The HP Deskjet 6940 did about as well or better than its competition in performance tests. It printed black text at a rate of 6.97 pages per minute (ppm) and an 8.5x11 photo at a rate of 0.6ppm. To compare, the Canon Pixma iP4200 printed black text at 6.7ppm and 8x10 photos at 0.6ppm. Its print quality is also serviceable for home or light office use. Black text looks sharp and clean to the naked eye and examining the text under a loupe showed only slight jagginess. Text was legible down to very small point sizes. In color graphics, the jagginess was a bit more apparent, but colors looked bright and saturated. We did notice banding in the gradients, however. And the printer does a poor job of remaining neutral across the entire grayscale gradient. In the photo print on HP photo paper, we noticed some graininess, but for the most part, the photo quality was good enough for casual snapshots. The overall print quality of the Deskjet 6940 will satisfy students and office workers.
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HP backs the Deskjet 6940 with a standard one-year warranty. Toll-free phone support is available for the length of the warranty. You can also access tech support via e-mail or online chat. HP's site has FAQs and downloadable drivers, software, and manuals.
