Print quality is more than dots per inch (DPI), and HP's systems approach to printing is designed with this in mind to give office users superior print quality.
Compare these enlargements of 12-point color text and note how the text printed in default mode on the HP Color LaserJet 4650 compares to that printed in default mode on the Dell 5100cn.
Next, compare these enlargements of 1200 dpi output and note the difference between the quality produced by the HP LaserJet 1320 and that produced by the Dell 1700.
Expect consistent print quality for the lifespan of your imaging unit
It's important to your business that the investments you make today will serve you well for several years. To help you get consistent print quality throughout the life of your printer, the HP Color LaserJet 4650's imaging drums are built into the toner cartridges and transfer directly to paper in a single step with clearly superior results.
By comparison, as the following image shows, Dell combines the imaging drums on the 5100cn in one consumable (3) instead of building them into the toner cartridges (1).
This design introduces two extra transfer steps that may degrade the print quality of text. In HP internal testing, the Dell 5100cn's imaging unit we tested prematurely failed, printing unacceptable artifacts after 26,018 pages - only 75% of Dell's stated yield of 35,000 pages.
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