HP offers several printers that are designed for use by a small office or workgroup. One of those printers is the HP Color LaserJet CP3505dn printer using HP Color LaserJet CP3505dn toner. This printer includes a print driver and an alternative driver. The alternative driver allows users to preview prints before they are put on paper. A unique feature that is being included on some HP printers, including this one allows users to compare the price of printing using the machine or having a print shop do the job.
There are three printers that HP has included in the CP3505 line that are identical in many ways, but do offer different features. The base model is the CP3505n that only offers single sided prints. For automated duplex printing you will want to choose the CP3505dn. For both duplex printing and a second paper tray that includes a paper capacity of 850 sheets, you should choose the CP3505x. If you already have one of the former two models and want to add the additional tray it is available separately. You cannot purchase the duplex unit.
Even though the machine is smaller than many other printers being sold, it is still too large to fit on most desks. The weight of sixty pounds makes having a helper in the set-up useful. Once the printer has been placed, it is a simple matter of connecting to your network, giving power and paper to the machine and then allowing it to run through its set up cycle automatically.
The quality of the prints made by this machine is of adequate quality for most applications. Sometimes if printing text there may be certain combinations of letters that run together, however this does not cause most people any problems.
Graphics and color prints sometimes show a small amount of graininess and places where there may be unevenness that is very slight. Most graphics, however, work well with this machine.
Photo prints seem to be good. They would be fine in newsletters or in other handouts. In particular, printing Web pages that include photos should be no problem.
The estimator is actually access to a web page that is useful in letting you know the cheapest way to produce your prints. While this may not matter in smaller quantities, if you are making several hundred or thousand prints, the savings of a few pennies can add up. The program takes into account the amount of coverage of toner on the page. The program does not take into account the man hours used in producing the prints.
The alternative print view driver that allows for print preview allows the user to see what the prints will look like before printing. This is helpful if you need to adjust settings to get the best possible view of your prints.
This HP printer is a less expensive option than many other printers, with extraordinary value in the LaserJet CP3505dn toner. The HP toner cartridge does a good job at producing economical laser prints. Enjoy an additional price break on toner refills orders.