HP Deskjet 6980

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I'm thinking about getting this printer and was wondering if anyone had experience with it. I've always used Epson printers in the past for my home printing needs, but my current Stylus Photo 925 has been having issues with quality for the last year or so. Even if I buy new ink cartridges for the printer, it quickly has issues with the print quality. I also dislike the fact you have to run the print head cleaning if you don't print once a week or so. I don't print all that often, but when I do I need something that will print a nice, clean copy. I'm more worried about good text printing then graphics or photos. I bought a little Epson Picturemate printer for printing good quality 4X6 photos, so I doubt I'll print photos on this new printer. One thing I like is that it has built in networking. Since my wife, son and myself all have our own computers, it'll be nice to be able to plug this into my router and have us all be able to use it. Anyway, like I said, if anyone has any experience with this printer, please post how you liked the printer.
 
Okay, so I ended up getting the Deskjet 6940 instead. It had the exact same functionality (print speed, used the same cartridges), the only difference is it didn't look as nice and it only had wired networking, not wireless. Since most of the user reviews I read in various places said the wireless networking didn't work, I guess that wasn't a big deal. Got it home and setup, hooked into my router and it installed quickly and easily. I bought it mostly for text printing and occasional webpages like maps and such. Looks very nice for that. The only thing I didn't like is you could only do a full, complete setup or an express setup, you couldn't set it up just driver only. Otherwise, so far I like it a lot. Best of all, it was $109 instead of $149 for the 6980... :D
 
i have the 6980 and the wireless works great for me. Its nice to be able to put the printer somewhere out of the way and not have a cable running across the room to it.
 
How do you like the printer overall? The 6940 I got doesn't look as nice as the 6980, but aside from that and wireless, it's pretty much the same printer. The print quality looks very good to me. Not quite laser quality, but about the best I've seen from an inkjet.
 
The print quality is great. Its the best I've seen for a ink jet printer and using it for printing pictures looks amazing. Right now I'm not using it though. My dad gave me his HP Laser Jet 2300 when he retired that he bought with his company credit card so I use it now instead.
 
Makes sense. I almost bought a laser printer, but the price for toner and drum kits discouraged me from doing that... :(
 
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