HP Deskjet 9800 printer

Create vivid images in postcard to poster sizes to meet a variety of home office or small business needs with this reliable, compact, color printer that handles paper up to 13 by 19 inches.
Professional print quality
Make a positive impression, every time you print.
Get speed and performance
Print at breakthrough speeds. Get everyday business
The printer delivers reliable, photo-quality color and laser-quality black. Enjoy the versatility of up to 4800optimized dpi color1 and choose from standard 4-ink color or optional 6-ink color printing for richer photos.2 Produce bordered and borderless images just like the pros, right in your own office. Print high-quality photos that resist fading longer than traditionally processed photos with optional 6-ink color printing and HP Premium Plus Photo Papers.3
documents, complex brochures, and presentations right when you need them with fast print speeds of up to 30 pages per minute (ppm) black and up to 20 ppm color. Save time and money with fewer replacements with high-volume HP Vivera black and tri-color ink cartridges. pages-per-month duty cycle to cover day-to-day use as well as periods of high productivity.
Conveniently print images with or without borders.
Increase your printers value and print more pages.
Produce vivid prints with exceptional fade resistance.
Lasting performance. Depend on the printers 5,000
Get exceptional image quality and fade resistance with

Reliable and easy to use

Finish important printing jobs. HPs convenient,
HP Vivera Inks. HP Vivera inks are engineered with superior ingredients, unique formulations, and exceptional purity to deliver excellent permanence characteristics and exceptional photo quality. You get lasting text, as well as brilliant color photos and business communications, even on plain paper.
time-saving automatic ink-backup printing mode ensures that even if one print cartridge runs out of ink, your print job will be completed with the remaining color or black ink cartridge. and ink status indicators. Let the HP Deskjet 9800 printer automatically select optimal settings using its media type sensor support. HPs award-winning customer service and support backs its printers with easy-to-access phone support and online e-Support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.hp.com/support.
Eliminate guesswork with the automatic media sensor
Low-cost wide-format printing
Be flexible with up to 13 by 19 inch printing. Use
specialty or everyday paper from just 3 by 5 inches to 13 by 19 inches to create high-impact brochures, plans, or marketing materials. You will reduce your dependency on outsourcing, save money, and assume greater control over your own materials.
Choose the paper that suits your business needs.
Enjoy peace of mind with HP quality service and
Use the rear paper feed for your heaviest media this versatile performer handles paper up to 74 lb (280 g/m2).
Conserve space with a sleek, compact design. This
small but powerful wide-format printer can be placed where you need it in your office. HP printing and imaging systems help you create powerful, professional communications easily. Printers, supplies, accessories, and services are designed together to work together and are invented to meet your business needs.
The printer offers up to 4800 by 1200-optimized dpi color and 1200-input dpi. 6-ink printing is available with the purchase of the HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge (sold separately; not included). 3 Based on HP light fade testing under glass using the included HP 97 tri-color and optional HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridges on HP Premium Plus Photo Papers.

1 Sleek, compact design saves space 2 Ink level lights let you know when its time to change the ink cartridge 3 Print full-bleed, borderless output up to 13 by 19 inches 4 100-sheet output tray with extender handles paper sizes up to 13 by 19 inches 5 150-sheet multipurpose input tray handles paper sizes up to 13 by 19 inches 6 Convenient, built-in power supply allows you to plug in the printer directly, without the hassle of an external power adapter 7 Straight-through paper path for specialty papers and heavy media up to 74 lb (280 g/m2), including report covers, business cards, tent cards, and much more 8 Built-in Full-Speed USB 2.0 port and IEEE 1284-compliant parallel port
Expect to be impressed. Enjoy exceptional print quality that gives you printing flexibility and allows you to create high-impact marketing material.
High-performance printing
Your work demands reliable, convenient printing that is fast and professional. The HP Deskjet 9800 printer gives you the versatility you need to print photograph-quality material, while delivering the high print quality required for spreadsheets, presentations, and other wide-format printing jobs.
Create posters, brochures with photos, full color
Vivid photos and professional-looking marketing material
Print impressive photos with quality comparable to professional printing with the HP Deskjet 9800 printer. Take advantage of photo-printing features and HP technology to create exceptional, vibrant photos and images, whether youre marketing your product, recording historic events, or preserving memories. HP photo-printing technology ensures natural looking detail, realistic skin tones, and the virtually grain-free appearance of traditional photos.
6-ink HP PhotoREt IV color layering provides advanced
presentations, technical drawings, and spreadsheets all with one HP printer. increasing flexibility and productivity.
The compact design fits well in small workspaces,
Versatile paper handling for postcards to posters
The printers paper handling features make it easy to print the material you need. The input trays design easily adjusts to accommodate media from 3 by 5 inches (76 by 127 mm) all the way up to 13 by 19 inches (330 by 482 mm).
photographic reproduction, color accuracy and contrast, and image clarity.4
Borderless, edge-to-edge printing options are available
on papers up to 13 by 19 inches. Borderless printing gives you a marketing edge by allowing you to create brochures, flyers, and pamphlets that look professionally produced.
Its easy to print the materials you need. Just position the two paper guides to print postcards
Flexible supply options that are right for you
HP specialty papers and HP print cartridges provide broad flexibility to fit all your business needs.
Create the business documents you need in a range of

types and sizes. Choose from HP Premium Photo Papers, Two-sided Glossy Brochure Papers, Banner Papers, Transparencies, Heavyweight Papers, and Everyday Bright White Papers in sizes ranging from 4 by 6 inch photo paper to 13 by 19 inch poster paper. HP black, color, color photo, and gray photo ink cartridges, utilizes HP Smart Printing technology to communicate with your printer, monitoring system performance and optimizing print quality.4
The versatile HP Vivera ink system, equipped with
and snap the paper guides back to print posters.
Specially formulated, patented inks in the HP ink
system work together with sophisticated coating technology (on HP Premium Photo Papers) to produce bright, colorful photos that resist fading longer than traditionally processed photos.5 Receive the legendary HP quality and reliability youve come to trust when you combine the versatility and performance of an HP Deskjet 9800 printer with a standard one-year warranty and phone support from HP Customer Care (upgraded support and service options are also available).
4 6-ink printing is available with the purchase of the HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge (sold separately; not included). Using genuine HP supplies ensures availability of all HP printing features. 5 Based on HP light fade testing under glass using the included HP 97 tri-color and optional HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridges on HP Premium Plus Photo Papers.

Technical specifications

HP Deskjet 9800 (C8165A)
Print speed (letter) Black Up to 30 ppm Draft, up to 8.5 ppm Fast Normal, up to 8 ppm Normal, up to 0.6 ppm Best Mixed text/color graphics Up to 20 ppm Draft, up to 7.5 ppm Fast Normal, up to 6 ppm Normal, up to 1.5 ppm Best Full page color Up to 8 ppm Draft, up to 2.5 ppm Fast Normal, up to 1.9 ppm Normal, up to 0.5 ppm Best Resolution Black: up to 1200 by 1200-rendered dpi; color: up to 4800-optimized dpi color and 1200-input dpi; print resolution technology: HP PhotoREt III (HP PhotoREt IV with optional photo cartridge) Processor 96 MHz Memory 32 MB Duty cycle Up to 5,000 pages per month Paper Input capacity 150-sheet multipurpose tray (supports up to 15 envelopes, 45 cards, 45 transparencies, 80 sheets of labels) Two-sided printing Optional with wide-format automatic two-sided printing accessory Output capacity 100-sheet output tray Custom sizes 3 by 5 to 13 by 50 in (76 by 127 to 330 by 1270 mm) Standard sizes Letter, legal, tabloid, executive, 3 by 5, 4 by 6, 5 by 7, 8 by 10, 11 by 14, 11 by 17, 13 by 19, envelopes (No. 10, Monarch) Weights 16 to 74 lb (60 to 280 g/m2) Types Paper (plain, inkjet, photo, banner), envelopes, transparencies, labels, cards (index, greeting), iron-on transfers Connectivity Interfaces Full-Speed USB 2.0 port, IEEE 1284-compliant bidirectional parallel port Printer language HP PCL level 3 enhanced Client operating systems Windows 2000, 2003, XP; Mac OS X v10.2.8, 10.3, 10.4 and later Network operating Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows XP-64bit, Windows XP Tablet PC; Certified for Windows Vista; Pocket PC, systems Palm; Mac OS X v10.2.8, 10.3, 10.4 and later; Linux; UNIX; OS/2 Dimensions (w by d by h) 22.6 by 16.1 by 7.33 in (574.5 by 409.5 by 186.3 mm) Weight 22.5 lb (10.2 kg) Whats in the box 9800 printer, power cord, setup poster, software CD, HP 96 Black Inkjet Print Cartridge, HP 97 Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge Ordering information Environmental ranges Operating temperature Storage temperature Relative humidity Acoustics Sound power Power specifications7 Input requirements DC input requirements Consumption Power certifications Safety EMC Warranty

41 to 104 degrees F (5 to 40 degrees C) -40 to 158 degrees F (-40 to 70 degrees C) 20 to 80 percent non-condensing 5.7 B(A) printing (Best mode) Internal: built-in universal power supply 110 to 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz 32 VDC, 1500mA 60 watts maximum printing EN 60950/IEC 950 Compliance (International), UL Listed (USA), CSA (Canada) FCC Title 47 CFR Part 15 Class B (USA), ICES (Canada) One-year return to HP authorized service center hardware and software warranty
Approximate figures. Exact speed depends on system configuration, software programs, and document complexity. Speed specifications have been updated to reflect current industry testing methods. Power requirements are based on the country/region where the printer is sold. Do not convert operating voltages. This will damage the printer and void the product warranty.
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Product HP Deskjet 9800 Paper handling accessories Wide-format automatic two-sided printing accessory HP print supplies HP 94 Black Inkjet Print Cartridge (11 ml) HP 95 Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge (7 ml) HP 96 Black Inkjet Print Cartridge (21 ml) HP 97 Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge (14 ml) HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge (13 ml) HP 100 Gray Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge (15 ml) Cables IEEE 1284 cable (a-b) 2 meter IEEE 1284 cable (a-b) 3 meter USB cable (a-b) 2 meter Connectivity HP Jetdirect 175x Fast Ethernet External Print Server (USB 1.0) HP Jetdirect en1700 USB 2.0 Print Server HP Jetdirect ew2400 Fast Ethernet and 802.11g wireless External Print Server (USB 2.0) HP Jetdirect en3700 Fast Ethernet External Print Server (USB 2.0) HP CarePacks 3-year, next-day exchange HP Network Install 1 Personal Printer Paper North America: www.hp.com/go/everydaypapers

Number C8165A C8258A C8765W C8766W C8767W C9363W C9369W C9368A C2950A C2951A C6264A J6035D J7988G J7951A J7942A H3683E H3110E

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HP Deskjet 9800 series vs Epson SP1280 (US)

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HP Deskjet 9800

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Get more with the HP Deskjet 9800 series printer
Lower cost color printing

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Epson SP1280
The HP Deskjet 9800 has a lower running cost than the Epson SP1280 printer. HPs black CPP is 24% lower and color CPP is 17% lower than Epsons printer.

HP prints 51% faster

High performance for business
PQ Comparison Based on HP internal testings on a suite of files comprising all application and job types, HP prints 1.5 times faster than the Epson SP1280 printer. Printing on simple color files, HP prints 17% faster than Epsons printer.
More robust for office use
HPs high capacity cartridges give you up to 800 pages in black and 450 pages in colour. Compared to Epson it reduces black ink intervention by 48% and color ink intervention by 36%. HP offers a choice of 4 or 6-color printing capability while Epson does not have a 4-color printing option. Media intervention for HPs printer is reduced by 50% with higher media capacity.
Epson SP1280 These enlargements of 40X point clearly demonstrate HP delivers superior output quality.
HP Deskjet 9800 printer has multiple paper paths for greater media flexibility where rigid media could be fed straight from the rear. HP offers wide format duplexing as an option which is not available in any competitors in its class.
Footnote: 1. The speed comparision is from HP internal testings using a standard test suite of files on default mode on USB direct connect. File size consists of 40 complex files of various applications including text, graphics and images. 2. The PQ comparison is from HP internal testing using a standard test suite of files on default mode on USB direct connect. 3. CPP comparison is based on published ink cartridge capacities, assuming 5% black and 15% color. 4. All ink prices are from www.officedepot.com (January 05).
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