Microsoft KB Archive/31097

Features Description for All HP LaserJets

PSS ID Number: Q31097 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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The following article provides a history of the features of all of the various Hewlett-Packard LaserJets: LaserJet, LaserJet Plus, LaserJet 500 Plus, LaserJet Series II, and LaserJet 2000.

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The following is a description of the HP LaserJet (2686A):


 * 1) Internal Fonts: It includes portrait and landscape Courier 12.
 * 2) Font Cartridges: All LaserJets can successfully use A-E font cartridges. Older models with a number less than 840606 on the bottom of the self-test printout will need a firmware update to use cartridges F-Z; otherwise, the LaserJet can use all cartridges.
 * 3) Soft Fonts: These are not supported.
 * 4) Fonts Per Page: It prints eight fonts per page.
 * 5) Memory: It has 128K.
 * 6) Speed: It prints eight pages per minute.
 * 7) Bin Feed: It has one bin, which holds 100 sheets.

The following is a description of the HP LaserJet Plus:


 * 1) Internal Fonts: It has portrait and landscape Courier 12 and portrait Lineprinter 8.5.
 * 2) Font Cartridges: Any LaserJet Plus can successfully use A-E font cartridges. Older models with a number less than 840606 on the bottom of the self-test printout will need a firmware update to use cartridges F-Z; otherwise, the LaserJet Plus can use all cartridges.
 * 3) Soft Fonts: These are supported.
 * 4) Fonts Per Page: It prints 16 fonts per page.
 * 5) Memory: It has 512K.
 * 6) Speed: It prints eight pages per minute.
 * 7) Bin Feed: It has one bin, which holds 100 sheets.

The following is a description of the HP LaserJet 500 Plus:


 * 1) Internal Fonts: It has portrait and landscape Courier 12 and portrait Lineprinter 8.5.
 * 2) Internal Symbol Sets: It has ASCII, Roman-8, and Roman-Ext.
 * 3) Font Cartridges: All font cartridges are supported.
 * 4) Soft Supported: These are supported.
 * 5) Fonts Per Page: It prints 16 fonts per page.
 * 6) Memory: It has 512K; however, its memory can be increased to 2 megabyte.
 * 7) Speed: It prints eight pages per minute.
 * 8) Bin Feed: It has two bins, each can hold 250 sheets.

The following is a description of the HP LaserJet Series II:


 * 1) Internal Fonts: It has portrait and landscape Courier 12 in medium and bold face and Lineprinter 8.5 in medium typeface.
 * 2) Internal Symbol Sets: It has 28 supported sets, including ECMA-94, Roman-8, and IBM-US.
 * 3) Font Cartridges: All font cartridges are supported. It has two font-cartridge slots.
 * 4) Soft Fonts: These are supported.
 * 5) Fonts Per Page: It prints 16 fonts per page.
 * 6) Memory: It has 512K; however, its memory can be increased to 4.5 megabyte.
 * 7) Speed: It prints eight pages per minute.
 * 8) Bin Feed: It has one bin, which holds 200 sheets.

The following is a description of the HP LaserJet 2000:

Internal Fonts: It has 34 internal fonts. Portrait and landscape are available for the following fonts:

Lineprinter 8.5 LineDraw 8.5, 12 Prestige Elite 7, 10 Prestige Elite (Bold) 10 Prestige Elite (Elite) 10 Courier 10, 12 Courier (Bold) 12 Courier (Italic) 12 Times Roman 8, 10 Times Roman (Bold) 10 Times Roman (Italic) 10 Helvetica (Bold) 14

Internal Symbol Sets: It has 26 sets including USASCII, Roman-8, PC-8, ECMA-94, Legal, Math-8, and Technical-7.

Font Cartridges: All font cartridges are supported. It has three font-cartridge slots.


 * 1) Soft Fonts: These are supported.
 * 2) Fonts Per Page: It prints 16 fonts per page.
 * 3) Memory: It has 1.5 megabyte; however, its memory can be increased to 5.5 megabyte.
 * 4) Speed: It prints 20 pages per minute.
 * 5) Bin Feed: It has dual input bins, which each hold 250 sheets and a 2000 sheet input deck.

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