HP E3000 - Manual

Chapter 4
Peripherals and Accessories

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HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Guide – Effective 7/03

Information Subject to Change

Subchapter 4.10—Printers

Description

Three categories of printers are supported directly connected to HP e3000 Series 900 systems.

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Character printers tend to be less expensive yet versatile in capabilities, including the handling of multi-part

forms.

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Line printers offer much of the same versatility and provide the lowest cost of operation and a highly

reliable technology for larger volumes of printing. Some impact printers are as quiet as the HP LaserJet 4Si

printer is, so they are suited to operate in office environments.

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Laser printers are quieter in the office environment and offer crisp, letter-quality output in a range of print

speeds. High-speed page printers are most efficient for centralized production jobs, such as billing,

invoicing, or mass customer communications.

Table 4.10.1 summaries various printers supported on the HP e3000 Series systems

Table 4.10.1 Types of Printers Available for e3000 900 Series Systems

Printer Type

Print Speed

Noise Level (dBA)

Print Quality

Dot-Matrix Impact Serial

40–480 characters per second

56–63

Near letter quality

Line Impact

300–1600 lines per minute

48–64

Near letter quality

Laser

8–210 pages per month

50

Letter quality

HP LineJet Printer

(formerly the LP Series Printer family)

The HP LineJet Printers (line impact printers) combine versatility at reasonable cost with good print speed.

Versatility can include graphics image and bar code printing and the ability to trade speed for better print

quality. Good print speed means that a line impact printer can be used as the only printer on a system with

modest-to-average printing requirements.

The HP LineJet printers combine print speed, flexibility, lowest print cost for volume range and great

reliability even for heavy duty cycles and burst throughputs (unattended operation). Flexibility includes

resolution form sparse to NLQ, raster and industrial graphics as well as electronic forms creation ability

(requires the HP QMS or PGL graphics upgrade kit), multiple-part forms (up to 6 parts), noise ranges starting

from 50 dBA, barcodes, postnet, and many font sizes and languages.

There are HP LineJet printers for office and for harsh environments. LineJet printers provide a wide range of

connectivity from serial, parallel, and LAN interface via the LineJet Printer Manager or HP JetDirect EX.

LineJet printers are ideal for data processing centers, accounting, checks, invoices, reports, distribution,

circulation or where bar codes and automated identification process is needed.

With full-featured SAP R/3 system device types now available, the HP LineJet printers integrate directly with

SAP applications. Reports, forms and bar code labels can be created in SAP R/3’s applications and be printed

on the LineJet printers without the need for additional printing middleware.

Targeted at the enterprise computing marketing, HP’s LineJet printers provide high speed, reliable printing,

especially for large, business critical print environments. The HP LineJet printers are for any application

where good print quality and very low printing cost is required.

4.10.2 HP LineJet Printer Family

Printer Model

Product Number

Performance (lpm)

Monthly Duty Cycle Rating

Quietized

Available Field Upgrades

500P

C3201D*

500

130,000 pages

No

QMS Graphics, PGL Graphics

500Q

C3202D*

500

130,000 pages

Yes

QMS Graphics, PGL Graphics

1000Q

C3204D*

1000

205,000 pages

Yes

QMS Graphics, PGL Graphics

1500Q

C3205D*

1500

375,000 pages

Yes

QMS Graphics, PGL Graphics

1500Q w/power stacker C5640D*

1500

375,000 pages

Yes

QMS Graphics, PGL Graphics

* Discontinued product, listed for reference purpose only.