Deskjet 840c

Advantages: Extremely quick, cheap to run, very good image quality.
Disadvantages: Slightly large footprint, some may prefer bonus software.

...Prior to purchasing my own Hewlett Packard DeskJet 840C I ran a DeskJet 693C with an older computer and was thoroughly impressed with it. When it came to choosing a new printer to take to University with me I once again opted for a Hewlett Packard product and am not sorry I did. When making the choice I weighed the HP840C against two other options at similar prices: The Epson Stylus 670 and Canon?s BJC-1000. The HP840C boasts an impressive maximum resolution of 600x1200 dots per inch and produces very crisp images. High-colour graphics are vibrantly colourful with good definition between different shades of very similar colours. Crucially yellow on a white background is picked out far better on this printer than on most others. Standard text prints extremely well in whatever colour you pick. In image quality and resolution...

Tony_Edwards 01.02.2004 · Read review
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Review of HP Deskjet 840c

Deskjet 840C - Good Quality, 90 Day Warranty

Advantages: Good Quality, Good Price, Fast
Disadvantages: 90 Warranty! Are you kidding!

...I have only had this printer for a day now but after upgrading from an ageing but totally reliable Canon BJC250 I feel I have made a good choice. I was very happy with the Canon but after five years the 300dpi printer had seen better days.I do a lot of work Photographic manipulation from within Adobe Photoshop and the only thing that was letting my work down was the final output quality of the image. I bought the HP Deskjet 840C on a whim after being impressed with the specs listed on the box. The specs are very impressive for the price range: 1200x600 dpi, 8 Pages per minute Mono and upto 5 PPM Colour. The only thing that concerned me was the size of the printer but theres not a lot I can do about that eh?. The printer is very quiet and after doing some inital print tests by printing out some emails and a few bits...

spencerjarvis 05.02.2001 · Read review
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Review of HP Deskjet 840c

.A very good HP printer

Advantages: prints up to 8 pages in black and white in a minute
Disadvantages: its a bit big

...The HP DeskJet 840c printer has been around for quite a while now but I bought my HP DeskJet 840c about a year ago with my new computer for about eighty-eight pounds and I think it is an excellent printer, which has done my family and me good to this day. We chose this printer mainly for my sister who was studying A-level photography then and needed a good photo quality printer to help her along her course. The HP DeskJet 840c printer has a resolution of 600x1200dpi, which makes excellent photo quality pictures and prints them out quite quickly too. When you take the printer out of the box it is very easy to set up, I didn’t even have to look at the instruction booklet, all you have to do is to find a place to put it, then its pretty obvious where all the wires go Installing this printer on to your computer is very...

jtsguy 18.11.2001 · Read review
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Printing Fab

Advantages: Quality and easy to use
Disadvantages: speed of printing

...HP Deskjet 840C We had this printer for some years now and I thought I'd write a review about it. When we bought the printer, it cost us ?150, which is £100. Now you can buy these printers second hand on Ebay starting at £5 upwards. The DeskJet 840c is made by Hewlett Packard, which is a popular company for printers but they also make cameras, PCs, scanners, etc. The 840c is an ink-jet printer and is meant for personal use and not business use. There are a lot of other HP DeskJet printers that would be better than this one for using in the workplace. For example, HP DeskJet 9800d or the HP DeskJet 1100 series. Onto general information about the printer. It's an off white colour, s 45.7 cm x 17.8 cm x 35.6 cm and weighs 5.7kg. It prints in black & white and also in colour. It has three buttons to the right hand side...

galaxynicole 02.07.2005 · Read review
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Mr Reliable - HP Deskjet 840C

Advantages: Price, economical on your cartridge
Disadvantages: Noisy

...I definitely do rate the Hewlett Packard Deskjet 840C as a very reliable printer. However the major disadvantage is the noise it makes when loading the paper just before it actually prints it and is also very noisy during the actual printing process. Other printers generally are a lot quieter. My computer is in my bedroom and previously when I used to print in the night the noise used to wake up my wife. Thus all my printing is now done during the day. One of the plus points is that once you hit the print button the printing starts almost immediately, even if you just switched on your printer. Whereas with other machines it takes time for the machine to warm up before you can actually print your first page. On average you can get about 2000 Black and White pages from a single Black cartridge so this makes it very economical...

vinodgm 08.06.2001 · Read review
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Quality, reliability and Value

Advantages: Cheap to run, extremely quick, very good quality, better than the competition.
Disadvantages: Slightly large footprint.

...Prior to purchasing my own Hewlett Packard DeskJet 840C I ran a DeskJet 693C with an older computer and was thoroughly impressed with it. When it came to choosing a new printer to take to University with me I once again opted for a Hewlett Packard product and am not sorry I did. When making the choice I weighed the HP840C against two other options at similar prices: The Epson Stylus 670 and Canon’s BJC-1000. The HP840C boasts an impressive maximum resolution of 600x1200 dots per inch and produces very crisp images. High-colour graphics are vibrantly colourful with good definition between different shades of very similar colours. Crucially yellow on a white background is picked out far better on this printer than on most others. Standard text prints extremely well in whatever colour you pick. In image quality and resolution...

SkyscraperFanClub 29.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of HP Deskjet 840c

An excellent home and office printer

Advantages: Quick, reliable
Disadvantages: Cartridges could cost a bit!

...The HP Deskjet 840c printer has been around for a while but has recently dropped in price due to newer models being produced. You can now find the printer selling on the high street for under £100 and could possibly find it on sale in some stores. I know someone who recently got one for around £60-70. If you are familiar with the HP deskjet series of printers you will know that the popular 500 and 600 series were commonly used for home printers but the 840c which is a step above those printers could be a better printer for you to think about purchasing. The printer has a resolution of 600x1200dpi which gives a very good, sharp photo quality print. But if you just want to print out those letters in plain ink, it speeds along and produces just as good results. The printer is dual cartridge which basically means if you don’t...

GR-Design 04.04.2001 · Read review
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Review of HP Deskjet 840c

QUALITY AT A LOW PRICE

Advantages: economically priced - good print outs
Disadvantages: Cartridges very expensive

...Well, my computer is now 6 months old and boy has it been used.....It came complete with a scanner, speakers, several programmes and a Hewlett Packard Deskjet 840c printer which is what I intend to write about today. At £84.25 this has been a fantastic buy. The printer is compact, neat and extremely quiet when running(making more of a gentle hum than the roaring sound usually associated with a lot of printers). It certainly compares well with the larger and more expensive printer I use in work which is noisy and unpredictable (also a Hewlett Packard but a more expensive and older version). It comes complete with both colour and ink cartridges and has a one year guarantee. The machine uses two separate cartridges, one for black print and a separate colour cartridge. I find this far better than my work model which takes one...

ANNJSEC 19.04.2001 · Read review
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Review of HP Deskjet 840c

Reasonably priced SOHO printer

Advantages: Reliable old workhorse
Disadvantages: Price of cartridges

...I?ve had my Deskjet 840C for two years now. I purchased it when Windows XP drivers for my Lexmark printer behaved in a strange way and needed reinstalling often. The deskjet is from the Hewlett Packard printer stable and as such comes with a reputation for quality. I paid £129.99 for mine at PC World in Plymouth. I doubt these are available from new now so you would expect to pay between £30 and £40 for a decent quality second hand model. Let?s take a tour of the features of this printer and see how it copes with a couple of years of home use. DESIGN This is from the pre-curve days where boxy was in and beige was not so much the new black as the only colour available. That said, the design is adequate on any but the most fashion conscious users desk. The only observation of possible complaint is the footprint. For a budget colour...

Plymyphil 06.12.2003 · Read review
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Review of HP Deskjet 840c

so so but least it's cheap

Advantages: Good price
Disadvantages: Costly to run, can't cancel jobs

...<<<<( WHAT IT IS ) >>>> Hewlett Packard Deskjet 840 Series Colour Printer <<<<( INK CARTRIDGES )>>>> Requires one black cartridge, and one colour cartridge. Cost of cartridges: PRICEY! HP branded cartridges are usually around £27.99 for the colour Cartridge and £24.99 for the Black cartridge. This can add up if you print a lot. I hate those prices so I've resorted to buying non branded ones that use recycled cartridges, for like half the price. Also helps charities if I send them my used cartridges. ;-) <<<<( EASE OF USE )>>>> Setting up the printer and the printer driver is pretty straight forward. Got the CD, but at the time, anything above Win98 was not on the disc so I had to download the driver. No biggy. Fairly big download for you dial up users. :P Could also order a CD but I think you...

Deru 24.11.2003 (17.12.2003) · Read review
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