HP Laserjet 2420

I have used the Hewlett Packard Laserjet 2420 Printer for over a year for work related printing. This monochrome printer is capable of printing 30 pages per minute, which has been an adequate printing rate for my needs. This printer produces a resolution of 1200 x 1200 dots per inch.

The Hewlett Packard Laserjet 2420 Printer runs just over two hundred dollars, making it a competitively priced product. There are printers that have scanning and fax capabilities in this price range, but many of those products offer little in the way of print quality or speed. Hewlett Packard Laserjet 2420 Printer provides printing capability that seems more “heavy duty” to me than less expensive printers that I have owned for light home use. This printer is capable of printing 75,000 pages per month, which far exceeds my printing requirements.

My experience with the Hewlett Packard Laserjet 2420 Printer has not always been good. I have run into a number of conflicts with this printer that indicates room for improvement. I have had problems printing documents in a particular format that will print effortlessly when opened with a different program. I am not certain if this is more of an IT problem than a printer issue, but it is disconcerting at best. This printer often seems temperamental, printing when it feels like it. There is nothing more aggravating than waiting for a document that fails to print. The processing time for this printer is supposed to be ten seconds, which is about right when it decides to print.

The Hewlett Packard Laserjet 2420 Printer contains a window on the top along with scrolling keys to troubleshoot the machine. This menu is anything but user friendly. I normally call IT when I have problems printing because of the lack of simplicity in the design of this printer. It just doesn’t need to be this difficult.

The Hewlett Packard Laserjet 2420 Printer contains a paper tray at the bottom that holds about half a ream of paper. The front of the unit folds out to allow manual paper feed as well. This option includes a sliding margin for envelopes or other thinner printing stock. I have not experienced any problems with paper feeds or jamming. The mechanical aspects of this printer appear to be sound. The printer is capable of printing up to legal size documents. Supported media types include Bond Paper, Cards, Envelopes, Labels, Plain Paper, Recycled Paper, Transparencies, Prepunched Paper, Color Paper and Rough Paper.

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