HP DesignJet XL 3800 PostScript multifunction printer overview
The HP DesignJet XL 3800 Printer offers next-gen printing that’s efficient, productive, simple, and secure. Discover efficient printing at its best—get quality color at speed from a single device that’s optimized for demanding AEC, GIS, and retail environments.
Productivity Without Compromise
Keep jobs moving forward with ultra-fast print speeds and a rapid first page out. Experience easy, one-click copying and scanning with an integrated system designed for high-volume workflows. Streamline your job submission with HP Click and monitor your fleet effortlessly with the HP Command Center.
HP Flex Tech Inks
Gain top quality, impressive durability, and improved sustainability. Communicate your ideas clearly with outstanding light and water fastness, print permanence, and resistance to smudging and highlighter bleed—perfect for technical drawings, maps, and posters.
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How fast is the HP DesignJet XL 3800 PS MFP?
A1 prints per hour across the HP DesignJet range we sell, so you can see where this model sits.
A1 line drawings per hour, from HP specifications. Real speed depends on the file, media and print mode.
Technical specifications
- Scan Speed
- Color: up to 3 in/sec; Grayscale: up to 10 in/sec
- Print Speed (Line Drawings)
- 6 A1-D/min; 20s for first page out; 360 A1-D/hr
- Print Resolution
- Up to 2400 x 1200 optimized dpi
- Ink Cartridges
- HP Flex Tech Inks (500 ml capacity)
- Memory
- 128 GB (file processing) based on 8 GB RAM
- Roll Feed
- Two automatic spindleless front-loading rolls (up to 200 m long)
- Output Capacity
- Integrated stacker (up to 100 A1-D size capacity)
- Print Languages
- HP-GL/2, HP-RTL, TIFF, JPEG, CALS G4, PDF, PostScript 3
- Connectivity
- Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000Base-T)
- Security Features
- PIN printing, HP Web Jetadmin, Secure Boot
- Software Included
- HP Click, HP Command Center, HP Smart app
- Dimensions (W x D x H)
- 1603 x 614 x 1225 mm
- Product Name
- HP DesignJet XL 3800 PostScript Multifunction Printer
- Average Printing Volume
- 300 - 700 sqm/month
- Functions
- Print, Scan, Copy
Questions about the HP DesignJet XL 3800 PS MFP
Up to 360 A1 prints an hour, six a minute, with the first page out in 20 seconds, according to HP. Two 200 m front-loading rolls and a 100-sheet A1 stacker let long jobs run unattended. HP rates it for 300 to 700 m² of prints a month.
DPI offers the XL 3800 on contract rather than as an off-the-shelf purchase. We size it to your monthly volume and set out installation, operator training, service and supplies in one proposal. WhatsApp or call us with your print volumes to start.
500 ml HP 768B Flex Tech pigment inks in cyan, magenta, yellow and black, three HP 769 printheads and the HP 768 maintenance cartridge. The pigment inks resist water, smudging and highlighter bleed. Supplies are quoted to contract customers.
Yes. It is a multifunction printer that prints, scans and copies, with scanning at up to 3 inches a second in colour and 10 inches a second in greyscale. It also supports Adobe PostScript 3 and PDF, so it handles complex drawing sets and graphics files.