HP Business Inkjet 2230 and 2280 Printers

HP Business Inkjet 2230 and 2280 Series Printers. Mid-volume color printer for small workgroups and power users

• HP Business Inkjet 2230 - C8119A - base model, PCL3 and 16MB RAM.
• HP Business Inkjet 2280 - C8120A - 32MB RAM, PCL3. PCL 5, Postscript Level 3
• HP Business Inkjet 2280TN - C8121A - extra 250 sheet tray, Jetdirect 615N and PCL5 / PostScript Level 3

Modular Ink Delivery System - four individually replaceable cartridges. LCD ink gauge.

These printers were on the market in 2002 to 2004 and were one of HP's early moves towards producing an office quality inkjet printer. Laser printers commonly do last ten years or more but that is not normal in an inkjet. HP's Partsurfer website says no longer supported by HP as of Apr-01-2006 so this model was not supported for very long. If you want spares there may be some in distribution channels or in second user machines.

Control:

Simple control panel with LCD ink gauge. Unwanted print jobs can be easily deleted using the special Print Cancel button.

Duty Cycle:

Claimed as 10,000 pages per month.

Print Speed:

Print speeds to 15ppm black draft mode

14ppm colour draft

7ppm mixed text and graphics.

(as general with inkjets 0.5ppm full page colour)

Print Resolution:

Up to 1200x600dpi.

HP PhotoREt III and ColorSmart III support for photo printing etc

Paper Handling:

A4. Tray 1 Max 250 sheets. Optional tray 2 250 sheets plain paper.

Tray 1:   Tray 1 Max 250 sheets, 110 to 200 gsm

Optional Tray 2:   250 sheets. Tray 2 and duplex 60 to 90 gsm2

Output Tray:   Up to 80 sheet

Media Sizes:   Paper width: 98 to 216 mm (3.87 to 8.5 inches) Paper length: 146 to 356 mm (5.75 to 14 inches)

Memory:

16MB RAM on BIJ 2230 32MB on BIJ 2280

Interface:

Parallel, IEEE-1284 Compliant.

Network:

Ethernet provided on 2280TN model

System Compatability:

BIJ 2230 Microsoft Windows.

The 2280TN is Windows and Apple Mac compatible.

Print Languages:

PCL3 on BIJ 2230, PCL5 on BIJ 2280

PostScript on BIJ 2280TN.

Consumables:

4 ink system (CMYK). High capacity cartridge

HP 10 Black ink cartridge (69ml), Up to 1,750 pages, (C4844A)

HP 11 Cyan ink cartridge (28ml), Up to 1,750 pages, (C4836A)

HP 11 Magenta ink cartridge (28 ml), Up to 1,750 pages, (C4837A)

HP 11 Yellow ink cartridge (28 ml), Up to 1,750 pages (C4838A)

HP 11 Black printhead, Up to 16,000 pages, (C4810A)

HP 11 Cyan printhead, Up to 24,000 pages, (C4811A)

HP 11 Magenta printhead, Up to 24,000 pages, (C4812A)

HP 11 Yellow printhead, Up to 24,000 pages, (C4813A)

Spares:

HP Partsurfer says “ no longer supported by HP as of Apr-01-2006, and service parts may not be available ” .

Service:

For the most part these printers suffer the same faults as all inkjets - ink dries in the nozzles. This is likely after the printer has not been used for some time and is difficult to shift and possibly uneconomic because of the price of a complete set of inks and heads.

Options and Accessories:

C8230A - 250-Sheet Input Tray (tray 2) C8230A

C2387A - HP SDRAM PC-100 module 64MB C2387A

C2388A - HP SDRAM PC-100 module 128MB C2388A

Accessories are unlikely to be available new due to the age of these printers.

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