Hewlett Packard LaserJet 2100m

by HP

Product Details

Product Manual [3.09mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 31 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004U9WT
• Item model number: LJ100M
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

For small businesses with high standards and diverse printing needs, the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 2100M laser printer may be the networkable workhorse you're looking for. HP offers 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution, a top volume of 10 pages per minute, and 8 MB (expandable to 40 MB) of memory to ensure consistency and provide high-quality printing in high-volume settings.

Two paper trays support the large standard input capacity of up to 1,100 sheets, and the straight-through paper path (and optional third paper tray) allows for flexible handling of different media sizes and weights. The unit can print on a full range of professional stationery and envelopes (No. 10 and Monarch) plus transparencies and labels. Operated via the expanded control panel, the 2100M provides text messages to identify potential issues and recommend solutions. Another nice benefit appreciated by all will be the 5,000-page-capacity toner cartridge that installs quickly with no mess and no mistakes. The HP 2100M's impressive input and 600-sheet output meets the demands of the busy small office; plus, the system is easily upgradable as your business grows.

The Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet 2100M is compatible with Windows and Macintosh, and is designed to excel in mixed-language environments. Weighing just 25 pounds, the 2100M is compact, for easy setup in your workspace. Drivers are included for Windows 3.1, 9x, and NT 4.0, and Mac OS 7.0 and later. Network ready, the 2100M comes with a one-year warranty and HP Express Exchange. This printer will be a most welcome addition to your team. --Barbara Price

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ideal home/small office printer, December 23, 2000

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Stephen M. Bainbridge "www.professorbainbridg... (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hewlett Packard LaserJet 2100m (Office Product)

My IT people bought me the HP 2100 for use as a personal printer in my university office. I liked it so much that I bought one for my home office to replace an old HP 4L. It has been an excellent purchase and I highly recommend this printer. When working at home, I now have the print speed to download and print out legal decisions from the web or Lexis, which was too painful to contemplate with the slow speeds of the HP 4L. I get 8-10 pages per minute regardless of whether the printer is set for draft or top quality modes. So only the longest legal decisions take more than a couple of minutes. Of course, as a law professor, I'm not often printing out graphics intensive files. Charts and figures do slow down the print speed some, so a more graphics intensive user might want to look at alternatives. I'm also not using it in a network environment at home and, at work, I don't share it with other users. So, again, your mileage may vary.

The variant I bought for home use is the HP 2100M, which has significantly greater paper capacity. Arguably, in a one user environment like mine the extra capacity isn't all that necessary. In a shared environment, however, it would probably come in handy.

Both of my HP 2100 have been extremely reliable. They are quiet, the paper never jams, they have a reasonably large main paper tray, handle single sheet feeds fine. I've generated several camera ready texts on my HP 2100 using the top quality print settings and had no complaints from readers or publishers, So for a low-volume, mostly text setting, this seems like an ideal printer.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent personal or light duty enterprise printer., January 16, 2001

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BC (Cambridge, ma USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hewlett Packard LaserJet 2100m (Office Product)

Having been fed up with inkjets, I finally decided to purchase a laser printer for my household. The 2100M slots neatly between the 1100 and 4000 series machines. It is compatible with Apple's featuring localtalk modem port, and PC's with Parallel ports. There is a communication slot designed for either a USB card, or ethernet card to turn the unit into a print server.

While the 2100M is nearly double the price of the 1100, it has much more to offer. Featuring 1200x1200 dpi, text and corporate logos appear flawless. In addition the second paper tray is great when you need to print envelopes, or print on different types of paper without having to remove the paper tray.

The IR port has proved indispensable on numerous occassions. It is of the 4mb IrDA compatible and proves very fast. I often type on my laptop and normally, I would have to either plug the printer into the back of my laptop which in itself is a tedious process and then print. However with Infra red port, I simply align the back of the laptop with the unit within a 3ft radius, and print, voila!

Laser Printers require time to warm up before printing. This one has proved extremely quick. If I leave it on in standby mode, it takes no longer than 5 seconds from the time i hit print from Microsoft Word to the when a page starts printing. When the unit is off, it takes no more than 15 seconds for the unit to warm up!

The HP 2100M is PostScript compatible and in my opinion, this is a must have option! Documents printed in PostScript form have absolutely stellar print quality. PostScript is a font technology developed by Adobe. PostScript is the defacto standard in font technology today.

There are a few drawbacks. There is no built in standard USB printer port. While USB for the most part is still considered a consumer technology and not really for enterprise, still the inclusion of a built in USB port would guarantee standard compability with newer Macintosh Computers that do not feature legacy ports.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Work horse, May 7, 2010

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S. Ellis - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hewlett Packard LaserJet 2100m (Office Product)

I was given this printer from my employer 13 years ago, and I remember it being used in the office for years before that. I have used it daily all this time, never done any maintenance or internal cleaning on it (and my cat frequently sleeps in it), and only replace the toner cartridge once or twice. It is AWESOME! The only sad part is the cord to the printer has that old fashioned prong connection and there is no printer driver compatible with Windows Vista. So... I leave it in the basement with my old XP computer and am shopping for a new laserjet. But, it still prints reliably, quietly, quickly and beautifully.