HP Deskjet 3420 Review

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HP Deskjet 3420
3.1 stars
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Mr Potts.'s Review of HP Deskjet 3420 Inkjet Printer

2nd Aug 2003

Overall Rating

3.5 stars
  • Value for money
    3.5 stars
  • Print Quality
    4 stars
Good Points

Cheap. Sharp text and reasonable image reproduction. Quiet compared to our last Epson.
Slim. Simple but effective calibration routine when installing.


Bad Points

Ugly. Small cartridge size (10ml).
Paper feed not straight. Reluctance to be networked. Little support on HP site.


General Comments

This replaced our thirsty and noisy old Epson stylus 600. Its very cheap £40 if you shop around but you'll use more ink due to the small cartridge size. As such its better for small print runs - if you are a heavier user stay away!

Print quality is very good and we have no grumbles with it at all. The paper feeds in slightly crooked though for some reason but this doesnt affect the printed output.

I have had some problems printing from a laptop to the printer (which is attached to the desktop computer). XP on the laptop can find the printer and drags through the drivers from the desktop (dont try and install the printer on further computers using their CD ) but loses it after a few days. I do not know whether this is XP or the way I have set it up but we didnt have this problem with the Epson.

The help file does say that the deskject cannot be networked. I do hope that HP havent crippled the software as that would really annoy me.

Anyway, its a good budget printer which is more than adequate for text printing and OK for pictures. If you are printing a lot of images try a different printer as you will spend a lot on ink.

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