I picked up an HP LaserJet 4 Plus from a local merchant over two years ago. I used it for a while, then stuffed it in my closet for about 1 year while I used a different printer. the other printer I was using was a Minolta 2300DL Color Laser, and believe it or not, I'm much happier with the HP 4 Plus than I ever was with the color one. Basically I used the color printer because it had an ethernet card, and I only printed Black and white stuff on it anyway, so when the black toner started to run out, I hopped on ebay and picked up a JetDirect card for the LaserJet for like $10 and voila! Perfection. That is the beauty of these things, parts and accessories are so darn cheap and abundant. Toner is especially cheap for high yield 8000 page carts, and that will save you tons of money in the long term. Especially since if you take care of it, these printers will basically last forever. I've also ordered 64MB of RAM for the ol' girl, and she just flies now printing PDF's and web pages. (The stock 2MB of RAM is pretty weak. Do yourself a HUGE favor, and upgrade to at least 32MB of RAM. you can find sellers on eBay offering kits for less that $20 to max your printers RAM out. Well, as much as I love this printer it does have a couple drawbacks. First and foremost, Mine is very picky about paper thickness. It has major problems printing on anything over 24lb weight. Cardstock and 36lb paper simply jam up every time. Even with the settings changed to the thicker stock it doesn't like to print on it. Also the speed is just bleh. 12PPM is its rated speed, and that is plenty fast for me for personal and light home business printing. ( I probably print about 500-700 pages a month on it ) Just be warned if you do not upgrade the RAM, honestly if you have 18MB or less installed in the printer it will lag a bit printing web pages or PDF files with any sort of graphics or background shading. Again do yourself a huge favor and max out the RAM, it is so cheap there is no reason not too, and you will fall in love with this printer. In summary, this is a solid reliable printer that I would happily recommend to anyone looking for a used, business class laser with few frills, that just works. The newer printers have better speeds and resolutions, but maintenance and supplies for the 4 Plus are so cheap these days it's hard to lose. Hope this helps.Read full review
Probably one of HPs most reliable laser printers. Ok, you can buy faster, newer, lighter, smaller and more high tech printers but for the price you can't go wrong with an LJ 4+. The 4+ plods along at about 12ppm (faster than the LJ 4) which is fast enough for most light duties in a office. We have four printers, two LJ4+s, a Minolta laser and an Infotec IPC2838. The LJ4s are the oldest of our printers and where bought secondhand a few years ago after the Minolta broke down (paper feed fault and computer interface failed). Our infotec is very fast with excellent print quality but takes too long to warm up so everyone uses the LJ4s for general printing. The first LJ4 I bought has proved to so popular that I was asked to buy another for the office. I now have one at home and a list of people looking for one! As I have said before, this is a very reliable printer. Our Minolta has broken down (too expensive to repair), our Infotec has had a new fuser unit and photoconductor kit ($$$$$$$$$!!) but the laserjets just need a new toner from time to time. LaserJet 4+ SPEC: Speed: 12 PPM Resolution: 600 DPI Trays: Upper Tray - 250 Sheet, Bypass Tray - 100 Sheet, Optional Lower Tray - 500 Sheet Input: Parallel and Serial, Optional MIO card for Networking Duplex Printing: Optional Colour: No Memory: 64MB MAX Summary: Excellent value as a secondhand laser printer, ideal for general/light office duties. Very easy to upgrade to duplex network printer with 750 sheet capacity with parts from eBay... just slot it all together. Not ideal for printing graphics or photos but will make a reasonable job of them. This printer is very solid and has proven track record for reliabilityRead full review
Why you bought it. This printer was purchased because it is compatible with the operating system on the MAC that I use for work. What you like most about it. I've found the HP Laserjet 4 to be workhorse of a printer, I publish 2 small local newspapers and the HP allows me to print out proofs (at 72% of actual size) for my editor to proof. What you dislike about it. Unfortunately most of these printers have been put out to pasture by their original owners, some are in very good operating order and some are just lemons waiting to go bad. This printer purchase appears to be one of the better old printers. When it goes bad I'll get another.
This printer is older yes but it also is very cheap to run. some people don't understand this printer will outlast most new ones even if used. They also are very low maitenence. If you need a low cost b/w printer this one is great.This printer also will hook up to a router with a jetdirect card and can be wireless. Another thing is newer printers have chips on the that will make you buy toner every so often even if there is still toner. The laserjet 4 does not. It is also very easy to be fixed if it ever jams a roller kit can be brought for less then $20 to fix any jam. The cartridge lasts more then 7000 pages and can be had for as low as $17. Most inkjets run 25 cents and above per page for just ink. The laserjet 4 even if you pay full price for toner is less then a penny a page. even new lasers will run 2-3 cents a page and color laser 10 cents a page. The printer can be had for a bargin on ebay when it was new it was well over $1500. It retails at many shops for $200+ used still.Read full review
I have been using the HP 4m Plus printer since it was first released about 12 years ago. Lost my original one in a fire and chose to replace it rather than take any of the newer models because of the great service I got from the original model. (Paid over $1000 for the original, about $120 for the replacement.) The memory it was originally sold with is inadequate for modern, more complex work, so I added memory up to a total of 70Mb and have had no more trouble. Other than adding RAM, the only service I ever had to pay for was to replace the feed rollers at the rear and to buy new toner cartridges from time to time. It is nice to be able to print around 6000 sheets from a $50 (third party) toner cartridge--that's less than a penny a sheet, which is wonderfully economic compared with anything else out there. I think this printer will run forever if properly cleaned and maintained. Among other things, I like having a quality printer which will work equally well in the legacy MS DOS and current Windows/Mac environments. I have recently added the duplexer and lower paper cartridge and expect years more service from the unit.Read full review
I know these are old printers, but with a Jetdirect card these are very useful in the modern world. The speed of 14ppm is more than adequate for most print work. What you get is a machine with really cheap consumables and really cheap repair rollers. The printer is made to be serviced every 200,000 pages and the service roller kit is 25.00. The toner cartridges are 20.00 and last 6000 pages. They were made to last almost forever and have a build quality that you cannot get today. Mine has a duplexer and has 462,000 copies on it and it still works beautifully. Cheapest per-page cost available.
Like many who read this review, I suffered under the stress of the inkjet. I bought just one used LaserJet 4 Plus about six years ago for use in my PC repair business and replaced all four inkjet printers. As a former business owner with 7 employees printing work orders and paperwork, I needed a workhorse. This machine was it. At first this machine was nothing but problems, jamming constantly. With a bit of reading I replaced the pick-up and exit rollers pretty easily and have done nothing to it since. I have since added on a slew of accessories, including a duplexer, a gigantic 500 sheet third tray, and a whole 64 MB of RAM; all of which can be reasonably obtained here on eBay. These machines are well known for lasting forever, and mine is no exception. This machine is turning 15 years old and 110,000 pages in a month, and I couldn't be happier with it! Bottom Line: Do you need to print a lot? Do you need a dependable machine? Get a Laserjet 4. Invest in a Laserjet 4. You'll love the Laserjet 4.Read full review
Like so many of those of us who suffer with the daily drama of the inkjet. I suffered through the endless routines of "clean print nozzles" and replace cartridge low suggestions from these infernal machines. Having been through countless numbers of the Lexmark z series all the way up to the X63, I decide it was time for a change. I purchased the Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4 plus Printer out of desperation and defiance to the Lexmark company's money sucking machines. Well step into the light. This actually makes me mad that I didn't bother to buy this printer when it was new in 1995. I guess sometimes "old" tech is better than new. I found a used LaserJet 4 and purchased for $8.99 plus shipping(it's heavy). All I can say is WOW! Cleaner, sharper text, faster printing, no smearing, and cost is not a factor when deciding how many to print. Buy this printer and quit worrying about the refill kits and cartridge numbers etc. Each toner cartridge yields thousands of prints, and with remanufactured toner cartridges out there for very reasonable prices it makes inkjets a waste of time and money for any text printing that requires only black and white. Sly GearRead full review
I like this printer because it prints well and was affordable. My fiance fixes printers for a living and he has told me this is a top of the line printer with a lower price tag. It is only a black and white laser but it quickly prints out whatever is needed. I don't recommend ink-jet printers if you bearly print a laser printer is what you need and this is a great one. Also the manual feed option is quite easy to use.
Love how fast it is, and the fact that I've gone through almost three 500pg packages of paper and it still keeps printing! Laser printers are FAR more superior. Also like it because it's familiar to me, therefore easy to use. Only downfall is that it's enormous, weighs a ton, and dims all the lights in two rooms when it's on. Bang for the buck though I cannot complain one bit.
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