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Review: HP Deskjet 6840 on Linux


Publication:	Newsforge	Date:	Aug 04 2005
Reporter:	Joe Barr

In a recent review article of SUSE 9.3 Professional, I discussed the advantages of using a common distribution to administer CUPS and more easily share a locally attached printer across a LAN. A reader comment about using a network-ready printer instead made me consider that alternative for multi-OS environments where a common platform is not a possibility. I am now the proud owner of a Deskjet 6840, a color inkjet printer by Hewlett-Packard (HP).

The 6840 is a network-ready printer that can print black text at 30 pages per minute (ppm) in draft mode or 2 ppm in normal mixed text/graphics mode. It can also produce high-resolution photo-quality prints at up to 4800x1200-optimized dots per inch (dpi). If your digital camera is PictBridge compliant, you can print directly from the camera. A main draw of the Deskjet 6840 is its built-in networking capability: wired and wireless.