

It took approximately two minutes for the first page to print out. This rendered the LaserJet nearly useless for direct graphical image printing, with it only capable of printing a low-resolution 75-dpi image about 1 inch square before running out of memory. It was an 8ppm printer that sold for $3495.ĭue to the high cost of memory, the first LaserJet only had 128 kilobytes of memory, and a portion of that was reserved for use by the print engine. The first mass market laser printer for IBM Compatible personal computers was introduced in 1984 by HP as the LaserJet. Beginning with the LaserJet 4000, HP has nearly completely outsourced this work to Oak Technology, now Zoran, among many other suppliers. Most early printers used internal firmware, controllers, associated software, and drivers developed internally by HP and were considered their "value add" to the standard printer engines. LaserJets employ electro-photographic laser marking engines sourced from the Japanese company Canon. We or the computer original equipment manufacturer (OEM) may not provide technical support for some or all issues that could arise from the usage of this generic version of software drivers.LaserJet is the brand name used by the American computer company Hewlett-Packard (HP) for their line of xerography (DEP) laser printers.


To avoid any potential installation incompatibilities on your OEM system, We recommend that you check with your OEM and use the software provided via your system manufacturer. However, computer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) may have altered the features, incorporated customizations, or made other changes to the software or software packaging they provide. The software drivers provided on this page are generic versions and can be used for general purposes. This download is valid for the product(s) listed below: The following operating system has used this driver: It's released by Microsoft Windows XP Type: Printer HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL6 is a windows driver.
