HP 4600 Datasheet

hp color LaserJet

4600 series

hp color LaserJet 4600/n/dn/dtn/hdn printer

The HP Color LaserJet 4600 series is a simple, reliable, affordable way to add high-quality,
high-speed colour laser printing to your business.

The HP Color LaserJet 4600 series meets the needs of general office users in workgroups of up to
15 users, who want fast colour and black & white printing for their internal communications as
well as customer facing documents. It is also suitable for business creatives wanting to enhance
their communications and sell their ideas, products and services.

Print high quality, professional colour documents with no compromise on speed.

•Print colour and black & white pages at up to 16 ppm, with the high performance vertical in-line
laser engine, a top of the range 400 MHz processor and 96 MB RAM (160 MB on dtn and hdn).

•Achieve fast 18 second first page out from “Ready” and “Powersave” mode due to inductive heat
fuser technology also reducing power consumption.

• Enjoy excellent print quality with ImageREt 2400, new formulas of second generation, chemically
grown toner and direct to paper printing for professional documents.

Designed to be easy to use, manage and maintain, and deliver worry-free colour laser printing.

•Graphical control panel provides toner level gauges at-a-glance and displays text and animated
graphics for quick and easy troubleshooting.

• One point of access at the front and clear labelling make consumables installation very simple.

• HP Web Jetadmin and an embedded web server ensure easy management with other
HP LaserJet printers and makes remote management simple and convenient.

•Implement new printing e-services to run downloadable Java based programs using the
embedded virtual machine.

A versatile colour laser printer which expands to meet your business needs.

• Share high-speed colour laser printing across a network with HP Jetdirect EIO internal print servers.

• Multiple paper trays add media flexibility and a built-in duplex unit (dn, dtn and hdn) allows
you to save paper and money.

• HP EIO 10 GB hard disk (hdn) enables printing of multiple original copies, stored jobs and
secure printing.

•Convenient handling and a cost per page for black only printing equivalent to HP monochrome
LaserJets make these printers inexpensive to own and operate.

hp color LaserJet 4600dtn/hdn

hp color LaserJet 4600/n/dn

hp color LaserJet

4600 series

technical specifications

print speed document type plain paper transparency

Black A4 up to 16 ppm up to 6 ppm
Colour A4 up to 16 ppm up to 3 ppm
Exact speed varies depending on the system configuration, software program, and document complexity.

processor 400 MHz RISC
first page out From “Ready”: 17.5 secs; From “Powersave” (< 8h): 18.5 secs, (>8h): 92.5 secs.
memory Standard: HP Color LaserJet 4600/n/dn: 96 MB, HP Color LaserJet 4600dtn/hdn: 160 MB.

Maximum: 416 MB, using Memory Enhancement technology (MEt). Memory Slots: 5 DIMM slots: 4 x 168-pin
DIMM slots, 1 x 100-pin DIMM slot, only 4 DIMM slots usable concurrently, 10 GB HP EIO hard disk (standard
with the HP Color LaserJet 4600hdn).

print technology In-line colour laser printing technology, direct-to-page printing.
print resolution 600 x 600 dpi with ImageREt 2400, Supports colour management systems based on ICC profiles; Apple

ColorSync, Microsoft ICM, Adobe, Corel, Quark, and others. PANTONE

®

CALIBRATED™ for Pantone PMS

support. Supports SWOT, Euroscale and DIC press emulations.

languages HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5c, HP Postscript level 3 emulation.
typefaces/fonts 80 TrueType internal scalable in PCL, 80 TrueType internal scalable in Postscript; Euro symbol built-in (€).
print margins A4 Top: 5.0 mm, left: 5.0 mm, right: 5.0 mm, bottom: 5.0 mm.
duty cycle Up to 85,000 pages per month.
media sizes Standard: Tray 2/3: A4, Letter, Legal, Executive, B5 (JIS), A5; Automatic duplex unit (HP Color LaserJet

4600dn/dtn/hdn only): A4, Letter, Legal, Executive, B5 (JIS).
Custom: Tray 1: Minimum size: 76 x 127 mm, Maximum size: 216 x 356 mm.

media types Paper (plain, recycled, glossy), glossy film, envelopes, transparencies, labels, cardstock.
max. media weight range Tray 1: 60 g/m

2

to 163 g/m2; Tray 2/3: 60 g/m2to 105 g/m2; Automatic duplex unit (HP Color LaserJet

4600dn/dtn/hdn only): 75 g/m2to 105 g/m2..

media handling/input HP Color LaserJet 4600/n/dn: standard 600 sheets, up to 1100 sheets. HP Color LaserJet 4600dtn/hdn:

standard 1100 sheets.

paper input trays HP Color LaserJet 4600/n/dn: standard: 2; optional: 3. HP Color LaserJet 4600dtn/hdn: 3.
envelope feeder Tray 1: 20 envelopes (maximum weight: 105 g/m2).
media handling/output 250 sheets
duplex printing Automatic (standard with the HP Color LaserJet 4600dn/dtn/hdn, HP Color LaserJet 4600/n not upgradeable).
interface and connectivity Standard: IEEE 1284-compliant bidirectional parallel port (C-type connector); HP Jetdirect 615n Fast Ethernet

(10/100Base-TX) internal print server (HP Color LaserJet 4600n/dn/dtn/hdn); Open EIO slot(s): HP Color
LaserJet 4600: 3 slots, HP Color LaserJet 4600n/dn/dtn: 2 slots, HP Color LaserJet 4600hdn: 1 slot.
Optional: HP Jetdirect print servers, Fast Infrared (FIR) enabled via FIR pod.

operating systems compatibility Drivers included: Microsoft

®

Windows (95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP), Mac OS (8.6 and higher).
Driver download: Microsoft Windows 3.1x (HP Color LaserJet 4550 driver), OS/2, Unix, Linux; basic printing
support for DOS. Current drivers and software are available from the internet.

network operating systems compatibility Supported: Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Novell NetWare 3.2, 4.2, 5.x, 6, Apple

Mac OS 8.6 and higher, Red Hat Linux 6.x, 7.x, SuSE Linux 6.x, HP-UX 10.20, 11.x, Solaris 2.5x, 2.6, 7,
8 (SPARC systems only), IBM AIX 3.2.5 and later, MPE-iX, Artisoft LANtastic.
Compatible network protocols*: TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, AppleTalk (not supported on Token Ring print servers),
DLC/LLC, IP Direct Mode, LPD, FTP Printing, IPP, NDS, Bindery, NCP, NDPS, iPrint, Telnet, SLP, IGMP,
BOOTP/DHCP, WINS, SNMP, HTTP.
Advanced security with: SNMP v3, SSL/TLS (HTTPS).

minimum system requirements Microsoft Windows 95 and higher: Dependant on Microsoft Windows version 16 to 64 of free RAM space

and 180 MB free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive or Internet connection, dedicated IEEE-1284 compliant
bi-directional parallel port.
Mac OS 8.6 and higher: 4 MB of free RAM space and 160 MB free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive or
Internet connection, AppleTalk or USB connectivity solution.

control panel LCD backlit panel display with up to 4 lines of text and animated printer graphics, 3 LED status lights.
power requirements Input voltage 220 to 240 V (+/-10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 2 Hz); Input voltage 100 to 127 V (+/-10%),

50/60 Hz (+/- 2 Hz).

power consumption 220 V model: 0 watts maximum (off), 34 watts maximum (Powersave), 37 watts maximum (standby/ready),

415 watts maximum (printing); 110 V model: 0 watts maximum (off), 32 watts maximum (Powersave),
33 watts maximum (standby/ready), 437 watts maximum (printing).

dimensions (w x d x h) Out of package: HP Color LaserJet 4600/n/dn: 480 x 548 x 578 mm. HP Color LaserJet 4600dtn/hdn:

480 x 548 x 666 mm.

product weight Out of package (with supplies): HP Color LaserJet 4600: 40.2 kg. HP Color LaserJet 4600n/dn: 40.5 kg.

HP Color LaserJet 4600dtn: 47.7 kg. HP Color LaserJet 4600hdn: 48 kg.

printer management HP Web Jetadmin, HP embedded web server, HP Printer Status and Alerts.
operating environment Environmental ranges: Operating temperature: 10 to 30° C. Operating humidity: 10 to 80% RH.

Operating humidity recommended: 30 to 70% RH. Recommended operating temperature: 17 to 25° C.
Operating up to: 0 to 2,600 m. Storage temperature: 0 to 35º C. Storage humidity: 10% to 85% RH.
Noise level per ISO 9296: sound power: LWAd = 6.5 B(A) printing, LWAd = 5.0 B(A) Powersave; sound
pressure: LpAm = 51 dB(A) printing, LpAm = 34 dB(A) Powersave.

ENERGY STAR Yes
certifications Carries CE markings for EU EMC and low voltage directives; CISPR 22/EN 55022 Class B; EN55024;

EN61000-3-2: EN61000-3-3 FCC Title 47 CFR; Part 15 Class B /ICES-003, Issue 3; AS /NZS; EPA ENERGY
STAR compliant; TÜV-GS approved (220-240V); UL/cUL listed (100-127V); complies with IEC 60950/EN
60950; IEC 60825-1/EN 60825-1 (Class 1 Laser/LED Product); FCC Class B and CISPR-22 Class B; CDRH
certified Class 1 laser product (safe for office/EDP use); Finland Class 1 laser apparatus requirements; complies
with TBR-21, EG 201, R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC (Annex II) and carries CE-marking accordingly.

warranty 1-year next business day on-site warranty.

*Note: Not all protocol and operating system combinations are supported. For more information, refer to http://www.hp.com/go/jetdirect.

ordering information

c9660a hp color LaserJet 4600 printer
c9692a hp color LaserJet 4600n printer
c9661a hp color LaserJet 4600dn printer
c9662a hp color LaserJet 4600dtn printer
c9663a hp color LaserJet 4600hdn printer

accessories

c9664a 500-sheet tray and feeder unit
c9667a printer stand
c7848a hp 168 pin SDRAM DIMM

64 MB memory module

c7850a hp 168 pin SDRAM DIMM

128 MB memory module

c9653a hp 168 pin SDRAM DIMM

256 MB memory module

c4287a 4 MB flash DIMM
j6054b hp EIO hard disk, 10 GB
c4103a hp Fast Infrared (FIR) pod

hp jetdirect internal print servers

j3110a hp jetdirect 600n Ethernet

(10base-T) internal print server

j3111a hp jetdirect 600n Ethernet

(10Base-T, 10Base2)/LocalTalk

internal print server

j4167a hp jetdirect 610n Token Ring

internal print server

j6057a hp jetdirect 615n Fast Ethernet

(10/100Base-TX) internal print server

j6058a hp jetdirect 680n 802.11b

wireless internal print server

j4135a hp JetDirect connectivity card for

USB, serial and LocalTalk

cables

c2946a hp IEEE 1284-compliant

bidirectional parallel cable

(C-type connector), 3 m

92215n hp LocalTalk cable kit, 2 m
92215s hp serial printer cable, 2 m

supplies

c9720a hp color LaserJet smart print

cartridge, black (up to 9,000 pages*)

c9721a hp color LaserJet smart print

cartridge, cyan (up to 8,000 pages*)

c9722a hp color LaserJet smart print

cartridge, yellow (up to 8,000 pages*)

c9723a hp color LaserJet smart print

cartridge, magenta (up to 8,000 pages*)

maintenance kits

c9724a image transfer kit

(up to 120,000 pages)

c9725a image fuser kit (110 V)

(up to 150,000 pages)

c9726a image fuser kit (220 V)

(up to 150,000 pages)

service & support

h3113a hp supportpack - next business

day, on-site response, 3 years

h3118a hp supportpack - on-site response

within 4 hours of call, 3 years

h2872a installation & configuration

for 1 network printer

h4442a installation & configuration

for 2 to 5 network printers

* based on 5% coverage

http://www.hp.com

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