subject: Checking Out The Popular Hp Laserjet 4050 Printer [print this page] Sizing up the HP LaserJet 4050 printer can actually be a pleasant experience, as far as evaluating such printers go. Perhaps the most pleasant aspect when it comes to looking at this printer is the fact that it lists for only $130. It also delivers 1,200 dots per inch print resolution, each page sharp and crisp thanks to the HP 27A toner, making this a very hard printer to pass up when it comes time to place a new printer in with a workgroup, quite honestly.
The LaserJet 4050 is what's called a monochrome laser printer. This means that it's basically a black-and-white printer. That it's also a black-and-white printer that can put out product at 17 pages per minute is doubly impressive. For the price, one would expect to see, at most, 12 pages per minute but this particular Hewlett-Packard meets and beats that standard with ease.
Physically, the 4050 is considered a lightweight, literally. Weighing in at only 40 pounds, it occupies a physical space of only 15" x 24" x 13", making this the little printer that could. Just about every IT specialist, given the task of joining this printer to a network, will remark upon its light weight and small size, both qualities that are valued when having to move a workgroup printer around.
The 4050 is also versatile in terms of connectivity. It comes with both wired and wireless connection technologies, including an Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX interface. This will allow the printer to be joined to most any network with relative ease and speed, which are qualities valued by not only the workgroup, but also the information technology guru who has to get the printer hooked up.
When it comes to the quality of the printed product that the 4050 with LaserJet 4050 replacement toner will deliver, finding out that this model is capable of 1,200 dots per inch print resolution is a pleasant surprise, as well. In most any workgroup printer, 1,200 dots per inch would be considered more than enough for the needs of the workgroup. The product produced, in other words, will look sharp, crisp and clear under almost all circumstances.
Nobody would ever accuse the 4500 of being a real speed demon, with it making use of a 133 MHz processor, but it's been found that most of the workgroups for which the 4050 has been intended really have little need of anything faster. At any rate, printed product will be handled fairly quickly and with a minimum amount of fuss, which is all that anybody can ask of a workgroup printer.
Memory included with the LaserJet 4050 is fairly standard for printer at this price point. With 16 MB of RAM to call on, small workgroups should see good performance. If more RAM is needed, the printer can be upgraded so that it makes use of a maximum of 200 MB. Lastly, the 4050 can hold 600 sheets of paper and it can print out on a number of different media stock, including transparencies, envelopes and plain paper.
