HP Laserjet 3200

The LaserJet 3200 was a multifunctional printer styled like a rather chunky fax machine with a vertical scanner slot and a keyboard and display angled appropriately for locating on a desk. The target market was small offices and the promotional literature specifically mentions telecommuters. The mail and file functions would be particularly useful for home workers. Styling appeals to traditionalists - this machine looks like a fax, something the strange mushroom shapes of the LJ3055 and LJ3300MFP don't immediately suggest.

As might be expected with an MFP machine some of the functionality of the LJ3200 is in the bundled software and "document director" interface. As well as the fax, copy and scan functions it offers scan to e-mail, OCR and document archiving functions. Users can view, edit, index and search scanned documents. There is even a publish-to web function that sends a scanned document straight to a web site.

  • HP LaserJet 3200 printer - fax - copier - scanner - C7052A
  • HP LaserJet 3200se printer - fax - copier - scanner - C7053A
  • HP LaserJet 3200m printer - fax - copier - scanner - C7055A

The "se" was aimed at retail customers and the "m" is intended for use with Apple Mac.

Some material on the LJ3200 suggests it was only sold in the US and Canada.

Control:

Fax style control panel

Duty Cycle:

7,000 pages per month

9 pages per minute

Scanner Abilities:

30 page ADF vertical feed. Resolution 600x600dpi optical enhanced to 9600 ppi. TWAIN 1.7 compatible. Scanner paper handling range from 2x3.5 to 8.5x35 inches (51x89 to 216x991mm). Scanner speeds: Black and white text at 6ppm Greyscale text and graphics. 8 bits at 300 dpi 1ppm. Colour photo 24 bits 4x6 inch 3 per minute.

Fax Abilities:

33.6kbps modem able to transmite the average page in 3 seconds

1200x1200 dpi (TrueRes)

Paper Handling:

A4 and Letter

Processor:

66MHz Motorola Coldfire

Memory:

8MB standard (upgradeable to 72MB) on the base model and 16MB (upgradeable to 80MB) on the M model). One open DIMM slot available for upgrade.

Interface:

Parallel and serial which can be used simultaneously. Publicity material suggests by a PC and an Apple Mac - the machine dates from the laet 1990s when Apple started using USB. USB is 1.1 and parallel is IEEE 1284-C. There is no EIO slot but a JetDirect "EX" can be used.

HP PCL 5e, HP PCL6. The spec sheet says the 3200m has HP printer language which emulates Adobe PostScript.

System Compatability:

Microsoft Windows 98, NT, 2000. Apple Mac 8.6 and 9.0 are supported on the 3200m.

Power Consumption:

Idle 7 watts. Contiunal copy 174 waats.

Dimensions:

394x281x416mm

Copyright G & J Huskinson & MindMachine Associates Ltd 2013, 2015. Some pictures derived from HP User and Service guides. These technical pages do not constitute an offer for sale; just our knowledge at the time of writing. See the catalog. Sales pages on this Web site use cookies to store user information. We also use Google Analytics to track site usage patterns.