HP LaserJet 4250 Monochrome Printer
HP LaserJet 4250 Monochrome Printer
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Looking to increase your workgroup's performance? This reliable and versatile black-and-white printer may just be what your office needs to keep up productivity. At a print speed of up to 45 ppm and a duty cycle of about 200,000 pages per month, the LaserJet 4250 has the performance to keep work flowing quickly and smoothly. Adding an optional print server, lets this printer provide aggressive network productivity to help you get ahead and stay there. Parallel and USB 2.0 connectivity (printer cables not provided) Computer Connection Compatibility - Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP; Mac OS 9.x, OS X 10.1.0x or later Smoothly process documents containing text, images, and graphics with the 460MHz processor and 48MB of memory (expandable to 512MB) Get jobs printed fast - up to 45 pages per minute Waste less time standing at the printer - the first page emerges in less than 8 seconds via the instantly on technology Automatically adjust for optimized print quality with HP's Smart printing technology Quickly send complex documents to print via Hi-Speed USB 2.0, or use the parallel port Manage remotely with the HP Embedded Web server Get more font choices, intelligent e-forms, secure printing, bar code printing, SAP/ERP solutions, and job accounting solutions, plus enable third-party solutions, via two CompactFlash slots Simplify troubleshooting and configuration - the control panel displays up to four lines of text with helpful, animated graphics
Lowest Used Price: USD 399.00
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD 388.99
- Up to 45 ppm print speed; up to 1,200 dpi resolution
- 460 MHz processor, 48 MB memory, expandable to 512 MB
- USB and parallel connectivity, optional networking
- Versatile paper handling with 600-sheet standard input capacity
- PC and Mac compatible; 1-year warranty
Model: Q5400A#ABA
Release Date: 2004-10-18
Original Language: English
Fast, reliable printer
As others have noted, this printer is ridiculously fast. Even when it's hibernating in sleep mode, it only takes about 10 seconds for it to wake up, and start printing.
It's an extremely reliable workhorse- I've printed at least 20-30,000 pages to mine without a single paper jam. All I do is refill it with paper, and the occasional printer cartridge.
Only downside- no duplexing on this particular model. I have to take the paper out, reverse it, rotate it, then put it back in.
Great Product
This is the second one of these we have owned. This is used in a Law Office and has HIGH output. Highly recommended this product
Great printer
We have had one of these printers now for more than a year and have yet to have the first problem with it. It prints fast and even at lower resolutions the print quality is still excellent. I am currently getting ready to purchase another one.
So far we have had no problems with this printer and hope that it stays that way. Ii would gladly recommend it to others.
This Printer is a Disaster
This printer is very loud. It sounds like a blowdryer and causes the lights in my office to dim (I'm in an old building, but still). I have a USB 2.0 connection, so there should be no problem. It keeps jamming and the help function is completely useless. I used the HP 4000 for many years and was very happy. This printer is a disaster.
Fast, but Buggy
This printer has a great price, good specs, and fast printing. However, it does have some issues that hopefully HP will work-out.
The firmware seems pretty buggy. We've had several different problems with the printer crashing. Every couple days or so we get a "Service Error" message on the screen and the printer has to be rebooted. Also, I tried printing a large (1000 page) pdf on it and it would just freeze after printing around 140 pages. It froze twice on the exact same number of pages. I had to break it up into print jobs of 100 pages each. We've also seen where it gets in an infinite cycle where it says, "Processing Job" and the data light blinks, but nothing ever comes out. Again, it requires a reboot. We upgraded the firmware, but the problems didn't go away.
FYI, a parallel port doesn't seem to deliver data fast enough to this printer! It consumes data faster than the port can send it. We could only achieve the 45ppm when we hooked it up to the USB 2.0 port. Not sure about the performance when using HP JetDirect internal print server.