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Adding up what the HP color LaserJet 4650dn printer can do will quickly reveal yet another fine machine from Hewlett-Packard. It looks to be best at working within a small and medium-sized workgroup, for the most part. Additionally, it also performs almost all of its print tasks with ease, putting out color or black and white pages quickly and easily, which many other printer manufacturers struggle to do sometimes.

When it comes to the capabilities of this printer, the first thing to understand is that it can put out about 22 pages per minute of product. In terms of a networked laser jet printer for a small or medium workgroup, this is more than acceptable. It only takes about 15 seconds from when the print job is sent from the computer to the printer for the first page to emerge.

Processing speed is also excellent, with Hewlett-Packard having installed one of its speedier 533 MHz chips. This means it will be able to process from a myriad of entry points and will suffer from very little hang-ups or confusion. It features nice durability as well, and is easily able to print out up to 85,000 pages per month.

Print resolution is fairly standard in this printer and in keeping with other printers it competes against in its segment. At 600×600 dpi resolution, most every product will be sharp, clear and clean. There will be very little blur or smudge in even the most extreme cases, which is nice. It features two paper trays as standard equipment, which can be increased to four on an optional basis. A total of 1600 sheets can be held when all four trays are used.

It has a standard envelope capacity of 20, though no envelope feeder is offered. This isn’t really that big of a deal as an envelope can be fed in with little trouble and whenever it’s needed. It also can perform manual duplex printing, which is the capability to perform a two-sided print job, if needed. Standard memory supplied with the printer comes in at 160 MB. It can be upgraded to 544 MB in little time.

Like most every other HP printer, this particular model makes use of Windows-based operating systems, though it can also accommodate certain Mac OS systems, which is something that isn’t always the case with an HP. Generally speaking, this means that the Hewlett-Packard can be interfaced fairly easily into most any network by the IT specialist. It comes standard with a one-year on-site warranty that can be increased for a fee.

In terms of connectivity, this particular model comes standard with parallel port as well as USB port capabilities. There is an internal print server for a Base-TX 10/100 Ethernet input port, if needed. It also can be equipped, on an optional basis, with a number of different wireless interface capabilities, including Bluetooth and Ethernet (802.11g). There should be little issue with being able to connect it to most any pre-established network, in other words.

Adding up what the HP Color LaserJet 4650dn printer can do, then, will quickly reveal that any small or medium workgroup having this printer assigned to it should come itself fairly lucky. It will be getting a machine that features nice print speed as well as excellent durability and functionality. For the price — which is actually fairly reasonable — there should be little or nothing for any workgroup to complain about. Just make sure to have lots of HP ink and toner on hand. LaserJet 4650dn toner can be found online or at your local store. Having lots of toner cartridge on hand will make sure you aren’t ever left rushing to meet a print deadline.