HP LaserJet 4100mfp
The HP LaserJet 4100mfp wouldn't be able to meet the demands of a mid- to large-sized workgroup. And to our surprise, HP doesn't currently have a large workgroup MFD that prints in colour. The closest is the 9100 which is an inkjet-based MFD.
An interesting feature of this MFD is its capability of scanning in colour, even though it can only print in black and white. Most vendors seem to wonder what's the use of scanning in colour when you can't print in colour? On the other hand, most of the vendor marketing people we spoke to seem oblivious to the fact that many customers still don't want a colour printer.
The 4100mfp is suitable for small workgroups. It can print in mono at 24ppm and has a print resolution of 600dpi. The 4100 has a 600-sheet input capacity and a 300-sheet output capacity. There is also provision for up to two additional 500-sheet input trays and a 30-sheet automatic document feeder.
To our amusement, HP claims the recommended usage is 150,000 pages per month. We feel this figure is very far fetched.
The HP 4100 was quite fast at printing, with quite good print quality; as good as the Canon in some areas.
| Product | HP 4100mfp |
| Price | AU$4999 |
| Vendor | HP |
| Phone | 13 13 47 |
| Web | www.hp.com.au |
| Interoperability |  |
| Wide range of operating systems, hardware platforms, and networking
protocols supported. |
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| Futureproofing |  |
| Small paper capacity, only an A4-sized flatbed. | |
| ROI |  |
| Least expensive, least able to cope with mid-sized workgroups. | |
| Service |  |
| One-year next day onsite warranty. | |
| Rating |  |
hi there
good info sofar, mfd's could also have answering phone/machine etc or will ansa machine work seperately to mfds? sometimes ansa machines answer on faxes, how to avoid this?