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HP Color LaserJet 9500 Series

HP Color LaserJet 9500 Series

Colour laser printer with MFP/copier variant aimed at departmental needs. HP boast that the printer achieves "commercial press print quality". With a 200,000 page per month duty cycle the machine can easily act as a production printer for catalogs, newsletters and publications.

• 9500n - C8546A - base model is network ready but manual duplex
• 9500hdn - C8547A - network, 2000 sheet input, duplex, disk. Optional 3,000 sheet finisher, or stapler 288MB RAM.
• 9500mfp - C8549A - uses the hdn as a base. Has scanner and copy processor.
• 9500gp - Q6466A - graphics professional model including hdn tray and spectrophotometer for colour calibration.

The printer is often seen in the MFP variant which has scanner, copier and digital sender capabilities. HP are clearly aiming at the mid range copier market with this machine.

The printer was launched in spring 2004.

Control:

Operator control via a 10 key numeric pad and a touch-screen graphical display. Embedded web server for remote control.

Duty Cycle:

Robust design is reflected in the 200,000 page per month duty cycle. The recommended monthly print volume is 5,000 to 25,000 pages.

Copy Abilities:

There is a 9500MFP Variant. This has a colour scanner giving 600dpi to 24 bits with a maximum size of 297x420mm. Scanner file output is JPEG, TIFF, MTIFF and PDF

Print Speed:

for black print on A4 is 24ppm, 12ppm for A3. Print speed in colour is 12ppm on A4 or A3.

Print Resolution:

Native to the engine is 600x600dpi with 8 bit depth. HP ImageREt 4800. HP say "surpassing the 1200-dpi binary print quality of a color printer or commercial digital printing press" Supports colour management systems based on ICC profiles. Pantone calibrated.

Paper Handling:

ISO sizes A3, A4 and A5 in weights form 64 to 200 g/m² Base models have 3 trays as standard with a capacity of 1,100 sheets. Maximum print size width 297x461mm.

• Tray 1:100 sheet multifunction: sizes to A3 (11x17 inches) Range 3.9x7.5 to 12.1x18.5 inches - or 10 envelopes
• Tray 2, 3:500 sheets each. Sizes to A3 (11x17 inches) Range 5.8x8.3 to 11.7x17 inches. Automatic size sensing.
• Tray 4:Included on the hdn and gp models. Sizes to A3, 2000 sheet capacity, autosenses size. Full-speed automatic duplexer on hdn, mfp, and gp models. Two output bins on base model - left face-up bin holds 100 sheets and top face-down bin holds 500 sheets.Optional finishing devices connect to the left side of the printer:
• 3,000 Sheet Stacker:C8084A - stacks offset print jobs for unattended printing. Holds upt ot 3,000 sheets of A4 or 1500 of A3. Media can be any kind meeting the printers requirement but thickness reduces the unit capacity.
• 3,000 Sheet Stapler / Stacker:C8085A - optionaly staples and stacks jobs of up to 50 sheets using a 5,000 staple cartridge. Handles up to 1500 sheets A3 or 3000 sheets A4. Jobs of more than 50 sheets or including thick material won't be stapled.
• Multifunction Finisher - C8088ATurns pages into ready to use documents with staples or saddle-stitch. Handles up to 1000 sheets A4 or 500 sheets A3. Again the unit will just stack jobs of more than 50 sheets or with thick media.

Processor:

Is a MIPS 20KC embedded in the system ASIC and running at 533MHz.

Memory:

The N model ships with 160MB SDRAM. The HDN with 288MB. The MFP ships with 512MB DDR SDRAM which is its maximum capacity. 3 memory slots 168 pin DIMM. 1 Compact Flash slot open. (HP documents differ on RAM quantities)

Interface:

Communication IEEE 1284-C (mini centronics) parallel port. Network: HPJetDirect 620n Fast Ethernet Print Serverin EIO slot. 20 GB Hard disk in EIO slot. Copy processor in EIO slot.

System Compatability:

Microsoft Windows XP, Vista. Mac OS 8.6, OS X and above. Any PostScript 3 system.

Print Languages:

HP PCL 6, HP Postscript Level 3 Emulation. HP PCL 5c installable. Direct PDF print.

Dimension:

Full system 1598x835x1219 mm

Consumables:

The 9500 seies is designed for speed and economy with separate toner, drum and image transfer elements.

C8550A HP Color LaserJet 9500 Black print cartridge. Yield 25,000 Pages - C8550A

C8551A HP Color LaserJet 9500 Cyan print cartridge. Yield 25,000 Pages - C8551A

C8553A HP Color LaserJet 9500 Magenta print cartridge. Yield 25,000 Pages - C8553A

C8552A HP Color LaserJet 9500 Yellow print cartridge. Yield 25,000 Pages - C8552

Fuser:

RG5-6098 Fuser, 110V: RG5-6098

C8556A HP Color LaserJet C8556A 110/220V Fuser Maintenance Kit - C8556A

Spares:

C8555A HP Color LaserJet C8555A Image Transfer Kit - C8555A

C8554A HP Color LaserJet C8554A Image Cleaning Kit - C8554A

RG5-6196 Pickup Assembly RG5-6196

RG5-6017 Delivery Assembly - Face Down - RG5-6017

RB2-1820 Tray 1 Pickup Roller RB2-1820

RF5-3340 Tray 2 & 3 Pickup Roller RF5-3340

RF5-3490 Tray 1 Feed/Separation Roller RF5-3490

RF5-3338 Tray 2 & 3 Feed/Sep. Roller RF5-3338

RG5-6178 Transfer Roller RG5-6178