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HP Deskjet 5740 Inkjet Printer
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Media Handling
| Manual Feed Slot | No |
| Maximum Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum paper size, height | 1100.0 inches |
| Maximum Sheets With All Paper Trays | 100 |
| Output Tray Capacity | 50 |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum paper size, width | 8.5 inches |
| Standard input sheet capacity | 100 |
| Duplex printing | No |
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Pros
Good quality prints
Cons
Lacks media card slots
Bottom Line
This printer provides no-frills, high quality printing and produced the sharpest line-art we've seen from an inkjet.
HP Deskjet 5740
Deskjet 5740 Inkjet Printer Review, by Paul Jasper November 3, 2004
The $100 HP Deskjet 5740 is a simple, reliable inkjet printer. Though not particularly eye-catching, it produces nice-looking prints.
Paper feeds from a 100-sheet-capacity tray at the front that sits below the 50-sheet-capacity output tray. You don't need special perforated paper to print borderless 4-by-6-inch photos: You can use standard 4-by-6-inch photo paper--and the 5740 can print without borders on letter-size paper too. Beneath the cover you'll find slots for two ink cartridges. With the printer you get a black cartridge and a cartridge containing three colored inks, for general-purpose printing. The printer can perform six-color printing, too, but this requires a photo color cartridge (with light versions of cyan and magenta inks) that you have to buy separately and then substitute for the black cartridge.
The 5740 doesn't break any speed records. In our tests, text pages printed at a moderate 5.8 pages per minute, and graphics at 1.5 ppm. Both speeds are slightly above average among inkjets we've tested recently.
The 5740's print quality was good across the board. Text looked sharper than that of the other HP printers we reviewed in December 2004, but bleeding between closely spaced bold lettering was noticeable. Line art looked excellent, with nice straight lines and no banding. Our plain-paper color graphics displayed reasonably faithful colors and had enough detail in dark areas, but they were a bit grainy upon close inspection. On photo paper, the printer performed even better, generating sharp images, natural colors, and plenty of contrast even in darker areas. The grayscale image had a slightly greenish tinge, with smooth gradations and fine detail.
A new set of print heads comes embedded in each ink cartridge, extending the life of the printer, but increasing the cartridges' price: The black cartridge costs $30; the tricolor and photo cartridges, $25 each.
The 5740 comes with a USB 2.0 port for connecting it to your PC, but no parallel port. If you have a digital camera, you may be disappointed that the printer has neither a PictBridge port nor a media card slot. HP software guides you through printing photos, enlargements, and album pages.
Upshot: The HP Deskjet 5740 won't win any awards for speed or economy; but for all-around print quality, it's a good little performer.
Paul Jasper
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Performance
| 5 x 7 Photo (secs) | 186.66 |
| Color Output Quality | Good |
| Color Photo (secs) | 33.32 |
| Color Photo Quality | Good |
| Color Photo, Best Quality Settings | 186.66 |
| Color Photo, Normal Settings | 33.32 |
| Grayscale Output Quality | Very Good |
| Line Art Output Quality | Superior |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic | 36.05 |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) | 36.05 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Good |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Good |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Very Good |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Superior |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Good |
| Ten-Page Word Document | 103.27 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 103.27 |
| Tested Color Graphics Speed (formerly pf-PCWColorSpeed) | 1.5 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 1.5 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 0.3 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 0.3 |
| Tested Text Speed (formerly pf-PCWBWSpeed) | 5.8 |
| Tested Text Speed (ppm) | 5.8 |
| Text Output Quality | Good |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document | 129.3 |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) | 129.3 |
| Three-Page Word Document | 70.05 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 70.05 |
| Two-Page Excel Document | 70.84 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 70.84 |
Text Printing
| Text output quality | Good |
User Reviews
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Reviewed by: wuweilian
Strengths: This Printer has it all. The HP Deskjet 5740 is extremely fast and reliable. It senses the paper type automaticly and even tells you which ink cartrage is out. Great price for a great product Quiet, nicely built. Very beautiful and streamlined
Weaknesses: Power Brick, but other than that nothin really. No USB cable was included requires a B/A cable
Overall: If you have cats that like to play on your computer desk make sure that you put the tray up after you're done with it as enough weight can break it off as it is on the front and has a front paper tray.
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Reviewed by: sgi01
Strengths: Fast, print quality is good.
Weaknesses: Printer is fairly large. Supplies are expensive.
Overall: This is a great general purpose light volume printer. The print quality, like most of the newer HP DeskJet printers is very good in both black and color. The printer is a little large for an inkjet, but it isn't unreasonable. The only problem is that the print cartriges (like most other ink printers) are quite expensive and don't last very long; but I believe they do contain about twice as much ink as the 92/93 series cartridges that some of the other newer HP printers use. I'd try to avoid any of the HP printers that use the 92/93 cartridges.
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Reviewed by: monkey2003
Strengths: Low price, high quality printing
Weaknesses: None
Overall: Easy to use, good printing quality especially for text with graphics, and not expensive. As always, this may be one of the most reliable printer you could find on the market.Highly recommended.
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Reviewed by: glenva2003
Strengths: Inexpensive; easy to use
Weaknesses: Too expensive to keep
Overall: I bought this printer when it?s on sale. It?s almost free after a few rebates. So I?m happy with whatever it offers. It?s very easy to set up. Actually the printing quality is excellent. However, I know I wouldn?t keep it too long since it?s very costly to buy the inks.
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Reviewed by: dryanbloo
Strengths: Nice compact photo printer
Weaknesses: Print quality not great
Overall: I would recommend it for someone who prints very few pictures once in a while.definitely not for somone who does a lot of printing. the quality of pictures is ok but i believe canon photo printers are better.print speed is not remarkable.
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