HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner vs HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer
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 — sheetfed document scanner against mono laser mfp — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner vs HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer
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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 →HP
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 →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.
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.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 19 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | HP ScanJet Pro 3000 s4 Sheet-Feed Document Scanner | HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Mono Laser Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $499.00 | $449.00 |
| Connectivity | USB 3.0 | Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, USB |
| Duplex | Single pass, both sides in one pass | Automatic two-sided printing and scanning |
| Rated power | About 20 W scanning | About 600 W printing, 1.1 W in sleep |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Cartridge policy | not published | Dynamic Security -- third-party cartridges are blocked |
| Consumable parts | Roller replacement kit rated about 100,000 sheets | not published |
| Cost per page | not published | About 2.1 cents on 148X, excluding paper |
| Daily duty cycle | Up to 4,000 sheets a day | not published |
| Document feeder | not published | 50-sheet reversing ADF |
| Double feed detection | Ultrasonic | not published |
| Duty cycle | not published | Up to 80,000 pages a month maximum |
| Feeder capacity | 50 sheets | not published |
| Input tray | not published | 250 sheets, expandable to 900 |
| Optical resolution | 600 dpi | not published |
| Print resolution | not published | 1200 x 1200 dpi effective |
| Print speed | not published | Up to 42 ppm, Letter mono |
| Recommended volume | not published | 750 to 4,000 pages a month |
| Replacement cartridge | not published | HP 148A, about 2,900 pages, or 148X, about 9,500 pages |
| Scan speed | 40 ppm, 80 images per minute duplex | not published |
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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