to be completed, as well as the size of those jobs, before making a decision about increasing RAM, because the chances are good that it probably won't be necessary.

In all, the HP LaserJet 8150dn printer presents quite a few features and capabilities for the money, especially because that money will be relatively small. At present, this monochrome printer can be found for about $600 new and at retail outlets. Used and refurbished models have been found for less than $200, and they are usually snapped up fairly quickly because they are so versatile and capable.

Part of the reason for the popularity of this printer has to be the 8150dn printer toner. Quality from HP printer toner is no surprise and that standard from HP means value. Savvy shoppers will find online toners cartridges is a value too good to pass up.