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The HP Deskjet 6940 is a basic color inkjet printer designed for home and small-office users who have low-volume printing needs but may want to print the occasional snapshot. In fact, its price, features, and print quality make it a great printer for college dorm rooms. Its no-fuss, low-profile design makes it easy to tuck in the corner of your office or room, and the built-in Ethernet capability means you can leave it there and print from any networked computer in the office or from your roommate's laptop. It's simple to print photos without using your PC with the built-in USB port for PictBridge-enabled cameras or camera phones, but the fact that you need to change out ink tanks for optimal photo quality is a bit of a drag if you switch back and forth between regular text/graphic documents and photos. Still, at $130, the Deskjet 6940 is quite a value. If you want autoduplexing and a larger input tray, spring for the 6940dt. If you don't need the network capability, check out the Canon Pixma iP4200; with this printer, for less than what you'd pay for the base model of the HP Deskjet 6940, you get built-in duplexing and two input trays.
The Deskjet 6940's design is understated and rather prim. The boxy, silver-and-black printer measures 17.5 inches wide, 8 inches deep, and 5.5 inches tall, and it weighs a light 13.2 pounds. The paper input/output tray juts out of the printer's front face nearly 5.5 inches and doesn't fold up, which can be a pain if you're short on desk or shelf space. On the front left is a limited control panel that reflects the printer's few functions: a power button, a print cancel button, a print resume button, and a printer report button. There are also graphical LEDs to indicate low ink and a network connection. A single USB port for printing directly from a camera resides on the other side of the paper tray. The paper cartridge operates as both an input and output tray. The input tray, which sits below, holds up to 150 sheets and has two paper guides. You can buy an optional 250-sheet input tray, as well. The tray doesn't slide out for refilling, but the input tray's cover, which functions as the output tray, flips up or pulls out entirely for easy access. The output tray has a pass-through slot for feeding in smaller media, such as envelopes, 4x6 photo paper, or postcards. A pull-out extension helps keep longer paper in check.
The front cover flips up for easy access to the two ink cartridges, which are simple to switch out. For standard document printing, use the included black cartridge and the tricolor CMY cartridge. For photo printing, you can swap out the black ink for a second tricolor ink cartridge for six-color printing or for a gray cartridge for black-and-white photos. Changing ink cartridges is a simple matter: open the main cover, flip up the plastic cover for each ink tank, and pull the tank straight out. While the task is easy enough, it can be a pain if you switch back and forth often between photos and regular documents. If you're willing to sacrifice a bit of photo quality for convenience, the Canon Pixma iP4200 doesn't require changing ink tanks for photo printing. At least the HP Deskjet 6940 uses separate black and color ink tanks, though: if you print primarily black text, you won't have to waste the precious (and expensive) color ink when you run out of black. HP ships the printer with full ink tanks, but they are expensive to replace: the standard black tanks costs $29.99, and the tricolor tank costs $34.99. The gray photo and tricolor photo ink tanks cost $24.99 each. HP estimates that it costs 3.7 cents to print a page of black text and 7.8 cents for a page of color text--a little less expensive than the cost per page for the Canon Pixma iP4200.
With the PictBridge port, you can print straight from your digital camera or camera phone without touching your PC. Additionally, if you have a Bluetooth camera phone, you can connect a wireless Bluetooth adapter (sold separately) to the USB port for wireless photo printing. If you print photos from your computer, you can use the HP Real Life Technologies software to touch up photos. You can also choose between bordered or borderless photos.

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Product Description
The HP Deskjet F4180 is an all-in-one, full-color printer that will print, copy, and scan with speed and ease. This award-winning printer will print and copy at speeds reaching as high as 20 ppm, and it has the ability to preserve and restore photos with its high-resolution scanner at crystal clear 1200 x 2400 dpi resolution.
Fast and Reliable All-In-One Performance
With lighting-fast startup times and print speeds of up to 20 ppm in black & white and 14 ppm in color, the Deskjet F4180 is a quick and efficient choice for any home or office. It's a reliable choice too--PC Magazine has named HP as a Reader's Choice Award Winner for 15 years straight.
The F4180's scanning feature offers you the ability to use HP's exclusive Photosmart Essential Software to enhance scans up to a staggering 19,200 dpi for exceptionally clear imagery. The high performance scanner also utilizes 48-bit color which allows for a greater range of colors and shades of gray in each and every pixel.
The F4180's built-in copier provides for easy copying in both black & white and color at speeds of up to 20 cpm and 14 cpm respectively. The integrated memory allows for up to nine copies to be made at any one time. The copying feature also offers a convenient scaling feature that allows the user to shrink or enlarge documents between 25% and 200%.
Simple, Easy To Use Interface
The Deskjet F4180 offers a powerful interface that is extremely simple to operate. Whether you want to print, scan, or copy, the F4180 has got you covered with its simple button configuration and easy-to-use HP Photosmart Essential Software. This software makes it easy to edit, print, and share photos with its simple one-button operation.
Ever have a problem with cut-off edges when printing web pages? The F4180 addresses this problem with its exclusive HP Smart Web Printing functionality that ensures you get usable web pages without the cut-off edges.
Compatible with both Windows (including Vista) and Macintosh operating systems, the Deskjet F4180 measures 16.76 x 14.5 x 7.11 inches (WxDxH) and weighs 9.5 pounds. It's backed by a 1-year limited warranty which includes free phone support during that period.

What's in the Box
HP Deskjet F4180 All-in-One, HP 21 black inkjet print cartridge (5ml), HP 22 tri-color inkjet print cartridge (5ml), HP Photosmart Essential Software, setup guide, basics guide, power supply, and power cord.

Product Description
HP F4180 Deskjet All In One Printer. Get fast, everyday prints and copies at speeds up to 20 ppm black and 14 ppm color. Print worry free, using an all in one built with HP award winning reliability. Count on durability and performance this all in one is made to last. Affordable printing and fewer cartridge changes with high capacity replacement inkjet cartridges. Rely on excellence PC Magazine has designated HP as a Readers Choice for 15 years in a row. Printing made simple easily print, copy and scan everyday documents, web pages and photos. Make copies in color or black and white without using a computer. Print what you see HP Smart Web Printing ensures you get usable web pages without cut off edges. Save paper and ink easily cancel unwanted print jobs with a one touch print cancel button. Easily edit, print and share photos, using included photo software starts with a one touch button. Print long lasting documents that maintain text and color quality for decades without fading. Preserve and restore documents and photos with 1200 x 2400 dpi scan resolution. Scan from books and thick materials the scan cover can be taken off and easily replaced. Print and copy 4 x 6 inch borderless photos, or print with borders in sizes up to 8.5 x 11 inches. Enhance the color quality of your photos with optional 6 ink color.

CNET editors' review
• CNET editors' rating: 3.5 stars Very good
Detailed editors' rating
• Reviewed by:
Kristina Blachere
• Reviewed on: 12/11/2002
• Released on: 07/01/2002
Over the summer, the Deskjet 5550 kicked off Hewlett-Packard's latest line of home inkjet printers. Since then, a few more Deskjets and several Photosmarts have made their debuts, with varying results. With its curvaceous design and some high-tech extras, the Deskjet 5550 certainly looks as slick as the new inkjets on the block. And although its average speeds sit in the middle of those of the new pack, its output quality stands the test of time. For pure speed, try the similarly priced Canon i550. But for truly superior photos, go for the Photosmart 7550.The Photosmart 5550's sleek design makes it look like one of those little rolling repair robots from just about any science fiction movie. But you won't find this printer spinning down corridors, whistling at Wookiees. This desk-friendly inkjet fits into a notebook-sized area on your desktop, which means you don't have to sacrifice much space to accommodate it. Plus, the printer doesn't change size when you open the paper trays. Rather than slide out two long plastic trays, you simply slide up a dark plastic shield (like the visor on a helmet) to reveal a cove within the printer itself; the paper trays hide in there.

As with all HP printers, setting up the Deskjet 5550 is incredibly easy. A big, colorful Quick Start poster arrives in the box to show you how to plug in the printer, load the paper and the cartridges, and even troubleshoot basic problems. When you pop the included installation CD into your PC, an animated setup program launches and walks you through an expanded version of the same process. On the CD, you'll also find a comprehensive user guide.

It's just as easy to connect the Deskjet 5550 to your computer. This printer hooks up via both parallel and USB ports--though neither cable comes with the printer--and with Microsoft Windows 95 and above, as well as Macintosh OS 8.6 or later.

If you've ever used an HP printer, you'll quickly recognize the 5550's paper-handling capabilities: input on the bottom and output on the top. The 50-sheet output tray, for example, rests on top of the 100-sheet input tray and has a plastic floor that lifts up to help you easily insert more paper and adjust the paper guides. A handy envelope-feeder slot integrated into the output tray makes it easy to print addresses.

Printing is also easy with the Deskjet 5550, thanks to its user-friendly drivers. From the simple driver interface, you can specify your basic settings, including paper type and print mode (Best, Normal, and Draft), or refine your print jobs with advanced poster printing, ink volume, and dry-time settings. The Deskjet 5550 also lets you adjust five photo-printing presets: Smart Focus, Contrast Enhancement, Digital Flash, Sharpness, and Smoothing. These settings will work for most digital-photography enthusiasts, but professional users will want finer calibration capabilities.

For quick printing, however, you needn't fiddling much with settings. Once you load up the paper, the printer's automatic sensor detects the paper's weight and texture, then adjusts its driver settings accordingly. This slick feature means you don't even have to adjust the drivers to do photo-quality printing on glossy paper. You can even set the Deskjet 5550 to print from edge to edge, without leaving a margin, for borderless photos and cards.

Like other HP printers, particularly Photosmarts such as the 7550, the Deskjet 5550 gives you the option to print photos either with one black and one tri-color ink cartridge or, for higher-quality photo printing, with one tri-color cartridge and one photo cartridge. Unlike with the photo printers, however, you must buy the photo cartridge separately for $24.99. Need to print on both sides of a page (say, to save paper on long docs)? The 5550 gives you that option, but you'll have to purchase the duplexer module (at $79.99).

In CNET Labs' tests, the Deskjet 5550 printed 4.2 pages per minute (ppm), about average for text printing. Its photo-print speeds fared worse, at a slow 4.3 minutes for an 8x10 photograph. By comparison, the similarly priced Canon S520 delivers text at a rate of 6.9ppm and printed our test photograph in 1.7 minutes. (Note: You may get faster print speeds if you turn off the automatic paper sensor in the driver.)

With the included black and color ink cartridges, the Deskjet 5550 averages ink costs of 5.6 cents per page of text and 29 cents per page of color. Both of these costs are reasonable, if not the cheapest on the market; the Canon i550, for example, costs 3.2 cents for text and 19 cents for color.

Thankfully, the HP Deskjet 5550 prints solid-quality text. On plain copy paper, text is dark and legible down to 2-point type, although we noticed some stray hairs and dots in our tests. On HP's Bright White paper, text shows up much crisper and blacker, but we noticed slight streaking along the up- and downstrokes of the letters, as well as blurry, hard-to-read small-sized type.

The Deskjet 5550 performs much better with graphics. On plain paper, it shows off its excellent color-matching capabilities. Line drawings are accurate, and photos look quite good. Bright White paper yields similar results, though in our tests, the brightness of the paper exaggerated the few flaws we did notice. In both cases, the printer had trouble rendering smooth, even gradients and shading. On the whole, we suggest that you stick with plain paper, where you'll get impressive results.

However, we've seen better-looking photographs. Photo backgrounds and colors looked smooth in our tests, but skin tones showed noticeable yellow patches, and the printer struggled with more complex jobs such as differentiating between shades of red. Even so, this ordinary inkjet's pictures look much better than those of the similarly priced HP Photosmart 7150.