HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer vs HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner is $50.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — mono laser mfp against sheetfed document scanner — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer vs HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner
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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.
Full details →HP
HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner
$499.00
A dedicated sheetfed scanner exists because an MFP feeder is designed for occasional copying -- this one is rated for 4,000 sheets a day, roughly an order of magnitude beyond what a printer feeder tolerates.
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 ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner is for
Buy it if: Offices digitising records in bulk, where feeder reliability decides the throughput.
Avoid it if: Anyone scanning books, passports or fragile originals, which need a flatbed.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 19 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer | HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $449.00 | $499.00 |
| Connectivity | Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, USB | USB 3.0 |
| Duplex | Automatic two-sided printing and scanning | Single pass, both sides in one pass |
| Rated power | About 600 W printing, 1.1 W in sleep | About 20 W scanning |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Cartridge policy | Dynamic Security -- third-party cartridges are blocked | not published |
| Consumable parts | not published | Roller replacement kit rated about 100,000 sheets |
| Cost per page | About 2.1 cents on 148X, excluding paper | not published |
| Daily duty cycle | not published | Up to 4,000 sheets a day |
| Document feeder | 50-sheet reversing ADF | not published |
| Double feed detection | not published | Ultrasonic |
| Duty cycle | Up to 80,000 pages a month maximum | not published |
| Feeder capacity | not published | 50 sheets |
| Input tray | 250 sheets, expandable to 900 | not published |
| Optical resolution | not published | 600 dpi |
| Print resolution | 1200 x 1200 dpi effective | not published |
| Print speed | Up to 42 ppm, Letter mono | not published |
| Recommended volume | 750 to 4,000 pages a month | not published |
| Replacement cartridge | HP 148A, about 2,900 pages, or 148X, about 9,500 pages | not published |
| Scan speed | not published | 40 ppm, 80 images per minute duplex |
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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