HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer vs HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer
What separates them
These two differ on 10 recorded specifications. The HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer is $219.01 dearer. They are different kinds of product — mono laser mfp against business inkjet 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 OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet 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 OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer
$229.99
The purchase price is a fraction of a laser and the running cost is not: HP 910XL cartridges land around 4 to 5 cents a mono page, which is worse than a high-yield laser.
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 OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer is for
Buy it if: Low-volume offices that need color, scanning and a feeder in a small footprint.
Avoid it if: Anyone printing several thousand pages a month, where a laser is cheaper to own.
Specifications, side by side
10 of 14 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer | HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e All-in-One Inkjet Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $449.00 | $229.99 |
| Cartridge policy | Dynamic Security -- third-party cartridges are blocked | HP+ enrolment restricts the printer to Original HP cartridges |
| Connectivity | Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, USB | Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, USB |
| Cost per page | About 2.1 cents on 148X, excluding paper | About 4 to 5 cents mono on 910XL, excluding paper |
| Document feeder | 50-sheet reversing ADF | 35-sheet ADF |
| Duplex | Automatic two-sided printing and scanning | Automatic two-sided printing |
| Duty cycle | Up to 80,000 pages a month maximum | Up to 25,000 pages a month maximum |
| Print resolution | 1200 x 1200 dpi effective | 4800 x 1200 dpi optimised color |
| Print speed | Up to 42 ppm, Letter mono | Up to 22 ppm mono, 18 ppm color, Letter |
| Rated power | About 600 W printing, 1.1 W in sleep | About 35 W printing |
| Recommended volume | 750 to 4,000 pages a month | 400 to 1,200 pages a month |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Input tray | 250 sheets, expandable to 900 | not published |
| Replacement cartridge | HP 148A, about 2,900 pages, or 148X, about 9,500 pages | not published |
| Replacement cartridges | not published | HP 910 or 910XL, 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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