Printing system

Print technology

Monochrome Laser

Print speed (black, normal quality, A4)

Up to 43 ppm

First page out (black, A4)

< 8 sec

Processor speed

460 MHz

Processor type

20KC MIPS Microprocessor

Print quality (black, best quality)

Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi

Pages per month

Up to 200000

Paper handling / media

Standard paper trays

4250n / 4250: 2
4250dtn: 3

Maximum number of paper trays

5

Media types supported

Paper (plain, preprinted, letterhead, prepunched, bond, recycled, color, card stock, rough, cut-sheet, recycled), envelopes, transparencies, labels

Standard input capacity (sheets)

4250dtn: Up to 1100
4250n / 4250: Up to 600

Maximum input capacity (sheets)

Up to 3100

Standard output capacity (sheets)

4250: Up to 300 (250 face down, 50 face up)
4250dtn / 4250n: Up to 300: 250 face down, 50 face up

Maximum output capacity (sheets)

Up to 800

Duplex print options

4250n / 4250: Automatic (optional)
4250dtn: Automatic (standard)

Paper handling standard/input

4250n / 4250: 100-sheet multipurpose tray, 500-sheet input tray
4250dtn: 100-sheet multipurpose tray, two 500-sheet input trays, automatic duplex unit

Paper handling optional/input

4250dtn: 500-sheet or 1500-sheet input tray (up to 5 trays for maximum 3100-sheet input capacity), 75-envelope feeder
4250n / 4250: 500-sheet or 1500-sheet input tray (up to 5 trays for maximum 3100-sheet input capacity), two-sided printing accessory, 75-envelope feeder

Paper handling standard/output

300-sheet output capacity (250-sheet face down, 50-sheet face up)

Paper handling optional/output

500-sheet stacker or 15-sheet stapler/500-sheet stacker

Standard media sizes

A4, Letter, Legal, Executive, B5, A5, envelopes (C5, DL, B5)

Custom media sizes

Multipurpose Tray 1: 76 x 216 to 127 x 356 mm; Trays 2 and 3: 148 x 216 to 210 x 356 mm

Media weights by paper path

Multipurpose Tray 1: 60 to 200 g/m²; Trays 2 and 3, optional 1500-sheet HCI tray, two-sided printing accessory: 60 to 120 g/m²

Memory / print languages / typefaces

Standard memory

4250: 48 MB
4250n: 64 MB
4250dtn: 80 MB

Maximum memory

512 MB

Memory slots

Two 100-pin DDR DIMM slots

Memory card compatibility

Two open industry-standard CompactFlash™ slots

Hard disk capacity

Optional, 20 GB HP high-performance EIO hard disk

Standard printer languages

HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, HP Postscript Level 3 Emulation, PDF 1.3

Typefaces

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

Connectivity

Standard connectivity

4250dtn / 4250n: Hi-Speed USB port (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications), IEEE 1284-B compliant parallel port, 2 open EIO slots, HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet Embedded Print Server
4250: IEEE 1284-B compliant parallel port, 2 open EIO slots, Hi-speed USB (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications) port

Optional connectivity

HP Jetdirect 620n Fast Ethernet EIO Internal Print Servers, HP Jetdirect External Print Servers, HP Jetdirect EIO Connectivity Card for USB/serial/LocalTalk, HP bt1300 Bluetooth® Wireless Printer Adapter (for USB 1.1 or parallel), HP Jetdirect 680n 802.11b Wireless EIO Internal Print Server, HP Jetdirect 380x 802.11b External Wireless Print Server (USB 1.1)

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 10.1 or later

Compatible network operating systems

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

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, USB 1.1, USB (compatible with 2.0 specifications)

Other technical information

Control panel

Intuitive operation and easy to understand messaging, expanded control panel for context-based problem resolution, 4 x 20 graphical display with help features. Messages can be displayed in 20 languages.

Power consumption

680 watts maximum (printing), 20 watts maximum (standby), 13 watts maximum (powersave), 0.3 watts maximum (off).

Power requirements

Input voltage: 220 to 240 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 3 Hz); 100 to 127 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 3 Hz)

Dimensions (W x D x H)

4250n / 4250: 418 x 451 x 377 mm
4250dtn: 418 x 533 x 498 mm

Weight

4250n / 4250: 22.7 kg
4250dtn: 32.2 kg

Operating temperature range

15 to 32.5° C

Recommended operating temperature range

10 to 32° C

Storage temperature range (Celsius)

0 to 35° C

Energy Star certified

Yes