Countries/Regions	HP Deskjet 660C Option Number	Language of Documentation and Printer Software
Argentina	C2164A AC8	Spanish
Asia, North	C2164A ART	English
Asia-Pacific	C2164A ARS	English
Australia	C2164A ABG	English
Brazil	C2164A AC4	Portuguese
Canada-French	C2164A ABC	French
Caribbean	C2164A ARV	English
China	C2164A AB2	Simplified Chinese
Czechoslovakia	C2164A AKB	Czechoslovakian
Denmark	C2164A ABY	Danish
Europe-Dutch	C2164A ACU	Dutch
Europe-English	C2164A ABB	English
Europe-French	C2164A ACS	French
Europe-German	C2164A ACT	German
Europe-Italian	C2164A ARP	Italian
Finland	C2164A ABX	Finnish
Greece	C2164A AB7	Greek/English
Hungary	C2164A AKC	Hungarian
India	C2164A ACJ	English
Countries/Regions	HP Deskjet 660C Option Number	Language of Documentation and Printer Software
Israel	C2164A AKJ	English
Japan	C2164A ABJ	Japanese
Latin America	C2164A ABM	Spanish
Latvia	C2164A A2J	Latvian/English
Lithuania	C2164A A2H	Lithuanian/English
Mexico	C2164A AR9	Spanish
Middle East	C2164A ARU	Arabic/English
N. Africa, Jordan, Lebanon	C2164A ARW	Arabic/English
Norway	C2164A ABN	Norwegian
Poland	C2164A AKD	Polish
Portugal	C2164A AB9	Portuguese
Russia	C2164A ACB	Cyrillic/English
Saudi Arabia	C2164A ARG	Arabic/English
South Africa	C2164A CQ	English
South America	C2164A AKV	Spanish
Spain	C2164A ABE	Spanish
Sweden	C2164A ABS	Swedish
Taiwan	C2164A AB0	Traditional Chinese
Thailand	C2164A AB3	Thai/English
Turkey	C2164A AB8	Turkish/English
United Kingdom	C2164A ABU	English
United States & Canada	C2164A ABA	English

Serial number location

Located on the back of the printer, near the certification stickers and the parallel port.

Printer description

The HP Deskjet 660C printer provides improved black and color printing, faster black and color throughput, new ease-of-use features and additional flexibility, all at affordable prices for home and small office users.

The HP Deskjet 660C printer is a black and color, two-pen, plain paper drop-on-demand thermal Inkjet printer. It comes equipped with a power module, black and color ink cartridges, printer software and a User's Guide Kit. Windows printer software includes the HP Deskjet Printing System for Windows with the Deskjet Status Monitor and Dr. Deskjet troubleshooting tool. Deskjet Control Panel for DOS software is also included with the printer.

Printer features

Print method: plain paper drop-on-demand thermal Inkjet printing.

Printer Command Language: HP Printer Command Language (PCL) Level 3

High-quality black printing plus color:

Professional quality black (600 dpi), plus brilliant, easy color printing with ColorSmart
Reasonable speed (1 - 4 PPM black, 1/2 -1 pages-per-minute (PPM) color)

Easy to use, no hassles:

Ready to print black and color immediately (no cartridge swapping)
Simple 2-button Control Panel
Deskjet Status Monitor (bidi technology)
Software base HP Deskjet Control Panel for DOS
Easy installation, "plug and print"

Good value/affordable

Power module information

Countries/Regions	Power Module
Argentina	9100-5129
Asia, North	9100-5126
Asia-Pacific	9100-5131
Australia	9100-5127
Brazil	9100-5124
Canada-French	9100-5124
Caribbean	9100-5132
China	9100-5129
Czechoslovakia	9100-5132
Denmark	9100-5132
Europe-Dutch	9100-5132
Europe-English	9100-5132
Europe-French	9100-5132
Europe-German	9100-5132
Europe-Italian	9100-5132
Finland	9100-5132
Greece	9100-5132
Hungary	9100-5132
India	9100-5128
Countries/Regions	Power Module
Israel	9100-5132
Japan	9100-5130
Latin America	9100-5124
Latvia	9100-5132
Lithuania	9100-5132
Mexico	9100-5125
Middle East	9100-5131
North Africa, Jordan, Lebanon	9100-5132
Norway	9100-5132
Poland	9100-5132
Portugal	9100-5132
Russia	9100-5132
Saudi Arabia	9100-5124
South Africa	9100-5128
South America	9100-5126
Spain	9100-5132
Sweden	9100-5132
Taiwan	9100-5124
Thailand	9100-5126
Turkey	9100-5132
United Kingdom	9100-5131
United States	9100-5124

Recommended cables

Host Interface	HP Cable Part Number	Cable Length	Cable Connectors
HP IEEE-1284 Compliant Cable	C2950A	2 Meters	DB-25 Male to 36-Pin Centronics Male
HP IEEE-1284 Compliant Cable	C2951A	3 Meters	DB-25 Male to 36-Pin Centronics Male
Centronics Parallel Interface Cable	C2912B	3 Meters	DB-25 Male to 36-Pin Centronics Male
Centronics Parallel Interface cable	HP24542D	2 Meters	DB-25 Male to 36-Pin Centronics Male

Font information

Scaleable TrueType fonts for Microsoft (R) Windows

Arial (R) Black	Graphite Light Narrow
PL Benguiat Frisky	Lucida (R) Casual
Gill Sans Shadow	Lucida Casual Italic
CG Goudy Old Style	Milestone
CG Goudy Old Style Bold	Phyllis
CG Goudy Old Style Italic	CG Poster Bodoni
Graphite Light	Signet Roundhand

Internal Fonts

Internal fonts are available in portrait and landscape orientation.

TYPEFACE	TREATMENT
Courier	Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic
Letter Gothic	Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic
CG Times	Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic
Univers	Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic

Character sets

ANSI/ASCII (ISO 6)	PC-8
Danish/Norwegian (ISO 60)	PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
French (ISO 69)	PC-8 Turkish
German (ISO 21)	PC-850
Italian (ISO 15)	PC-852
ECMA-94 Latin 1 (ISO 8859/1)	Roman-8
Latin 2 (ISO 8859/2)	Spanish (ISO 17)
Latin 5 (ISO 8859/5)	Swedish (ISO 11)
Legal	United Kingdom (ISO 04)

Media specifications

note:
The HP Deskjet 660C printer works well with most types of paper, although variables in paper composition may affect print quality and paper handling. Bond paper, such as letterhead, gives excellent quality. Paper should be tested to ensure best performance.

Category	Specification
Paper grain	Long grain only
Paper weight	16 to 36 lb (60 to 135 g/m2)
Envelope weight	20 to 24 lb (75 to 90 b/m2)
Card stock weight	110 lb index maximum, 8.5 pt maximum thickness (110 to 200 g/m2)
Label capacity*	Up to 25 sheets of Avery Paper Labels
IN tray paper capacity	Up to 100 sheets (<1/2 inch)
OUT tray paper capacity	Up to 50 sheets
Multiple Envelopes**	Up to 20 envelopes (<1/2 inch)

*Use only U.S. letter or A4 size sheets. Use only Avery paper labels specifically designed for use with HP Inkjet Printers.

**Envelope capacity is dependent upon the manufacturer, the type of envelope and its construction.

Media handling

Supported media/sizes

Media	English size	Metric size
U.S. Letter	8.5 x 11 inches	215.9 x 279.4 mm
U.S. Legal	8.5 x 14 inches	215.9 x 355.6 mm
U.S. Executive	7.25 x 10-1/2 inches	184.1 x 266.7 mm
ISO & JIS A4	8.27 x 11.69 inches	210 x 297 mm
ISO & JIS A5	5.83 x 8.27 inches	148.5 x 210 mm
ISO & JIS B5	7.17 x 10.12 inches	182 x 257 mm
U.S. No. 10 Envelope*	4.12 in. x 9.5 inches	104.7 x 241.3 mm
U.S. A2 Envelope (5.5)*	4.375 x 5.75 inches	111 x 146 mm
International DL Envelope*	4.33 x 8.66 inches	110 x 220 mm
International C6 Envelope*	4.49 x 6.38 inches	114 x 162 mm
U.S. 4 x 6 Card	4 x 6 inches	101.6 x 152.4 mm
U.S. 5 x 8 Card	5 x 8 inches	127 x 203.2 mm
ISO & JIS A6 Postcard	4.13 x 5.85 inches	105 x 148.5 mm
Japanese Hagaki Postcard	3.94 x 5.83 inches	100 x 148 mm
U.S. HP Premium Transparency Film	8.5 x 11 inches	215.9 x 279.4 mm
European A4 HP Premium Transparency Film	8.27 x 11.69 inches	210 x 297 mm
U.S. HP Premium Glossy Paper	8.5 x 11 inches	215.9 x 279.4 mm
European A4 HP Premium Glossy Paper	8.27 x 11.69 inches	210 x 297 mm
US HP Premium Inkjet Paper	8.5 x 11 inches	215.9 x 279.4 mm
European A4 HP Premium Inkjet Paper	8.27 x 11.69 inches	210 x 297 mm
Custom Size (user defined)
Width	5.0 to 8.5 inches	127 to 216 mm
Length	5.83 to 14.0 inches	148 to 356 mm

*To minimize print skew, use envelopes with rectangular flaps rather than triangular flaps.

Ink information

Cartridge	Part number
Large Black Print Cartridge	51629A
Color Print Cartridge	51649A

Memory information

512 KB built-in RAM

32 KB receive buffer

Performance

MS Windows print speed

note:
Print speed figures are approximate. Exact speed will vary depending upon the system configuration, software program, and document complexity.

	EconoFast Mode	Normal Mode	Best Mode
Black Print Speed	4 pages per minute	2.5 pages per minute	1 page per minute
Color Print Speed	0.6 minutes per page	1.5 minutes per page	3 minutes per page

MS-DOS (R) print speed (black mechanism)

note:
Print speed figures are approximate. Exact speed will vary depending upon the system configuration, software program, and document complexity.

	EconoFast Mode	Normal Mode
Black Print Speed	270 cps at 10 cpi	134 cps at 10 cpi

Resolution

note:
Dots-per-inch (DPI) is measured in addressable raster points-per-inch.

	EconoFast Mode (dpi)	Normal Mode (dpi)	Best Mode (dpi)
Black Resolution MS Windows (text and graphics)	300 x 300	600 x 300	600 x 600
DOS (text only)	300 x 300	600 x 300	600 x 600
Color Resolution Plain & Premium Papers	300 x 300	300 x 300	300 x 300
Glossy Paper and Transparency Film (black and color)	N/A	600 x 300	600 x 300
DOS (graphics)	Full-page 75, 150, 300	Full-page 75, 150, 300	Full-page 75, 150, 300

Print modes

EconoFast mode

Page Data	Plain Paper	LX Series (Viper)	Glossy Paper	Transparency
	Imaging 300 x 300 Printer 300 x 300 FW Econo strip color Black printed at 300 x 300	N/A	N/A	MS Windows Imaging 300 x 300 TrueType Text 600 x 300, REt Black to 600 x 300 Printer 600 x 300 Black 300 x 300 Color Bitstrip in FW

Normal mode

Page Data	Plain Paper	LX Series (Viper)	Glossy Paper	Transparency
Black and Color Touch	Black Fortification MS Windows Imaging 300 x 300 TrueType Text 600 x 300, REt Black to 600 x 300 Printer 600x300 Black 300x300 Color FW Black Depletion Driver Color Depletion	Black Fortification MS Windows Imaging 300 x 300 TrueType Text 600 x 300, Ret Black to 600 x 300 Printer 600x300 Black 300x300 Color FW Black Depletion Driver Color Depletion	MS Windows Imaging 300 x 300 TrueType Text 600 x 300, Ret Black to 600 x 300 Printer 600x300 Black 300x300 Color FW Black Depletion Driver Color Depletion	MS Windows Imaging 300 x 300 TrueType Text 600 x 300, Ret Black to 600 x 300 Printer 600x300 Black 300x300 Color FW Black Depletion Driver Color Depletion

Best mode

Page Data	Plain Paper	LX Series (Viper)	Glossy Paper	Transparency
Black and Color Touch	Black Fortification MS Windows Imaging 600x600 Black 300x300 Color Printer 600x600 Black 300x300 Color FW Black Depletion Driver Color Depletion	Black Fortification MS Windows Imaging 600x600 Black 300x300 Color Printer 600x600 Black 300x300 Color FW Black Depletion Driver Color Depletion	MS Windows Imaging 600x600 Black 300x300 Color Printer 600x300 Black 600x300 Color Black or Grayscale only Imaging: 600x600 Printer: 600x600 FW Black Depletion Driver Color Depletion	MS Windows Imaging 600x600 Black 300x300 Color Printer 600x300 Black 600x300 Color Black or Grayscale only Imaging: 600x600 Printer: 600x600 FW Black Depletion Driver Color Depletion

Reliability specifications

Category	Specification
Mechanism Life	60,000 pages
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)	20,000 hours
Printer Usage Rate Power On Per Year	2,000 hours
Printed Pages Per Year	12,000 pages
Black Pages Per Month	1,000 pages total maximum
Color Pages Per Month	160 pages total maximum

Physical specifications

Width	17.2 inches (436 mm)
Depth	16.0 inches (405 mm)
Height	7.9 inches (199 mm)
Net Weight	11.6 lb (5.3 kg)

Electrical specifications

Category	Specification
Input Voltage*	100 VAC, 120 VAC, 127 VAC, 220 VAC, 230 VAC, or 240 VAC (+/-10%)
Frequency 100 VAC	50/60 Hz (+/-3 Hz)
120 VAC	60 Hz (+/-3 Hz)
127 VAC	60 Hz (+/-3 Hz)
220 VAC	50 Hz (+/-3 Hz)
230 VAC	50 Hz (+/-3 Hz)
240 VAC	50 Hz (+/-3 Hz)
Maximum Power Consumption Powered Off (plugged in)	2 Watts
Powered On (non-printing)	4.5 Watts
Powered On (Printing state)	12 Watts

* Power modules are available for each listed input voltage.

Environmental specifications

Category	Specification
Temperature
Operating	41 to 104 degrees F (5 to 40 degrees C)
Non-Operating (storage)	-40 to 140 degrees F (-40 to 60 degrees C)
Relative Humidity	10 to 80% RH non-condensing
Recommended Operating Conditions for Best Print Quality	59 to 95 degrees F (15 to 35 degrees C) 20 to 80% RH non-condensing
Noise Levels per ISO 9296 Sound Power, LwAd	Best Mode 6.0 B(A)	Normal Mode 6.3 B(A)	EconoFast Mode 6.5 B(A)
Sound Pressure, LpAm*	46 dB(A)	50 dB(A)	51 dB(A)

*Bystander positions.

Warranty

3-year-warranty from the original date of purchase.

Safety certifications

Category	Specification
Safety Certifications
Power Module	UL, CSA, TUV, SEMKO, NEMKO, SEV, SECV, FIMKO, DEMKO, NOM
Printer with Power Module	UL, CSA, TUV, ETL
EMI Certifications
Printer with Power Module	FCC Class B, when used with a Class B computing device (USA), EMC Directive 89/336/EEC (European Community), VCCI (Japan), SABS (South Africa)

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Printer Specifications for the HP DeskJet 660C Printer

Model numbers

HP Deskjet 660C printer number and language of kits

Serial number location

Printer description

Printer features

Power module information

Recommended cables

Font information

Scaleable TrueType fonts for Microsoft (R) Windows

Internal Fonts

Character sets

Media specifications

Media handling

Supported media/sizes

Ink information

Memory information

Performance

MS Windows print speed

MS-DOS (R) print speed (black mechanism)

Resolution

Print modes

EconoFast mode

Normal mode

Best mode

Reliability specifications

Physical specifications

Electrical specifications

Environmental specifications

Warranty

Safety certifications

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