Just What Makes The HP Color LaserJet 3800 Worth The Cost?

With a price tag of less than $1000, the HP Color LaserJet 3800, with the HP Q6471a cartridge, is a very attractive printer. There are only a few color laser printers with around that are available for less than $1000. What attracts most is its color printing capability and its price. We are going to check if this printer has what it takes to be one of the best.

To start us off, let us look at its size and design. It has a footprint of 15.7 x 17.7 inches with a height of 15.7 inches. The device also weighs a hefty 59.7 lbs. Like most HP printers, the LaserJet 3800 has the same white and grey color scheme. The combination of its design and size makes it an ideal printer for any room size.

With a 533 MHz processor and 96 megabyte RAM, this device can handle heavy loads of printing. If you think there is not enough RAM, you can upgrade it up to 544 megabytes. The RAM uses the industry standard DIMM 200-pin or DDR SDRAM, which you can find in any electronic store.

Since this is a sub $1000 color laser printer, it does not have any built-in Ethernet port. However, this did not affect its cost effectiveness. HP was able to put up a whopping 65000 monthly page cycle. The monthly page cycle is double the amount of any sub $1000 color laser printers available in the market today. This number of prints can handle the printing needs of a medium sized office.

Printing speed is necessary in any office laser printer. The average print speed is at around 18 pages per minute for monochrome and 14 pages for color prints. However, the HP LaserJet clocked at around 21 pages per minute for both color and monochrome. It is actually one of the fastest sub $1000 color printers around. The paper tray can handle a maximum of 350 sheets, which is just enough for most users.

The HP LaserJet with Color LaserJet 3800 cartridges has a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi, which is pretty much average for any laser printer. However, what makes the HP stand out is its built-in image enhancer, which is called the ImageREt 3600. The ImageREt 3600 is HP’s award winning image enhancement system that can optimize any image and result to beautiful prints. The package includes 6000-page toner cartridges for black, red, blue, and yellow. Each print cost around 2.2 cents for black and 2.8 for color. This is actually very affordable for a color laser printer in its class. In fact, this is one of lowest we have seen.

Connectivity is pretty basic since it uses a single USB 2.0 hub. It does not have any wireless and parallel port. The package includes a USB wire, which is around 6 feet long. This freebie actually increases its value, since a USB like this will cost around $80. When the machine is in use, it uses approximately 737 Watts. If it is on standby, it brings it down to a measly 48 Watts.

Overall, HP Color LaserJet 3800, with HP 3800 ink is a rock solid printer. Both its performance and price makes it one of the best color laser printers around. In addition, the printing cost is one of the lowest we have seen in a sub $1000 color laser printer. If you are looking for an affordable printer than can print quality monochrome and color image at an affordable price, the LaserJet 3800 is a no-brainer. You see, Q6472a is the best toner cartridges out there.

In which Red dwarf episode did the toaster pester listy ?

great episode but cant remember which one, help please.
i think the toaster was called Eddy, “hey i’m Eddy anyone fancy some toast”

I’m not sure which particular episode you’re referring to, but here’s a list of episodes the toaster was featured in.

Appeared in: Future Echoes (S1) also in Waiting for God (S1), The Last Day (S3), WhiteHole (S4) and The Inquisitor (S5).

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