Hewlett Packard LaserJet 2100xi Printer

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Title : Hewlett Packard LaserJet 2100xi Printer
Author : Hewlett Packard
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Binding : Electronics
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Hewlett-Packard's LaserJet 2100xi offers fast 10-page-per-minute printing, ultrasharp true 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution, an IrDA port for your laptop or PDA, and exclusive HP UltraPrecise toner cartridges for sharper text and smooth grayscales in graphics.
To set up the 2100xi, we removed the protective shipping tape and padding, unpacked and inserted the included toner cartridge, and connected the AC power. We searched a long time for a Centronics parallel port to connect the printer to our PC before finding the port behind a plastic panel. Finally, we inserted the CD-ROM and followed the HP setup program. Except for the hidden port, the process was straightforward and intuitive.

To test the 2100xi, we printed text in a variety of fonts and sizes. All our samples were as laser-perfect as we would expect in a 1,200-dpi printer. We also printed graphics and artwork. The printer's monochrome interpretation of the originals' color was warm and smooth with little evidence of dotted halftoning or pixelation.

The printer is rated at 10 pages per minute and, in our tests, it performed at just under 9 pages per minute for both Best Quality and Fast Printing modes, indicating (as expected) that the paper path, not the print quality, limits the printer's maximum speed. However, the printer's built-in 66-MHz processor prevented processing delays and the draining of our desktop PC's system resources.

An especially handy feature is the Cancel Job button, which allows you to cancel the current printing job without having to open the Print Manager on your PC. The printer also has 4 MB standard, expandable to 52 MB, and a fast 4 Mbps IrDA port, allowing you to print from your laptop, or even Windows CE-based PDA, without a cable. (HP's Web site offers free software that you can download to your PDA for this purpose.)

With its sturdy construction, straightforward setup, fast printing, and beautifully sharp output, the 2100xi impressed us as a fine laser printer.

Pros:

* Fast printing
* Sturdy construction
* IrDA port
* Cancel Job button

Cons:

* Parallel port is hard to find
* Printer cable not included

Buyer Reviews :
My IT people bought me the HP 2100 for use as a personal printer in my university office. I liked it so much that I bought one for my home office to replace an old HP 4L. It has been an excellent purchase and I highly recommend this printer. When working at home, I now have the print speed to download and print out legal decisions from the web or Lexis, which was too painful to contemplate with the slow speeds of the HP 4L. I get 8-10 pages per minute regardless of whether the printer is set for draft or top quality modes. So only the longest legal decisions take more than a couple of minutes. Of course, as a law professor, I'm not often printing out graphics intensive files. Charts and figures do slow down the print speed some, so a more graphics intensive user might want to look at alternatives. I'm also not using it in a network environment at home and, at work, I don't share it with other users. So, again, your mileage may vary.

Both of my HP 2100 have been extremely reliable. They are quiet, the paper never jams, they have a reasonably large main paper tray, handle single sheet feeds fine. I've generated several camera ready texts on my HP 2100 using the top quality print settings and had no complaints from readers or publishers, So for a low-volume, mostly text setting, this seems like an ideal printer.

(by corporatelawprof)

Features/Technical Specs :
* Print speed of 10 pages per minute
* 4 MB standard, expandable to 52 MB
* True 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution
* Networking option via integrated EIO slot
* 4 Mbps IrDA-compliant infrared port

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