This is not true. The 71x series is a dual cartridge printer, just not as fast
as the 72x series. Check HP's web site for verification:
DJ 710C:
http://www.pandi.hp.com/pandi-db/prod_info.show?model=C5894A&name=DeskJet_710C
DJ 712C:
http://www.pandi.hp.com/pandi-db/prod_info.show?model=C5894B&name=DeskJet_712C
URLs may wrap, should start with http: and end with DeskJet_71x0C

Jamie Furtner


At 07:05 AM 99-09-16 , you wrote:
>It's been a while since I bought my 720, but from what I remember...
>The 71x series does not have a dual ink cartidge set up.  If you are
>printing b/w or greyscale, you use the black ink cartridge.  If you want to
>print in color, then you must take out the black cartridge and put in the
>color one.
>
>It also uses the color ink cartridge much faster because when working with
>the color cartridge, it combines all the colors to produce black.
>
>Jim Meagher
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Uzi Paz <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > On 14 Sep 99, at 9:55, Susan Hays <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know any major differences in HP inkjets 712C and 720C
>besides
> > > the speed?  There is about $70 difference in the price. The 720C is $70
> > > more. Need to purchase a new printer for my office.  I have a 722C at
>home
> > > which I am very pleased with.  All of my printers here at work are the
>600
> > > series. Just wondering if the 720C is worth $70 more.
> >
> > I don't know if I saw it here or in one of the newsgroups, but the claims
> > are that the 72* series is a bit more heavy and matter invested and a bit
> > more robust than the 71* series. I guess that 712 and 722 are a bit
> > faster than the 710 and 720.
> >
> > The 710 and the 720 have the same speed.
> >
> > I also think that in parallel the 712 and 722 have the same speed, but
> > this is just an extension of a principle - not something that I know
> > directly.
> >
> > Uzi
> >
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