HP (Hewlett-Packard) 2420n User Manual

HP LaserJet 2400 series printer 

Up to 30 ppm (letter), 28 ppm (A4) 

Up to 35 ppm (letter), 33 ppm (A4) 

Under 10 seconds 

Up to 1200 by 1200 dpi with HP ProRes 1200; Resolution Enhancement technology (REt) 

400 MHz MIPS 20KC 

 

RAM 

32 MB standard, 

expandable to 288 MB 

48 MB standard, 

expandable to 304 MB 

64 MB standard,  

expandable to 320 MB 

48 MB standard, 

expandable to 304 MB 

64 MB standard,  

expandable to 320 MB 

Technology 

Two 100-pin DDR DIMM slots (one open); Memory Enhancement technology (MEt) 

Flash memory 

Two Compact Flash slots 

Up to 75,000 pages per month 

Up to 100,000 pages per month 

HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, HP postscript level 3 emulation, direct PDF printing (v 1.3) with at least 128 MB of printer memory 

80 HP font set (plus Greek, Hebrew, Cyrillic, Arabic) 

Input capacity 

100-sheet multipurpose tray 1, 250-sheet input tray 2 

100-sheet multipurpose tray 1, 250-sheet input tray 2, 500-sheet input tray 3 

Output capacity 

250-sheet top output bin; up to 10 envelopes, 75 transparencies; 100-sheet rear output bin 

Two-sided printing 

Manual (driver support 

provided) 

Automatic 

Manual (driver support 

provided) 

Automatic 

Manual (driver support provided) 

Automatic 

Sizes 

Multipurpose tray 1: 3 by 5 to 8.5 by 14 in (76 by 127 to 216 by 356 mm); letter, legal, 8.5 by 13 inches, executive, A4, A5, B5 (JIS), envelopes;  

trays 2 and 3: letter, legal, 8.5 by 13 inches, executive, A4, A5, B5 (JIS); automatic two-sided printing unit: letter, legal, 8.5 by 13 inches, A4, executive (JIS) 

Weights 

Tray 1, straight-through paper path for special paper and heavier stock: 16 to 53 lb (60 to 200 g/m

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 ); tray 2, 3: 16 to 32 lb (60 to 120 g/m

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) 

Types 

Paper (plain, preprinted, letterhead, prepunched, bond, recycled, color, rough), transparencies, labels, envelopes, cardstock, user-defined 

Interfaces 

IEEE 1284-B compliant parallel port,  

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port, EIO slot 

IEEE 1284-B compliant parallel port,  

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port, EIO slot;  

HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet embedded print server 

IEEE 1284-B compliant 
parallel port, Hi-Speed 

USB 2.0 port, EIO slot 

IEEE 1284-B compliant parallel port,  

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port, EIO slot;  

HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet embedded print server 

Client operating systems 

Microsoft® Windows® 98, Me, NT 4.0 (parallel and network connections only), 2000, XP, Server 2003; Apple Mac OS 9.x and later, OS X v10.1 or later; optional: OS/2, UNIX®, Linux®, HP OpenVMS 

Network operating systems 

Via HP Jetdirect print servers: Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, XP 64-Bit, Server 2003; Novell NetWare 3.2, 4.2, 5.x, 6.x; Apple Mac OS 8.6 and later; Red Hat Linux 6.x and later;  

SuSE Linux 6.x and later; HP-UX 10.20, 11.x; Solaris 2.5x, 2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (SPARC systems only); IBM AIX 3.2.5 and later; MPE-iX, Terminal server/Citrix 

Network protocols supported 

Via HP Jetdirect print servers: TCP/IP (IP Direct mode; may require software from the NOS vendor or third party vendor: LPD, FTP, IPP), IPX/SPX, DLC/LLC, AppleTalk, Auto-IP, Apple Rendezvous compatible, NDS, 

Bindery, NCP, Telnet, SLP, IGMP, BOOTP/DHCP, WINS, SNMP (v 1, 2c, 3), HTTP 

10.2 by 15.7 by 16.7 in (260 by 400 by 425 mm) 

15.7 by 15.7 by 16.7 in (400 by 400 by 425 mm) 

36 lb (16.3 kg) 

48.5 lb (22 kg) 

HP LaserJet 2420 printer, 

power cord, control panel 

overlay,

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 print cartridge, 

software and documentation 

on CD-ROM, Start Guide, 

support flyer 

HP LaserJet 2420d printer 

(includes built-in automatic 
two-sided printing), power 

cord, control panel 

overlay,

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 print cartridge, 

software and 

documentation on 

CD-ROM, Start Guide, 

support flyer 

HP LaserJet 2420n printer 

(includes HP Jetdirect 

embedded print server), 

power cord, control panel 

overlay,

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 print cartridge, 

software and 

documentation on 

CD-ROM, Start Guide, 

support flyer 

HP LaserJet 2420dn 

printer (includes built-in 

automatic two-sided 

printing and HP Jetdirect 

embedded print server), 

power cord, control panel 

overlay,

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 print cartridge, 

software and 

documentation on 

CD-ROM, Start Guide, 

support flyer  

HP LaserJet 2430t printer, 

500-sheet input tray 3, 

power cord, control panel 

overlay,

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 print cartridge, 

software and 

documentation on CD-

ROM, Start Guide, 

support flyer 

HP LaserJet 2430tn printer 

(includes HP Jetdirect 

embedded print server), 

500-sheet input tray 3, 

power cord, control panel 

overlay,

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 print cartridge, 

software and 

documentation on CD-

ROM, Start Guide, 

support flyer 

HP LaserJet 2430dtn 

printer (includes built-in 

automatic two-sided 

printing and HP Jetdirect 

embedded print server), 

500-sheet input tray 3, 

power cord, control panel 

overlay,

9

 print cartridge, 

software and 

documentation on 

CD-ROM, Start Guide, 

support flyer 

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 Exact speed varies depending on the system configuration, software application, and document complexity.  

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 Included only when needed to change the language on the control panel for a country/region. 

 

500-sheet input tray 

Q5963A 

 

HP LaserJet print cartridge. Average cartridge yield: 6,000 standard pages

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Q6511A 

HP LaserJet print cartridge. Average cartridge yield: 12,000 standard pages

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Q6511X 

 

64 MB 100-pin DDR DIMM 

Q2625A 

128 MB 100-pin DDR DIMM 

Q2626A 

256 MB 100-pin DDR DIMM 

Q2627A 

 

HP IEEE 1284-compliant bidirectional parallel cable, 2 meter 

C2950A 

HP IEEE 1284-compliant bidirectional parallel cable, 3 meter 

C2951A 

USB A to B cable, 2 meter 

C6518A 

 

HP Jetdirect 625n Gigabit Ethernet internal print server 

J7960A 

HP Jetdirect 620n Fast Ethernet internal print server 

J7934A 

HP Jetdirect 680n 802.11b wireless Ethernet internal print server 

J6058A 

HP Jetdirect ew2400 802.11g wireless and Fast Ethernet external print 
server (USB 2.0) 

J7951A 

HP bt1300 Bluetooth wireless printer adapter (USB or parallel) 

J6072A 

 

3-year, next-day exchange  

U3790A/E 

3-year, next-day return-to-HP/dealer

 

 

U3789E 

3-year, next-business-day onsite response 

U3791A/E 

Installation service: 1 printer, 1 incident  

H4513E 

Installation service: 1 network configuration  

H3110E 

1-year, post warranty service, next-day exchange 

U3793PA/PE 

1-year, post warranty service, next-business-day onsite response   

U3792PA/PE 

HP Multipurpose Paper, letter  

HP Multipurpose Paper, legal  
HP Printing Paper, letter  
HP LaserJet Paper, letter  

HP LaserJet Paper, legal  
HP Premium Choice Paper, letter  

HP Printing Paper, A4  
HP LaserJet Paper, A4  
HP Premium Choice Paper, A4 

 

HPM1120 

HPM1420 
HPP1122 
HPJ1124 

HPJ1424 
HPU1132 

CHP210 
CHP310 
CHP410 

www.hp.com/go/gsc 

 

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 Declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC 19752. 

 

 

 

Operating temperature 

59 to 89 degrees F (15 to 32.5 degrees C) 

Storage temperature 

-4 to 104 degrees F (-20 to 40 degrees C) 

Relative humidity 

Recommended: 10 to 80 percent, RH; non-operating: 10 to 90 percent, RH 

 

Sound power 

2420 engine: active: 6.7 B(A); Standby: inaudible 
2430 engine: active: 6.8 B(A); Standby: inaudible 

Sound pressure 

Active: 53 dB(A); Standby: inaudible 

 

Input requirements 

110 to 127 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 2 Hz); 220 to 240 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 2 Hz) 

Consumption 

Active: 625 watts; Standby: 11 watts; Powersave: 8.5 watts; Off: 0.4 
Energy Star® compliant 

 

Safety  

IEC 60950 (International), EN 60950 (EU), IEC 60825-1+A1+A2, UL/cUL Listed (US/Canada),  GS 
License (Europe), EN 60825-1+A11+A2 Class 1, 21 CFR Ch. 1/SubCh. J (Class 1 Laser/LED Device) 

GB4943-2001, Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC with CE Marking (Europe). Other safety approvals 
as required by individual countries. 

EMC 

CISPR 22:1997/EN 55022:1998 Class B, EN 61000-3-2:2000, EN 61000-3-3:1995+A1, EN 

55024:1998, FCC Title 47 CFR, Part 15 Class B (USA), ICES-003, Issue 4, (Canada), GB9254-1998, 
EMC Directive 89/336/EEC with CE Marking (Europe) other EMC approvals as required by individual 
countries. 

One-year limited warranty, return to HP/dealer for repair 

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 Power requirements are based on the country/region where the printer is sold. Do not convert operating voltages. This can damage the printer and void the 

product warranty. 

 

   

   

   

 

Bluetooth is a trademark owned by its proprietor and used by Hewlett-Packard Company under license. Energy Star and the Energy Star logo are 
U.S. registered marks of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Linux is a U.S. 
registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other 
countries. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and Windows XP are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. HP and the invent 

signature are trademarks of the Hewlett-Packard Company. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. 
© Copyright 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.  
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express 
warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP 

shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. 
 

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