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HP DeskJet 840C Color Printer

Excellent photo-quality

The HP DeskJet 840C is the ideal color printer for all home printing projects. It combines excellent print-quality - photo as well as text - compact design, quiet operation, ease of use and HP reliability.

Outstanding print quality for everything you print

  • Excellent photo-quality with improved HP PhotoREt II Precision Technology
  • Sharp black text and vibrant color graphics on all papers 
  • Alternative 600 x 1200 dpi mode using HP Photo Paper
  • Up to 8 pages per minute black, 5 pages per minute color
  • Great results, even on plain paper

Easy to use, reliable and quite operation

  • Space-saving front loading paper feed
  • Conversation-quite operation 
  • Easy set-up and operation
  • Special projects made simple - greeting cards, envelopes, banners and more
  • Manual two-sided printing with easy driver control
  • Flexible connectivity with built-in USB and parallel port-also supports USB Macintosh

 

Technical Specifications

Print Technology

Drop-on-demand thermal inkjet printing

300 black ink nozzles. Maximum 12kHz firing frequency

192 color ink nozzles. Maximum 18kHz firing frequency

Print Speed*

Dependent on type and print mode

Document Type Draft Normal Best
Black Text 8.0 ppm 4.6ppm 4.0 ppm
Text/Color Graphics 5.0 ppm 3.1 ppm 0.8 ppm
10x15 cm color photo - 0.5 ppm 0.25 ppm
Full-page color 1.4 ppm 0.5 ppm 0.2 ppm
Print quality

Black print quality: Up to 600 dpi with pigmented black ink

Color print quality: Improved HP PhotoREt II Precision Technology and ColorSmart III driver enhancement for excellent photo quality.

Alternative 600 x 1200 dpi mode on photo paper

Operating Systems Compatibility

Microsoft Windows (3.1x, 95/98, NT 4.0); MS-DOS, USB Mac OS 8.1 and above, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

Minimum System Requirements Microsoft Windows 3.1x, 95 or 98; 80486 processor, 8 MB RAM**

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0: Pentium Processor, 16 MB RAM;

Mac OS 8.1 or above: USB-connect Macintosh* only**;

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional: Pentium 133MHz, 32 MB RAM**;

MS-DOS 3.3 or above: 80386 processor, 4 MB RAM**;

Shared network printing not supported

Memory 2 MB built-in RAM
Printer Language HP PCL Level 3
Built-in fonts 8 built-in fonts, 4 each in Portrait and Landscape operations: CG Times, CG Times Italic, Univers, Univers Italic, Courier, Courier Italic, Letter Gothic, Letter Gothic Italic
Duty Cycle 1,000 pages/month
Recommended Media Weight Paper: 60 to 200 g/m2 (16 to index 110 lb)

Banner Paper: 75 g/m2 (20 lb)

Envelopes: 75 to 90 g/m2 (20 to 24 lb)

Cards: 110 to 200 g/m2; 0.3 mm maximum thickness (110 lb index max; 0.012* max)

 

* Approximate figures. Exact speed will vary depending on the system configuration, software program, and document complexity

** MS-DOS 3.3 or above, Windows 3.1x, Mac OS 8.1  or above, and Windows 2000 Professional or above with limited functionality

*** Not available in all countries

 

 


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