subject: Looking Up The Hp Laserjet 2500 Printer [print this page] Sizing up the HP LaserJet 2500 printer is fairly easy to do because, like many Hewlett-Packard printers, it's so easy to understand. For one, this workgroup printer delivers nice text quality as well as a low cost of operation using HP C9700a black toner cartridge, which is sure to be appreciated by many businesses today, as focused as they are on controlling costs. Additionally, this printer can support both PC and Mac operations, which is a bonus.
What's perhaps most surprising about this particular networked workgroup printer is that it lists for only $330. At present, a number of online retailers are also discounting it to a price much less than that. When one considers, again, that the 2500 is delivering good performance for a low price, it's easy to see why a business might want to consider this printer when it's replacement time.
Physical dimensions of the 2500 come in at 19" x 18" x 20" in height. It also is fairly light in weight, coming in at only 65 pounds. For the IT specialist who has to connect it and also perform maintenance on it, moving it around and such, this is bound to come as good news. Hewlett-Packard seems focused on such things as size and weight, by the way.
In standard print configuration (meaning, quality) the 2500 can deliver up to 16 pages per minute of decent printed product. If high-quality output is desired, it can be readjusted, though print output per minute will drop to about four pages. Still, the level of quality at its best rivals what one might see on fine stationery and from a print shop.
The IT specialist responsible for connecting this printer to its network will have little trouble doing so. The HP LaserJet 2500 cartridges comes with standard wired technology, including USB 2.0 and Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX ports. For an older network that hasn't been upgraded to newer technology as yet, there is also an old-style parallel port that's available for the IT specialist's use.
As was mentioned, the quality of product that the 2500 puts out should be good enough in standard configuration, at 600 dots per inch. At that resolution, most anything should emerge looking clear and crisp with little evidence of any sort of blurring, even when graphics are part of the package. It'll handle everything by making use of a 300 MHz processor, too, meaning most print tasks should be addressed fairly quickly.
When it comes to memory, Hewlett-Packard has included 64 MB of RAM standard. This is usually more than enough for the needs of most average workgroups, but if expansion is required the 2500 can accommodate up to 256 MB of RAM. It's also fairly easy to remove the old RAM and upgrade to the new amount of RAM, making this an even more attractive workgroup printer for an IT specialist to handle.
