HP LaserJet 4000 series

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The LaserJet 4000 series is Hewlett-Packard's medium-duty monochrome laser printer range and the successor to the LaserJet 6 series.

The LaserJet 4000 series, like most of Hewlett-Packard's laser printer series, follow the standard nomenclature for denoting factory-included features.

• n = network ready
• t = additional tray to hold an extra 500 sheets
• d = double sided printing
• s = stacker for output tray
• l = stapler.

Contents 1 LaserJet 4000 2 LaserJet 4100 3 LaserJet 4200 4 LaserJet 4300 5 Comparison 6 References 7 External links

[edit] LaserJet 4000

The LaserJet 4000/4050 and their respective variants were the first printers released in the 4000 series. The LaserJet 4000 series printers print letter paper at 17 pages per minute, and can be set to print at 600 dpi or 1200 dpi. These printers may be connected to a computer using either the serial port , parallel port or RJ-45 ( for the network capable "N" series ). The LaserJet 4000 series has been discontinued.

Name	Model #	Description
LaserJet 4000	C4118A	4 MB RAM (internal); one 500-sheet tray
LaserJet 4000T	C4119A	4 MB RAM (internal); two 250-sheet trays
LaserJet 4000N	C4120A	8 MB RAM (4 MB internal); HP Jetdirect print server card (J3111A) for connecting to a network; one 500-sheet tray
LaserJet 4000TN	C4121A	8 MB RAM (4 MB internal); HP Jetdirect print server card (J3111A) for connecting to a network; two 250-sheet trays
LaserJet 4000se	C3094A	4 MB RAM (internal); one 500-sheet tray. HP LaserJet Internet Publishing software is also included.

Name	Model #	Description
LaserJet 4050	C4251A	8 MB RAM (internal); one 500-sheet tray
LaserJet 4050T	C4252A	8 MB RAM (internal); two 250-sheet trays
LaserJet 4050N	C4253A	16 MB RAM (8 MB internal); HP Jetdirect print server card (CJ3113A) for connecting to a network; one 500-sheet tray
LaserJet 4050TN	C4254A	16 MB RAM (8 MB internal); HP Jetdirect print server card (CJ3113A) for connecting to a network; two 250-sheet trays
LaserJet 4050se	C4254A	4 MB RAM (internal); one 500-sheet tray.
LaserJet 4050USB	C7829A	4 MB RAM (internal); USB; LocalTalk; one 500-sheet tray.

[edit] LaserJet 4100

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The HP LaserJet 4100 series were replacements for the HP LaserJet 4000 series of printers. The LaserJet 4100 series printers print letter paper at 25 pages per minute, and can be set to print at 600 dpi or 1200 dpi. These printers may be connected to a computer using either the serial port, parallel port or RJ-45 ( for the network capable "N"series" ). The LaserJet 4100 series has been discontinued.

Name	Model #	Description
LaserJet 4100	C8049A	16 MB RAM (internal); one 600-sheet tray
LaserJet 4100T	C4119A	16 MB RAM (internal); one 600-sheet tray; one 500-sheet tray.
LaserJet 4100N	C8050A	32 MB RAM; HP Jetdirect print server card (J4169A) for connecting to a network; one 600-sheet tray
LaserJet 4100TN	C8051A	32 MB RAM; HP Jetdirect print server card (J4169A) for connecting to a network; one 600-sheet tray; one 500-sheet tray.
LaserJet 4100DTN	C8052A	32 MB RAM; duplexer; HP Jetdirect print server card (J4169A) for connecting to a network; one 600-sheet tray; one 500-sheet tray.
LaserJet 4100mfp	C9148A	64 MB RAM; 5GB (or larger) hard disk; HP Jetdirect print server card (J4169A) for connecting to a network; one 500-sheet tray; automatic document feeder (ADF).
LaserJet 4101mfp	C9149A	64 MB RAM; 5GB (or larger) hard disk; duplexer; HP Jetdirect print server card (J4169A) for connecting to a network; two 500-sheet trays; automatic document feeder (ADF).

[edit] LaserJet 4200

The HP LaserJet 4200 series were replacements for the HP LaserJet 4100 series of printers. They were introduced in December 2002 together with the HP LaserJet 4300 series. The HP 4200 series of printers consists of the following

• 4200
• 4200n
• 4200tn
• 4200dtn
• 4200dtns
• 4200dtnsl.

The base model, the 4200, has the following specifications: 48 MB of memory, parallel port connection and a 600 sheet paper tray. All the others with factory-installed features as indicated above have 64 MB of memory.

They are all powered by a PMC-Sierra RM7065A CPU running at 300 MHz. This is a 64 bit processor based on the MIPS architecture. The printing engine is manufactured by Canon.

This series of printers can handle PCL, PostScript, HP-GL/2 and PJL print languages.

[edit] LaserJet 4300

The LaserJet 4300 series are a faster version of the LaserJet 4200 series of printers. The HP 4300 series of printers consists of the following

• 4300
• 4300n
• 4300tn
• 4300dtn
• 4300dtns
• 4300dtnsl.

The base model, the 4300, has the following specifications: 64MB of memory, parallel port connection and a 600 sheet paper tray. All the others with factory-installed features as indicated above have 80MB of memory.

They are all powered by a PMC-Sierra RM7065A CPU running at 350MHz. This is a 64 bit processor based on the MIPS architecture.

This series can handle PCL, PostScript, HP-GL/2 and PJL print languages.

[edit] Comparison

Comparison table of HP LaserJet 4000 models

Model	Introduction	CPU Speed	Print resolution (DPI)[1]	Print speed (PPM)[2]	Standard memory	Maximum memory
4000	1997	100 MHz	1200	17	4 MB	100 MB
4050	1999	133 MHz	1200	17	8 MB	192 MB
4100	March 2001	250 MHz	1200	25	16 MB	256 MB
4200	December 2002	300 MHz	1200	35	48 MB	416 MB
4300	December 2002	350 MHz	1200	45	64 MB	416 MB

[edit] References

1. ^ Resolution is given in dots per inch (DPI)
2. ^ Print speed is given in pages per minute (PPM)

[edit] External links

• LaserJet 4200
• LaserJet 4000 Specifications