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(More customer reviews)I have used HP Color LaserJet 4600n printer for a year, and while it has impressed me with fast printing and good features, it has periodically produced inconsistent colors on the outputs. For a printer at this price range, it is very disappointing. Unlike the two previous reviewers, I have never encountered toner leakage nor smudged/blurry outputs. My experience has been that after printing every few hundred pages or so, the output would look a little too blue, or too red, or too yellow, and progressively worse over time. To make it look normal again, I would have to re-calibrate the printer, sometimes more than once. After another few hundred pages, the problem would resume.
I have installed the latest firmware (dated 7/22/2003, downloadable from HP's web site), but to no avail. The inconsistent colors just keep on happening. At HP's user support forum, a lot of people also seem to have this problem.
This problem also occurs when any toner cartridge is low on toner (in fact, the manual does say something to that effect). Also, after I change a toner cartridge, I have to calibrate the printer at least 2-3 times before the output is normal again. Each calibration takes about 5 minutes.
The toner cartridges cost $180 each (cheapest online price) for cyan, magenta, and yellow cartridges, and $130 each for black. Each cartridge has a microchip inside that "tells" the printer whether it has been used on that printer. This is, of course, a way to discourage the buying of refurbished cartridges. Since consumable items rack up *major* revenue for manufacturers, they always want you to buy the ones THEY make.
One important issue related to toner cost is toner coverage, which is the percentage of a page that is covered with toner. Knowing the toner coverage helps to determine how long a toner cartridge will last. The 4600n printer keeps a record of your historical color coverage, which you can also print out. After a year of printing mostly color graphics of varying sizes, the printer shows that my coverages for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) are 11%, 13%, 12%, and 7.5%. Based on HP's claim that each cartridge lasts for 8000 pages at 5% coverage, I was able to calculate MY page count for each cartridge: 3768, 2998, 3294, and 5398 pages for CMYK respectively. With the above toner prices, that comes to about 24 cents per page. Note that I only print pages of varying sizes. If you always print full-size pages, your coverage and cost per page may be significantly higher.
The HP 4600 series comprises of several models: 4600, 4600dn, 4600dtn, 4600hdn, and 4600n. They all have a few differences in features from one another. So be sure to check out the product info at HP's web site, and confirm with the seller which model he or she is selling. The model number is labelled on the printer itself.
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With the HP 4600 Color LaserJet, you always know what to expect. Designed with the modern office in mind, the HP 4600 produces every page with the same speed and precision, be it a standard memo or a colorful sheet of graphics for tomorrow's meeting. With 600 x 600 dpi resolution printed at 17 pages per minute for both color and monochrome documents, the printer delivers the consistent quality and production speed you demand.
Outstanding HP technology combines premium style with cost effectiveness. Crisp text, smoothly blended color, and supremely accurate supply monitoring are the result of direct color laser printing--your images will be clearly legible and remarkably vivid, with realistic skin tones. The paper tray can handle 600 sheets of letter-size or legal-size paper, or 20 envelopes. Labels, photo paper, transfer sheets, card stock, and transparencies are processed individually.
The printer is compatible with Windows and Macintosh systems, and it connects via an IEEE 1284-compliant parallel plug. Memory of 96 MB of RAM is standard, and memory is expandable to an impressive 416 MB. Hewlett-Packard provides a one-year warranty with onsite service.
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