HP DeskJet 990Cse Printer

Average customer rating: 2.5

One of the best, but not the best!
Good Printer. . .but not without its faults
I have to defend this printer!
Good print quality - bad mechanism
Good print quality - bad mechanism

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HP DeskJet 990Cse Printer

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000063W95

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Product Description

This high-performance printer for professional users delivers outstanding print quality plus the benefits of the latest technology. It offers infrared and automatic two-sided printing features, optical paper sensing and optional networking. With the ability to print up to 17 pages per minute in black, the HP Deskjet 990C Series color photo quality printer is the answer for those who demand productivity, efficiency and outstanding results for their small or home office. HP PhotoREt III combines smaller drop size and vibrant inks with improved fade resistance to produce fast, outstanding print quality in all modes and all media, including incredibly realistic photo images. HP ColorSmart III allows the printer to automatically deliver sharper, clearer, more vivid output. HP Deskjet 990C Series supports USB, a peripheral bus specification that provides Plug and Play capability to computer peripherals. Printers that connect to a computer through USB are automatically configured as soon as they are attached, without the need to reconfigure the computer or restart.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Hewlett-Packard 990c photo-quality color printer is ideal for small businesses or busy households. It produces sensational color documents at high speeds with HP's exclusive PhotoREt III color-layering technology. It can print black text at up to 17 ppm and blazes through color documents at 13 ppm, with up to 2,400 x 1,200 dpi resolution on photo paper. The 990c features infrared printing from PDAs, notebook computers, and other mobile devices. Plus, using the 990c with a mobile device couldn't be easier--just point and print.

The highly versatile 990c is robust enough to handle challenging print tasks. It has 8 MB RAM, a 150-sheet input tray, and a print duty capacity of 5,000 pages per month. The 990c also has automatic two-sided printing and an optical sensor that selects paper size and type for you.

The 990c comes with a power cord, reference guide, setup guide, software CD-ROM, and all the print cartridges you need to set up shop. It is compatible with Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, and Macintosh 8.1 applications. The HP 990c also has a one-year Express Exchange warranty.

Customer Reviews:

One of the best, but not the best!.......2005-08-22

Over the years, I have used no other but only HPs to do all my printings and relied heavily on their "layered technology" printers. The 990CSE is my latest printer and I must admit that the print results are still as good as what an HP printer should be however, the biggest drawback about this particular model was indeed as we all know by now is the design mechanism. I do encounter a few paper jam now and then and can relate to the previous reviewers about envelopes jamming up when it is printed and ready to feed out...indeed this is the most frustrating part. This unit will not get 5 stars because of its design mechanics.

PROS:
Print Quality
Print Speed
Duty Cycle (does not make one difference to me)

CONS:
Very Expensive Unit ($400)
Bulky Design
Bad Mechanical Design
Noisy
Jams Envelopes At Most Times & Papers Sometimes
EXPENSIVE INK CARTRIDGES!!! (In the course of owning this printer, I have spent over $300 just for ink...and counting)!

Good Printer. . .but not without its faults.......2004-11-30

I've used an HP DeskJet 990CSE as my main home office printer for over a year now. Print quality has been consistently good and I have no complaints. It doesn't print color transparencies particularly well, but I've never really expected it to, preferring, instead, to use a color laser for that stuff. I don't use the much-maligned duplexer. However, the single envelope feeder is extremely temperamental and jams frequently. I'd estimate that for every ten envelopes that I print, 3-4 jam, and some jams necessitate my opening the lid and prying the mangled envelope out. Other than the envelope path, I'm generally pleased with this printer.

I have to defend this printer!.......2003-10-28

After reading all of the bad reviews on here about this printer, I felt it necessary to voice my opinion, although I am not one to write reviews. I have had this printer since Dec. 2000 when it was top of the line from Dell. I have loved it and wouldn't trade it for the world. It does print slower, but I can always be guaranteed a perfect print everytime. I have printed many different size envelopes, papers and labels and all have come out perfect. I have not had to change the ink cartridges very often (I change about every 6 months) and I do alot of b/w copying. This printer is very easy to setup, use, calibrate, clean, monitor ink levels, etc. I have never had a problem.

Good print quality - bad mechanism.......2003-07-09

I bought this printer new, when it was HPs top of the line. I have been very disappointed in it from day one.
The print quality is fine. The duplexer is a joke. It needs the bottom of the page to grip the paper, so it can not print on that area. The driver software gives you two options to deal with this - print everything at about 90% scale to squeeze the content into the printable space, or re-sort the pages allowing the SW to move the page breaks. Neither is appealing, so I found that I reverted to manual duplex mode - taking the paper out and reversing itself myself.
The biggest problem I have with the printer is frequent paper jams. Even when using HP brand multipurpose paper, I find that the printer jams about 25% of the time. In the quest for speed, the paper load mechanism is just too fast, pulling in many sheets of paper instead of just one.

Good print quality - bad mechanism.......2003-07-09

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