The HP LaserJet 8000dn Printer

The HP LaserJet 8000dn printer using HP LaserJet 8000dn toner is a real workhorse that is also very nicely priced. This monochrome (i.e., black-and-white) printer delivers excellent print speeds and has been designed to work best with workgroups and small businesses that don’t have huge printing needs for the most part. It comes with typical Hewlett-Packard durability and reliability, which isn’t a bad thing it must be said.

Print speeds with the 8000dn printer are excellent, coming in as they do at about 24 pages of printed product every 60 seconds. This particular speed has been measured in what Hewlett-Packard refers to as the printer’s “normal” mode, meaning that print speed can be increased slightly by selecting a lower level of print quality.  It must be noted, though, that any product that emerges will be fine no matter the mode.

The Hewlett-Packard 8000dn can also be connected to a network through a number of different wired connections. This includes traditional parallel porting and even a very nice Ethernet 10/100 port. In short, most any information technology specialist will make short work of the chore when it comes to hooking up this versatile monochrome printer to just about any network.

Monochrome print resolution with the 8000dn is also excellent, and the printer can boast of 1,200 dpi quality printing. For a printer positioned in this market segment and at the price the model goes for, this is particularly impressive, as most printers at this price point are usually only capable of printing out at 600 dpi. 1,200 will deliver excellent quality with very sharp and clean pages produced.

This particular Hewlett-Packard printer also features a duplex printing function which, again, is not often seen for printer that goes for about $285 new. Duplex printing is the ability to print out on both sides of the paper without having to reinsert the paper back into the printer upside down and then printing again. This particular feature is usually worth much to some businesses.

The machine comes standard with a full 24 MB of RAM, which is usually more than enough for the needs of most any workgroup. It can be increased greatly, all the way up to 192 MB, with very little trouble. Check with the office IT specialist to see if a memory upgrade should be done prior to networking the machine. Chances are, though, that it won’t be required.

The 8000dn is able to hold 1,100 sheets of paper within its capacious storage trays, and it can print out on a variety of media elements, including standard letter, legal, envelope and transparencies. Check the specifications for all of the different media sizes, because there are a great many. Like most HP printers, it has been designed to work with Windows-based operating systems.

In total, looking at all of the capabilities and functions of the HP LaserJet 8000dn printer shows a machine that’s ready to go and comes in at a surprisingly low sub-$300 price tag. If one can be found on the marketplace, whether new, used or refurbished, it would probably be a good idea to snap it up while it’s still around, because it’s highly capable and very durable.

This high capability extends all the way through to the HP LaserJet 8000dn toner.  Producing pages of clear and crisp text is certainly no surprise when using HP toner.  Quality toner always shows through to the final product.