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HP Officejet Pro K5400dtn

Discontinued

Reviewed February 2009
HP Officejet Pro K5400dtn

pros
  • Fast
  • Reasonable running costs
  • Automatic duplexing
  • 600-sheet capacity
  • Ethernet networking
cons
  • Photo quality
  • Photos aren't water resistant
  • Bulky
  • No direct printing from cameras
 
 
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2 star:
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(9 customer reviews)

for $209.99

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Great Printer, July 6, 2009

The HP k5400dtn is a great printer, has two speeds, fast and faster. We use these printer with our Continuous Ink Systems. They were designed as a continuous ink system from the factory, ink tubes run from the cartridges to the separate printheads. Pros Extra page tray (600 sheets) Duplex printing (both sides, great for brochures, we recommend HP tri-fold matte) Network ready (Ethernet) CIS ready (install a continuous ink system in less than five min.) XP and Mac OS 10.5 ready These are great system. Buy this on Amazon and then add a Continuous Ink System for the HP#88 cartridge and save 95% on ink, WOW Check out the Website [...]. The Cons It's a big printer You cannot go wrong with this system, we print out 1000s of pages per month at pennys a page.

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Relaibility problems, June 24, 2009

II got this printer because I wanted a color printer that would connect to my home wireless network so that my wife and daughter could print from their laptops. The good news: The printer connected to the network without any problems. The printer is very, very fast. The text print quality is superb. The graphics are a step down from some printers but then again this is not advertised as a photo printer and graphics are more than satisfactory. The bad news. After a while the printer starts to take a lot of time and make a lot of noise when it is turned on. It appears that the print heads are cleaning. The print heads are also using a lot of ink while cleaning. Further, the print heads start to degrade over time and lines of text start to fade out. Worse, replacing the print heads is very expensive. The problem is that unlike some printers, the print heads are separate from the ink cartridges and therefore you do not get a fresh print head when you replaces an ink cartridge. This does mean that cost of the ink cartridges is less, but when you factor in ink wasted while the print heads are cleaning and the cost of replacement print heads, this printer becomes very expensive to use. If not for the problems with the print heads I would give it a 5 star rating. I am not willing to spend a lot of money maintaining this printer and it is going to be replaced. I think I am going to give up on color and get a good laser printer that is network ready. If I need color I will take a memory stick to a print store and print in color that way. I really like this printer but it is just not reliable enough.

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Bought it based on Cool Tools review..., May 13, 2009

and have not been disappointed over the past year of ownership. Here is the quote from the review that sold me: "[M]y research points to the HP Officejet K5400 as having the most cost-efficient ink supply right now. The estimated cost per page of black ink for the K5400 is 1.4 cents, and color is 5.9 cents per page ... It prints extremely fast, faster than any desktop printer I've seen. It runs reliably, and prints with near laser-quality for office stuff." Full review here: http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/002701.php

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Works as advertised, January 21, 2009
The printer works as advertised. It is fast and the duplex feature is very handy when printing large documents. I chose this model because of the separate ink cartridges. My only complaint about the product received is the short warranty period of the print heads. One had a warranty period of just under 2 months and the other just under 4.
HP K54000 DTN Printer, August 21, 2008
It is far better than the HP932C that it replaced. Faster, better print quality, networkable, two-sided printing works very good. I use an IMac, it was very easy to setup. For the money I am well pleased.
Only con is it's size.
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HP K5400DTN Officejet Pro Color Printer

 (9 customer reviews)
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1. CNET

Felisa Yang's review opens by explaining that the Officejet Pro K5400 is somewhere between an inkjet and a laser printer in functionality. Editors say text quality is better than any other inkjet -- just short of laser, and speeds are also good. Color output isn't quite as nice.

Review: HP Officejet Pro K5400, Felisa Yang, March 8, 2007

2. PCMag.com

M. David Stone's review holds the Officejet Pro K5400 up largely against sub-$500 color laser printers, rather than other inkjets. Speed and text output is excellent, but photo quality is judged "far less than ideal." Overall, it's a good choice for office printing.

Review: HP Officejet Pro K5400dtn Color Printer, M. David Stone, June 21, 2007

3. Macworld

Macworld's review diverges from others in that photo printing with the HP Officejet Pro K5400 is deemed "very good" and text quality is criticized. Speeds are found to be quick. The printer isn't particularly recommended.

Review: HP Officejet Pro K5400 Color Printer, Brian Chen, April 20, 2007

4. Amazon.com

There are only a handful of reviews here for the HP Officejet K5400dtn. Half of its users are very happy with print speed and quality. The other half had trouble with two-sided printing or with getting the printer to work at all. There aren't enough reviews here to form any strong conclusions.

Review: HP K5400DTN Officejet Pro Color Printer, Contributors to Amazon.com

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