The HP 2420dn LaserJet printer is a superb printer with a plethora of features. The first time I printed several color pictures I was amazed at the superb quality of the black and white prints.
This may seem like a small matter, however one of the features of the HP 2420 LaserJet printer that I appreciate very much among all of its features, is to be able to print an article from a website or even my bank statement from the Bank’s website, without the printer cutting of portions of the right side of the article the full length of the article. I have suffered with this printer “indignity” for many years having to resort to printing in the landscape format if I wanted all of the right hand edge to be printed.
All I have to do with the HP 2420 printer is to highlight the article to separate it from the extraneous written materials and advertisements. I then click on Print and check Selection under Page Range. I then Click on Apply and Print. Only the highlighted portion I want to be printed is printed
Compared to the LaserJet III, the 2420dn is a complex printer. I strongly recommend that you print out the Use and Administrators Guide, double sided no less, and have them bound for reference. You will need them.
I chose to connect the printer to the computer via a router by Ethernet cable. Initially the printer arrived improperly configured. By profession I am an engineer with lots of hands on practical experience. Because of the complexity of the printer I did not know what to do no matter how much reading of the manuals I did.
I called HP technical support and was connected to the Canadian Tech support center. The young man, who answered, listened attentively to me and then proceeded to correct the configuration walking me through the many steps. It sure was an eye opener for me how much I could do with the printer and the many steps it took to configure it. I kept careful notes. A new up to date CD with software for the printer was sent out to me in record time. I have no problem doing these rarely needed tasks myself.
As I got more and more familiar with how the printer works, with help from some knowledgeable people at HP printer technical support and reading the manuals, I am able to do these sometimes seemingly complex tasks myself to correct a minor malfunction or perform a configuration. Do not forget that the HP 2420dn is a complex mechanical and electronic machine as are the Laser printers made by other companies. It works very well and I am delighted with it. The HP 2420dn is very reliable.
- Up to 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution
- Up to 30 ppm print speed, first page in less than 10 seconds
- 400 MHz processor, 32 MB memory, expandable to 288 MB
- Parallel and USB 2.0 interfaces, 2 CompactFlash slots, optional networking
- Remote management via HP Toolbox; PC, Mac, and Linux compatible
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Connectivity
Macintosh connectivity
Hi-Speed USB 2.0, HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet embedded Print Server (standard on LJ2420n/dn), LJ 2420/d networkable via HP Jetdirect Internal Print Server
Optional connectivity
HP Jetdirect Internal Print Servers, HP Jetdirect External Print Servers, HP Wireless Print Servers, HP Jetdirect Connectivity Card for USB/serial/LocalTalk, Bluetooth wireless
Standard connectivity
1 IEEE 1284-B compliant parallel port, 1 Hi-Speed USB port (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications), 1 open EIO slot
Digital sending
Control panel
Graphical display with up to 2 lines of text; Help button (?) to provide information about the message on the display; Back button to back up in menus or exit menus; Pause/Resume button to pause and resume printing; Up Arrow button to navigate to previous item in list or increase value of numerical items; Down Arrow button to navigate to next item in list or decrease value of numerical items; Select button to open and navigate menus, clear error conditions, save selected items, and perform action highlighted; Cancel Job button to cancel print jobs; Ready, Data, and Attention lights to provide status
Media handling
Duplex print options
Manual (driver support provided)
Duplex supported media size
A4, letter, legal, executive
Pages per month
Up to 75000
Maximum input capacity (sheets)
Up to 850
Standard input capacity (sheets)
Up to 350
Standard output capacity (envelopes)
Up to 10
Standard output capacity (sheets)
Up to 250
Maximum output capacity (sheets)
Up to 250
Standard output capacity (transparencies)
Up to 75
Custom media sizes
Multipurpose Tray 1: 76 x 127 to 216 x 356 mm
Additional paper trays
Optional 500-sheet paper tray
Maximum number of paper trays
3
Standard paper trays
2
Media types supported
Paper (plain, preprinted, letterhead, prepunched, bond, recycled, color, rough), transparencies, labels, envelopes, cardstock
Paper handling
HP LaserJet 2420 series printers: Built-in automatic duplex unit (HP LaserJet 2420d/dn only), 350 sheets standard input capacity (1x 100-sheet/ 10 envelope multipurpose tray, 1x 250-sheet tray), paper input level indicators, straight-through paper path, standard 250-sheet top output bin, 100-sheet rear output bin. HP LaserJet 2420/d/n/dn Printer: optional 1x 500-sheet input tray can be added.
Paper handling optional/input
500-sheet input tray
Paper handling optional/output
No
Paper handling standard/input
100-sheet multipurpose tray, 250-sheet input tray
Paper handling standard/output
250-sheet top output bin (100-sheet rear output bin)
Standard media sizes
A4, A5, B5 (JIS), letter, legal
Media size, tray 1
A4, A5, B5 (JIS), envelopes, letter, legal, executive, 76 x 127 to 216 x 356 mm
Media size, tray 2
A4, A5, B5 (JIS), letter, legal, executive
Media size, tray 3
A4, A5, B5 (JIS), letter, legal, executive
Media type and capacity, duplex unit
A4, letter, legal, executive
Media type and capacity, tray 1
100 sheets, 10 envelopes
Media type and capacity, tray 2
sheets: 250
Media type and capacity, tray 3
sheets: 500
Media weights by paper path
Multipurpose Tray 1: 60 to 200 g/m² ;Tray 2/3: 60 to 120 g/m²
Media weight, tray 1
60 to 200 g/m² (straight-through paper path for special media and heavier stock)
Media weight, tray 2
60 to 120 g/m²
Media weight, tray 3
60 to 120 g/m²
Memory
Maximum memory
288 MB
Standard memory
32 MB
Memory technology
Memory Enhancement technology (MEt), Double Data Rate memory technology
Memory slots
Two 100-pin DDR DIMM slots
Memory upgrade
Expandable to 288 MB through two 100-pin DDR DIMM slots
Networking
Network interface
Optional: HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet Embedded Print Server
Network capabilities
Via HP Jetdirect Internal Print Servers for Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet; 802.11b wireless connectivity
Network ready
Optional
Ports
External I/O ports
One IEEE 1284-B compliant parallel port, one Hi-Speed USB (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications) port, one open EIO slot
Power
Power consumption, active
625 watts
Power consumption footnote
Power requirements are based on the country/region where the printer is sold. Do not convert operating voltages. This can damage the printer and void the product warranty.
Power consumption
625 watts maximum (printing), 11 watts maximum (standby), 8.5 watts maximum (powersave), 0.4 watts maximum (off)
Power consumption, off
0.4 watts
Power consumption, powersave
8.5 watts
Power consumption, standby
11 watts
Power requirements
Input voltage 100 to 127 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 2 Hz); 220 to 240 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 2 Hz)
Power supply type
Internal
Printing
Economical printing
Economode (saves toner), return to powersave mode after print job due to instant-on fuser technology (saves electricity), duplex and N-up printing (saves paper)
Standard printer languages
HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, HP Postscript Level 3 Emulation, direct PDF printing v 1.3 (with at least 128 MB of printer memory)
Print quality (black, best quality)
Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi
Print quality (black, draft quality)
Up to 600 x 600 dpi
Print quality (black, normal quality)
Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi
Print speed (black, best quality, A4)
Up to 28 ppm
Print speed (black, draft quality, A4)
Up to 28 ppm
Print speed footnote
Exact speed varies depending on the system configuration, software application, and document complexity.
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4)
Up to 28 ppm
Typefaces
80 HP font set (plus Greek, Hebrew, Cyrillic, Arabic)
Print technology
Monochrome Laser
First page out (black, A4)
< 10 sec
Printer management
HP Web Jetadmin, HP LaserJet Utility, HP Embedded Web Server, E-Toolbox
Print margin bottom (A4)
5 mm
Print margin left (A4)
5 mm
Print margin right (A4)
5 mm
Print margin top (A4)
5 mm
Processor
Processor type
MIPS 20KC
Processor speed
400 MHz
Software
Software included
Print drivers and installation software on CD-ROM; Microsoft® Windows® Installer, Macintosh Installer, HP PCL 6 and HP PCL 5e print drivers (Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP), HP PostScript Level 3 Emulation (Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003), PostScript Printer Description files (Macintosh), Printer Dialog Extensions (Macintosh), HP LaserJet Utility (Macintosh), HP LaserJet Toolbox
Service & support
HP Web sites, HP Customer Support Center, HP Care Packs
Optional compatible operating systems
OS/2, UNIX, Linux®, HP OpenVMS
Compatible operating systems
Microsoft® Windows® 98, Me, NT 4.0 (parallel and network connections only), 2000, XP, Server 2003; Apple Mac OS 9.x and later, OS X v.10.1 or later
Driver updates
Most recent printer drivers and software for all supported operating systems available at http://www.hp.com/support/lj2400; OS/2 drivers are available from IBM and are packaged with OS/2
System
Minimum system requirements
Microsoft® Windows® 98: Pentium® 90, 16 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive; Windows Me: Pentium 150, 32 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive; Windows NT 4.0: Pentium 90, 32 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive; Windows 2000: 133 MHz processor, 64 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive; Windows XP: 233 MHz processor, 64 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive; Windows Server 2003: 550 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM (standard edition), 220 MB of free hard disk space for Windows, CD-ROM drive or Internet connection, IEEE 1284-compliant bidirectional parallel port, or USB 1.1, USB 2.0; Mac: 160 MB of free hard disk space for OS 9.x and Mac OS X v10.1 and later, CD-ROM drive, USB port or IEEE 1284-B compliant parallel port
