The HP4200 laser printer for a fast way to print

At my workplace, I am responsible for ensuring that all the printers are running properly and that they are compatible with the computers themselves. One of the main brands of printer that we use is HP, and the main model of printer that I usually choose is the HP4200 laser printer. This is quite a large and bulk office printer, which I like because it has plenty of paper trays and expansion options.

At the bottom of the printer there is a deep A4 sized paper tray. This can happily hold about a realm and a half of paper, which is great for printing those huge mail merge documents. The front of the printer has a door that flips down to make a second paper tray. Confusingly, the lower paper tray is named by the printer as ‘tray 2’ and the door tray is \tray 1’. Tray 1 is used mainly for envelopes. There is a slider on the paper tray to let you align the envelopes, and then all you need to do is choose the type of envelope that you are using and it will print perfectly every time.

My main annoyance with these printers is how frequently the fuser unit fails. The fuser unit is a replaceable part that costs about $150 to replace. When it fails, it stops fusing the toner to the paper, causes paper jams and often makes a loud crunching noise when printing. It is really simple to replace though, as it is accessible through a removable door at the back of the printer.

To save money on paper, this printer has the option of adding a duplexer. This is just placed in the back of the printer. I always forget to enable the duplexer in the printer, so if you have installed a duplexer in a HP4200 and it is not printing out, then you should check that you have turned the duplexer on in the printer settings.

All in all, I like this printer. It prints really quickly and it seems to do well with remanufactured toners too, which saves a fortune on toner costs.