HP LaserJet workgroup MFPs vs. top competitors
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Vendor & MFPs Overview
HP workgroup MFPs let you improve productivity by bringing worry-free, industryleading printing, copying, faxing, digital-sending, and color-scanning capabilities closer to end-users in compact, space-saving designs for less money than competing devices. These expensive devices lack color-scanning, their print quality can degrade over time, their network-management capabilities are limited, and they’re NOT backed by a warranty.
Specifics
Low purchase prices let you cut costs while improving employee-to-device ratios 8-bit color and grayscale scanning lets you choose between file size and image quality Supports send to email out of the box HP’s integrated toner-cartridge design delivers unmatched print quality – you essentially replace the complete imaging system when you replace an HP toner cartridge • Intuitive touch-screen control panel and consistent HP driver design provides unsurpassed ease of use, and innovative Smart Printing technology makes automated supplies management a snap • Best-in-class management via Web Jetadmin and embedded Web server provides tight security, proactive alerts, pre-configured driver deployment, and remote discovery and management • Legendary LaserJet reliability and self-service, cartridge-based consumables ensure HP MFPs are virtually maintenance free and doesn’t require complex copier-type service contracts • • • • • Significantly more expensive than HP’s offerings • No color or grayscale scanning for superior print and image quality • No image enhancement technology like HP ImageREt and print quality is left to degrade over time since only toner is replaced when you swap out a Canon, Ricoh, or Xerox cartridge • Embedded Web servers cannot support facilitated troubleshooting, online supplies reordering, or email reports • Network-management utilities do not support pre-configured driver deployment or secure management via SSL and SNMPv3 that allows for encryption of usernames and passwords • No standard 1-year next-business-day onsite warranty and need complex copier-type service contracts • • • • • Up to six times more expensive to buy than HP’s offerings An analog fax option is not available on the 5020i Canon’s embedded Web server cannot support extensive alerts Paper trays do not accept as wide a range of media weights as HP Lower monthly duty cycles and consumables yields than comparable HP devices
HP
LaserJet 4345mfp LaserJet 9040mfp LaserJet 9050mfp
Canon, Ricoh, and Xerox
MFPs in general
Canon
imageRUNNER 3320i imageRUNNER 5020i
The Canon devices also don’t offer send to email out of the box and they can’t handle as wide a range of media weights. The Ricoh device also has a much lower monthly duty cycle and it can’t handle as wide a range of media weights.
Ricoh
Aficio 2045e
• Up to six times more expensive to buy than HP’s offerings • Cannot support a print resolution higher than 600 x 600 dpi • The Ricoh device offers extremely limited network operating system support, its embedded Web server cannot support extensive alerts, and SmartNetMonitor does not offer remote diagnostics • Paper trays and MP tray do not accept as wide a range of media weights as HP • Lower consumables yields and substantially lower monthly duty cycle than comparable HP devices • Up to seven times more expensive to buy than HP’s offerings • Don’t support send to email out of the box • Xerox’s Centreware utility does not support remote diagnostics, plus its alerts capabilities are less extensive than HP’s • Lower monthly duty cycles than comparable HP devices
Xerox
WorkCentre Pro 45 WorkCentre Pro 55
The Xerox devices also are the most expensive in their class.
Technical specifications
Print/copy speed (letter, one-sided) First page out Printing resolution – best quality Copying resolution Faxing Digital sending Scanning resolution range Color/black-and-white scanning Scan bit depth Processor speed Memory (standard/max) Hard drive Monthly duty cycle (in impressions) Standard input capacity Maximum input capacity Standard output capacity Maximum output capacity ADF capacity Auto duplexing Media sizes (in inches) Media weights – trays Media weights – manual bypass Paper-handling accessories
HP
LaserJet 4345mfp
Up to 45 ppm 10 seconds HP ProRes 1200 (1,200 x 1,200 dpi) 600 x 600 dpi Optional with standard JBIG compression Embedded scan to email standard 75 x 75 dpi to 600 x 600 dpi Color and black-and-white 1 bit and 8 bit 533 MHz 256 MB / 512 MB 20 GB standard 200,000 600 sheets 2,100 sheets 500 sheets 700 sheets 50 sheets Optional MP tray – 3x5 to 8.5x14 Trays – 5.8x8.3 to 8.5x14 16 to 32 lb. bond 16 to 53 lb. bond Input feeder tray, auto duplexer, envelope feeder, stapler/ stacker, 3-bin mailbox Parallel, USB 1.1, 10/100Base-T HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, PostScript-3 emulation, PJL, PML Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, XP 64-Bit, Server 2003; Novell Netware 3.2, 4.2, 5.x, 6.x; Apple Mac OS 8.6 and later; Red Hat Linux 6.x and later; SuSE Linux 6.x and later; HP-UX 10.20, 11.x; Solaris 2.5x, 2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (SPARC systems only); IBM AIX 3.2.5 and later; MPE-iX; Citrix MetaFrame; Windows Terminal Services 30 x 19 x 21.5 114 lbs. 18,000 standard toner 350,000 maintenance kit
HP
LaserJet 9040mfp LaserJet 9050mfp
9040mfp – Up to 40 ppm 9050mfp – Up to 50 ppm 8 seconds HP FastRes 1200 (1,200-dpi quality) 600 x 600 dpi Optional with standard JBIG compression Embedded scan to email standard 75 x 75 dpi to 600 x 600 dpi Color and black-and-white 1 bit and 8 bit 533 MHz 256 MB / 512 MB 20 GB standard 300,000 3,100 sheets 3,100 sheets 2,000-3,000 sheets based upon finishing option 3,000 sheets 100 sheets Standard
Canon
imageRUNNER 3320i imageRUNNER 5020i
3320i – Up to 33 ppm 5020i – Up to 50 ppm 12 seconds (3320i) 7.5 seconds (5020i) 2,400 x 600 dpi 600 x 600 dpi
Ricoh
Aficio 2045e
Up to 45 ppm 7 seconds 600 x 600 dpi 600 x 600 dpi
Xerox
WorkCentre Pro 45 WorkCentre Pro 55
WCP45 – Up to 45 ppm WCP55 – Up to 55 ppm WCP45 – 7 seconds WCP55 – 9 seconds 1,800 x 600 dpi 600 x 600 dpi Optional Optional
Optional on 3320i; analog not Optional 2-line G3 with available on 5020i optional JBIG compression Optional Optional
100 x 100 dpi to 600 x 600 dpi 100 x 100 dpi to 600 x 600 dpi 200 x 200 dpi to 600 x 600 dpi Black-and-white only 1 bit 3320i – 250 MHz 5020i – data unavailable 256 MB / 256 MB 10 GB standard 3320i – 120,000 5020i – 200,000 3320i – 1,050 sheets 5020i – 4,150 sheets 3320i – 4550 sheets 5020i – 7,650 sheets Requires finishing option 3320i – 1,450 sheets 5020i – 2,300 sheets 3320i – 50 sheets 5020i – 100 sheets Standard Black-and-white only 1 bit 300 MHz 64 MB / 320 MB 20 GB standard 100,000 1,050 sheets 3,550 sheets Requires finishing option 2,500 sheets 80 sheets Standard 5.5x8.5 to 11x17 16 to 28 lb. bond 16 to 44 lb. bond Paper bank, large-capacity tray, 1-bin tray, finisher, multitray finisher, booklet finisher, puncher Parallel, 10/100Base-T PCL 6 and PCL 5e; optional PostScript-3 emulation Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP; Apple Mac OS 8.6-OS X Black-and-white only 1 bit 433 MHz 128 MB 9.1 GB standard WCP45 – 150,000 WCP55 – 200,000 1,200 sheets 4,800 sheets 300 sheets 2,250 sheets 75 sheets Standard 5.5x8.5 to 11x17 16 to 53 lb. bond 16 to 58 lb. bond Finisher, 2-hole legal puncher, 3-hole puncher
MP tray – 3.9x7.5 to 12.3x18.5 MP tray – 4.13x5.83 to 11x17 Trays – 5.8x8.3 to 11.7x17 Trays – 5.5x8.5 to 11x17 16 to 53 lb. bond 16 to 58 lb. bond 8-bin mailbox, stacker, stacker/stapler, multifunction finsher Parallel, USB 1.1, 10/100Base-TX HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, PostScript-3 emulation, PJL, PML Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, XP 64-Bit, Server 2003; Novell Netware 3.2, 4.2, 5.x, 6.x; Apple Mac OS 8.6 and later; Red Hat Linux 6.x and later; SuSE Linux 6.x and later; HP-UX 10.20, 11.x; Solaris 2.5x, 2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (SPARC systems only); IBM AIX 3.2.5 and later; MPE-iX; Citrix MetaFrame; Windows Terminal Services 32 x 29.8 x 48 317 lbs. 38,000 standard toner 350,000 maintenance kit 3320i – 17 to 20 lb. bond 5020i – 17 to 24 lb. bond 3320i – 17 to 32 lb. bond 5020i – 17 to 110 lb. index Cassette feeder (3320i only), envelope feeder (3320i only), finisher, saddle finisher, puncher Parallel, 10/100Base-T PCL 6, PCL 5e, PostScript-3 emulation Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me (5020i only), NT 4.0, 2000, XP; Novell Netware 3.2, 4.1, 4.11, 4.2, 5, 5.1 (5020i only), 6; Solaris 1.x, 2.5, or later; Apple Mac OS 7.5 or later
Standard interfaces Standard print languages Supported operating systems
Parallel, 10/100Base-T PCL6, PCL-5e emulation, Postscript-3 emulation Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP; Novell Netware4.x, 5.x, 6; Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6 or later; HP-UX 10.2, 11; IBM AIX 4.2 or later; Linux Intel (various); Apple Mac OS 8.x, 9.x, OS X
Dimensions (w x d x h in inches) Weight Consumables yield (in pages)
3320i – 22.25 x 29 x 35.9 26 x 25.5 x 32 5020i – 25.4 x 29.25 x 44.75 3320i – 214 lbs. 5020i – 462 lbs. 15,000 standard 3320i toner 33,000 standard 5020i toner 55,000 3320i drum 3 million 5020i drum 3320i – 1,350 max 5020i – 1,500 max 200 lbs. 30,000 standard toner 150,000 drum
58.7 x 28.3 x 43.9 399 lbs. 30,000 standard toner 200,000 drum
Power consumption (in watts)
790 max printing, 800 max copying, 49 standby, 15 powersave $2,599 to $4,599
1,070 max printing, 1,120 max copying, 305 standby, 59-221 watts powersave $8,999 to $15,199
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1,247 running, 284 standby, 70 sleep Service agreement required $13,245 to $25,000
Warranty Purchase price (U.S. street)
1 year next business day onsite 1 year next business day onsite Service agreement required $13,225 to $23,350
Service agreement required $11,700 to $20,000
U.S. version 1.5 • 11/17/04