The HP Color LaserJet 3600n is considered to be smaller in size, as far as laser printers go, but don’t let that deceive you. This machine is capable of doing a lot of work, yielding very fast print times, quality black and white documents, and vibrant full color documents.

The $549 to $700 price tag makes the 3600n an expensive personal laser printer, but something that is affordable for a small workgroup seeking a color laser that can be networked. It prints at speeds of 13 ppm (black) and 13.5 ppm (color). The printer comes with a 250 sheet paper feeder and has an additional 100 sheet auxiliary feeder. A 500 sheet feeder can be purchased for about $250.

Unlike most HP printers, the LaserJet 3600n comes with four full toner cartridges. The toner/drum combo cartridges are the only consumables this item uses. Printing a page of black text will cost you about 2.2 cents, and a color page about 12 cents (when using HP brand toner cartridges). This printer uses the following printer cartridges: Q6470A black, Q6471A cyan, Q6472A yellow, Q6473A magenta. The HP brand cartridges will cost you about $140.00 per cartridge. Pacific Ink offers a 100% compatible version of each of these cartridges for $20 less per cartridge. Visit our LaserJet 3060n page to find out more.

Overall, this printer provides the quality you would expect from an HP laser printer. It is well designed, handles paper well, and has a relatively low cost for toner cartridges (unlike many of the other HP Color LaserJets). It is not an expandable printer, meaning it only comes with 64MB of memory, and cannot be upgraded. It also does not have the ability to add a duplexer to it. Some suggest the HP Color LaserJet 3600dn as a better option because it comes with a duplexer and has 128MB of memory. It costs $849.

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