Compare Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5 Printer to Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5p Printer

The HP Color LaserJet 5/5M printers represent a new class of color printers that provide continuous tone output. The HP Color LaserJet 5/5M printers are 300 dpi (1200-dpi image print quality) color printers.??The HP Color LaserJet 5/5M printer uses a direct-to-drum imaging system, which directly applies toner to the print drum and to the paper in one pass, providing better registration, truer colors, and sharper text than other printing systems. The process creates more accurate details, high-resolution text rendering, and photo-realistic results. The HP ColorSmart software optimizes overall print quality by analyzing incoming data, and then automatically applying the right color and halftone qualities for each photo, graphic, or text element. Less

The HP LaserJet 5P printer is designed for individuals and small workgroups. It meets high-quality printing standards and a variety of type fonts. Two trays allow printing sizes from postcard to legal without changing trays. An IrDA-compliant infrared port comes standard, allowing wireless printing from the latest IrDA-compliant portable systems. Two parallel ports and one LocalTalk port (with auto switching between all ports) provide easy sharing and expanded use. Standard SIMM memory slots allow for memory expandability, optional printer language, or custom SIMM solutions.??The HP LaserJet 5P printer uses HP's Enhanced PCL 5 (Printer Command Language Level 5), a printer language that is standard for desktop laser printing in PC operating environments such as Microsoft Windows and DOS. Less