HP 1100DTN Business Inkjet Printer

by HP

Product Details

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• Item Weight: 20.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 31 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AWJYJ
• Item model number: C8135A#A2L
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 13, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Hewlett-Packard's 1100dtn commercial inkjet printer offers an attractive bundle of convenient and cost-saving features at an equally attractive price, making it ideal for small businesses and thrifty corporations seeking a simple, high-quality printer. With 4,800 optimized dpi and printing speeds up to 23 pages per minute black and 20 pages per minute color, the network-capable printer is ready for small or large group use on both PC and Macintosh computers. It even includes an accessory for resource-conserving two-sided printing.

HP's use of modular ink cartridges and printheads ensures cost-effective printing, while minimal user intervention minimizes maintenance costs. Each of the printer's four individual ink cartridges holds a single color. When one cartridges runs out, you only have to replace that cartridge. The unit offers a robust monthly duty cycle of 6,250 pages.

What's in the Box
Printer, automatic two-sided printing accessory, four printheads and ink cartridges (one each black, cyan, magenta, and yellow), starter CD-ROM, user documentation, power cord, AC power adapter, HP Jetdirect 200m print server, and a 250-sheet paper tray

Product Description

The 1100d is a personal business inkjet printer for high-volume, cost-effective color and black and white printing. Printing speeds up to 23 pages per minute black, 20 pages per minute color, with excellent print-quality results from up to 4800 optimized dpi. Modular HP ink cartridges and printheads ensure cost-effective and high-quality printing, while minimal user intervention and infrequent maintenance keep costs low. Each of the four individual ink cartridges holds a single color. When one of the black or color ink cartridges runs out, only that cartridge needs to be replaced. Network-capable for small workgroups, use it with PCs, Macs, or major network operating systems to get results - two-sided printing and additional input options available. Save paper and resources using automatic two-sided printing unit, which comes standard in the HP Business Inkjet 1100 series printer. The two-sided printing feature helps you create the look that you want for your documents while saving paper resources. The robust monthly duty cycle of 6,250 pages accommodates the printing needs of high-productivity individuals and small work teams.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for., April 16, 2004

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Review from the Prairie (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP 1100DTN Business Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

My volume of printing has increased recently and I needed to purchase a printer which was more cost efficient. After shopping for months, I came across an excellent review of the costs of printing in PC mag. They reported the cost of the HP 1100 to be similar to laser printers and I was skeptical. HP has achieved this efficiency by placing the print heads separate from the ink and having four ink cartridges, yellow, magenta, cyan and black. You only replace what you use and you don't have to replace the print heads with every ink. I didn't want to buy a laser printer because of the warm up time and because I print pictures. This printer prints standard quality very quickly, but it does spool up longer than other inkjet printers I have owned. The duplex feature saves paper by printing on two sides automatically; however, printing time goes up because the printer needs to wait for the ink to dry before printing the second side. This printer is on my home network with three computers and Windows XP and 98 and I have had no problems yet. Setup was faultless, although lengthy. My relatives have invested in other brands of printers and although the print quality is fine they have spent endless hours troubleshooting. Except for the usual Windows type frustrations (while slogging through system upgrades, switching to networking, switching to USB, hard-drive crashes, cable changes and driver updates) my other HP inkjet printers have performed as advertised and even performed well on systems they were not designed for. While this printer is much more substantial than my other new inkjet printers, many parts are only plastic and I'm afraid it will not last under hard use. This printer would probably be fine for heavy home use or sharing in light business use but probably too light weight for higher volume types of printing such as newsletters and brochure production.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So far so good., May 13, 2004

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K. Oliver "K-Rock" (GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP 1100DTN Business Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

So far I am happy with this printer. I have had another HP for 5+ years and it still works just thought it was time to upgrade to a faster printer (not to mention I now have two networked computers and was cumbersome to keep changing cables to print). Just a copule of small things I have notice: takes 45+ sec from off state to print first page, I have yet to see the print cartridges sold in local stores (Office Depot, Office Max, WalMart), print head and ink are now seperate (supposed to make ink replacement cheaper in long run), in XP (home? which is what I use) do not enable ICF on the ethernet connection or you will not be able to print (not a big deal in most networks with a firewall built into the hub or router unless you take your laptop away from home often).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hulking presence in the corner that does the job, September 5, 2004

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R. Floyd (Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP 1100DTN Business Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I installed this printer in a mixed (Windows/Linux) network in a SOHO. Setup was a drawn out affair, but the printer itself worked fine once I finished putting it together. The Windows driver install had trouble with automatic discovery of the printer. Using the "test" button on the print server (not documented in the quick setup, unfortunately) and entering the address by hand worked. Printing from Linux worked "out of the box" for recent versions of Linux. This is despite HP's statement that Linux isn't supported. If you're running an older version of Linux, you may need to get a PPD file for the printer (linuxprinting.org).

Print quality is better than I expected, considering some of the reviews I've seen. The printer is not blazingly fast, but it's considerably faster than the printer it replaced here (an HP 970CSE). I haven't seen any paper handling problems. Even double-sided printing on 24lb paper (a problem with earlier HP printers) works reliably.

My only complaints about this printer are physical. It's big for a SOHO printer. Right now it's hulking over in the corner. It's also unusually ugly for an HP product. Finally, it's fairly noisy while printing (it's dead silent when idle). But it works reliably and it's considerably cheaper than any of the alternatives I examined. Nothing else provided networking, duplex printing, higher capacity paper trays and individual ink cartridges at anything approaching this price.

One final note: I'm told that this printer has been discontinued by HP. It looks like the replacement will be the HP 1200dtn Business Inkjet Printer. It has more memory, a slightly faster engine, and is otherwise feature comparable with the 1100dtn, so perhaps it will be a better bet once it's available.