8 Chapter 1 Printer basics ENWW
Printer configurations
The HP LaserJet 2300 printer is available in six configurations, as described below. 
Note The illustrations in this guide are based on the HP LaserJet 2300 printer model unless otherwise 
stated. To find out which HP LaserJet 2300 configuration you have, look at the label on the front 
of the printer.
HP LaserJet 2300L
The HP LaserJet 2300L printer prints letter-size paper at speeds up to 20 pages per minute 
(ppm) or A4-size paper at up to 19 ppm. It comes with a built-in 250-sheet tray, both parallel 
and universal serial bus (USB) ports, and 32 megabytes (MB) of random-access memory 
(RAM). The printer is expandable, with one available enhanced input/output (EIO) slot and two 
dual inline memory module (DIMM) slots for adding a network print server card, fonts, and 
memory.
HP LaserJet 2300
The HP LaserJet 2300 printer is the same as the HP LaserJet 2300L printer, except that it 
prints at speeds up to 25 ppm with letter-size paper and 24 ppm with A4-size paper.
HP LaserJet 2300d
The HP LaserJet 2300d printer is the same as the HP LaserJet 2300 printer, except that the 
printer comes with 48 MB of RAM and a built-in duplexer (for automatically printing on both 
sides of paper).
HP LaserJet 2300n
The HP LaserJet 2300n printer is the same as the HP LaserJet 2300 printer, except that it is 
designed for network users. It comes with a full-featured HP Jetdirect EIO print server card (for 
connecting to a 10/100Base-TX network) and 48 MB of RAM.
HP LaserJet 2300dn
The HP LaserJet 2300dn printer is the same as the HP LaserJet 2300n printer, except that the 
printer comes with a built-in duplexer (for automatically printing on both sides of paper).
HP LaserJet 2300dtn
The HP LaserJet 2300dtn printer is the same as the HP LaserJet 2300dn printer, except that it 
also has an additional 500-sheet tray.