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Print quality & value

Print quality is more than dots per inch (DPI), and value is more than price. HP printing innovations and technologies give office users superior print quality while minimizing hidden costs.
» Get better results with HP color-plane registration technology
» Expect consistent results from HP printing innovations
» Print more with toner in the box for true value
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Get better results with HP color-plane registration technology

Compare these enlargements of 13.5-point text and note how the print quality produced by the HP Color LaserJet 4700 that features automatic, closed-loop color-plane registration technology compares to that produced by the Lexmark C762 without automatic color-plane registration.

Color-plane registration comparison

The HP Color LaserJet results benefit from easy-to-use color-plane registration that is further enhanced by proprietary halftoning, auto-trapping and halo-reduction technologies.

Expect consistent results from HP printing innovations

The images below show the output from the HP Color LaserJet 4700 and from the Lexmark C762 when the magenta toner is low. Note the effect HP's innovative dynamic print-quality adjustment and advanced toner-sensing technologies have on the final results.

Consistent results comparison

Print more with the toner in the box

All HP LaserJet printers ship with standard cartridges — not low-capacity ones — so you don't have to buy new supplies soon after your purchase. A comparison of manufacturer-published yield specs shows that the Lexmark C524n, C762n and C920 ship with low-capacity toner cartridges as compared to the standard cartridges that ship with the HP color LaserJet 3800n, the HP color LaserJet 4700n and HP Color LaserJet 5550n.
• The HP Color LaserJet 3800n printer ships with enough toner to print 6,000 CMYK pages.
• The Lexmark C524n ships with enough toner to print 1,500 CMYK pages.
• The HP Color LaserJet 4700n printer ships with enough toner to print 10,000 CMY pages and 11,000 black pages.
• The Lexmark C762n ships with enough toner to print 6,000 CMYK pages.
• The HP Color LaserJet 5550n printer ships with enough toner to print 12,000 CMY pages and 13,000 black pages.
• The Lexmark C920 ships with enough toner to print 8,000 CMYK pages.
The graph below shows the street price of each printer plus the street price of the additional toner you would need to purchase for the Lexmark printer to output the same number of pages you can expect from the HP printer right out of the box.

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