First off I was given this printer as they were replacing all of the old black & white laser printers with colour laser printers.
I currently own two printers, one inkjet and this laserjet, which is the best option really as I can use one for graphics and one for text.
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Black laser toner cartridge prints approximately 3,000 pages at 5% coverage For use with: ... more
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the originals&to last as long if not longer. With ongoing research and development, Greentech products offer the highest quality and reliability that you would expect from one of the largest and leading re-manufacturers in the UK. All cartridges pass through rigorous quality control checks. From there large 15,000 sq ft factory and modern offices they have invested over £700,000 to cope with their increased production. The factory uses state of the art ultra sonic welding and laser splitting technologies. All Cartridges have 100% new imaging drums, wiper blades, doctor blades, and all moving components, electronic chips are replaced where required.
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Advantages: Well built, toner lasts ages Disadvantages: Poor graphics, very slow
First off I was given this printer as they were replacing all of the old black & white laser printers with colour laser printers.
I currently own two printers, one inkjet and this laserjet, which is the best option really as I can use one for graphics and one for text.
The LaserJet 4L isn't the fastest of all printers, if you're printing a large document with a fair few pages then it might be worth going to put the kettle on ... ...it to print as it's a little bit like waiting for paint to dry. Even though it's not the fastest of all printers the quality isn't too bad if you're just looking to print text, if you've included images within your document then don't expect anything brilliant from this printer because as far as images go it really does make a mess of them.
An advantage of this printer is the amount of paper it can hold, I'm sure you've all gone to ... more
First off I was given this printer as they were replacing all of the old black & white laser printers with colour laser printers. I currently own two printers, one inkjet and this laserjet, which is the best option really as I can use one for graphics and one for text.
The LaserJet 4L isn't the fastest of all printers, if you're printing a large document with a fair few pages then it might be worth going to put the kettle on and getting a cup of coffee while you wait for it to print as it's a little bit like waiting for paint to dry. Even though it's not the fastest of all printers the quality isn't too bad if you're just looking to print text, if you've included images within your document then don't expect anything brilliant from this printer because as far as images go it really does make a mess of them.
An advantage of this printer is the amount of paper it can hold, I'm sure you've all gone to print something and the printer has thrown a wobbly moaning that it's out of paper and you've ran around trying to look where the paper has gone, well this printer holds a massive amount of paper, it prints envelopes too which is a major advantage for many users.
I've had this printer for about 6 months and I've not yet replaced the toner, it's probably used daily printing a couple of sheets a day, possibly more, and the toner is still going strong, I haven't had to give the toner cartridge the resurrecting shake so I can just get that last document out of the printer, so it must be a pretty economical printer.
One of the most surprising things with this printer was the fact that it actually worked on Windows XP without having to install any drivers, I just plugged it in, restarted and Windows XP installed the drivers for it, which I was quite shocked with as I expected there to be quite a few problems installing a printer of this age on Windows XP. The printer itself is parallel port so there's no new USB connections, it's back to the old parellel port, at lease it doesn't take up a spare USB port.
The printer itself is a beige coloured box without any ultra-modern looks to make you want to take photos of it and show your friends, but it gets the job done. Replacing paper is pretty simple, just pull out the tray, put the paper in and put the tray back, the printer will then begin printing the document.
If you're looking for a laserjet printer just to print text documents then this is a pretty good deal, an even better deal if you happen to know somebody who is replacing theirs. I've seen them around on eBay with some selling for as cheap as £10, although you might be lucky to pick one up for that which would be a great deal for this printer.
Advantages: Solid as a rock, dirt cheap, quality text output Disadvantages: Slow, poor graphics
...going begging. They were HP LaserJet 4Ls. I was initially dubious, having heard hair-raising tales about the astronomical prices of toner cartridges, but if they were for nowt, what did I have to lose? Accordingly I rescued two - one to use and one as a spare. The "spare" is still unused four years later - although I did raid it for its toner cartridge!
With a maximum resolution of 300x300 this ain't the machine to use for graphics, but it's produced ... ...hiccup. It has printed on everything from indifferent quality photocopier paper to thin card, via labels, envelopes and transparencies.
Ease of use couldn't be bettered. You put paper in the drawer, close it, run your print application and quality text comes out of the top or the back - your choice depending on the paper you're using. Job done. Paper jams are very infrequent and normally down to this user using up odds and sods of tatty, creased ...
bundook 03.06.2004
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Advantages: Built like a tank, toner cartridge lasts for ever Disadvantages: slow, poor graphics, slow
...about the price of an HP inkjet refill. If you shop around the toner cartridges can be found for about £25, not that you'll need many as they last for thousands of pages (and cheap copier paper will do). So buy one of these and use it instead of your inkjet printer it'll soon pay for itself in black ink cartridge savings and give you better quality type too.
Technical details:
Interface: Parallel port only
Drivers: Available for DOS and Windows ...
querth 18.05.2004
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The HP LaserJet 4L printer provides 300dpi resolution, plus built-in Resolution Enhancement technology (REt) and Memory Enhancement technology (MEt) with a throughput of up to 4 pages per minute. It features the ability to scale fonts, enhanced PCL 5 language, EconoMode printing, an Instant-On Fuser, and the HP-GL/2 enhancement for plotter output.
