If you’re looking for an A3 laser printer that will do the job, don’t just go through the new models. You should also consider the LaserJet 5100 printer as one of your choices. It has been discontinued by HP for quite some time. However, people still keep putting them back on the shelves because they are printers that certainly do the job.
If you plan on buying an A3 laser printer, which is brand new, you may be in for an expensive treat. In order for you to buy a brand new A3 laser printer, you will need at least $1000. With the LaserJet 5100 Printer, you only need half, $500. If you put in some extra effort, you can even get one for $300. With this price, you can’t expect to regain the luster of the printer when it was still brand new. However, you can expect them to have the same performance.
The reason why people still keep this printer around is because it basically delivers what it promises. It promises to deliver high-speed printing at high quality and it does so despite being refurbished models. It can print up to 1200 dpi, which is fairly high resolution when it comes to laser printers. It can print at high speeds up to 21ppm. It’s not necessarily as fast as publishing printers but who needs to print a report that has more than 10 pages faster than that anyway?
They are perfect printers for offices because they have a very high paper capacity of 250 sheets. Well, this is not very high but you have the option to increase the capacity up to 1100 pages using additional cassette trays. You can have all the trays use the same paper or have them all use different sizes in order to support various printing modes without having to feed paper manually. In short, it minimizes human intervention with the use of multiple paper handling. You can set the cassettes to hold papers ranging in the size of 3” x 5” to 11” x 17”
Among printers, the HP LaserJet 5100 Printer is capable of printing in wide formats up to A3 sizes. Most A3 printers are very expensive and to top it all off, laser printers are even more expensive. At a price of $500, or $300 if you get lucky, you can get this expensive feature.
This printer uses the parallel port as its main interface. From a modern perspective, you can see that this will not do well with the new computers. However, with an additional accessory, you can convert this printer into a network printer. This way, you also save resources by eliminating the host computer. Another feature why this printer is wanted is because of its duplex printing capability. With an additional accessory, it allows you to print on both sides of a page without manual intervention.
If you’re one of those who need to get their hands on this printer, you won’t find them in HP anymore. However, you can get this from other stores that sell refurbished goods, like Amazon.com and Shopper.com.
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