HP LaserJet Enterprise 700 M712n Business Printer with Network and Security Features

Any office would be glad to have a fast printer that supports a wide range of media, not to mention up to A3 sizes, and the HP LaserJet Enterprise 700 M712n printer looks befitting. It is definitely intended for high-volume printing with its huge media handling capacity. Did we just say it comes with reliable security features as well?

It prints at a speed of 41 pages per minute (monochrome), well actually it is only capable of black-and-white printing. That’s basically for standard media sizes, as it slows the engine down to 20 pages per minute when working with A3 sizes. A bright resolution of 1200x1200 dpi (dots-per-inch) coupled with HP FastRes 1200 enhancement technology, clearly defines the quality of results.

The M712n can also function as a workgroup printer through its built-in Ethernet interface allowing multiple users to access the unit. You should know that it is only possible if the printer as well as all the computers is connected only in the same network.

Well what can we say about its generous input capacity? With a maximum of 4600 sheets including the secondary trays and feeder, that sounds more than enough. But deducting the upgrades, the LaserJet M172n printer only comes standard with 600-sheet capacity which consists of two 250-sheet trays, plus a 100-sheet multipurpose feeder. That’s pretty much sufficient for a busy office.

Users have the option to control printing costs through enabling some useful features such as Energy-Saving mode, HP EcoSmart Fleet, and also by using high-capacity HP CF214x laser toner cartridges. The machine’s cost-per-page is absolutely lower when used with high-yield replacements.

We mentioned about the unit’s security solutions which guards data of the user to help protect their business. These include device firmware encryption, centralize print management through HP Web JetAdmin, and card readers (optional hardware integration).

It also supports HP ePrint and that’s probably one expected feature since the M712n is a networked-ready printer. Now with this unit you can print directly from your smartphone and tablets via direct connection, absolutely anywhere. The control panel has a colored display, though not as wide as we may have thought, it fits perfectly on its neat and simple aesthetic. A USB port serves as an easy-access for printing from flash drives and storages. 

For pricing details you may check this link from HP Shopping.

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When to Replace the Brother DR510 Drum Unit and TN540 Toner Cartridge

The question of when to replace the drum or toner of your printer can be answered simply by looking at the error message that appears on the screen of your machine. But what if it doesn’t feature an LCD and you will just have to rely on the indicator lights.

There are factors that even without the low toner warning from the screen, you may determine that soon you will have to get a new replacement. For example, the qualities of printouts you get from it are a bit unpleasant or rather unacceptable. It is one possible sign that the cartridge is running of toners which means soon you need a new one to replace it.

Also, if you’re aware of the page capacity of your supplies and you can roughly estimate the amount of printed pages you already got from it, then it would be easier to anticipate when to get a replacement. The same thing applies with the imaging drum unit, although it is capable of delivering higher page yields, sooner or later you will still need to replace it. Refer on the information below to give you a hint about what we’re trying to say.

• DR510 Drum Unit – Page Capacity up to 20,000 pages
• TN540 Toner Cartridge – Page Capacity up to 3,500 pages
• TN570 Toner Cartridge – Page Capacity up to 6,700 pages

If you noticed we provided two toners, one of them is a standard-yield which is the TN540 while the other one is of course the high-yield. Both work with the Brother DR510 drum so you don’t have to be concern about the model number.

What we’re trying to point here is the page capacity of each component. If you use the TN540 with the DR510, you will have to replace the drum after you have replaced the toner for like five times or less. How did we determine? Just look at their page yields (20,000 divide by 3,500) and you’ll get the answer. Well of course it would be different if you’re using the high-yield, but we certainly hope that you get our point.

Now with this method that we told you, at least preparing yourself before the printer prompts you with a low toner error wouldn’t be that surprising at all. It’s also a good thing to always keep some spare of toners and drums just in case there are unexpected failures that caused either of your current supplies to become obsolete.

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General Solutions to Fix HP 4500 Color Toner Cartridge Issues

Have you tried cleaning toner cartridges, like wiping it with a cleaning cloth, vacuuming toner dust or sort of? Well, purchasing brand new replacements wouldn't give you the idea to suspect that it could either be damaged or dirty. However, these supplies are basically in a shelf or stock rooms for a long time from your suppliers so you can’t really be sure right.

Print quality issues are mainly caused by printer consumables such as cartridges and drums (for laser types). Unless your unit is not in its most good condition to literally give you decent quality printouts due to irregular maintenance and cleaning.

There are few issues we've found particularly about the HP 4500 color laser printer with regards to its consumable. This machine has four HP 4500 color toner requirements which consist of the basic CYMK set. If any of these cartridges failed to perform properly, the unit will halt from working and errors may appear. Sometimes it is enough to take them out, re-install into their slots and luckily the machine works again. But that’s not always the case since there might be chances that you are required to do some thorough inspection and cleaning. Well instead of buying another set which for sure you know how much would costs if you don’t want to waste your hard-earned money then might as well try it.

Here are some of the color printing problems that you might face with HP 4500 series printers:

• Black prints instead of color 

• Color mismatch and missing 

• Inconsistent color results 

• Faded or incorrect color shade 

Those are just some of the extremely serious problems that you might come across after installing brand new replacements, either that’s an OEM (originally manufactured) or not. There are no exceptions or guarantee that using branded cartridges will save you from having these problems.

General Solutions:

If the machine is giving you only black prints, then check if the gray scale mode is enabled. More likely it is the case, simply turn the option off and try a test page.

Clean, always clean the printer, its components and consumables. Laser types often tend to accumulate toner dust inside, so you might need to set a regular cleaning schedule for the machine.

Check the level of toners each cartridge has, a warning should appear from the machine’s Control Panel indicating that Low Toner Level message.

If colors don’t match, run a printhead cleaning test and try printing a different colored file, would be better to test an image with minimal colors.

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Output Color Mismatch with HP Color LaserJet CP1515N Printer on Mac PC

Color matching between the printer and a GUI-based app such as Microsoft Office applications is really something too intricate to fully understand, especially for someone who just bought a printer mainly for personal use. We’re not even knowledgeable enough regarding the matter so we can’t give you much detail about it, though we can help you on some part. Like we can say the PCL driver you’re using with your printer greatly affects the quality of prints you get from your machine, and that’s a fact.

Just for a brief history about HP’s PCL driver. The higher versions or models of HP LaserJet printers starting from the 4000 series were the ones that first started to use the PCL 6 driver. In able to print complex graphics from GUI interfaces such as Windows, an object-oriented PDL (page description language) was developed by HP and is now widely known as PCL.

Now going back to our main topic, HP printers typically comes standard with Universal Printer Driver. So if you haven’t tried updating your machine to the latest PCL 6 driver, there’s a great chance that you might deal with Color Mismatch issue. Also, the HP 1515 cartridges could also be part of the contributing factors why you are having such problem with your printer.

For Mac OS computers and laptops that are using Microsoft Office applications, there’s a quite easy way to make your printer work the way you want it to be. This method will actually force the unit’s color management system to become dominant instead of the one in the operating system, more likely that.

Here’s how to set the color management to occur In Printer:

• Run Microsoft Office application and from the top menu click File.

• Scroll down and locate the Print command, it is basically next to Print Preview or you can also use the shortcut key command.

• The Print Dialogue box will appear. Click the third drop-down menu, by default it is set to Copies & Pages, change it by selecting ColorSyn.

• Right below the ColorSyn option, click the drop-down menu next to Color Conversion.

• Change the default set option from Standard to In Printer. With this option, ColorSync creates device independent color for PostScript printer.

• Save the changes you made and try to print a file or any document with color graphics and see if the hues of color from the printed result match the original color from the file in your screen.

• Color mismatch issue is something that can only occur between an HP printer and a Mac PC, it can also happen with a Windows OS PC.

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HP Color LaserJet 2550 Cartridge and Drum Life Over

Any printer consumable, may it be cartridge, drum, fuser or anything, they have this we called life expectancy. It is a duration from which such product will turn obsolete once it meets its end of life. Well it is normal, any consumable item has an expiry date right? Albeit, printer supplies doesn’t expire they only turn used or empty once consumed.

Unfortunately, your printer may prompt a low level or empty error message earlier than expected. But you shouldn’t blame the unit itself because in fact you are the one who should know very well why it wasn’t able to reach its expected limit.

The HP Color LaserJet 2550’s imaging drum has an approximate usage life of 20,000 pages more or less. However it is still dependent on the print coverage of monochrome and colored prints from which the item has been used. The figure stated only applies when you are printing mainly black&white documents, no color parts at all. On the other hand, if you’re purely printing colored pages, the numbers will reduce to 5000 pages or even less.

Likewise with the HP 2550 set of toners, their page capacity depends on the type of document you will use it. Sometimes you will have to buy new stocks in a month or so, then the next time shorter than a month, it’s basically normal. There’s no fix schedule for it since it will depend on the amount of pages you print and the toners each page consumed.

Difference between Low-Life and Out-of-Supply

When the printer says one of the cartridges are running low of toner that actually means it will soon reach its end of life. Approximately, there’s about 20% of life left inside that cartridge, hence you can still get some more prints. Consider it a signal for you to rush to your retailer and get a replacement before it totally gets empty.

Now, if the machine prompted you with a cartridge out of supply notice, it is not just a warning, it is literally empty. Let’s say there’s 3-5 percent of toners left, maybe that’s enough for a single page, but don’t push your luck.

If the printer doesn’t get new replacements it will shut itself down. Just kidding, it will actually stop from printing instead. So to avoid delays, it would be ideal to stock some supplies that you can use anytime you needed. It’s a good thing that these consumables don’t expire, so take advantage of it.

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HP Toner Cartridges With ColorSphere Technology

HP Toner Cartridges With ColorSphere Technology

To those who had been using an HP printer for almost a decade, have you noticed the significant change in print quality that you get from their supplies? Since 1998, Hewlett-Packard had provided us with reliable printing experience and supplies. Since they started manufacturing toner cartridges, yes there were ups and downs during its market entry period. But now, look at what it has become.

From an article in HP’s main website, there states that their products are designed to always bring out the best in all their HP Color laser printers. Which is definitely true, and it has been proven for such a long time until now. How is it possible that they their printers, particularly the color laser types, can produce printouts with consistent and vivid results? It’s mainly because of the HP ColorSphere Toner, a specially formulated set of toners that carries the pride of HP.

There are three recognizable enhancements that you may notice from these toners:

Color Vividness

The density and intensity of colors are more vibrant than ever. Mainly because these toner particles are specifically made in spherical shape to achieve wider color range.

Higher Photo Gloss

Well of course the quality of the photo paper may affect the results, but ColorSphere toners can boost that up to 117% higher. Now your pictures won’t look dull anymore.

Faster Results

Typical printing process includes melting and fusing. ColorSphere toners can melt and fuse faster than normal toners. That’s why you get immediate results. Isn’t it too perfect to get high-quality colored printouts at such fast speed? There are a number of HP toner cartridges that uses ColorSphere toners, actually I’m not sure but maybe almost all their toner supplies are now using this technology. If you want an example, well there’s the HP color laserjet 3600 toner cartridge. You can actually go directly to HP’s website and type “ColorSphere” on the search box located at the top-right of the page. I think you’ll get around 72 results or more.

If you want to know if your printer is also using cartridges with ColorSphere toners, well that’s very easy. Simply get its packaging and read the specs provided by the manufacturer. With this bright technology our basic CYMK toners evolved and are now considered optimize CYMK toners.

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What to Do with Print Quality Issues Related to HP 2600 Printer’s Cartridges?

The first thing you need to do is determine that the issue is certainly related to the printer’s consumables which are the HP 2600 laserjet toner cartridges. Your efforts will only be wasted even if you tried all of these recommended solutions, yet the root cause was not actually from the cartridges. In case you’re pretty sure, here are some solutions you might want to try with your printer to fix print quality problems.

Before you get down to the most complex conclusions, why not try inspecting the cartridges installed in your machine. Remove them inside the printer and try to examine each color to verify that there are no defects or dents on surface. Also check the imaging drum, if it’s not damaged, maybe there are dust or toner that clings on the green roller. Once you’re done checking all the supplies, just give a gentle shake before re-installing them back to the machine.

When did you replace the printer’s consumables? Perhaps their expected life is near to end. How can you check the status of your machine’s toner cartridges? If that’s your question, well actually there’s a built-in option for users to check the status of their printer’s supplies through the Control Panel. We know you don’t give much importance to that Setup button found in your machine’s panel, but now you need its help. Read through below to learn how you can have a printed copy of the cartridges current status.

• Turn the machine ON, and from the control panel, hit the Setup button.
• A list should appear, and from there you have to select Reports through the arrows keys. Press OK to proceed on the next page.
• Again browse through the list and select Supplies Status Page, followed by pressing the OK button.

In less than a minute the machine should start printing a report page. These includes the remaining percent of toner in each cartridge, pages printed, date installed and last used, plus the serial number in case you need to buy new replacements.

Run a Maintenance Test Print or the Cleaning Mode feature to remove any excessive dirt such as dust, toners and paper pieces that accumulated inside the machine especially on its paper path.

To clean the printer, again hit the Setup button, select Services from the list, then select Cleaning Mode and press OK.

A prompt should appear in case the input tray is empty of paper sheets. Load some and clear the prompt by pressing OK once more.

While the unit is running the cleaning process, it will take a few minutes to be completed. Do not turn the unit OFF, just wait until a page comes out from the output tray indicating that the machine is done.

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Does the Use of Compatible Brother Toner Cartridges Affect the Amount of Prints?

Many would have asked their retailers about this question. Does the use of compatible Brother toner cartridges affect the amount of prints? Well it’s not only for Brother, this has been a long argument with all other printer manufacturers. What we should blame is not the item, but rather the provider of these sub-standard supplies.

A compatible cartridge can perform of par with an original, given that it was manufactured to provide the same performance as its counterpart. Unlike those compatibles that are mainly produced just to gain profit and does not give any concern to what the customer would actually get. Regardless if it’s an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) toner or not, there are factors that may cause the number of printed pages to diminish or increase based on its standard capacity.

What are the factors that affect the amount of prints?

Type of Media

Printer users typically use the standard plain paper especially for printing documents with only plain text or with no graphics. It’s ideal and of course less expensive, but there are times that you need to change it with thicker or glossy sheets when needed. The thing is, there are some types of media that absorbs or requires more toner over plain papers. Hence, you get fewer prints out of the cartridge you used.

Type of Document

In most offices printing can be a regular task, but the amount of prints is not mainly dependent on how frequent you print. It is the type of document that can affect the number of results you can draw out of the cartridge. A document composing of only characters require less toners compared to one with combined text and images (whether mono or colored).

Toner Coverage

Do you know what for is that 5% coverage that is typically printed on the packaging of the print supplies you purchased? In general that 5% is approximately equivalent to only 1500 characters. The page-yield of a laser toner cartridge greatly depends on it.

Let’s use Brother TN315 toner cartridges to explain it further. Its black model can yield an approximate of 6000 pages at 5% coverage. If for example you will only use the printer for printing business letters, the chance to get 6000 or more printouts can be achieved. While on the other hand, if the printer will be used to print greeting cards with graphics and contains 3000 characters, it can possibly reduce that standard yield into half.

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