HP Officejet 5605 Driver

Officejet 5605 All-in-One Printer driver Downloads for Microsoft Windows 32-bit – 64-bit and Macintosh Operating System.

The HP OfficeJet 5605 printer all-in-one with the abilities to not only print but also scan, copy and send and receive faxes. Specific other features make the printer stand out among its peers as a member of that series. The printing method is a drop-on-demand Thermal Inkjet technology with a Lightweight Imaging Device Interface Language (LIDIL). The typical print speed which although varies by the individual models, can be up to 20 pages per minute (ppm) for black print and up to 13 ppm which also varies by model and complexity of the document. This particular printer has a monthly duty cycle of 1000 pages per month.

HP OfficeJet 5605 printer review

At maximum resolution, the black and color print is usually up to as fast as 278 seconds when printing on a 4 x 6 inches borderless photo paper. The fast normal mode is as fast as 47 seconds on a photo paper.

Printer Drivers

The full driver package covers both the software and the essential drivers, that is HP Officejet 5600 All-in-One Printer series Full Feature Software and Drivers (362.7 MB). Other useful updates and utility drivers include Critical Update: if the printer cannot find document files or scanned image after scanning completes (28.5 MB), HP Print Software Patch When Upgrading Vista to Windows 7 (1.3 MB), and HP Print and Scan Doctor for Windows (10.6 MB).

Windows System requirements

The supported Windows operating systems by this printer include Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The processor requirements with Windows 2000 and Windows XP is any Intel Pentium II, Celeron or any compatible processor (Pentium III or higher recommended). However, for Windows Vista and Windows 7, a modern 800 MHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor is the least acceptable, but 1 GHz or higher recommended.

The RAM specifications are such that for Windows 2000 and Windows XP, a typical installation requires a 128 MB RAM (256 MB however recommended), whereas Windows Vista and Windows 7 requires a 512 MB RAM in the least but a 1 GB RAM or higher recommended.
The free disk space that should be available on Windows 2000 and Windows XP for a typical installation is 795 MB plus an additional 50 MB for a full-color scanning. For Windows Vista and Windows 7 however, a standard installation requires 920 MB free hard disk space plus an additional 50 MB for a full-color scanning.

Macintosh system requirements

The supported Mac operating systems versions include Mac OS X v10.2.8, OS X v10.3, and OS X v10.4. The required processor is that of G3 or a more excellent release with a 128 MB of RAM, and free disk space is a minimum of 500 MB. The video display is 800 x 600 with a 16-bit or higher.

Connectivity

The typical installation requires a Hi-speed USB 2.0 port. The compatible browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or any higher. There are two USB ports with a PictBridge function that supports using a front camera port.

Copying specifications

The copy function is on a Digital Image Processing (DIP) and up to 99 copies from the original document. The range zoom is 25 to 400% that is the minimum to maximum. It has a fit to page and pre-scan options. The copy speed is usually up to 20 copies per minute for black and up to 13 copies per minute for color. This feature also varies by models in the series and is related to the complexity of the document.

Scanning specifications

The scan mode has an Image editor in an Integrated OCR software automatically converts scanned text into editable text. There is also the TWAIn compliant interface that can scan both sides of a document at a high quality. The scanning speed depends on the complexity of the material, the model of the printer in the series and the system specifications. The scanning is done at a resolution of 1200 x 2400 dpi optical and can be up to 19,200 at an enhanced mode. The color depth is 16-bit.

Faxing Specifications

Faxing done on both white and black or color documents with the Walk-up technology and up to 100-speed dials. It can also save up to 100 pages in its internal memory at a standard resolution. The fax uses manual multiple paging with an automatic busy redial after five times or no-answer redial one time. Download HP Officejet 5605 All-in-One Printer driver from HP website