Unreview: HP OfficeJet K5400


After working with a crippled HP c2000 OfficeJet printer for almost a year, I finally gave up, and purchased an HP OfficeJet K5400. I still have a LaserJet 2420 for black and white, but I found I was missing having color. So far the color inkjets surpass the laser versions, at least in my price range.

The K5400 was selling at Staples for about $175.00. I was so tickled that they would recycle the old printers for $10.00 each, that I went right ahead and followed the salesperson’s recommendation for the replacement. At the same time they attempted to sell me a separate warranty, a USB cable, and extra ink cartridges. Had I bought all those, I’m sure I would have spent over $300.00.

This is a “conventional” (i.e. not photo) printer, with 4 ink cartridges. Still, the photo printing is acceptable. The version I bought, which may acount for the difference in price between Amazon and Staples, includes a duplexer and a network interface. I plugged the printer into my hub, and it went out and got a network address from DHCP.

One thing I wasn’t used to: the printer actually takes almost 20 minutes to set itself up to align the print heads. I guess hardware is getting dumber, and software is getting smarter.

It is amazing all the disposible junk that comes with the printer, by the time you’ve unwrapped the ink cartridges and the printer heads.

The sticker on the printer advertises that it is “cheaper than a laser”. We’ll see.

2 thoughts on “Unreview: HP OfficeJet K5400

  1. Faizan

    You can use the HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 printer to scan directly into any network folder. By leveraging the 'digital filing' option, you can easily accomplish this. Scanning directly to an email is also possible at the touch of one button. The presence of OCR or optical character recognition helps you scan printed documents easily.
    Dry Erase prints

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  2. Faizan

    The HP Officejet Pro k5400 is pain in the backside if you ever had one. I got it from a ‘reputed’ HP dealer and parted with 14,000 rupees at a time when Laserjets were going for 7 grand. The printer has 4 cartridges, for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black; the standard CMYK profile that any decent designer who has to design for print as well, will swear by. thanks for share information to everyone..
    dry erase laminate

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