Printing system

Print technology

Q5964A: Laser
LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: Monochrome Laser

Print speed (black, normal quality, A4)

Up to 33 ppm

First page out (black, A4)

< 10 sec

Processor speed

400 MHz

Processor type

MIPS 20KC

Print quality (black, best quality)

Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi

Pages per month

Up to 100,000

Paper handling / media

Standard paper trays

Q5964A: 2
LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: 3

Maximum number of paper trays

3

Media types supported

Q5964A: Paper (bond, color, letterhead, plain, preprinted, prepunched, recycled, rough), envelopes, labels, cardstock, transparencies, user-defined
LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: Paper (plain, preprinted, letterhead, prepunched, bond, recycled, color, rough), transparencies, labels, envelopes, cardstock

Standard input capacity (sheets)

Q5964A: Up to 350
LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: Up to 850

Maximum input capacity (sheets)

Up to 850

Standard output capacity (sheets)

Up to 250

Maximum output capacity (sheets)

Up to 250

Duplex print options

LJ 2430dtn: Automatic (standard)
LJ 2430tn / Q5964A: Manual (driver support provided)

Paper handling standard/input

LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: 100-sheet multipurpose Tray 1, 250-sheet input Tray 2, 500-sheet input Tray 3
Q5964A: 100-sheet multipurpose Tray, 250-sheet input Tray

Paper handling optional/input

LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: None
Q5964A: Optional 500-sheet input tray, Optional automatic duplex unit

Paper handling standard/output

250-sheet top output bin (100-sheet rear output bin)

Standard media sizes

Q5964A: A4, A5, B5 (JIS)
LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: A4, A5, B5 (JIS), letter, legal

Custom media sizes

Multipurpose Tray 1: 76 x 127 to 216 x 356 mm

Media weights by paper path

LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: Multipurpose Tray 1: 60 to 200 g/m2 ;Tray 2/3: 60 to 120 g/m2
Q5964A: Multipurpose Tray 2: 60 to 120 g/m2 ;Tray 3: 60 to 120 g/m2

Memory / print languages / typefaces

Standard memory

LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: 64 MB
Q5964A: 64MB

Maximum memory

320 MB

Memory slots

LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: Two 100-pin DDR DIMM slots (one open)
Q5964A: Two 100-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM slots (one open), two CompactFlash slots.

Hard disk capacity

None

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)

Typefaces

80 HP font set (plus Greek, Hebrew, Cyrillic, Arabic)

Connectivity

Standard connectivity

LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: 1 IEEE 1284-B compliant parallel port, 1 Hi-Speed USB (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications) port, 1 open EIO slot, HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet Embedded Print Server
Q5964A: IEEE 1284-B compliant parallel port, Hi-Speed USB (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications) port, 1 open EIO slot, HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet Embedded Print Server

Optional connectivity

Q5964A: HP Jetdirect EIO Internal Print Servers, HP Jetdirect External Print Servers, HP Wireless Print Servers, HP Jetdirect EIO Connectivity Card for USB/serial/LocalTalk, Bluetooth wireless
LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: HP Jetdirect Internal Print Servers, HP Jetdirect External Print Servers, HP Wireless Print Servers, HP Jetdirect Connectivity Card for USB/serial/LocalTalk, Bluetooth wireless

Compatible operating systems

LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: 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
Q5964A: Microsoft® Windows® 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP Home, XP Professional, Server 2003; Mac OS 9.2, OS X v 10.1.5, 10.2, 10.3

Compatible network operating systems

Via HP Jetdirect Print Servers: Microsoft® Windows® 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, XP 64-bit, Server 2003; Novell NetWare 3.2, 4.2, 5.x, 6.x; Apple Mac OS 8.6 and later; Red Hat Linux® 6.x and later; SuSE Linux 6.x and later; HP-UX 10.20, 11.x; Solaris® 2.5x, 2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (SPARC systems only); IBM® AIX 3.2.5 and later; MPE-iX, Terminal server/Citrix

Minimum system requirements

LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: 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
Q5964A: 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, USB 1.1, USB 2.0

Other technical information

Power consumption

625 watts (printing), 11 watts (standby), 8.5 watts (powersave), 0.4 watts (off)

Power requirements

Input voltage 100 to 127 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 2 Hz); 220 to 240 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 2 Hz)

Dimensions (W x D x H)

Q5964A: 425 x 400 x 260 mm
LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: 425 x 400 x 400 mm

Weight

Q5964A: 16.3 kg
LJ 2430dtn / LJ 2430tn: 22 kg

Operating temperature range

15 to 32.5° C

Recommended operating temperature range

15 to 32.5° C

Storage temperature range (Celsius)

-20 to 40° C