HP Deskjet 6940 Color Printer (C8970A#B1H) by Hewlett Packard
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Digital camera reviews of HP Deskjet 6940 Color Printer (C8970A#B1H)
Digital camera Review: FAST
Summary: 4 Stars
Ok, i've had a HP 760 for probably a good 10 years. and actually have had HPs ever since i've owned a computer, back around 1992. It got to the point where my printer took what seemed like forever to print a picture or 2-3 pages of print. and I went looking around for a new one, NOT an "all-in-one" or a "3-n-1", just a straight printer only printer that would do a decent job with photos. Based on the reviews of this printer on here and a couple other sites, I got one and OMG its fast! The paper just seems to ooze out of the printer taking hardly anytime at all! great colour, great printing, easy to set up with Vista. the only thing I dont like about it is that there is no tray to catch the papers when they come out. the little slide out isnt long enuf for regular paper. It has a port for a camera to hook up to to print out, i need a cable to connect the camera to it. USB hook up, software ok--nothing special but they never are. And I like the little popup that shows me just how much ink i have in the wells. I believe it will make it a lot easier than opening the lid every week going 'do i have enuf ink? gee i cant tell about the colour cartridge but the black has enuf" with my old printer. I hope it will last as long as my last one.
I have to add a couple comments. (this is on Aug 2,08)
first of all, despite the paper-out tray being flimsy its still holding up better than I thought it would (aka it didnt break yet).
I have a little less than 1/4 left to go on the colour cartridge and still over 1/2 left on the black on both origional cartridges that came with the printer! and that is from a lot of use over the past several months. But I do use Fast Draft often. I would have already had to change the both cartridges on my old HP printer by now.
Printed Pics are clear and look great!
and for the first time today I actually printed ENVELOPES without pulling out my hair. I cannot tell you how much I've HATED printing envelopes over the years & how many I've had to waste due to a bad printjob. The slide through envelope slot makes singles an absolute BREEZE to print!! YAY!
5 months and counting...I do like this printer a lot!
Digital camera Review: Fast printer for business documents
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great printer which prints fast in normal mode. It will also print on very small envelopes and note cards (as it can handle small photographic paper as well). I do not use it for photographs/photo paper, so I cannot comment on those features.Digital camera Review: Fills our need
Summary: 3 Stars
This printer works fine. I don't like the way you have to hold the button for 3 seconds to turn it off... what's up with that?? But, this is a 2nd printer in the office used for just certain things. No heavy use, but it does what we ask of it.Digital camera Review: Fine When It Works
Summary: 2 Stars
After I leave the 6940 on for a few days all the displays start flickering and the printer locks. What I then have to do is unplug its power cord and plug it back in. It works fine then. What I have done to eliminate this problem is to leave it turned off. If and when I decide to print something it seems to turn on automatically. After I've printed what I want to print I turn it off again. Pretty stupid. I've never had to do this with any other HP printers I've owned. When it prints it does so very nicely. Obviously since all HP printers are essentially throw aways if they don't work properly I'll live with the problem as long as it prints when I need it to.Digital camera Review: Flawed (X-Bias spring flaw damages printer)
Summary: 1 Stars
Because of a design flaw, there's a small plastic tab that holds the x-bias spring in place. When the tab breaks (notice I used the word when and not if), the spring will punch a hole in the circuit. As a result, my printer only does black and white.
HP provides pictures of this problem. Look for "Cannot Insert Print Cartridge" and you'll see the image of the spring out of place. What it doesn't show is an image of the damaged circuit.