HP Color LaserJet 2600n Printer (Q6455A#ABA) | 
| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
List Price: $329.99
Buy New: $245.94
You Save: $84.05 (25%)
New (19) Used (2) Refurbished (5) from $89.99
Rating:  87 reviews
Platform: Mac Os X
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Apple MacOS X 10.2 or later
System Memory: 16
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 50
Dimensions (in): 16 x 17.8 x 14.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: Q6455A#ABA
Model: Q6455A#ABA
UPC: 829160809366
EAN: 0829160809366
ASIN: B0009ORUZU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New in Sealed Retail box with All accessories. NOT OEM/Refurbished. Sorry NO shipping to APO/FPO/POBOX/HI/AK
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| Features:
| • | Color laser printer offers affordable color printing | | • | Up to 600 x 600 dpi for both black and color prints with 8 ppm speed for both black and color | | • | 250-sheet paper tray, with option to add second tray | | • | 16-character front panel LCD display offers easy-to-access information | | • | Device measures 16.0 x 14.6 x 17.8 inches (WxHxD) |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Create high-impact, professional documents and marketing materials with this affordable HP 2600n network-ready color laser printer. HP expertise pairs advanced color imaging technology with innovative print cartridge design for superior prints. The on-board HP ImageREt 2400 technology ensures exceptional quality color printing while HP's smart printing technology monitors and makes automatic adjustments to the cartridges to ensure consistent quality throughout cartridge life. The result is brilliant, professional-quality color every time you print. An intuitive, front-panel LCD makes it easy to set up, use, and maintain the printer. The two-line, 16-character display alerts you to low toner levels, taking the guesswork out of printer management. With a standard single-sheet priority feed slot, a 250-sheet covered input tray, and an optional 250-sheet input tray, you can configure this versatile printer to meet your specific paper handling needs. Priced for the home office, yet powerful enough and network-ready for small offices, this printer lets you produce business, marketing, and sales documents in-house, rather than outsourcing to a print shop. As a testament to its speed and efficiency, the HP Color LaserJet 2600n printer produces a first page out in less than 20 seconds from a cold start. Compatible with Windows and Mac operating systems, this printer measures 17.83 x 16.02 x 14.6 inches, weighs 40.5 pounds, and is backed by a 1-year manufacturer's limited warranty. What's in the Box
Color LaserJet 2600n printer, power cable, CD-ROM (user's guide and printer software), getting started guide, output tray extension, paper tray cover, and print cartridges (cyan, magenta, yellow, black).
Product Description
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| Customer Reviews: Read 82 more reviews...
 Impressive Achievment for HP - Fantastic Value December 7, 2005
Audiopro (Charlotte, NC USA)
165 out of 170 found this review helpful
You know, on paper, the HP 2600n probably makes no sense - not much memory, one-pass engine (speeds for black and color are the same), expensive replacement cartridges, slow black-only speed, average looks, small & unimpressive LCD display.
But.... In the real world, this printer will surprise and even amaze you! If you print ANY color in your documents, this printer will leave it's competition in the dust in terms of performance. Color print-outs are fast and come out instantly - no warm-up, etc. The unusual design allows it to take up minimal space on your desk and provides easy paper retrieval and cartridge replacement. The simple display is incredibly intuitive and features are easily & quickly located.
Instead of lots of memory, the printer makes use of your computer's memory and cpu (read: not post-script) - this may have a very slight performance effect on your computer. But, you never have to worry about purchasing extra printer memory ($$), since your computer probably has plenty of it available and probably more CPU power than you need.
Operating noise is acceptable and the printer never over-heats (common on some other color laser models). The HP support software isn't the flashy kind that populates your tool bars - just a very simple and effective set of utilities, which helps you configure and maintain the printer.
Color text print quality is the best I've seen on any kind of printer, and business graphics are unrivaled. The photo printouts are pretty decent for a laser, but not in the class of inkjets - but they sure come out fast!
While the cartridges are expensive - at least the printer comes with FULL capacity cartridges, which ironically cost more than the printer. (You are literally getting the printer for free!). I have printed several large documents (including many hi-res pictures) and the cartridges are still showing 98% capacity!
So, when should you NOT get this printer? If you mainly print-out reams of black/white documents, then this printer is NOT a good choice; go for a monochrome or 4-pass color laser instead. But, most home users do print some color (ie, web pages) which makes this a much better real-world printer.
They have the more powerful one-pass engine type HP color lasers where I work, and they are impressive; which makes me believe the 2600n should be reliable as well.
fantastic July 27, 2005
Ngyuen Arwegonagetder
136 out of 148 found this review helpful
Don't be fooled by the 600 x 600 resolution listed. The printer outputs fantastic quality photo prints and (obviously) great text. If you are considering this instead of an inkjet for photos, be warned that a laser printer will only output as good as the source material. Pics from my 5MP Kodak EasyShare camera look beter than on my (also HQ) HP inkjet. But older lower res (3mp) photos exhibit color inaccuracies. In short, if your photo has a flaw, the 2600n will show it (Laser Printers don't hide flaws by "bleeding" like inkjets do). Laser printers also aren't for novices, you *will* have to play around with the driver menus to get optimal quality and speed- but when you do, you should be quite satisfied.
 Printer is "Free" But the Toner Is VERY Expensive! January 20, 2006
M. Zashin (Wilmette, IL USA)
102 out of 107 found this review helpful
I bought this printer in October, 2005, primarily to print documents with occasional color use. To my surprise, about 3/4 of the way through my second black toner cartridge, the three color cartridges were exhausted. The supply counter reported that I had printed 4800 pages in color! I print VERY LITTLE color, and I just could not understand it. I called HP tech support, and was told that in fact even when you think you are printing black text only, the printer uses "a little" color toner too. I was not happy to hear this, since nowhere in HP's literature that I could find is this mentioned, but OK. . .they told me I could prevent this by printing in "draft" instead of in "normal," and by printing in greyscale. So, I loaded the new color cartridges (THREE of them, at approx. $80 each!!!), and guess what? The page counter CONTINUED to count pages for each of the color cartridges AND for the black cartridges! So, I called tech support back and was THEN informed that there is no way to avoid "using" color (I don't know if the printer actually uses color, or if the counter just "says" it does. The end result is the same. You can't print in black if your color cartridges are "out.") Tech support called this a "cheap" printer and said that the grayscale option isn 't available, no matter what you try to set up. Needless to say, I feel pretty disgusted and cheated. I will use up the remaining toner and then throw this machine away. I think HP should be ashamed. The tech guy seemed to think I should have somehow "known" about this. Phoo! Don't buy it. M. Zashin
Addendum: To be fair, I called HP tech support a third time and was then told that tech support #2 was wrong. You CAN print in grayscale and by doing so will avoid "using" color toner. It is also important to download and install the latest firmware from the HP site. I am following these suggestions, and will suspend judgment until I find out if this is now accurate information. M. Zashin
Cartridge problems can be overcome February 2, 2006
Samuel Burrows (Melbourne, Australia)
71 out of 71 found this review helpful
I guess the way the printer is set up is to ASSUME that you are using the color cartridges on an average basis, regardless of whether they are actually being used or not. Thus, it estimates when the cartridges should run out and when that time comes, you are locked out of further printing until the cartridges are replaced even though they may be full of toner. However, reading through the User Guide, there appears to be a solution on using the Color Toner Cartridges beyond the "replacement" time.
Page 94 of the User Guide has the following instructions for those who would like to use the toner beyond their replacement time:
Configuration
Cartridge Out Override can only be enabled from the printer's control panel menu.
1. From the main menu, press (RIGHT ARROW) to System setup and press (SELECT).
2. Press (RIGHT ARROW) to Print quality and press (SELECT).
3. Press (RIGHT ARROW) to Replace supplies and press (SELECT).
4. Press (RIGHT ARROW) to Override out and press (SELECT).
5. Press (SELECT).
If Stop at out is selected, the printer will stop printing when a cartridge reaches the recommended replacement point. If Override out is selected, the printer will continue
printing when a cartridge reaches the recommended replacement point. The factory default setting is Stop at out.
The full story of the trials and tribulations of a hapless 2600N owner can be viewed at: http://www.epinions.com/content_196413001348
 Great Product - Expensive Cartridges August 22, 2006
Michael Israel (Pennsylvania, United States)
54 out of 55 found this review helpful
The printer itself is great. very high quality and reasonably quick.
My only qualm is the cost of replacement cartridges. While all printer ink seems way over priced, HP has taken it to a new extreme. You can actually replace the ENTIRE 2600N for LESS than it will cost you to replace the 4 toner cartridges. Something is seriously wrong with this picture both from a cost and an environmental perspective.
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