The Office Buddy Hewlett Packard 5n Printer
The HP LaserJet 5n printer using HP LaserJet 5n toner is one of the workhorse printers in the Hewlett-Packard lineup of network workgroup machines. It is a monochrome black and white printer that will work nicely in a small business or as the primary printer in a workgroup within a large organization, for the most part. It can juggle multiple tasks with ease and also comes at a nice price.
When it comes to print speeds, the 5n should more than meet the needs of just about any small business or networked workgroup working towards a special purpose or task. Standard media, such as letter-sized paper, emerges at about a 12 page-per-minute rate, while legal size media can be put out at around 14 ppm. Most standard workloads are handled easily enough, in fact, whether hooked to a network at to a computer.
Connecting the Hewlett-Packard 5n to any standard network can be done in a breeze, it must be said. This can be accomplished simply by using the USB, parallel or Ethernet ports. Getting this printer up and running can be done with swiftness and ease by most any person who takes several minutes to go through the installation menus and then hook the machine up.
Print resolutions in this particular printer are also adequate, and it features 600 dots per inch (dpi). This will help to ensure that any products put out by the 5n will emerge looking clean and clear with no evidence of blur or smudging. It also can print out in a number of different font types (over 45), making the machine a good choice for many applications.
The 5n comes standard with a workmanlike 33 MHz microprocessor, which is usually sufficient to handle the needs of small business or workgroup multi-taskings. This is another reason why the 5n is probably best-suited to small business and large workgroups within a business than as a large network printer.
The memory installed when it comes to the 5n is basic, and comes in at 2 MB. This can be increased all the way up to 66 MB, which should serve almost any workgroup or business well enough, though a very large number of simultaneous taskings may give a second’s pause. It’s probably a good idea to look at increasing the printer’s memory up to that 66 MB when possible.
This Hewlett-Packard can print on a number of different media types, including envelopes, labels, transparencies and plain paper. It can hold a total of 350 sheets of paper within its trays and it has a decent monthly duty cycle of 35,000 pages. This means that a small business will get plenty of use out of the printer before it needs standard and required maintenance.
The HP LaserJet 5n printer is compatible with Windows-based operating systems as well as being able to accommodate Macs through a special transport portal known as Apple Talk. Prices are also fairly reasonable, and one should be able to find this printer available anywhere from $150 up to $400 at both online and brick-and-mortar retailers. It can make for a relatively good printer for those on a budget.
Value and cost-effectiveness are also offered by the HP LaserJet 5n toner cartridges. As anyone familiar with HP compatible toner knows, exceptional prints are the standard not the exception. Great values continue with online toner cartridges.
