6940

The HP Deskjet 6940 printer is shipped with HP337 and HP343 ink cartridges. To obtain the lowest cost per print we advise puchasing the high capacity HP339 and HP344 inkjet cartridges, both of which are available as twin packs, offering greater savings. Cartridge Concept also offer fully guaranteed compatible cartridges for this printer.

HP DeskJet 6940 Review

The HP DeskJet 6940 is geared towards the small business marketplace and it is a smartly designed unit with brushed metal effect finish of the plastics. The addition of an Ethernet port denotes it may be attached to a network and also shared inside an office or even workgroup without the need of having to turn to USB printer sharing. There is as well a USB port for standard connections to solitary units in addition to a front PictBridge connector. Otherwise there is not much with regards to additional features. It is not promoted as a photo printer therefore there isn't any digital card reader built in or individual ink tanks. There's a small tray to keep 6x4in-sized paper or envelopes that supports around five sheets of either at any given time.

A bank of four buttons adorns the front of the unit. Power, cancel print, status monitor plus a button to print a network diagnostics page. The 6940 is well-built and also looks good with its tidy lines and straightforward design. In order to gain access to the print cartridges you merely turn the front cover upward. The Ethernet and power ports are on the back of the unit plus both possess invaluable status lights. The status light on the power adaptor is at the machine end as opposed to the wall plug end which means you'll be able to tell instantly in the event that there is a power issue as opposed to grovelling around an ocean of wires underneath the table.

Installing the unit is actually fantastically easy. We'd the DeskJet 6940 up and running over the network inside of two minutes. In use, the DeskJet 6940 is a nice all-round performer although it does have a very few rough edges. Draft text is quick with a complete page of text resting inside the out tray after only eight seconds. The caliber of that text is as you might anticipate less than fantastic but it is satisfactory. We have witnessed greater quality draft text coming from similarly valued inkjets coming from various other companies however. Text printed in best mode is great, although you will find there's a pretty large price to pay for with regards to speed. At 43 seconds a page, the delay is not insubstantial. We need to say, nonetheless, that the sharp, strong high quality of the text may be worth the additional time it takes.

A 6x4in picture is output inside 42 seconds in draft mode, plus the quality seemed to be good taking into consideration the HP DeskJet 6940 ink cartridge utilized was the tri-colour as opposed to photo type. In best mode the identical photo required a minute, plus in maximum, two minutes, and the quality was really good. The green tended to end up being over-saturated providing an unreal nearly fluorescent feel however other colour is actually nicely duplicated. Business documents for instance fliers having a mixture of artwork and text are actually reproduced well. Strong blocks of colour have problems with some banding nevertheless.

An optional photo cartridge is additionally readily obtainable and HP claims the black cartridge will tackle 800 pages and the colour 450 before they need changing.

The DeskJet 6940 is an extremely tempting gadget. The draft text result wasn't the best, but output was quick and when you wish speedy prints that's almost all that actually matters. The apparent banding within solid colours is equally dissatisfactory. Otherwise the machine is a reliable performer which in turn looks great and also feels robust enough to take the rough and tumble associated with office life. The sole main complaint we have of the DeskJet 6940 is the fact duplex happens to be an optionally available extra rather than built-in. If you want a rapid networkable inkjet meant for printing regular routine office documents then this HP is more than competent.