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HP LaserJet 1100

Monday, June 17, 2013
The HP LaserJet 1100 is supplied with a mere 2Mb of internal memory as standard. We upgraded ours to have 8Mb. The more memory a printer has the quicker it can handle print data. It also has a 35Mhz Motorola processor.

The printer has a standard resolution of 600 dpi which is a perfectly decent resolution for a printer, especially a laser. It’s capable of 8 pages per minute and our experience is that it actually achieves that too. The printer can be connected using a parallel port or as is more commonly the case with a workgroup, network using the Ethernet adapter.

The paper tray can handle a total of 125 sheets, so while this has network capabilities, it might feel more at home as a single user or SOHO printer. I imagine larger workgroups might end up being a bit much for it after a while, especially with only 8Mb of memory.

We are such SOHO users, so can vouch for its capability as that. There are only three of us on our network and have yet to give the 1100 pause. We aren’t great printers, but there are times, especially when a deadline looms that things get a bit frenetic and we’re all trying to get our individual parts of a project done at once.

Print quality is second to none, even with only 600 dpi to work with. It doesn’t matter so much to a laser than to an inkjet. In our experience, coverage is much more even, precise and quicker than with ink. Photos and images are much better with an inkjet, but seem a bit more expensive to print. Our requirements are predominantly textual, so it matters little to us.

The LaserJet 1100 prints text well, whatever the size. We are journalists so we use standard fonts, MLA formatting and only the odd image, as the editor adds those himself. Test in Times New Roman is pretty standard, you can’t really go wrong with it, but when we print something non-work related, it handles other fonts and points very well indeed.

The HP LaserJet 1100 is a good old workhorse printer. While marketed at a workgroup, I’m not sure its suited to one larger than ours. It works well, prints well and has given us no trouble since we owned it.
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Dell 1100

Sunday, May 12, 2013
The Dell 1100 is a compact, chic printer available in soft shades of white and grey that looks very smart sitting on ones desk. The fact that it is fairly well priced and produces good quality prints does nothing but add to its appeal.

Dell advertises an impressive speed of 14 pages per minute, after testing these claims it was found that they were accurate. This is the product’s strongest feature along with low cost per page .This printer comes equipped with only 2MB of onboard RAM that could impact performance, but the rest of its features compensate for it.

The best part about this laser printer is that compared to larger office printers, it does not produce loud clunking and choking noises that can disrupt the pace of work. It is advisable to keep it in an open area, although it has a small foot print the cooling vents on the side of the unit need breathing space.

The Dell 1100 has a capacity of 50 sheets, and the paper tray has a removable dust guard as opposed to a door enclosing it simplifying usage. In addition, ease of use can be seen in the installation process and the control panel. All buttons are conveniently placed - there is one button that signals the printer to feed or cancel jobs and errors are adequately signaled through two flashing LEDs.
The printer has a reasonable life expectancy of 50,000 pages indicating that it is best suited for individual use. This is reinforced by the fact that it does not have a built in networking capability, however for small offices or single-desk use the printer can perform very well.

This printers 600 x 600 dpi resolution is deemed slightly above average, but then it is unfair to expect superior quality at the price it is offered. Due to this one should not expect that complex colored images would come out lifelike, but nonetheless when printing plain text the characters come out distinct and sharp. The Dell 1100 is therefore ideal for printing out letters, memos and reports to fulfill routine requirements.

The Dell 1100 is all about convenience as it provides information about how much toner is remaining, and Dell’s direct selling system online makes ordering new toner at competitive prices very simple. In addition, Dell also offers a comprehensive recycling program ensuring that the product is environmentally friendly and cost effective.
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