HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer vs HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4301fdw Color Laser Printer
What separates them
These two differ on 4 recorded specifications. The HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4301fdw Color Laser Printer is $100.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — mono laser mfp against color laser mfp — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer vs HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4301fdw Color Laser Printer
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HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer
$449.00
The step that matters is the cartridge, not the speed: HP 148X holds about 9,500 pages, so at roughly $199 a cartridge this prints for about 2.1 cents a page.
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HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4301fdw Color Laser Printer
$549.00
Color laser means four cartridges to replace instead of one, and a full set of high-yield 214X costs more than half the printer -- that is the trade being made, not print quality.
Full details →Who the HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer is for
Buy it if: Workgroups printing a few thousand pages a month where cost per page dominates.
Avoid it if: Anyone planning to use compatible cartridges, which this firmware refuses.
Who the HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4301fdw Color Laser Printer is for
Buy it if: Offices printing color in volume that need laser output rather than inkjet.
Avoid it if: Anyone printing occasional color, for whom an ink tank machine costs far less to own.
Specifications, side by side
4 of 14 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer | HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP 4301fdw Color Laser Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $449.00 | $549.00 |
| Duty cycle | Up to 80,000 pages a month maximum | Up to 75,000 pages a month maximum |
| Print resolution | 1200 x 1200 dpi effective | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Print speed | Up to 42 ppm, Letter mono | Up to 35 ppm mono and color, Letter |
| Rated power | About 600 W printing, 1.1 W in sleep | About 700 W printing, 1.3 W in sleep |
| Cartridge policy | Dynamic Security -- third-party cartridges are blocked | Dynamic Security -- third-party cartridges are blocked |
| Connectivity | Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, USB | Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, USB |
| Document feeder | 50-sheet reversing ADF | 50-sheet reversing ADF |
| Duplex | Automatic two-sided printing and scanning | Automatic two-sided printing and scanning |
| Input tray | 250 sheets, expandable to 900 | 250 sheets, expandable to 900 |
| Recommended volume | 750 to 4,000 pages a month | 750 to 4,000 pages a month |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Cost per page | About 2.1 cents on 148X, excluding paper | not published |
| Replacement cartridge | HP 148A, about 2,900 pages, or 148X, about 9,500 pages | not published |
| Replacement cartridges | not published | HP 214A or 214X, four cartridges |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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