HP Officejet 5740 Driver Download

The Officejet 5740 e All-in-one printer has a befitting design for small offices and homes. The outlook style is very rounded. This all-in-one service can print, scan, copy and send or receive faxes. There is al inbuilt Near Field Connection (NFC) and Wi-Fi. This technique makes it very suitable for wireless printing from mobile devices.

HP Officejet 5740 Specifications

It possesses a clean control panel which comprises of touch buttons lined up both sides of the printer. This arrangement is in addition to the 68 mm touchscreen. This platform set at a fixed angle, the reflections are minimal, and this also makes it easy to read.

The printer has an Automatic Document Feeder (ADF). The input paper tray can hold 125 sheets coupled with a 15-sheet photo tray sliding along its top, designed for only a 15 x 10 cm photo blanks.

HP Officejet 5740 cartridges

HP62 Black Original Ink Cartridge (~200 pages), HP 62 Tri-color Original Ink Cartridge (~165 pages)

Advantages

Quiet printing
IRIS OCR included in the build-up
Hi-speed USB port and SD socket cover
Photo tray is present on top of the device
The maximum monthly duty cycle of 1000 pages
The printer can print from memory cards
It can send documents through any device or to an email
You can directly print from a USB drive
Scan to email or folder is enabled
HP auto wireless connect
Automatic duplexing
Automatic paper sensor

Printing functions

The maximum printing resolution is at 1200 x 1200 dpi (black and white) for a speed of 22 ppm for monochrome and 21 ppm for colored. The printer driver emulations include PCL 3 GUI. The printer functioning based on an HP Thermal Inkjet technology. Although the monthly duty cycle is maximally at 1000 pages, the recommended cycle is only 300-400 pages monthly.

Copying functions

The copying resolution is at 300 x 300 dpi for monochrome and 600 x 600 dpi for colored. Copying speed is 21 ppm for monochrome and 19 ppm for colored pages. The document to be copied can be enlarged up to 400% as reduced to 25% with a maximum of 25 copies.

Scanning functions

The scanning resolution is 1200 x 1200 dpi with a grayscale depth of 8-bit and a color depth of 24-bit. Scan element is CIS.

Fax functions

The fax machine features 99 stations broadcasting 20 stations. The device has a black and white delayed transmission. It also features Distinction Ring Detection (DRD), auto reduction, automatic redialing, color faxing, fax forwarding and junk fax barrier. The maximum transmission speed is 33.6 Kbps with a total memory capacity of 100 pages. The fax resolutions are 196 x 208 dpi, 200 x 208 dpi, 300 x 311 dpi and 98 x 208 dpi. It supports the PC faxing.

Connectivity and Mobile Printing

Connectivity is by Hi-speed USB port or by a direct wireless connection enabled for printing from mobile devices. These devices include smartphones, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, tablets, etc. the mobile printing supports Apple AirPrint, HP ePrint, and wireless direct printing. The technology of the connection involves four-pin USB Type A, RJ-11, RJ-45.

Operating System Support

MS Windows 7
MS Windows XP SP3
Windows 7 64-bit Edition
Apple Mac OS X 10.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.8
Windows 8
Windows 8 64-bit
Apple Mac OS X 10.9
Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 64-bit
MS Windows Vista (32/64 bits)
The software included in the printer build-up include; Drivers & utilities, HP Photo Creations, HP Update

Media Size support

The HP Officejet 5740 supports a wide range of paper sizes, ranging from A4/Legal (primary) to A5, A6, B5, B6, envelopes, letters, plain paper, film/transparencies, photo paper, etc. There are two different input trays of 125 and 15 sheets respectively. The output tray holds just 25 sheets.

Cartridges

There are two cartridges found in this printer; one is the monochrome cartridge for black and white printing. The other is the colored cartridge for printing cyan, magenta, and yellow colors. The nozzle configurations are 704 nozzles (black) and 608 nozzles (color).

Display

The diagonal size of the display screen is 2.65 inches or 6.75 cm. It is a touchscreen with moderate sensitivity. Physically, the dimensions of the printer are 19.6 x 9.7 x 19.3 inches (WDH) and weigh 20.2 lbs.

Power or Energy

The power consumption when the printer on is standby is 5.25 watts and when asleep but plugged in 1.18 watts.

Disadvantages

Slow duplex printing
Awkward paper trays
The display screen is not too sensitive
A low profile Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
Flat capacity input paper tray
No digital camera can be directly connected because the USB port has no PictBridge compatibility.