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HP Deskjet 6980
B&W Pages per Min.: 36
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Color Pages per Min.: 27
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Max. B&W dpi: 1200-by-1200
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Max. Color dpi: 4800-by-1200
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Tray Capacity, pages: 150
• Price When Reviewed: $150
Last updated
October 19, 2007
October 19, 2007
Reviewed byMelissa Riofrio
Pros
Cons
- Pricing:Expensive: $150 (3/20/2008)
- Performance:Good: 79
- Features:Good: 78
- Design:Good: 71
Pricing Expensive: $150
Expensive: $150| Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $29.99 |
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| Standard-Capacity Color Cartridge - $34.99 |
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Performance Good: 79
Good: 79| Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings) | |
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| Tested Text Speed (ppm) | 9.1 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 50.68 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 86.17 |
| Text Output Quality | Very Good |
| Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings) | |
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| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 2.5 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 50.01 |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 25.45 |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 19.87 |
| Color Output Quality | Very Good |
| Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings) | |
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| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1.4 |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 43.81 |
| Color Photo Quality | Very Good |
| Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings) | |
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| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 2.9 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 20.61 |
| Grayscale Output Quality | Very Good |
| Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings) | |
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| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 2.4 |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 24.53 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Fair |
Features Good: 78
Good: 78| Memory (in MB) | |
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| RAM Installed | 32 |
| Maximum Amount of RAM | 32 |
| Dimensions | |
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| Dimensions | 17.7-by-14.5-by-5.7 |
| Weight (pounds) | 14.04 |
| Vendor Rated Speeds | |
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| B&W Pages per Min. | 36 |
| Color Pages per Min. | 27 |
| Resolutions | |
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| Max. B&W dpi | 1200-by-1200 |
| Max. Color dpi | 4800-by-1200 |
| Language & Emulation | |
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| Printer Emulation Type | GDI |
| Interfaces | |
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| Parallel Port | No |
| Serial Port | No |
| USB 1.1 | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| Ethernet | Yes |
| PictBridge | Yes |
| Other Interfaces | 802.11b/g |
| Drivers | |
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| Macintosh | Yes |
| Windows 98 | No |
| Windows NT | No |
| Windows 2000 | Yes |
| Windows XP | Yes |
| Linux | No |
| Power | |
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| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 50 |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 0 |
| Multifunction Printer Specs | |
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| Fax Memory (pages) | 0 |
| Paper Handling | |
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| Number of Input Trays, Standard | 1 |
| Number of Input Trays, Maximum | 1 |
| Tray Capacity, pages | 150 |
| Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays | 150 |
| Manual Feed Slot | No |
| Maximum Paper Size | Legal |
| Output Tray Capacity | 50 |
| Warranty & Support | |
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| Labor Warranty (years) | One |
| Parts Warranty (years) | One |
| Weekday Support Hours | 24 |
| Saturday Support Hours | 8 |
| Sunday Support Hours | 8 |
| Toll-Free Support | Yes |
| Cost of Operation Inside of Warranty | |
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| Cost per Page, Black | 0.04 |
| Cost per Page, Color | 0.09 |
| Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages) | |
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| Monthly Duty Cycle | 5000 |
| Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields | 850 |
| Color Ink/Toner Yields | 590 |
| Bundled Items | |
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| Included Hardware | Ethernet cable, power supply, power cord |
| Included Software | HP Photosmart Premier software |
| Reliability & Service | |
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| Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category | More bad news for HP: below-average grades for out-of-box problems and significant problems with its printers. Readers arent thrilled with HPs phone support either. |
| Reliability of brand's products in this category | |
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| Reports of products arriving with problems | Worse than Average |
| Reports of products with any significant problems | Worse than Average |
| Reports of problems that render a product unusable | Average |
| Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use | Average |
| Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category | Average |
| Service & Support Quality | |
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| Time spent holding for phone support | Average |
| Overall quality of vendor's phone support | Worse than Average |
| Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service | Average |
| Overall quality of service | Average |
Design Good: 71
Good: 71
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