HP DeskJet 612C Color Printer

by HP

Product Details

Product Manual [561kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 17.2 x 15.5 inches ; 11.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 16 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00000JYJ5
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Hewlett-Packard makes fine printers for business, personal, and family uses and the HP DeskJet 612C color ink-jet printer is no exception. You get the crisp black text you'd expect from a printer and vibrant color printing created with HP's Color Layering Technology. It's also easy to install, making it a nice complement for any desktop or laptop arrangement.

The HP DeskJet 612C color ink-jet printer enables you to produce professional-looking letters and résumés on any stationery in a brisk five ppm for black and 2.5 ppm for color. Want to share snapshots with the extended family or copy avintage photo? With the addition of the optional HP photo cartridge, the printer can create color-photo-quality prints on HP photo paper by drawing upon HP's ColorSmart III technology, which layers colors in precise ink drops. The HP DeskJet 612C color ink-jet printer can jazz up everything from your business and personal projects to homemade invitations, announcements, and student reports.

Product Description

First time printer buyer looking for an easy to use printer. Dual cartridge printer. IUp to 5 pages per minute in black and 2.5 pages in color.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheapest, but not necessarily the least expensive, December 13, 1999

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"[e-mail]" (Albany, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP DeskJet 612C Color Printer (Office Product)

If you are considering buying HP 612C because of its low price, you might want to consider the cost of ownership. Most HP printers use 40 ml black ink cartridges, but 610 and 612 use 20 ml cartridges. These smaller cartridges are actually a little bit more expensive than the 40 ml cartridges. So your ownership cost, even if your usage is light to moderate, is likely to be higher than that of some of the more expensive models.

About a month or so after purchasing, my HP 612C stopped working. The yellow light would flash and it will print nothing. The only support number that you can call (even under warranty period) are 900 numbers ($2.50 per minute) or one where you have to pay by credit card.

You can get e-mail support from HP website, but most of the time you get canned answers. One of the common problems with HP 612 is that the printer cartridge that ships with the printer develops problems. There is no documentation or other indication to say that this is the problem. This was what happened to my printer. By the number of questions that are asked at the e-mail support discussion site, this appears to be a one of the most common problem with this printer.

I have an older Deskjet 540 (5 years old) that works like a charm. So I was a little disappointed at the 612C reliability problems and the cartridge fiasco.

Denise.

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty neat results for text and graphics, November 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: HP DeskJet 612C Color Printer (Office Product)

it gives very good results in printing text and graphics, and even greeting cards. haven't tried photographs yet.

the ink seems to dry up very fast on the paper(it's almost dry when it comes out). this results in minimal waiting times.

the printer software gives great animated on-screen demonstrations for placing the paper, specially while printing 2-sided and greeting cards.

the speed is more than adequate for normal household printing.

overall, good value for money.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great quality for the price, December 13, 1999

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[e-mail] (Skokie, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP DeskJet 612C Color Printer (Office Product)

I do a considerable amount of printing. My son has used this agreat deal for school projects, homework and the like. Results arealways good on a variety of papers from the plain cheap stuff to photo-grade to notecards. With the optional photo-quality cartridge and good photo paper (I have only used Kodak paper) I was very pleased with the results; however, the 800 series do seem to do better on photos. One downside is that the black cartridges for this model only hold half the ink of the other 600 series printers. Considering that I use black the most, this would have steered me to a different model had I know this before the fact. I have tried refilling cartridges, but really don't find it worth the effort--the quality just isn't as good either. I previously had two Epson Stylus printers and in comparison I am very happy with this HP, it strikes a good compromise between quality, ease of use and cost. In general, this is a very good home printer for your everyday printing needs.