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A review by hukerjohn on HP Deskjet 5940 March 21st, 2006
Author's product rating:
Picture quality
Excellent
Printing speed
Very fast
Colour sensitivity
Excellent
Ease of use
Very easy
Value For Money
Excellent
Advantages:
Excellent quality, very fast printer !
Disadvantages:
None really . . .
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
I bought this printer safe in the knowledge that Hewlett-Packard produce quality printers - I wasn't let down. For less than £60 you can have a printer that is capable of printing good quality edge to edge photos or can print up to 30 pages of text a minute!
Installation
This printer was immensely easy to install. You didn't have to print a test page and check alignment then tell it what to do… It just got on with it. Plug it in, stick in the cd and voila! Printer! Annoyingly it didn't come with a usb lead so you have to buy one separately, but I think that this is fairly common practice these days.
Quality
Impressive! I was quite shocked at the quality of the prints on all modes (fast draft through to best quality). The quality of print on draft mode is brilliant, I print 90% of my stuff on fast draft as it is usually text and you can't see any real loss in quality. The photo prints are excellent, with or without special photo ink. The photos are not grainy and the printer picks out the colours brilliantly.
Print speed
If you adjust your print settings, and put it onto fast draft mode, it prints up to 30 pages a minute. Which is silly! There isn't much loss in quality, provided all you are printing is pages of black and white text. It takes a wee while to print the full page colour photographs but that is more than acceptable
Software
The printer comes with its own image editing software which is reasonably good for simple tasks such as red eye removal. It's very user friendly and regularly updates itself if you have an internet connection. The installation of the software, much like the printer itself, is a doddle. Just don't expect an all singing all dancing image editing package!!
Ink
I have had my printer a good while now and haven't had to change the cartridges. A black cartridge for this printer typically costs around £14, a colour cartridge is around £16 (for the larger cartridge) and there are special photo cartriges which are also around £14. Although there are photo cartridges it doesn't mean that you have to buy one to print your photos. The normal colour cartridge does a perfectly good job of it anyway. The photo cartridge is designed to enhance skin tones, vibrant colours and contrast for more lifelike photos.
Extras
If you like you can plug your camera into the PictBridge port on the front of the printer for direct printing from your camera. It is a usb port so you will not have to buy any new leads or adapters, you just use the one that came with your camera. Also, the printer comes with full cartridges (Black, tri colour and I got a photo one too) and a sample media pack which has a few sheets of photo paper.
Maintenance
I have only had this printer a few months but as of yet haven't had any problems with it at all!
Disadvantages
The only qualm I have with this printer is that the part you pull out for the printed pages to rest on is a bit flimsy, it wouldn't take much to break it. I keep my printer under my desk so the fact that it is retractable and folds away neatly is quite handy!
All in all an excellent printer - I recommend it to everyone. It's probably one of the best budget printers on the market, for less than £60 you can't complain!!
I'd like to add a little extra to this review...
Although I still think the print quality, speed and the ink consumed are all fantastic I've started to have some problems... This printer is just over a year old now and the feed mechanism is touch and go at best. The problem started around six months in and has worsened since. Basically the printer does not grip the paper and therefore does not feed properly. I contacted HP and they asked me all the usual questions (have I used te software cleaning, feeding problem shooters etc) then suggested I contact a different department and ask for a kit that has been designed for this printer to effectively remedy this problem. I am still waiting for my kit so will be back in touch after I've used it.
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Up to 24 ppm - mixed text/colour graphics draft - A4 (210 x 297 mm)
Up to 8 ppm - mixed text/colour graphics fast - A4 (210 x 297 mm)
Up to 5.3 ppm - mixed text/colour graphics normal - A4 (210 x 297 mm)
Up to 2.3 ppm - mixed text/colour graphics best - A4 (210 x 297 mm)
Up to 0.45 min/page - photo draft - 100 x 150 mm
Up to 0.45 min/page - photo fast - 100 x 150 mm
Up to 0.77 min/page - photo normal - 100 x 150 mm
Up to 1 min/page - photo best - 100 x 150 mm
Connectivity Technology: Wired
Interface: USB
Max Resolution ( B&W ): 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi
Max Resolution ( Colour ): 4800 dpi x 1200 dpi
Image Enhancement Technology: HP PhotoREt III, HP PhotoREt
Direct Printing Specifications: PictBridge
Language Simulation: PCL 3
Fonts Included: 8 x scalable
Printer Features: Borderless printing
Ram
RAM Installed ( Max ): 32 MB / 32 MB (max)
Media handling
Media Type: Envelopes, transparencies, greeting cards, labels, plain paper, glossy paper, photo paper, index cards
Min Media Size (Custom): 76 mm x 127 mm
Max Media Size (Custom): 216 mm x 610 mm, 216 mm x 609 mm
Media Sizes: ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm), Legal (216 x 356 mm), Executive (184 x 267 mm), A4 (210 x 297 mm), A5 (148 x 210 mm), B5 (176 x 250 mm), 100 x 150 mm, 130 x 180 mm, JIS B5 (182 x 257 mm), Panoramic (100 x 276 mm)
Borderless Photo Sizes: 215 x 610 mm
Envelope Sizes: US No 10 (104.7 x 241.3 mm), US A2 (111 x 146 mm), International DL (110 x 220 mm), International C6 (114 x 162 mm), Japanese Chou No 3 (120 x 235 mm), Japanese Chou No 4 (90 x 205 mm)
Card / Label Sizes: A6 Card (105 x 148.5 mm), Hagaki Card (100 x 148 mm), 76.2 x 127 mm, 101.6 x 152.4 mm, A5 Card (148.5 x 210 mm), 127 x 203.2 mm
Media Feeder(s): 1 x autoload - 100 sheets - Legal (216 x 356 mm) weight: 60 g/m2 - 280 g/m2, 1 x autoload - 100 sheets - Legal (216 x 356 mm)
Max Media Capacity: 100 sheets
Output Trays Capacity: 50 sheets
Duty cycle
Monthly Duty Cycle: 3000 pages, 2000 pages
Manufacturer's product description
Print everything from documents to creative photo projects and more. Breakthrough document print speeds up to 30 ppm black, up to 24 ppm color, plus 4 x 6-inch photos in as fast as 27 seconds. Advanced photo controls with print cancel, ink-status display and automatic ink backup. Print true-to-life borderless photos up to 4800 optimized dpi or in optional 6-ink color with HP Vivera Inks - 4 x 6 to 8.5 x 11-inch photos and up to 8.5 x 24-inch panorama. Enjoy exceptional fade resistance for all of your printed photos and documents. Print photos without a computer from PictBridge-enabled cameras using front USB port. Remove red eye and enhance photo detail with built-in HP Real Life technologies. Easily print on many paper types and sizes with versatile paper handling and automatic media sense. Organize and edit photos with included HP Image Zone and share photos without large e-mail attachments using HP Instant Share service.
Expansion / connectivity
Connections:
1 x USB - 4 PIN USB Type B
1 x direct print port - USB - 4 PIN USB Type A, 1 x USB - 4 PIN USB Type B
1 x direct print port - 4 PIN USB Type A
Miscellaneous
Consumables Included:
1 x ink cartridge ( black ) - 21 ml - up to 800 pages at 5% coverage - HP 339
1 x ink cartridge ( colour ) - 7 ml - up to 260 pages at 15% coverage - HP 343
Certified for Windows Vista: Certified for Windows Vista
Compliant Standards: FCC Class B certified, CISPR 22 Class B, CISPR 24, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, EN55024, EN55022 Class B, FCC CFR47 Part 15, IEC 60950-1, EN 60950-1, EN 60825, IEC 60825-1
Power
Power Device: Power adapter - external
Voltage Required: AC 120/230 V
Frequency Required: 50/60 Hz
Power Consumption Operational: 44 Watt
Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep: 7 Watt
Software / system requirements
Software Included: Drivers & Utilities, HP Image Zone
OS Required: Apple MacOS X 10.2, Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP, Apple MacOS X 10.3 or later, Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP, Apple MacOS X 10.2 - 10.3
Handheld - 64 MB RAM - Screen: 3.5 in inch - Display: TFT active matrix - CPU: S3C2442 - Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi - Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Premium Edition
