DeskJet 940c Hums – Quietly
Obviously, he wasn't talking about the HP DeskJet 940c. At $129, the unit sits squarely in the entry-level segment of the color printer category. But this unit rivals anything the 660c was capable of producing. Compatible with Windows 3.1x al the way to XP - or Macintosh machines, the design, bundled photo software and marketing materials of the 940c say "home." With a 150-sheet paper tray and performance, this home officer says, "Home Office." There's certainly a place in both worlds for this machine.
For example, imagine the quiet home office - where mom or dad are burning the midnight oil, while the spouse or kids are sleeping. With my old 660, I had to close the printer cabinet door - and even my office door - to stifle the sound of the unit, lest I wake the family. When I warmed up the 940 and sent a doc to print, I had to look to see if it had actually printed (it had), because the unit was that quiet.
All the while, it cranked out 12 pages a minute in black and white with 600 dpi resolution, and 10 ppm in color, with 2400 x 1200 dpi on photo quality paper.
Its small footprint is ideal for the space-starved small or home office (SOHO). And if you're not churning doc after doc, it's price, reliability -and yes, quiet performance - make the 940c a perfect fit for the home office, even if it doesn't fit in the skeet thrower.
Jeff Zbar, the ChiefHomeOfficer.com, is a speaker, writer and expert on alternative officing. He is the author of Teleworking & Telecommuting: Strategies for Remote Workers and Their Managers (Made E-Z Products, 2002); Safe@Home: Seven Keys to Home Office Security (FirstPublish 2001) and Your Profitable Home Business (on CD-ROM from Made E-Z Products). Visit his Web site to subscribe to Home Office Success Stories, his free electronic magazine on home business and teleworking.



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