Cons: Ink is expensive, but that's not the printer's fault...oh wait, its an HP!
The Bottom Line: This printer replaced my nightmare HP 890C. I'm very happy and my trust in HP's products has been renewed. I haven't had a problem with this printer (after 6 months).
androoos's Full Review: Hewlett Packard DeskJet 940c InkJet Printer
For a little background on why I decided to buy this printer, please see the link below to my review of HP's DeskJet 890C. That will give you a glimpse of what motivated me to make this purchase.
OK, now for the new, greatly-improved HP DeskJet 940C.
Setting up this printer is a piece of cake. When you take it out of the box, a giant packet of information will fall onto the floor. This info contains everything you need to know on installing this printer. This is for all the folks who aren't really computer literate. Those of us who have some clue as to what to do, you'll only need to open the package to get out the print cartridges and the driver CD.
This printer comes with the generic parallel port connection (the large, wide cable that can only fit into one place on the back of your computer) and a USB port. Sadly, HP didn't bother to include a USB cable (the end that plugs into the printer is the square USB type of plug, which I believe can run to about $40 if you need a long cable) I thought it would have been nice to use this printer as USB, but I'm also too cheap to go and spend a lot of money on a silly cord.
One of my favorite features of this printer is how quiet it is! My roommate owns a four-year-old HP 692C and the thing sounds like a machine gun is going off when he prints something. There have been a few times when he can't help printing a paper or whatnot while I'm still sleeping, so I do appreciate a quiet printer. Also, the quietness helps me to believe the motion inside the printer is smooth and fluid...no paper jams in the future.
The print quality is your regular HP quality...pretty good, you won't find much better for the price. I print most of my papers using the "Draft" option, which is faster and uses less ink, sacrificing print quality...mainly how dark the letters are. Whenever I have to print graphics in a lab report, I use the normal setting. One option I haven't really explored is the "Best" quality setting. I bet it uses a lot of ink and its really only meant for photos on photo paper. When I get around to printing some photos, I'll update this and let you all know. I'm also afraid of using a lot of ink because the cartridges are REALLY expensive. You can probably find a two-pack of the color for $50 and a two-pack of black ink for $45. Oh well, its only money I guess.
As far as loading the ink cartridges in, its pretty straightforward. If you lift up the cover to the printer, the cradle will move to a certain point which will tell you if something is wrong or if all is OK. For instance, you have 3-Color cartridge empty, black empty, other problem or "All is clear". Its pretty helpful if it starts acting up on you, but mine hasn't acted up on me yet.
Loading paper is easy, I'd say it will handle 100 sheets no problem. There are tray extensions and whatnot but I don't really need them...I am only printing on 8.5x11 paper.
Anyway, that's that. This printer has been an absolute dream compared to the old P.O.S. 890C.
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