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Network Laser Printers

  If you're still trying to connect every single computer to its own printer, it's might be the right time for you to consider purchasing a network laser printer.

Every company needs more productivity and demands more flexibility to get the job done every day. Drive and lead your company to be a top performing, productive and competitive enterprise with the help of the network laser printer.

Boost printing power and Efficiency- Without busting the budget.

Today's departmental laser printers are faster, cost less, and produce higher-quality output than ever before.

Laser printers usually sell for up to four times the price of their inkjet equivalents, but the network laser printers are the most expensive laser models on the market. But in turn you can transform this unit to a real office workhorse that will manage high-volume printing jobs and deliver it quickly, meeting the demands of today's fast-paced environment. With an increasing amount of data and applications that today's growing companies need to print, it is not always easy to stay on budget and preserve the valuable workspace in the office. However, there are some ways to gain more cost efficiency and save the office land by integrating new cost-effective and flexible printing devices. Printer manufacturers are usually well aware that companies want to preserve their much needed "real estate" in the office and they often doesn't want purchase and install many different printing and copying devices.   

Therefore the Network Laser Printers are incredible tools for the busy offices or businesses where the printer needs to serve multiple users or workgroups, as you can save both space and money. Network Laser Printers also come in monochrome or even color versions. If your printer will need to manage and optimize the workflow for larger user workgroups or even for an entire organization, the network laser printer is certainly the ideal choice for your business.

The network laser printer deviates from their personal laser counterparts in more than just size and speed. The network printer usually equipped with a faster processor (Between 33MHz to 400MHz), rendering chip and a satisfying amount of memory so it will be able to process sophisticated documents quickly and accomplish a steady line up of print jobs from multiple users.

High-speed throughput is achievable because a dedicated processor controls the time-consuming job of rendering.

Workgroup printers often have comprehensive paper handling options and even have the ability to print on both sides of a page that might save a you considerable amount of paper. These so called duplex printers turns the paper over and prints on both sides in one pass. Although you can achieve the same thing manually, by changing the print options in the printer's properties, or printing one side and taking that same paper and reinsert it into the printer to print on the other side, but it requires considerably more time. Many Laser printers have resizable envelope feeders and multiple trays that allows you to fill more than 1800 sheets of paper into it, and lets you use and store papers of different sizes, from normal sized papers to envelopes.

How can you decide whether to buy a low-end or a high-end laser? First, determine how many pages per month your network group normally prints. Then determine how quickly your group will need them. Most networking groups consisting of five or six people work well with 17 to 24 ppm. A standard workgroup laser printer producing 17 ppm averages between $1,000 and $1,500. Add the cost of replacing toner cartridges to the equation, and you get a good idea of the total cost of ownership.

Try to choose a network printer that has more than 250 pages of input capacity and able to work with a variety of paper types to accommodate all your printing needs. Inserting or changing paper in a printer, which is in the other room can be a bit frustrating. Many network printers include built-in Web pages, which permits you to verify the status and change settings from the network by connecting to its IP address with a Web browser or telnet even if the printer is not in the same room.

For a good example, check out the HP LaserJet 5100tn Network Laser Printer
The HP LaserJet 5100tn printer series is ideal for any office wanting to add fast, wide-format printing to its capabilities without sacrificing productivity or print quality. HP LaserJet engineering and solid design ensure worry-free printing on a variety of media types and sizes at a reasonable price.

 Today's network laser printers offer many special features. Printer manufacturers are incorporating other paper handling devices onto laser printers, allowing  users to purchase much more versatile printing machines. For example some of the network laser printers are blessed with some features of the well known copiers, such as duplexing, stapling, collating, offsetting and sorting.

 Other handy features include the ability to send printing job commands via the Internet while on the road (allowing documents to be printed on your office printer) and "walk-up wireless" printing via infrared receivers. To print from a peripheral with an infrared beam, such as from a PDA, simply point the device at the printer's infrared receiver and start printing.

One of the things you can do to save on the networking cost is take an advantage of wireless connectivity. The cost of implementing a wireless solution to provide the needed connectivity to your printing network, will be far less than the costs involved in extending your physical cables to the printer. And besides , your employees won't trip on the cables. 

All the network printers come with software, which manages and configures printers from across the network. These utilities provide configuration capabilities and printer-status information for users and administrators.It can inform users from their desktop computer if the network printer is out of paper, on-line, or busy with someone else's print job, and even allows you to see what jobs are active on all queues.

Some printers are named as "Networkable," meaning they come with a network card slot and can be attached to a network. These laser printers are Networkable and somewhat cheaper than that of the real network printers, but beware out with these printers because the manufacturer saved the usually built-in chip that is essential for networking, so with Networkable printers  you'll also have to buy a pricy networking card (around $450) if you choose one of these models.

If you considering to choose one of these Networkable models you should see the network ready color LaserJet 3700n that is capable of  printing all your employees' projects, from one page flyers to 100 page reportsin brilliant and beautiful color. Key convenience of this Networkable printer include HP Smart printing technology and HP's latest laser technology.

Once you determine the kinds of media and paper sizes you and your staff will use, plus your monthly volume, and possible features, you can find the right network laser printer to meet those needs.

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