HP DeskJet 690C/693C Printers

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Photo-quality color
Fast and easy
Prints on anything

The Photo-quality printer, vibrant life-like images and crisp black.

Now it's easy to give every document the high impact and persuasive appeal of photographs and other graphics--in crisp black and white or vibrant full color. The versatile HP DeskJet 690C and 693C bring professional communications capabilities to home or office. Produce reports, brochures, proposals, financial charts and graphs, banners, labels and more.

The HP RealLife Imaging System ensures true-to-life images. It features HP Resolution Enhancement technology (REt) to deliver the sharpest black possible. HP ColorSmart adjusts settings for the best color automatically. For even more spectacular photo-quality color, add HP's Photo Color Kit with HP's new Photo Cartridge. The Photo Cartridge works in tandem with the color cartridge to produce photo-quality images. HP's new Photo REt gives clearly defined images and new, vibrant color.

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Features

Photo-quality color

Add photos to your projects and print results worth framing
Optional HP Photo Color Kit and HP Photo Paper bring color photos to life, from subtle skin tones to the most outrageous neons.
HP RealLife Imaging System for true-to-life images
Crisp, black text and photo quality color printing
Spectacular color automatically with HP ColorSmart

Fast and easy

Up to 5 ppm in black and 1.7 ppm in color
Network friendly so you can share among several users
Plug 'n Play with hassle-free installation
Step-by-step online help

Prints on anything

Print plain paper, cardstock, envelopes, labels, transparencies, even iron-on transfers
Continuous feed for banner printing
Manual two-sided printing saves paper

HP Home Project Kit*

Exclusive HP Edition of Disney 101 Dalmatians Print Studio for fun projects like banners, cards, and calendars
Plus a new way to create great projects: Family Fun Pak by PrintPaks. Make window art, magnets and banners
Banner paper, greeting card stock and envelopes included

*Available only with the HP DeskJet 693C

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Specifications

Print Speed and Throughput

Best Mode	1 ppm black	0.3 ppm color
Normal Mode	3 ppm black	0.8 ppm color
EconoFast Mode	5 ppm black	1.7 ppm color
Color and photo cartridges set	Up to 4 minutes pp, 5x7 in. photo

Resolution

Black resolution	600x600 dpi (Best mode) 600x300 dpi (Normal mode) 300x300 dpi (EconoFast mode)
Color resolution Black and color cartridge	300 x 300 on plain paper 600 x 300 on glossy paper, premium inkjet paper, photo paper, and transparency film
Color resolution Black and color cartridge	600 x 300 with 6 inks using Photo-REt on all paper types (best and normal modes)

Printing/ Imaging Technology

Drop-on-demand thermal ink-jet printing with HP ColorSmart

Memory

512 Kbytes built-in RAM
32 Kbyte receive buffer

I/O Interface

IEEE 1284 bi-directional parallel interface with 1284-B receptacle

Languages

HP PCL Level 3

Media Capacity

One 100-sheet input tray

Media Sizes

Letter, legal, executive, banner, envelopes, index cards

Media Types

Plain paper, HP Premium Transparency Film/ Glossy Paper/ InkJet Paper/ Photo Paper

Fonts

8 built in fonts, 4 each in Portrait and Landscape orientations; Courier, CG Times, Letter Gothic, Univers
Supports a wide range of scalable TrueType fonts which come with the printer

Width x Depth x Height

17.2 x 16 x 7.9 in (436 x 405 x 199 mm)

Weight

11.6 lb (5.3 kg)

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Ordering Information

Description:	HP P/N
HP DeskJet 690C printer	C4562A
HP DeskJet 693C printer	C4589A
HP Photo Color Kit Includes Photo Color Cartridge and humidor	C4585A
HP Photo Color Cartridge	C1816A
Black print cartridge	51629A
Color print cartridge	51649A

Supplies

Description	HP P/N
HP Premium Inkjet Paper, letter size (200 sheets)	51634Y
HP Bright white ink-jet paper (500 sheets)	C1824A
HP Premium Glossy paper, letter (50 sheets)	C3836A
HP Premium Glossy paper, letter (10 sheets)	C3833A
HP Premium Transparency Film, letter size (50 sheets)	C3834A
HP Premium Transparency Film, letter size (20 sheets)	C3828A
HP Greeting card paper, letter (20 sheets)	C1812A
HP Banner paper, letter (100 sheets)	C1820A
HP Photo paper, letter (20 sheets)	C1846A

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