Printer: Two automatic roll feeds, automatic rollswitching, automatic cutter; scanner: straight-through scan paper path for sheet and cardboard originals
Print Quality (Colour, Best Quality)
Up to 2400 x 1200 optimized dpi and 1200 x 1200 input dpi
Printer: 1 EIO slot, Fast Ethernet (10/100 Mbps), FireWire (IEEE 1394a-compliant); scanner: 1 Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX
Ink Technology / Media
Colour(s) of Print Cartridges
Black, cyan, magenta, yellow
Compatible Ink Types
Black: pigmented, CMY: dye-based
Media Types supported
Printer: Paper (plain, inkjet, coated, heavyweight coated, super heavyweight coated, semi-gloss, glossy, natural tracing, photo), film; Scanner: Non-abrasive paper, vellum, Mylar, sepia, blueprints, plastic, film, plastic laminate, foam board, cardboard (no plywood, stone plates, metal plates or abrasive dirty, rough, sharp edged, metal clamped, burned surfaces)
Standard Media Sizes
Printer: A3, A2, A1, A0 (rolls up to 1067 mm wide); Scanner: up to 1118 mm wide media
Margins, leading/trailing edges
Top: 5 mm (small); 11.5 mm (normal); 55 mm (extended), bottom: 5 mm (small & normal); 55 mm (extended)
Lateral Margins
5 mm (small & normal), 15 mm (extended)
Maximum Roll Length
175 m
Maximum media width
1067 mm
Maximum print length
175 m
Paper handling
Printer: Two automatic rolls, automatic roll-switching, automatic cutter, optional stacker, optional automatic inline folding device; Scanner: straight-through scan paper path for sheet and cardboard originals, output basket
recommended media weight
Printer: 50 to 328 g/m2; Scanner: at least 0.08 mm thick
Paper handling / media
Colour(s) of Print Cartridges
Black, cyan, magenta, yellow
Compatible Ink Types
Black: pigmented, CMY: dye-based
Ink Drop
5 pl (colour), 15 pl (black)
Media Types supported
Printer: Paper (plain, inkjet, coated, heavyweight coated, super heavyweight coated, semi-gloss, glossy, natural tracing, photo), film; Scanner: Non-abrasive paper, vellum, Mylar, sepia, blueprints, plastic, film, plastic laminate, foam board, cardboard (no plywood, stone plates, metal plates or abrasive dirty, rough, sharp edged, metal clamped, burned surfaces)
Standard Media Sizes
Printer: A3, A2, A1, A0 (rolls up to 1067 mm wide); Scanner: up to 1118 mm wide media
Maximum Roll Length
175 m
Maximum media width
1067 mm
recommended media weight
Printer: 50 to 328 g/m2; Scanner: at least 0.08 mm thick
Maximum print length
175 m
Finished output handling
Printer: Two automatic roll feeds, automatic rollswitching, automatic cutter; scanner: straight-through scan paper path for sheet and cardboard originals
Print quality / technology
Print technology
HP Thermal Inkjet
Print Head Nozzles
524
Colour Printing Technology
HP Color Layering technology, HP PhotoREt III
Print Quality (Colour, Best Quality)
Up to 2400 x 1200 optimized dpi and 1200 x 1200 input dpi
Line accuracy
+/- 0.1%
Minimum line width
0.075 mm
Print quality / technology
Print technology
HP Thermal Inkjet
Print Head Nozzles
524
Colour Printing Technology
HP Color Layering technology, HP PhotoREt III
Print Quality (Colour, Best Quality)
Up to 2400 x 1200 optimized dpi and 1200 x 1200 input dpi
TIFF, JPEG, PDF (24 bits); TIFF, JPEG, PDF (8 bits); TIFF, CALS G4 (1 bit)
Copy System
Copier Settings
Type of original image crop and align preview, best/normal/fast copy quality, enlarge/reduce, lightness, mirror copy, nesting, paneling, saturation and RGB controls, sharpen/blur, tiling
Copy Resolution (Colour Text and Graphics)
300 x 300 dpi
Maximum Number of Copies
Up to 99
Copier Resize
1 to 10000%
Connectivity
Standard connectivity
Printer: 1 EIO slot, Fast Ethernet (10/100 Mbps), FireWire (IEEE 1394a-compliant); scanner: 1 Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX
Optional Connectivity
HP Jetdirect 620n Fast Ethernet Print Server, HP Jetdirect 40d Gigabit Print Server, HP Designjet High Speed USB 2.0 Card
External I/O ports
Printer:1 Fast Ethernet, 2 FireWire (IEEE 1394a-compliant), 1 EIO; scanner: 1 Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX, 1 FireWire port
Compatible Operating Systems
Printer: Windows® NT 4.0 Workstation, NT 4.0 Server, 98 SE, 2000, Me, XP Home, XP Professional, Server 2003; Mac OS X v 10.2.8, 10.3, 10.4; Scanner: Windows 95, NT 4.0, 98, 2000, Me, XP through Windows domain or FTP service, Mac OS 9.X and Mac OS X through FTP service, UNIX/Linux through FTP service
Other technical information
Recommended System Requirements
Windows 2000, 2003 Server: Pentium III 733 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 2 GB available hard disk space; Windows XP: Pentium IV 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 2 GB available hard disk space
Printer Drivers Included
HP-GL/2, HP-RTL Windows® drivers, PS Windows drivers, support for AutoCAD 200x, PS driver for Mac OS X v 10.2.8, 10.3, 10.4
Printer: Input voltage 100 to 127 V ac (+/- 10%), 6 amp; 220 to 240 V ac (+/- 10%), 3 amp; 50/60 Hz (+/- 3 Hz), auto range; scanner: 100 to 240 V ac (+/- 10%), auto range, 50/60 Hz, 5 amp maximum
Power consumption
Less than 1 watt (off); 800 watts maximum (active)
Operating Humidity Range
20 to 80% RH
Non-Operating Humidity
0 to 95% RH
Storage temperature range (Celsius)
-20 to 55º C
Operating temperature range
5 to 40º C
Dimensions (w x d x h)
Printer: 1930 x 800 x 1350 mm; Scanner: 1800 x 850 x 1380 mm
Weight
Printer: 185 kg; scanner: 92.5 kg
Box Content
HP Designjet 4500 Printer, stand and basket assembly, roll module, setup poster, documentation and drivers CD, Quick Reference Guide and holder, media sample, maintenance kit, power cord, 3-in spindle adaptor (4), printheads (8), printhead cleaners (8), ink cartridges (4), ink cartridge insert, ink printhead insert, customer service guide, HP Designjet 4500 Scanner, scanner stand, touchscreen (panel PC), keyboard, power cables, FireWire cables (2), media guides (2), maintenance sheet, system recovery DVD, maintenance kit, plastic dust cover, scanner setup poster, scanner quick reference guide
Warranty
One-year, next-business-day on-site warranty
*Except where noted, all prices are suggested retail price in Canadian dollars. Retailers/resellers may sell for less.
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