The HP Color LaserJet 2840 in the sub-$1,000 color laser multifunction printer, best fits an office suite. The HP cheap 2840 send scans directly to a network folder and includes software with extensive network management tools, as well as a document-management and image-editing app. HP Color Laser Jet 2840 weighs about 75 pounds and measures 19.6 by 37 by 29 inches (WDH. The HP Color LaserJet 2840′s well-designed control panel clusters buttons according to function–menu navigation, copying, and scanning–alongside an LCD. But the HP 2840′s most distinguishing feature is its bank of media-card slots that helps in printing photos or proof sheets without using computer.
The top panel of this device opens to reveal a flat scanner bed that fits paper up to 8.5 by 11 inches. The scan lid itself houses a 50-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF) that accepts pages up to 8.5 by 15 inches. The cheap 2840 contains four-pass, carousel toner design–which cycles each page four times through the machine to print in color.
The HP Color LaserJet 2840′s grayscale text print speed of 12.06 pages per minute (ppm) is average compared to that of other color laser multifunction. The HP Color LaserJet 2840 performed well overall. Black text, legible down to 2-point size, was as sharp and bold-looking. Black-and-white graphics were marred slightly by visible horizontal banding, but photo elements looked remarkably smooth and captured fine details well. Color text of this cheap printer is also excellent.