Glossary

Definitions of specifications and terms to assist in your buying process.

All-in-one functions

Color printing, color copying, color scanning

Multitasking capability

Yes

Print speed, black (draft quality mode)

Up to 26 ppm****
 

Print speed, black (normal quality mode)

Up to 9 ppm****

Print speed, black (best quality mode)

Up to 2.5 ppm****
 

Print speed, color (draft color mode)

Up to 20 ppm****
 

Print speed, color (normal quality mode)

Up to 6.5 ppm****

Print speed, color (best quality mode)

Up to 2.5 ppm****
 

Monthly duty cycle

Up to 3000 pages

Printer page yield

View additional yield information

Print technology

HP Thermal Inkjet

Print quality, black

Up to 600 rendered dpi black

Print quality, color
 

Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi color when printing from a computer with select HP Photo papers and 1200 input dpi.

Cartridges

2 (1 each black, tri-color)

Paper tray(s), standard

1

Paper tray(s), maximum

1
 

Input capacity, standard

Up to 80 sheets
 

Envelope feeder

No

Envelope input, standard

Up to 10 envelopes
 

Output capacity, standard

Up to 50 sheets
 

Output capacity, maximum

Up to 50 sheets
 

Duplex printing (printing on both sides of paper)

Manual

Document finishing

Sheetfed

Media sizes, standard

Letter, legal, executive, cards, DL

Media sizes, custom

3 x 5 to 8.5 x 30 in

Media types
 

Paper (inkjet, photo, plain), envelopes, labels, cards, transparencies, iron-on transfers, HP premium media

Media weight, recommended

20 to 24 lb
 

Memory, standard

16 MB

Memory, maximum

16 MB

Print languages, standard

HP PCL 3 GUI
 

Scanner type

Flatbed

Scan resolution, enhanced

Up to 19200 dpi

Scan resolution, hardware

Up to 1200 x 2400 dpi

Bit depth

48-bit

Levels of grayscale

256

Maximum scan size - flatbed

8.5 x 11.7 in

Copy resolution, black

Up to 600 dpi

Copy resolution, color

Up to 1200 x 2400 dpi scan resolution

Copy speed, black (copies per minute)

Up to 26 cpm

Copy speed, color (copies per minute)

Up to 20 cpm

Copy reduce/enlarge settings

25 to 200%

Maximum number of copies

Up to 9 copies

Connectivity, standard

Hi-Speed USB

Macintosh compatible

Yes

Print drivers, standard

HP PCL 3 GUI

Minimum system requirements
 

PC: For Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home, Windows 2000 (SP4 or higher): Any Intel Pentium II, Intel Celeron, or compatible processor (233 MHz or higher); 128 MB RAM (256 MB or higher recommended); 450 MB available hard disk space; Internet Explorer 6 or higher. For Windows Vista(R) Ready: 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor; 512 MB RAM; 900 MB available hard disk space; Internet Explorer; CD-ROM drive; available USB port and USB cable; SVGA 800 x 600 monitor with 16-bit color; Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 or higher recommended; Internet access recommended. (With Windows 2000 some features may not be available)
Macintosh: Mac OS X v 10.3.9, v 10.4, v 10.5 or higher; PowerPC G3, G4, G5 or Intel Core processor; 256 MB RAM (512 MB or higher recommended); 200 MB available hard disk space; CD-ROM drive; available USB port and USB cable; Any Web browser; Internet access recommended

Power consumption

ENERGY STAR qualified

Compatible Operating Systems

Windows Vista(R); Windows XP Home (SP2); Windows XP Professional; Windows XP Professional x64; Windows 2000 Professional (SP2 or higher)

Dimensions, std.            (W x D x H)

17.22 x 11.43 x 6.36 in (paper tray up)

Weight, U.S.

10.8 lb

Warranty, standard

One-year limited hardware warranty backed by HP's 24-hour, 7-days-a-week Customer Care, service and support, including 24-hour Web support at http://www.hp.com/support

What's in the box
 

HP Deskjet F4280 Printer, HP 60 Black Ink Cartridge (~200 pages), HP 60 Tri-color Ink Cartridge (~160 pages), HP Photosmart Essential Software, Setup Poster, Reference Guide, power supply, power cord. [Yield varies considerably based on content of printed pages and other factors. See http://www.hp.com/go/learnaboutsupplies]
 

Cable included?

No

Software included

HP Photosmart Essential Software