HP LaserJet 2300n Printer

by HP

Product Details

Product Manual [4.91mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 31.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 37 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: B00008ZPD4
• Item model number: Q2473A#ABA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 26, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

A black and white workgroup printer from Hewlett Packard, the 2300N produces high-quality prints that are perfect for both home and professional applications. A 1,200 x 1,200 dpi maximum resolution ensures that your prints are sharp and crisp, while laser printing technology helps eliminate smudging and blotchy text.

Able to handle a wide variety of media, including labels, plain paper, card stock, envelopes, transparencies, and more, this versatile printer also supports paper sizes up to 8.5 by 14 inches. A 250-sheet input tray and 100-sheet multi-purpose tray come standard, while the internal 256 MHz processor helps provide print times of up to 25 ppm, with a time-to-first-print of around 10 seconds.

Weighing just over 31 pounds, the 2300N has a footprint of 16.2 by 17.7 inches and emits around 67 dB of noise during normal printing. The 110 V (50/60 Hz) AC power supply consumes approximately 426 W of power during operation and around 9.6 W during standby.

Fully networkable, the 2300N provides a number of standard connectivity options, including USB and parallel ports, while an internal Fast Ethernet print server makes hooking up to existing networks a snap. PC and Mac compatible, the 2300N also comes backed with a one-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
HP LaserJet 2300n printer, power cord, print cartridge, 100-sheet multipurpose tray, 250-sheet input tray, getting started guide, CD ROM with Microsoft Windows installer, Macintosh installer, HP PCL 5e and HP PCL 6 (Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP), HP PostScript 3 Printer Description files (Macintosh), Printer dialog Extensions (Macintosh), HP LaserJet Utility (Macintosh), documentation

Product Description

Powerful, professional, reliable. If these are among the traits you need in a printer, may we suggest the HP LaserJet 2300N. The power comes from its 266MHz processor and instant-on fuser. The professional results come from the 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfied with the HP 2300n LaserJet Printer, December 4, 2004

By 

David E. Weaver (Akita, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP LaserJet 2300n Printer (Office Product)

I've had my HP 2300n LaserJet printer for 8 months, and I'm very satisfied with it. It's my second HP LaserJet. My first was a LaserJet IIID which I bought in 1992 and still use today. I wouldn't have bought the 2300n except that some movers handled my IIID roughly and damaged the duplexing unit which I had been using almost constantly. It really saves paper and file space to print on both sides.

When not in use, the 2300n goes into a power-down mode which is silent and makes it seem to be turned off except that an indicator light lets you know it's still on. Send a print job to it while powered down and it immediately springs to life and processes the task just as if it had not been powered down at all. This is a great feature because the machine does not wear itself out whirring away, making noise and using energy as the IIID does when not turned off.

The 2300n is fast. The IIID's speed of 8ppm was considered fast when I bought it, but after getting used to 25ppm, I'd hate to give it up. The 2300n prints at a pace I associate more with photocopiers.

My IIID had excellent print quality until last year, about 11 years after I bought it. The output has become dirty. It needs cleaning and servicing, but that's not practical now, especially considering that I live far from a service center and my 12 year-old IIID printer weighs 75 pounds.

By comparison, the thirty-one pound 2300n is much easier to lift and move. I also like the fact that it takes up much less space than the IIID does, and it doesn't have those paper trays protruding out of it. The paper is nicely tucked away inside, where it should be, in an easy to open drawer. To accomplish this, the machine is intelligently designed to be slightly taller which is not a problem at all, just a better use of space.

The IIID has only 300 dpi resolution which is fine for text, but not so fine for graphics. The 2300n prints beautiful graphics, not in color, of course, but when I want color, I use an inkjet. When I want to print a picture with the 2300n, the high resolution is very nice.

I'm still using the toner cartridge that came with the shipped unit, but I keep a spare cartridge on hand. A great feature of the 2300n is the economical printing mode. I can easily turn this feature on and off (from within the Windows XP printing menu) and make my toner supply last longer. Unlike with the IIID, which also has an adjustment for toner consumption, with the 2300n, the econo-mode feature takes effect immediately. It makes the print lighter, but it's still quite readable and appropriate for those times when dark print quality is not needed.

Whenever I think of my HP 2300n LaserJet, I always get a nice feeling. I can't think of anything I don't like about it. It takes up little space, It's fast, It duplexes, It's economical with time, energy and toner, It's quiet, It networks, It has wireless capability, It's plug and play, It has an easy to use control panel on the front, and I feel confident that it will perform whenever I call on it.

I've come to trust the Hewlett Packard name for quality and performance. I teach English at a university in Japan where I write and print a lot of educational materials. Sometimes I make workbooks and print them in my office. I need a workhorse of a printer I can depend on to produce clean clear results. If my 2300n holds up only half as well as my old IIID did, I'll still be very satisfied.