Performance is more than engine speed, and when you are shopping for desktop and workgroup printers, productivity is key. See how HP printers provide faster real-world performance across a variety of functions, including first page out from powersave mode and processing time, so your employees can spend less time waiting on a printer and more time working.
HP internal testing shows that the HP Color LaserJet 5550, 4650 and 3700 printers can warm up faster from powersave mode than comparable Ricoh printers, as this graph illustrates.*
HP internal testing also shows the following results:
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The time it takes the Ricoh CL4000DN to print a suite of 13 files totaling 121 pages in best print quality mode is more than twice that required for a HP Color LaserJet 4650 to print the same suite of files in HP's default best print quality mode.
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The time it takes the Ricoh CL7000 and CL7100 to print a suite of 15 files totaling 121 pages in best print quality mode is more than twice that required for a Color LaserJet 5550 or 9500 to print the same suite of files in HP's default best print quality mode.
Compare the results for yourself in this graph *
Finally, the following graph shows that HP internal testing reveals that the HP LaserJet 4250 takes less time to print a suite of 14 files totaling 109 pages than the Ricoh AP4510. *
Time to Print a Suite of 14 Files (in minutes)
Learn more about how Instant-on Technology enables a faster first page out and see additional comparisons provided by a third party.
* Unless otherwise noted, testing was performed with Windows XP, TCP/IP direct connect, network bundle memory, default driver, and default print quality.
Process complex files more quickly with HP
HP Color LaserJet printers possess superior processing technology that yields significantly faster actual performance — even compared to competing devices with higher engine print speed specs. Review this illustration of an HP printer's circuitry to see the different technologies that make this possible.
1. Fast data input from the network due to a well-written protocol stack plus direct memory access.
2. Efficient firmware based on our experience in maximizing use of all processing resources and a dedication to continuous improvement.
3. An innovative bus network. While competing devices employ only one bus, HP LaserJet printers utilize a unique network of buses to reduce contention in bottleneck areas.
4. Parallel processors. Custom-designed HP ASICs offload the main processor in HP Color LaserJet printers by performing repeated tasks on large blocks of data such a color-space conversion, compression, and decompression, and efficiently perform extra processing needed for HP-exclusive, print-quality enhancements like trapping and adaptive halftoning.
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