Written by The HP Color LaserJet 1600 printer is a color laser printer. It is fast and quiet and has good quality print. It is designed to work with a variety of paper both matte and glossy. The Q6001A cartridge have ColorSphere toner designed to work with the printer to give you the best quality for photo printing and text printing.
This printer prints 8 ppm for both monochrome and color printing. It prints at a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi. This is adequate to produce clear color prints. This resolution also allows for text that is clean as well. It comes with the standard black, magenta, cyan and yellow HP Q6002A toner. The initial cartridges will print 1,000 pages but all refill cartridges will print 2,000 pages.
The printer is small and easily fits on the desktop. It’s 17.8 inches deep x 16.1 inches wide x 14.6 inches high. It weighs 40.5 pounds. The casing comes in two shades of gray (light gray and slate gray) and the standard beige. The controls are a simple four button design and there is a LCD display.
There are two ports, a high speed 2.0 USB port and an Ethernet port. It has 16MB of memory and a 264 MHz processor. The printer will work with any windows based computer. There is software that comes with it that makes set up automatic. Just follow the instructions and it will be up and running in no time. The printer and computer work together to give you the best printing.
There is an output tray that holds 125 pages. This printer uses standard and legal sized paper and has a tray in front to print envelopes. The paper tray can hold up to 250 pages. An optional additional paper tray will cost about $149. This tray also holds 250 pages giving you a 500 page total for those who do more than usual printing.
Family photos will print nice and clear. Reports will come out with crisp, clean text. This machine can function as the family printer or for a home office. It can produce professional quality flyers, presentations, brochures and letterhead. These are important for a small business because they can be done in a more cost effective way.
The box your printer is shipped in is made of recyclable materials. The printer itself is constructed with parts that can be snapped into place where possible so as to make it as easily recyclable as possible. It is designed so as to leave as little impact on the environment as possible. It is made without harmful chemicals and has very low product emissions. When it comes time for you to upgrade, there is a program that HP has that allows you to return the printer and all of its accessories to HP to be recycled.
Overall the HP Color LaserJet 1600 printer and HP Q6000A toner is ideal for the home and/or a small home based business. The price is retailed at $299 but can be found for just $199. The HP 1600 replacement toner is designed to minimally affect the environment and give great quality photo prints. Budget-minded consumers can find remanufactured laser toner online at great prices.
