HP LaserJet III Printer - Product Specification

Table of Contents
Model numbers and pricing
Serial number
Printer description
Printer features
Resident Fonts
Resident Symbol Sets
Cartridge fonts
Memory (RAM) expansion
Optional memory requirements
Page Protect On (memory usage)
Text and graphics resolution
Performance
Upgrade from earlier printer
Paper handling
Paper specifications
Physical specifications
Toner
Electrical
Environmental
Warranty - HP LaserJet III printer Data Sheet
Safety - HP LaserJet III printer Data Sheet
Manuals

Model numbers and pricing

Introduced

March 1990

Discontinued

October 1992

HP LaserJet IIID printer Introduction Price

US$2,395

Serial number

Located on back of printer beneath power cord receptacle.

Printer description

The HP 33449A LaserJet III printer provides 300 dots per inch resolution, plus built-in Resolution Enhancement Technology (REt) with a throughput of up to 8 pages per minute. It has the ability to scale fonts, and has the HP-GL/2 enhancement for plotter output.

Printer features

PCL Printer Language

Level 5

Interfaces

RS-232-C/RS-422-A and Centronics parallel

Optional I/O

Yes

Status Checking for HP 3000

Optional

Video I/O

No

AppleTalk I/O

Optional

Font Cartridge Slots

2

Total Memory

1 MB

User Memory

720 K

Fonts Per Page

Limited Only By Memory

Downloadable Soft Fonts

Limited Only By Memory

Macros/Forms

Limited Only By Memory

Forms Overlay

Yes

Rules, Gray Shades, Patterns

Yes

Character Height

Limited Only By Memory and Page Size

Duplex

No

Auto Font Rotation

Yes

Macro Cartridge Support

Yes

Page Count

Yes

*Page Protect

Yes

* Requires additional memory

Resident fonts

The HP 33449A LaserJet III printer contains the following 14 resident, fixed pitch, and bitmapped fonts:

Orient

Sym. set

Spac.

Pitch

Pt. size

Style

Stroke

Typeface

POR/

LAN

see below

Fixed

10

12

Upright

Medium

Courier

POR/

LAN

see below

Fixed

10

12

Upright

Bold

Courier

POR/

LAN

see below

Fixed

10

12

Italic

Medium

Courier

POR/

LAN

see below

Fixed

12

10

Upright

Medium

Courier

POR/

LAN

see below

Fixed

12

10

Upright

Bold

Courier

POR/

LAN

see below

Fixed

12

10

Italic

Medium

Courier

POR/

LAN

see below

Fixed

16.66

8.5

Upright

Medium

Line Print

The HP 33449A LaserJet III printer contains the following 8 resident, proportionally spaced, scalable (from .25 to 999.75 point) typefaces:

Orient.

Sym. set

Spac.

Pt. size

Style

Stroke

Typeface

POR

see below

Prop.

Scalable

Upright

Medium

CG Times

POR

see below

Prop.

Scalable

Upright

Bold

CG Times

POR

see below

Prop.

Scalable

Italic

Medium

CG Times

POR

see below

Prop.

Scalable

Italic

Bold

CG Times

POR

see below

Prop.

Scalable

Upright

Medium

Univers

POR

see below

Prop.

Scalable

Upright

Bold

Univers

POR

see below

Prop.

Scalable

Italic

Medium

Univers

POR

see below

Prop.

Scalable

Italic

Bold

Univers

NOTE: The HP LaserJet III printer automatically rotates fonts to the orientation specified. Thus all fonts (resident, cartridge, and soft) can be printed in portrait, landscape, reverse portrait, and reverse landscape.

Resident symbol sets

For both bitmapped and scalable typeface fonts

Roman-8, ECMA 94 (Latin 1), PC-8 (IBM-US-8), PC-8 D/N (Denmark/Norway), PC-850 (IBM-850), Legal, ISO 2 (IRV), ISO 4 (United Kingdom), ISO 6 (ANSI ASCII), ISO 10 (Swedish/Finnish), ISO 11 (Swedish: names), ISO 14 (JIS ASCII), ISO 15 (Italian), ISO 16 (Portuguese), ISO 17 (Spanish), ISO 21 (German), ISO 25 (French), ISO 57 (Chinese), ISO 60 (Norwegian v1), ISO 61 (Norwegian v2), ISO 69 (French), ISO 84 (Portuguese: IBM), ISO 85 (Spanish: IBM), German (HP German), and Spanish (HP Spanish).

NOTE: ISO denotes International Standards Organization symbol sets, primarily for use in Europe or for printing non-English characters.

For scalable typeface fonts

Ventura Math, Ventura International, Ventura US, PS Math, PS Text, Math-8, Pi Font, Microsoft (R) Publishing, Windows, and DeskTop.

Cartridge fonts

Will accept all HP cartridge fonts.

Memory (RAM) expansion

You may install any combination of up to 2 boards totaling 4 MB of optional memory:

HP33474B 1 MB Memory Board

1,024 KB

HP33475B 2 MB Memory Board

2,048 KB

NOTE: Memory boards do not increase the printer's 3 x 1 KB (3,072 byte) serial and parallel I/O buffer size or increase the speed of the HP LaserJet printer.

Optional memory requirements

Full-page (letter-sized) 150-dpi graphics

None

Half-page (letter-sized) 300-dpi graphics

None

Full-page (letter-sized) 300-dpi graphics

1 MB

Full-page (legal-sized) 300-dpi graphics

1 MB

NOTE: The optional memory required for the HP LaserJet printers is directly influenced by the complexity of the graphics and soft fonts being used.

Page Protect On (memory usage)

Letter/A4

1,064 KB

Legal

1,264 KB

Text and graphics resolution

Text resolution with standard memory

Text

300 x 300 Dots Per Inch (DPI)

Graphics resolution with standard memory:

75 dpi

Full-page

100 dpi

Full-page

150 dpi

Full-page

300 dpi

Three Quarter-page

Performance

Pages per minute

Up to 8

First Page (after receipt of data)

Less than 21 seconds

Warm-up Time

Less than 30 seconds

Duty Cycle

Up to 20,000 pages

Upgrade from earlier printer

None.

Paper handling

Standard Input Trays

1

Capacity (Regular Paper)

200 Sheets each

Standard Output Trays

2

Capacity Face-down (correct order)

100 Sheets

Capacity Face-up (inverse order)

20 Sheets

Optional Input Trays

5

Capacity (Letter, Legal, Executive, A4)

200 Sheets

Capacity (Envelope)

15 Envelopes

Job Offset

No

Maximum Paper Size

8.5 x 14 inches

Minimum Paper Size

3 x 7.5 inches

Paper specifications

Basis weight

Standard and Manual Feed Tray

16 to 36 lb (60 to 135 g/m2)

Caliper (thickness)

3.0 to 7.0 mils

Moisture Content

4% to 6% by weight

Smoothness

60 to 250 Sheffield

Acid Content

5.5 pH to 8.0 pH

Grain

Long Grain

Special paper

Transparencies

Supported

Label Stock

Supported

Cotton Bond

100% or less

Supported envelope sizes

Com-10 (Business)

4 x 9.5 inches

Monarch (Letter)

3 x 7.5 inches

International DL

110 x 220 mm

C5

162 x 229 mm

NOTE: For additional information concerning paper specifications, refer to the HP LaserJet Printer Family Paper Specification Guide.

Physical specifications

Width

18.1 inches (46.0 cm)

Depth (body only)

19.7 inches (50.0 cm)

Depth (w/letter tray)

26.0 inches (65.8 cm)

Depth (w/legal paper tray)

28.25 inches (71.5 cm)

Height

9.8 inches (25.0 cm)

Weight (including EP-S cartridge)

54.6 lb (24.8 kg)

Toner

The HP LaserJet III printer Toner Imaging System uses the 92295A Toner Cartridge. The Toner Cartridge consists of an all-in-one consumable cartridge that prints up to 4,000 pages.

Electrical

33449A

Voltage

100 V or 115 V +/- 10%

Frequencies

50 or 60 Hz +/-2 Hz

Power Consumption @ 115 V AC

 

Printing Maximum

870 Watts (7.57 Amps), 3000 BTU/HR

Standby (typical)

170 Watts (1.48 Amps), 580 BTU/HR

Peak Current Draw

20-22 Amps for 20 milliseconds

33449AB

Voltage

220 V or 240 V +/- 10%

Frequencies

50 Hz +/- 2 Hz

Power Consumption @ 220 V AC

 

Printing Maximum

850 Watts (3.86 Amps), 2900 BTU/HR

 

(3.1 Amps @ 240 V)

Standby (typical)

170 Watts (0.77 Amps), 580 BTU/HR

Environmental

Temperature (Operating)

50-91 degrees F (10-32.5 degrees C)

Humidity (Operating)

20-80% Relative Humidity

Altitude (Operating)

0-15,000 ft (0-4,600 m)

Acoustics (Printing Maximum)

5.8 Bels

Acoustics (Standby Maximum)

5.0 Bels

Warranty - HP LaserJet III printer Data Sheet

1 year parts and labor from the original date of purchase.

Safety - HP LaserJet III printer Data Sheet
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