Color Laser Printers 11x17-Inch Capable

by Matthew
( Canada)

Printing jobs in an engineering office where geographical as well as financial documents are often the order of the day requires a color laser printer 11 x 17 inch, wide format ready at any time during the day. On top of that, the office administrative support contributes to the work load by loading their black and white text documents while the technical printing goes on. If this is the kind of workload to contend with the printer has to put up with everyday, those flimsy less than a hundred dollar printers won't stand a chance to last long enough.

It has to be a professional work horse in the form of color laser printer 11 x 17 inch wide format capable, like that of the HP 5100TN Laserjet Printer. It may not boasts of print speed that could produce any higher than 22 ppm, but the print results we get are impressive. This is even as we juggle multiple printing jobs altogether at varied media sizes; this more than make up for its lack of speed.

We're not talking about personal laser printers here but of a heavy duty color laser printer 11 x 17 wide format processor. In fact, we got more than what we bargained for because this HP 5100TN Laserjet Printer is capable of printing even up to 12.30 x 18.3 inch if necessary. Another important aspect that sets it apart from the regular personal inkjets is its high-capacity toner cartridge which maximizes ink usage.

The volume of black and white text document processed daily is ably supported by two feeder trays, one of which has auto load capacity at 100 sheets of media up to 12.30 x 18.3 inch wide. The other tray can auto load 250 sheets of media up to 11 x 17 inch wide. These two trays allow the entire office workforce to juggle the daily printing jobs that the printer is tasked to do.

Print quality is up to 1200dpi thereby ensuring that all types of work loaded on to the printer is of crisp and clear quality. Documents include CAD documents as well as financial worksheets showing all computations and measurements in the most readable and discernible likeness it was intended to be. There's no worry that the larger the print job, the less in quality. Every design stays true to detail no matter how large the format used. This is what is important after all in our line of business.

Its compatibility with a wide selection of operating system likewise enables the whole office workforce to butt in with the use of this color laser printer 11 x 17 inch wide performer. It's Microsoft certified as Windows Vista compatible.

Those are the overall usefulness of the HP 5100TN Laserjet as a color laser printer 11 x 17 inch wide format equipment.

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