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Rick Rizner
HP's Color LaserJet 2840 has a stylish, gray-and-black design. Unfortunately, despite a few nice features and networking capabilities, it's a mediocre performer in most respects.
One attractive feature is the inclusion of media slots so you can print photos directly from a media card via the front panel, without having to go through a PC. Media card slots are common on inkjet MFPs but rare on laser-based machines.
You can connect the HP Color LaserJet 2840 to a network in a peer- to-peer environment, where you install the software on each client, or in a client-server environment. For the latter, though, the unit supports only Windows 2000 Server out-of-the-box. If you want to set the unit up on a Windows 2003 Server Edition network (which we rely on for our testing), installation involves using the Add a Printer box in Windows and then searching for the printer's IP address. HP says that drivers for Windows 2003 Server should be available for download from its Web site by the time you read this.
Regardless of how you set up the unit on a network, you'll need to install HP's software on each client PC...