HP Photosmart C6000 series printers include color printing, scanning, copying and wired and wireless Ethernet functionality.
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The Photosmart C6380 printer’s integrated media card reader supports numerous formats, including Compact Flash, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, Secure Digital/MultimediaCard, Secure Digital High Capacity Card and xD-Picture Card.
Wireless Ethernet printing is included standard on HP Photosmart 6000-series printers.
The Photosmart 6000 includes a flat-bed scanner, which can be handy for scanning/copying odd-size items but problematic if you have to regularly scan multi-page documents.
The back of the Photosmart 6000 includes just three ports.
The power port (purple) accommodates the HP electrical plug. The second rear-panel option is a standard RJ-45 Ethernet jack, while the third is a standard USB port.
The Photosmart 6000 series printer uses HP 564 replacement inks, which are readily available at most office supply chain stores.
The Photosmart C6000 series’ control panel features a simple interface and LCD panel for reviewing and setting the printer’s configuration.
HP Solution Center (the Windows Vista version is shown here) software makes it easy for even non-technical users to scan and transfer photographs, print files and more.
The HP Solution Center software enables reviewing (and changing) the printer’s network settings.
Erik Eckel is a managing partner at Louisville Geek and president of Eckel Media Corp. He previously served as Executive Editor at TechRepublic. He received Microsoft Engineer accreditation from Sullivan University and earned his Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Louisville. He's earned Network+, Windows NT 4.0 MCP+I and MCSE, and Windows 2000 Professional MCP accreditations.
