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HP Designjet 4500 Printer Series - Product Specifications

Technical Specifications

Print speed
Up to 100 A1/D pages per hour1, 93 m2/hr, 1000 ft2/hr2
Resolution, maximum
Up to 2400 x 1200
Line accuracy
+/- 0.1%
Print margins
Top
0.2 in/5 mm (Small); 0.45 in/11.5 mm (Normal); 2.1 in/55 mm (Extended)
Bottom
0.2 in/5 mm (Small & Normal); 2.1 in/55 mm (Extended)
Side
0.2 in/5 mm (Small & Normal); 0.6 in /15 mm (Extended)
Printer media
Thickness (by paper path)
All paths: up to 0.157 in/0.4 mm
Weight (by paper path)
All paths: 0.11 to 0.72 lb/50 to 328 g/m2
Size
Rolls up to 42 in/1067 mm wide
Printing
Technology
HP Thermal Inkjet
Technology resolution
HP Color Layering technology, HP PhotoREt III
Print cartridge colors
Black, cyan, magenta, yellow
Ink types
Black pigmented, CMY dye based
Ink drop
5 pl color, 15 pl black
Scanning (mfp)
Speed
Color (200 dpi): 3in/sec (76mm/sec)
Black & white (200 dpi): 10in/sec (245mm/sec)
Resolution
Best mode: Black and White 300 x 300 dpi, color 300 x 300 dpi
Draft mode: Black and White 150 x 150 dpi, color 150 x 150 dpi
Normal mode: Black and White 200 x 200 dpi, color 200 x 200 dpi
Enhanced mode: Black and White 2400 x 2400 dpi, with variable resolution settings from 50 dpi in increments of 1 dpi
Max. Scan Width
42in/1067mm
Max. Scan Thickness
0.6 in /15 mm
Copying (mfp)
Copy Resolution
300 x 300 dpi
Reduction/Enlargement
1 to 10,000%
Maximum Copies
99
Copier Settings
Type of original, image crop and align preview, lightness, saturation and RGB controls, sharpen/blur, mirror copy, enlarge/reduce, paneling, tiling, nesting, and accounting
Memory
Memory (DRAM) supplied
256 MB
Memory (DRAM) maximum
512 MB
Hard disk
40 GB
Media handling
Printers
Two automatic rolls, automatic roll-switching, automatic cutter
Scanner (mfp)
Straight-through scan paper path for sheet and cardboard originals, output basket
Media types
Printers
Paper (plain, inkjet, coated, heavyweight coated, super heavyweight coated, semi-gloss, glossy, translucent bond, natural tracing, photo, vellum), film.
Scanner (mfp)
Non-abrasive paper, vellum, mylar, sepia, blueprints, plastic, film, plastic laminate, foam board, cardboard, no plywood, no stone plates, no metal plates nor abrasive dirty, rough, sharp edged, metal clamped, burned surfaces
Stacker
Paper (plain, inkjet, coated, heavyweight coated, super heavyweight coated, semi-gloss, translucent bond, natural tracing, photo, vellum)
note:
The HP Designjet 4500 Stacker series does not support films, including HP Clear Film and HP Matte Film or other media with long drying times.
Connectivity
Interfaces Standard: Printers
1 EIO slot, embedded Jetdirect, Fast Ethernet (10/100 Mbps), FireWire (IEEE 1394a-compliant)
Interfaces Standard: Scanner (mfp)
1 Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX
Interfaces Optional
HP Jetdirect 620n LAN Card, HP Jetdirect 40d Gigabit Print Server for the HP Designjet 4000 Printer series, HP Designjet 4000 Printer series Hi-speed USB 2.0 card
Drivers (included)
HP-GL/2, HP-RTL Windows drivers, PS Windows drivers (HP Designjet 4500ps and HP Designjet 4500mfp only), ADI driver for AutoCAD R14, support for AutoCAD 200x, support for Citrix MetaFrame environments, PS driver for Mac OS X v 10.2.8, 10.3, 10.4
Print languages (standard)
HP Designjet 4500 Printer
HP-GL/2, HP-RTL, TIFF, JPEG, CALS-G4
HP Designjet 4500ps Printer and HP Designjet 4500mfp
Adobe PostScript Level 3, Adobe PDF 1.5, HP-GL/2, HP-RTL,TIF, JPEG, CALS-G4
Dimensions (h x d x w)
Maximum Printer
76 x 31.5 x 53.2 in /1930 x 800 x 1350 mm
Maximum Scanner (mfp)
70.8 x 40.2 x 54.3 in/1800 x 1020 x 1380 mm
Shipping printer
83.9 x 30.5 x 52 in (EMEA), 83.9 x 30.5 x 74.4 in (CA, LAR, NA, AP)/ 2130 x 775 x 1320 mm (EMEA), 2130 x 775 x 1890 mm (CA, LAR, NA, AP
Shipping scanner (mfp)
75.2 x 27.2 x 28.7 in /1910 x 690 x 730 mm
Weight
Printer
408 lb/185 kg
Scanner (mfp)
209.5 lb/95 kg 501.1 lb (EMEA), 600.3 lb (CA, LAR, NA, AP) /227.3 kg (EMEA), 272.3 kg (CA, LAR, NA, AP) Shipping, scanner3: 321.9 lb /76 kg

Functional Specifications

HP No. 90 ink supplies
Printheads
Yellow, magenta, black, and cyan (two of each)
Printhead cleaners
Yellow, magenta, black, and cyan (two of each)
Ink cartridges
Yellow, magenta, and cyan cartridges containing 225 or 400 cm³ of ink, and black cartridges containing 400 cm³ or 775 cm³ of ink
Paper sizes
Width/Length
Minimum
Maximum
Width
16.5 in (420 mm)
42 in (1.066 m)
Length
16.5 in (420 mm)
575 ft (175 m)
Print resolution
Optimized for lines and text
Optimized for images
Print quality
Max detail
Rendering resolution (dpi)
Printing resolution (dpi)
Rendering resolution (dpi)
Printing resolution (dpi)
Best
On
1200×1200
2400×1200 (High-Gloss Photo Paper)
1200×1200 (other papers)
1200×1200
2400×1200 (Productivity Photo Gloss, High-Gloss Photo Paper)
1200×1200 (other papers)
Off
600×600
1200×1200 (High-Gloss Photo Paper)
1200×600 (other papers)
600×600
1200×1200 (High-Gloss Photo Paper)
1200×600 (other papers)
Normal
On 1200×1200
600×600
(High-Gloss Photo Paper)
1200×600 (other paper types)
600×600
1200×1200 (High-Gloss Photo Paper)
1200×600 (other paper types)
Off
600×600
1200×1200 (High-Gloss Photo Paper)
1200×600 (other paper types)
300×300
1200×1200 (Productivity Photo Gloss, High-Gloss Photo Paper)
1200×600 (other paper types)
Fast
On
600×600
1200×1200 (High-Gloss Photo Paper)
1200×600 (other paper types)
600×600
1200×1200 (High-Gloss Photo Paper)
600×600 (Max Speed, Bright White, Bond Paper)
1200×600 (other paper types)
Off
300×300
1200×1200 (High-Gloss Photo Paper)
600×600 (Max Speed)
1200×600 (other paper types)
300×300
1200×1200 (High-Gloss Photo Paper)
600×600 (Max Speed, Bright White, Bond Paper)
1200×600 (other paper types)
Margins
Side margins
5 mm = 0.2 in (small, normal)
15 mm = 0.6 in (extended)
Top margin (leading edge)
5 mm = 0.2 in (small)
11.5 mm = 0.6 in (normal)
55 mm = 2.2 in (extended)
Bottom margin (trailing edge)
5 mm = 0.2 in
Mechanical accuracy
±0.1% of the specified vector length or ±0.1 mm (whichever greater) at 23°C (73°F), 50-60% relative humidity, on A0 printing material in Best or Normal mode with HP Matte Film.
Graphic languages supported
Adobe PostScript level 3, PDF 1.5.

Physical specifications

Printer physical specifications
Weight (including stand)
185 kg
Width
< 1930 mm
Depth
< 800 mm
Height
1350 mm
Stacker physical specifications
Weight
53 kg
Width
1286 mm
Depth
1002-1569 mm
Height
1135 mm

Power specifications

Printer power specifications
Source
100–240 V ac ±10%, autoranging
Frequency
50–60 Hz
Current
< 6 A
Consumption
< 1 kW
Stacker power specifications
Source
100–240 V ac ±10%, autoranging
Frequency
50–60 Hz
Current
< 10 A
Consumption
2000 W ±10%

Ecological specifications

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Environmental specifications

Printer environmental specifications
Relative humidity range for best print quality
20–80%, depending on paper type
Temperature range for best print quality
15 to 30°C (59 to 86°F), depending on paper type
Temperature range for printing
5 to 40°C (41 to 104°F)
Temperature range when not in operation
-20 to +55°C (-4 to +131°F)
Maximum altitude when printing
3000 m
Stacker environmental specifications
Relative humidity range
20–80%
Temperature range for printing
5 to 40°C (41 to 104°F)
Temperature range when not in operation
-20 to +50°C (-4 to +122°F)

Acoustic specifications

Printer acoustic specifications
Idle sound power
≤ 5.8 B (A)
Operating sound power
≤ 7.0 B (A)
Idle sound pressure
≤ 41 dB (A)
Operating sound pressure
≤ 53 dB (A)
Stacker acoustic specifications
Idle sound power
< 4.5 B (A)
Operating sound power
< 5.5 B (A)
Idle sound pressure
< 35 dB (A)
Operating sound pressure
< 57 dB (A)