This version of the OJ K5400 has the duplexing mechanism ($80. sold separately) and the network interface (100 mb/sec Ethernet wired) built in. The K5400 is big, loud and quite fast on text as one would expect of a printer targeted to the busy office environment. It is much slower on photos in best quality mode. It has a lot of tweakability, but the reviewers don't seem to take advantage of it. The ink tanks in this hold a lot of ink (the XL versions anyway - the low volume tanks are supplied with the printer so you can buy more very soon) and the OEM tank cost is high also, but I bought a set of refillable tanks on eBay that cuts my ink costs way down and I'm sure of the quality and consistency of the ink that goes thru my machine - clone tanks are available, but I've heard that many of those are filled with the dye black instead of pigmented to cut costs - make sure they guarantee pigmented black.
. I have the K5400tn version which has the extra paper feed tray on the bottom. The extra tray can be added to the dn as well and you can often find them at a good price while the duplexer is seldom found at much less than the $80.00 I mentioned. I've often kicked myself for not getting the dtn version which comes with both the duplexer and the extra input tray and integrated network interface, but the dn is much cheaper to upgrade than the tn. Because the 5400 really doesn't have much duplexing capability built into the driver like most personal inkjet printers do. Trying to do manual duplexing will often result in the "multi-sheet grabs" or paper jams for which HP inkjets are famous.
. The K5400 is the only inkjet printer I know of that has a monthly duty cycle listed and at around 7000 pages per month, that's no laser number, but pretty substantial. I know I'll never go thru more than a case of paper a month. Print out and read the manual on which paper types to use in which tray and you won't have many jams in normal, single-sided printing.
. The pigmented black ink gives good text and with a bit of tweaking (upped the ink flow volume one step) I got one of the Getty color standards photos to look quite good. But if photo printing is a top priority, then Canon is where you should look, though I detest their recent change to chipped tanks.
May be available online as well as in-store, but they hadn't changed the price on the web yet as of 2:20am EDT. It was still at $150.00 online.:
K5400dn at Staples
.bh.
. I have the K5400tn version which has the extra paper feed tray on the bottom. The extra tray can be added to the dn as well and you can often find them at a good price while the duplexer is seldom found at much less than the $80.00 I mentioned. I've often kicked myself for not getting the dtn version which comes with both the duplexer and the extra input tray and integrated network interface, but the dn is much cheaper to upgrade than the tn. Because the 5400 really doesn't have much duplexing capability built into the driver like most personal inkjet printers do. Trying to do manual duplexing will often result in the "multi-sheet grabs" or paper jams for which HP inkjets are famous.
. The K5400 is the only inkjet printer I know of that has a monthly duty cycle listed and at around 7000 pages per month, that's no laser number, but pretty substantial. I know I'll never go thru more than a case of paper a month. Print out and read the manual on which paper types to use in which tray and you won't have many jams in normal, single-sided printing.
. The pigmented black ink gives good text and with a bit of tweaking (upped the ink flow volume one step) I got one of the Getty color standards photos to look quite good. But if photo printing is a top priority, then Canon is where you should look, though I detest their recent change to chipped tanks.
May be available online as well as in-store, but they hadn't changed the price on the web yet as of 2:20am EDT. It was still at $150.00 online.:
K5400dn at Staples
.bh.
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