HP Color LaserJet 2600n

reply on August 13, 2005 by victorpen

Hi this is Victor back again. Well HP replaced my 2600n but I had to go thru quite a bit of trouble to get there.<br><br>Now 1stly the new printer is going fine, thanx for asking. It's actually really good, as per the original review, and I am happy wid it. however getting to this point was a task.<br><br>After my wardrobe malfunction where the printer just stopped working, I sent the printer on another test run just to see if it would magically fix itself. Not only did this not occur, but the.... hang on let me explain...<br><br>On the inside of the printer when you open the front door from top to bottom it exposes the 4 toner cartridges, and the hinge itself opens the cartridge doors upon closing the printer door.<br><br>On the inside front of the printer door there is a plastic conveyor belt which picks up the stock and transports it to the output tray once the image has been transfered. This normally runs smoothly. In my case it seized up, made a noise like plastic teeth grinding, continued to rotate as it held the toner doors open, spilling toner on my carpet. It's dry so it cleaned up ok. I pulled out the bits making da mess, trashed them, then got some1 2 clean it all up. But don't worry... I was P'd Off at the time, but now I'm over it. I put it down to teething problems with a new model. Maybe HP should re-hire some of the guys they fired &#38; watch what they put out dere B4 it be ready, and maybe go long, as in long term. As in hhmmm, maybe next time I b look at another brand.<br><br>But hey, as I said before it's going really well now. I've now attached it to a wireless network and it really is pretty crazy good. <br><br>It is in the fact the best value for money printer in its thing. The included features are awesome. <br><br>It's also worth mentioning the memory. It comes with 16 MB which is significantly less the 64 MB (expandable to 192MB with DIMM slot) that comes with the 2550, and also with competitors. But this doesn't matter as instead of the work being mostly done inside the printer, like the old school b/w's where even fonts had to be loaded, all the work is done in the PC CPU. I don't really know why colour laser lacked this until now. It makes much more sense in every way.<br><br>On top of this the 2600 inherits the same 264MHz processor from the 2550.<br><br>Hmmm this is turning into a novel... sorry, but could be important because of its category &#38; price point, making it a 1st colour laser for many folk, but while I'm at it I may as well cover print quality. It's rez b 600 x 600 dots per inch. It may seem to be a little low compared b/w laser &#38; higher end colour units, but HP is now employing a new printing tech called HP Image REt 2400 which monitors image quality and makes smart adjustments automatically. I think it b like quartz in watches. No1 knows how it makes a watch more accurate. It just does ok? It's probably the same with REt 2400. Your whites are now so much brighter and your colours are now more vibrant, but just make sure u soak overnight.<br><br>I've noticed the new printer didn't come with the bonus software package the last one did. Maybe HP put those funds into well... you know. 'Printer design'.<br><br>Vic xx