Hewlett Packard LaserJet 2840 Printer
- Black Print Speed: 20 ppm
- Color Print Speed: 4 ppm
- Output Type: Color Printer
- Technology (Detailed): Color Laser
- Printer Type: Workgroup Printer
- All-in-One Functions: Copier Fax Machine Scanner
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Not For Large Volume
Pros
Good quality of copies and printing.
Cons
Calibration process constantly interrupts printing and copying. Not suitable for large volumes.
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
I would look at other machines which are made by companies with better quality products.
We bought the HP 2840 all-in-one color laser about a year and half ago for a small office, and while the quality of copies and printing has remained good, it eventually succumbed to the Hewlett-Packard curse of an unsolvable problem.
It incessantly wants to "recalibrate", as in make 6 copies, wait for a few minutes for recalibration to take place, make 12 copies, oh must wait again for a few minutes for the recalibration to take place, and so on. During the process the machine whines, wheezes and clanks away like a robot in heat. Exactly what this procedure is or what it is supposed to do is never explained, but from research it seems to be something mechanical to ensure that the color is accurate. But color is only used very occasionally with long periods when only black and white copies or printing takes place.
The fuser was replaced for about $350, which didn't help. Supposedly you can use the software to schedule the calibration for longer time periods before activating, but this was tried and didn't make any difference. And even when it was working normally it was a giant pain in trying to schedule it for certain times. I haven't encountered this procedure on other machines, although it could be a process in the background that doesn't interrupt the user.
Although admittedly, it was subjected to large volumes at times, the expensive drums were replaced when called for and it is now almost unusable as the main copy/print machine for office. It was always used as a stand-alone machine, without networking, or the use of the fax or scanner, so these functions cannot be commented on.
Similar quality problems have been experienced on other Hewlett-Packard products. So forget the Hewlett-Packard of yesteryear when they set the standard for laser printers. It is now quantity over quality as the manufacturing is outsourced to ever more dubious Asian countries.
It incessantly wants to "recalibrate", as in make 6 copies, wait for a few minutes for recalibration to take place, make 12 copies, oh must wait again for a few minutes for the recalibration to take place, and so on. During the process the machine whines, wheezes and clanks away like a robot in heat. Exactly what this procedure is or what it is supposed to do is never explained, but from research it seems to be something mechanical to ensure that the color is accurate. But color is only used very occasionally with long periods when only black and white copies or printing takes place.
The fuser was replaced for about $350, which didn't help. Supposedly you can use the software to schedule the calibration for longer time periods before activating, but this was tried and didn't make any difference. And even when it was working normally it was a giant pain in trying to schedule it for certain times. I haven't encountered this procedure on other machines, although it could be a process in the background that doesn't interrupt the user.
Although admittedly, it was subjected to large volumes at times, the expensive drums were replaced when called for and it is now almost unusable as the main copy/print machine for office. It was always used as a stand-alone machine, without networking, or the use of the fax or scanner, so these functions cannot be commented on.
Similar quality problems have been experienced on other Hewlett-Packard products. So forget the Hewlett-Packard of yesteryear when they set the standard for laser printers. It is now quantity over quality as the manufacturing is outsourced to ever more dubious Asian countries.
