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Epicurus.com - HP 6988DT Deskjet Printer (CB058A#B1H)
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List Price: $195.00
Our Price: $159.99
Your Save: $ 35.01 ( 18% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
EAN: 0883585223138
Feature: Deskjet Printer w/Automatic Two Sided Printing
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Hewlett Packard
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Model: 6988DT
Modem Description: None
Publisher: Hewlett Packard
Studio: Hewlett Packard
System Memory Size: 32
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Features
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Deskjet Printer w/Automatic Two Sided Printing
36 ppm Black and White and Up to 27 ppm Color
250 Sheet Input/ 50 Sheet Output/150 Sheet Multipurpose Input Tray
Built In Wi Fi 802.11g/b, Wireless and Wired Networking
25.2 Lbs (WxLxH) 17.7" x 8" x 17.2"
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Editorial Reviews:
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Accomplish more in less time with the HP Deskjet 6988 Printer series, an efficient, reliable color printer.Connect multiple desktops and notebooks throughout your home or office with the freedom, convenience, and ease of built-in Wi-Fi 802.11g/b. And with SecureEasySetup, you can connect to a wireless network in as little as ten minutes. Built-in wired Ethernet networking makes sharing your printer quick and easy, with no additional networking hardware to purchase or software to install. Easily print from your wireless-enabled camera phone or PDA, with an optional Bluetooth wireless print adapter.Print black text and color documents at breakthrough speeds of up to 36-ppm black-and-white and up to 27-ppm color. Quick speeds and flexible paper handling make this printer ideal for fast, high-volume printing of a variety of projects and photos. Get impressive results on any type of paper with HP's built-in media sensing.Look your best with laser-quality black text for your documents, reports, and letters. Print professional photos up to 4800 optimized-dpi color with HP Vivera inks. Create artistic and vintage-style photos in black-and-white with the optional HP 100 Gray Photo Inkjet Cartridge.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: does not work
Comment: Could not get the printer to work with the wireless. I did read the reviews before purchasing the printer. I was able to make it work on the Ethernet cable. I called HP support and let a tech remote hook up with my computer he worked on the problem for 2 and a half hours and was not able to make it work. The tech said the wireless in the printer was not working. I would be called in a day or two. A week later I called finally got them to send me a new one. Tried to set it up and it would not work. Did an online chat with HP support for an hour and it still did not work. Boxed everything up and sent it back. I like HP products. I believe it may just be some kind of glitch with Vista and my computer however, if their support cannot figure it out I do not need their printer. I did by a brother printer and using it with no problem with the Ethernet cable.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good printer, Good price.
Comment: I read several reviews of this printer on this site before I purchased this one, and I'm glad I didn't let some of these folks scare me off.
I found it very easy to assemble without even looking at the enclosed instructions, and simple to set up and install the software and drivers. So what's the big deal people?? If it's over your head just admit it, don't blame it on the product. If you finally managed your way through the install, with or without help, you should be proud and happy to have learned a new skill.
This printer prints quickly and quietly, on both sides, very similar to the HP970cse that I replaced.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Please Not Again!
Comment: I previously owned an HP Deskjet 693C which produced good quality output but ate print cartridges at an alarming rate. I found out that HP put chips on their print cartridges that set an expiration date on the ink. This meant that I sometimes ended up replacing cartridges that still had about half the ink left in the cartridge. So when the 693C started to malfunction, I went with a Canon S750 which I was very happy with because of the inexpensive no-chip ink cartridges, and small driver and print software package that worked well. However, the S750 developed a problem printing colors, and by that time all printer manufacturers switched to chipped cartridges.
I was hoping that after several management changes HP would have changed their ways, so I decided to give them another chance. I decided to go with the 6988dt since it was one of the few printers on the market at the time that offered wifi instead of bluetooth connectivity. I was also expecting good print quality and lower cost/page even though the ink is expensive.
Under Windows XP, I was able to get the printer working via wifi but only after setting it up via USB first. Under Vista, I have been unable to get the printer working through the wifi connection even though I can easily establish a WEP connection to the printer. I haven't tried wired ethernet under Vista, but there's no point since USB works. This really defeats the purpose of the wifi connection, and I'm not holding my breath for better drivers from HP.
The print software is bloated requiring large downloads for updated drivers with minimal application functionality that still loads by default and still consistantly crashes under XP. This makes system restarts to get the printer working acceptably a real pain. Since upgrading to Vista, I've been using the MS provided driver since it is only the driver, and no applications. Having only the MS provided driver is fine by me since I don't need the extra apps, and with only the driver, there have been no crashes under Vista like there were in XP. Using the wireless connection under XP I occasionally experienced print jobs that would quit before completing. The printer also (though rarely) jams when printing using the auto-duplexer.
Interestingly enough, I didn't have to do any modifications to the printer settings to get the printer to use the automatic duplexer. The pages were automatically duplexed without me having to specify that I had the auto-duxplexer unit installed. Out of curiousity I adusted the printer settings to make the driver aware of the auto-duplexer; since then, the print driver has been prompting me to manually refeed pages, even after I reset the driver settings to indicate I did not have the duplexer installed. What a pain.
The print quality is indeed slightly better than my old Canon and the ink is less prone to streaking, though you still have to be somewhat carefull handling the pages during the first few minutes if you print in normal or higher quality mode. So far as I can tell, I'm getting decent life out of the print cartridges, but only because I've been ignoring the low ink warning indicator for about the last 50 pages and counting.
The functionality of the HP printer driver seems overly complex compared to what I had with the Canon. The print output doesn't always exactly match what the print preview app shows you; the Canon driver app was simpler to operate and do scaling on, it also gave me true WYSIWYG output. Not sure who I'll go with next, but it probably won't be HP.
Customer Rating:
Summary: a mixed review
Comment: HP 6988DT Deskjet Printer (CB058A#B1H)
I chose this printer for two reasons: two-sided printing capacity; wireless connection. I had major difficulties installing it. After much trouble, I installed it wirelessly, only to discover that it is impossible to print while connected to a Virtual Private Network (VPN). This is totally unacceptable, as during my workday I am always connected to the Yale VPN. I contacted HP technical support; their response was insufferable, without so much as an apology. They only repeated what I had already learned from the software. I then tried to install via a USB connection. Was unable to do so myself, and had to hire someone to do it professionally. I can now print, but the wireless connection is worthless. Also, the instructions contain no information on how to attach the second paper tray to the printer. After some fiddling, I figured it out.
Customer Rating:
Summary: excellent print quality, wireless capability is wonderful
Comment: I have an HP deskjet 6988dt. I had no problems setting it up for wireless operation using the "ethernet cable" installation procedure recommended by most other users; in this approach you connect via ethernet cable in the beginning, and then you disconnect the cable, changing to a wireless connection, near the end of the installation (the installation software instructs you when to do this). I have a Buffalo router with a hardware firewall, and a McAfee software firewall which I did not turn off during the installation. I have a desktop connected via ethernet cable to the router, and a laptop with a wireless connection, both using XP SP2. I turned off all McAfee virus scanning and spyware blocking on the laptop prior to the installation, and then installed the HP software on the laptop from the set-up CD. Prior to the installation, you have to look up your wireless SSID name and your WEP64 password if you are using one, as I am, because these have to be entered at one point in the installation process.
The printed set-up guide is very sparse because most of the installation instructions are on the set-up CD. The installation software guides you through the installation very clearly but the process is fairly slow; it took me a couple of hours. One stupid, time consuming mistake I made was assuming that the printer was turned on just because it was plugged in and some of the lights were on. In order to install the ink cartridges, you must "turn on" the printer by pressing the "on" button on the top left; this moves the print carriage to the ready position; you cannot install the ink cartridges unless the carriage is in this position.
The dt model comes with an accessory for two-sided printing (which HP calls duplex printing) but no installation instructions came with it. I found the instructions on-line after a few minutes of searching. Installation is very simple but not obvious. There are two latch handles on the back of the printer which permit you to remove the rear access door; the "duplexing accessory" then clips into the back of the printer in place of the original rear access door.
The dt model also comes with an additional paper tray which holds 250 sheets. Again the installation is very simple but not obvious. You simply pick up the printer and set it down on top of the auxilliary paper tray; a system of latches automatically connects the two. There is an option in the print menu which lets you print from the "upper" or the "lower" print tray, so you can have a different type of paper in each tray.
The printed sheets exit and fall onto the upper part of the paper tray; there is a slide-out extension to aid in catching the printed sheets; this extension has a small tab at its outer end which must be turned up so that it is perpendicular to the paper tray; this prevents the printed sheets from falling on the floor.
Some users have said that the printer vibrates. Ours does not vibrate is the usual sense of the word (i.e. small amplitude, high frequency oscillations). However, the print carriage moves very rapidly from side to side while it is printing and, since the carriage is moderately heavy, there is a lot of momentum transfer to the table that the printer is sitting on. I initially had the printer sitting on a small folding "TV table" and the momentum transfer produced a violent side to side motion of the table. You need a much more substantial support than a flimsy, light weight TV table.
Our old HP 970 printer is still working and is connected to my desktop through a parallel port. The new 6988dt printer is much faster than the old 970 because the print carriage moves really fast when it is printing; that is probably why the new ink cartridges are smaller than the old ones. Print quality on the new 6988dt does not seem superior to the old 970, and both are excellent, but I have not yet played with the new HP99 and HP100 ink cartridges which, according to Amazon user reviews, are supposed to give really nice photo prints. Two sided printing (duplex printing) is slower than single sided printing but I use it almost all the time.
The wireless capability means that we can put the new printer anywhere in the house, and access it from anywhere else. That was the main reason for buying it, and it sure is nice. The printer is currently in an upstairs guest room and we can print to it while sitting out on the back porch using the laptop.
Although my desktop computer does not have a wireless card, it is connected to the wireless router, so it too can have a wireless connection to the new printer. A separate manual was included which gives instructions for setting up this connection; the procedure looks pretty simple but I have not done it yet. I will do it when my old 970 finally gives up the ghost.
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