HP Color LaserJet 3600 series printer

3600n • 3600dn

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Using the power of color, small businesses can create
marketing collateral quickly and easily and get amazing print
quality right out of the box—see vibrant color, crisp blacks,
and realistic images every time you click Print.

See results with vibrant color Small office color performance

• Print high-quality marketing materials in color—and in the • Work more productively. With fast color and black-and-
office. Get brilliant color output with new HP ColorSphere white speeds up to 17 pages per minute (ppm) and a
toner and HP glossy papers, and make your brochures, quick first page out with Instant-on Technology, your
proposals, and presentations stand out above the rest. documents are ready and waiting by the time you walk to
• Achieve brilliant results. New HP ColorSphere toner works the printer. The printer calibrates intelligently to balance
with the printer to deliver high gloss, which makes colors performance and the best print quality.
brighter, increases color range, and offers intense color • Save space—this work team color laser fits on the desktop.
and subtle transitions for realistic images. For optimal Experience fast, reliable performance in a small
results, use HP papers with five-layer coating technology. package—your users will appreciate the speed and color
• Print with confidence. The sophisticated engine includes capabilities of this space-saving device.
intelligent color calibration that works with HP Smart • Meet your work team’s needs with flexible paper
printing technology1 in HP cartridges to make automatic handling. An optional 500-sheet input tray provides an
adjustments that enhance print quality and consistency. input capacity of up to 850 sheets, reducing user
interaction. The printer accommodates a wide range of
Color made easy paper sizes, types, and weights, and the automatic
• Relax—this printer is designed for ease of use. From two-sided printing unit lets you print more while conserving
installation to daily use, the printer eases your workload. paper resources (automatic two-sided printing is available
Install the printer software in just a few simple clicks. A with the HP Color LaserJet 3600dn printer only).4
media type sensor simplifies printing by automatically • Use the combined power of the computer and printer to
selecting the optimal print setting for each paper type. process all your documents. The HP Color LaserJet 3600
• Depend on simple interactions. There are only four print series printer uses host-based technology, which means
cartridges to manage, and the cartridge, HP ColorSphere that it relies on the power of your computer to process
toner, and imaging drum are integrated into one supply, print jobs before sending them to the printer. The printer is
resulting in a refresh of the entire image system when you ideal for small work teams working with one of the
replace a cartridge and ensuring consistent print quality. supported Windows® and Macintosh operating systems,
Integrated supplies also allow you to replace cartridges that do not require support for PostScript® printing.
without worrying about messy toner spills.
• Simplify management. Print cartridges are preinstalled in HP printing and imaging systems help you create powerful,
new printers, and convenient access points in the printer professional communications easily. Printers, supplies, and
make cartridge replacement effortless. With accessories are designed together to work together and are
HP SureSupply™2 reordering is a snap. invented to meet or exceed your business needs.
• Manage your HP printers and their supplies. HP Easy
Printer Care3 software saves time with consolidated
management—monitor the status of up to 15 HP printers
and supplies, generate basic usage reports, and order
supplies with the click of a button. Plus, HP backs you with
support tools, including HP Instant Support and
HP Software Update.

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Using genuine HP supplies ensures availability of all HP printing features.
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For more information, visit www.hp.com/go/SureSupply.
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For more information, visit www.hp.com/go/easyprintercare.
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Standard and available features vary according to model. For more information, see “Series at a glance” on page 2.
HP Color LaserJet 3600 series printer
1 Intuitive, two-line
HP Color LaserJet 3600dn shown
display with a built-in
help function
2 250-sheet top output
bin with long paper
extension
3 One-door access to the
preinstalled, easy-to-
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replace print cartridges
4 100-sheet multipurpose
tray enables automatic
and manual feeding for
specialty papers
5 250-sheet input tray for 7
350-sheet total 3
standard input capacity
6 Built-in automatic
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two-sided printing
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7 On/off switch
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8 USB Hi Speed port
provides simple
connections 5
9 128 MB SDRAM
memory and a powerful
360 MHz processor
10 HP Jetdirect Fast
Ethernet embedded
print server for easy
network sharing

Series at a glance

HP Color LaserJet 3600n printer HP Color LaserJet 3600dn printer

• 100-sheet multipurpose tray and 250-sheet input 3600n model, plus:
tray for a total of 350-sheet input capacity • Additional 64 MB RAM for a total of 128 MB RAM
• 64 MB RAM (not upgradeable) • Built-in automatic two-sided printing
• HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet embedded print server
Promote your business—simply and effectively.

Vivid color and powerful performance New HP ColorSphere toner

If you want brilliant print quality that exceeds your Your prints will shine with uniform gloss and a dynamic
expectations every time you print, but you don’t want to range of color. The new HP ColorSphere toner features
make a lot of adjustments or sacrifice fast printing speed, gloss levels that are significantly improved over previous
then the HP Color LaserJet 3600 series printer is just what HP color toners when printing on glossy paper. Improved
you’ve been looking for. melting and fusing technologies work in sync with the
Building on 20 years of laser experience, HP improves its new HP ColorSphere toner to enable superior toner
award-winning color laser printing products with every release and flow. The result is brilliant, intense colors and
generation. HP’s out-of-the-box color laser print quality excellent photo quality output for your business
leads the industry. Without bothering with printer settings, documents.
you’ll get great results each time you click Print. And HP’s new color toner enables a wider range of colors
because performance and print quality work hand-in- because each toner particle conforms to an extremely
hand with this printer, you’ll enjoy fast printing speeds consistent size and shape. This consistency allows toner
that won’t slow you down. particles to be placed on the page with the precision
needed to produce a wide range of colors with the most
In-house color marketing subtle differences of shade.
Print short-run color collateral in-house, quickly and
HP ColorSphere toner is also designed to enable faster
affordably. When you print materials in-house, you have
printing time. The toner particles are chemically grown
control over the process: you ensure that printing is
around an optimally sized wax core, producing particle
effective, efficient, and affordable, and that any private
sizes that are designed to work with HP’s fusing
company information stays safe. Printing frequently
technology for faster printing without sacrificing quality.
updated materials on-demand means that you can make
changes at a moments notice and never waste printed HP printer management tools
material due to obsolete information. You also save the Who says you can’t do it all? With a little help, HP
time and cost of inventory management. knows you can. HP makes printer management and
Plus, in-house marketing is easy with HP Marketing supplies reordering trouble-free.
Assistant Software. With professionally designed • View printer and supplies status, perform simple
templates, step-by-step instructions, and an online portal troubleshooting, and manage printing functions for an
with tips, success stories, and training classes, you’ll be individual printer from your computer, rather than the
whipping up dazzling documents in no time.5 printer control panel or through the print driver
Companies ranging from small to large report that HP’s Services tab (for end users).
affordable, best-in-class color solutions deliver money to • Manage groups of printers from a single access point.
their bottom line. Some ways, such as improving your For IT professionals, HP Web Jetadmin helps you
image and adding impact to marketing publications, are install, configure, and remotely manage all of your
indirect, while others are direct and measurable, such as network peripherals through a simple Web interface.
productivity gains and tangible cost savings with in-house For end users and office managers, HP Easy Printer
color printing. Care Software helps you manage up to 15 HP printers
Award-winning HP support from your computer to keep them running at their best.

HP’s expert knowledge will help you make the most of

your printer and ensure your equipment is running at
peak efficiency. Start with a one-year, next day, on-site,
limited hardware warranty, backed by free telephone
and Web support from the award-winning HP Customer
Care (warranty and availability vary according to
region). To further guarantee trouble-free operation,
upgrade with service and support options such as
installation, network configuration, and extended
warranty support.
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North America only. A 90-day trial version ships with the printer; the software is available in retail stores and for download at www.hp.com.
HP Color LaserJet 3600 series printer
Technical specifications HP Color LaserJet 3600n printer (Q5987A) HP Color LaserJet 3600dn printer (Q5988A)

Print speed6 Up to 17 ppm

First page out Less than 14 seconds
Image enhancement, resolution HP ImageREt 3600, 600 by 600 dpi
Processor 360 MHz Fujitsu FR555 FRV
Memory, standard 64 MB SDRAM (not customer upgradeable) 128 MB SDRAM
Memory, maximum 64 MB SDRAM 128 MB SDRAM
Recommended monthly volume 1,000 to 3,000 pages
Maximum monthly duty cycle 50,000 pages
Paper
Input 100-sheet multipurpose tray and 250-sheet tray 2 for a total of 350 sheets, optional 500-sheet tray 3
Output 250-sheet top output bin
Duplex printing Manual two-sided printing Built-in automatic two-sided printing
Sizes Multipurpose tray: 3 by 5 to 8.5 by 14 in (76 by 127 to 216 by 356 mm); letter, legal, executive, envelopes;
Tray 2 and optional tray 3: letter, legal, executive; automatic two-sided printing: letter, legal
Weights Multipurpose tray: 16 to 42 lb bond (60 to 160 g/m2) Automatic two-sided printing unit, 250-sheet and 500-sheet input trays: 16 to 32 lb bond (60 to 120 g/m 2)
Types Paper (plain, preprinted, letterhead, prepunched, bond, recycled, tough, color, gloss, rough), transparencies, labels, envelopes, cardstock, user-defined
Connectivity
Interfaces USB 2.0 Hi-Speed port
Network connectivity HP Jetdirect Fast Ethernet embedded print server, optional 802.11b/g Wireless LAN and other networking accessories
Note: Networking accessories must be added via an external unit
Languages HP JetReady 4.2 (for HP postscript emulation printing HP recommends the HP Color LaserJet 3800 series printer)
Fonts Not applicable (Based on installed typefaces on host computer. Print engine only has fonts for internal pages and ASCII.)
Client operating systems Microsoft Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Professional, Server 2003; Certified for Windows Vista®; Mac OS X version 10.2.8, 10.3 and 10.4 and higher
Network operating systems8 Via HP Jetdirect print servers: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Professional, Server 2003; Mac OS X version 10.2.8, 10.3 and 10.4 and higher;
Red Hat Linux® 6.x and later
Network protocols supported8 Via HP Jetdirect print servers: DHCP, Auto IP, BOOTP, SLP, WINS, RARP, Telnet, TFTP, TCP/IPv4, UDP, LPD, Port9100, SNMP v1, DNS, CUPS/Linux
Dimensions (w by d by h) 15.7 by 20.7 by 15.7 in (400 by 450 by 400 mm) 15.7 by 20.7 by 16.7 in (400 by 450 by 423 mm)
Weight (includes print cartridge) 59.6 lb (27.1 kg) 61.6 lb (28 kg)
What’s in the box HP Color LaserJet 3600n printer, 100-sheet multipurpose tray, 250-sheet tray, power HP Color LaserJet 3600dn printer, 100-sheet multipurpose tray, 250-sheet tray, power
cable, driver and documentation CD, in-box documentation (Getting Started Guide), cable, drivers and documentation CD, in-box documentation (Getting Started Guide),
preinstalled, full-capacity 6,000-page black and 4,000-page cyan, magenta, and preinstalled, full-capacity 6,000-page black and 4,000-page cyan, magenta, and
yellow HP Color LaserJet print cartridges with HP ColorSphere Toner9, HP Jetdirect yellow HP Color LaserJet print cartridges with HP ColorSphere Toner9, HP Jetdirect
Fast Ethernet embedded print server Fast Ethernet embedded print server, built-in automatic two-sided printing

Ordering information

Environmental ranges Product Number

Operating temperature Operating: 50 to 81 degrees F (10 to 27 degrees C) HP Color LaserJet 3600n printer Q5987A
Recommended: 63 to 77 degrees F (17 to 25 degrees C) HP Color LaserJet 3600dn printer Q5988A
Storage: 32 to 95 degrees F (0 to 35 degrees C) Accessories
Relative humidity Operating: 10 to 70 percent HP Jetdirect en1700 USB 2.0 Print Server J7988G
Recommended: 20 to 60 percent HP Jetdirect 175x Fast Ethernet external print server (USB) J6035G
Non-operating: 10 to 90 percent HP Jetdirect en3700 Fast Ethernet external print server (USB Hi Speed) J7942G
Altitude 0 to 8530 ft (0 to 2600 m) HP Jetdirect ew2400 802.11g Wireless and Fast Ethernet external J7951G
Acoustics10 Power: active: 6.9 B(A); Ready: 5.3 B(A) print server (USB Hi Speed)
Pressure (bystander): active: 55 dB(A), standby: 39 d(B)A 500-sheet paper input feeder and tray Q5985A
Required input voltage 110 to 127 V (±10 percent), 50/60 Hz (±2 Hz) HP Color LaserJet Print Cartridges with HP ColorSphere Toner9
220 to 240 V (±10 percent), 50/60 Hz (±2 Hz) Black Print Cartridge (6,000 pages) Q6470A
Power consumption10 Cyan Print Cartridge (4,000 pages) Q6471A
Active 335 watts Yellow Print Cartridge (4,000 pages) Q6472A
Ready 48 watts Magenta Print Cartridge (4,000 pages) Q6473A
Sleep 15 watts Cables
Off 0.5 watts USB Hi-speed printer cable (2-meter [6.5-foot] standard) C6264A
Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC): 3.601 kWh/Week Service and support
ENERGY STAR qualified models; see: www.hp.com/go/energystar
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On-site installation and network configuration H3110E
Power certifications EMC: CISPR 22: 1993/EN 55022: 1994 Class B, EN 61000-3-2: 2000, EN 3-year, next day onsite U8037E
61000-3-3: 1995, EN 55024: 1998, FCC Title 47 CFR, Part 15 Class B (US), 3-year, 9x5 same day on-site U8054E
ICES-003, Issue 4 (Canada), GB9254-1998, other EMC approvals as required 3-year, 13x5 same day on-site U8038E
by individual countries Paper
Safety: IEC 60950-1 (International), IEC 60825-1, UL/cUL Listed (US/Canada), North America: www.hp.com/go/everydaypapers
EN 60825-1 Class 1, 21 CFR Ch. 1/SubCh. J (Class 1 Laser/LED Device) USA: 1-800-477-5010,
GB4943-2001, other safety approvals as required by individual countries. Printer software
Warranty One-year, next day, on-site limited hardware warranty with phone and e-mail HP Easy Printer Care Software: www/hp.com/go/easyprintercare
support HP Install Network Printer Wizard: www.hp.com/go/inpw_sw
HP SureSupply enabled To learn more, please visit www.hp.com/go/SureSupply Third-party solutions
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Exact speed varies depending on the system configuration, software application, driver, and document complexity. www.hp.com/go/gsc
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For optimum results, HP recommends the use of HP media designed for HP Color LaserJet printers between the weights of 75 g/m2 to
120 g/m2. For lighter weight or heavier weight paper (60 g/m2 to 74 g/m2 and 121 to 220 g/m2), paper jam rate and optimal print quality
performance may be impacted. Use the correct driver and tray settings for best results. Test all paper before purchasing large volumes.
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Not all protocol and operating system combinations are supported. For more information, go to: www.hp.com/support/net_printing.
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All print cartridge page yields are based on five percent page coverage.
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Values subject to change. See www.hp.com/support/clj3600 for current information. Power reported is the highest value measured using all
standard voltages.

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