12 Technical information

The technical specifications and international regulatory information for the HP Photosmart are provided in this section.

For additional specifications, see the printed documentation that came with the HP Photosmart. This section contains the following topics:

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Specifications

Technical specifications for the HP Photosmart are provided in this section. For complete product specifications, see the Product Data Sheet at www.hp.com/support.

System requirements

Software and system requirements are located in the Readme file.

For information about future operating system releases and support, visit the HP online support Web site at www.hp.com/support.

Environmental specifications

Recommended operating temperature range: 15 ºC to 32 ºC (59 ºF to 90 ºF)

Allowable operating temperature range: 5 ºC to 40 ºC (41 ºF to 104 ºF)

Humidity: 20% to 80% RH non-condensing (recommended); 28 ºC maximum dewpoint

Non-operating (Storage) temperature range: –25 ºC to 60 ºC (13 ºF to 140 ºF)

In the presence of high electromagnetic fields, it is possible the output from the HP Photosmart may be slightly distorted

HP recommends using a USB cable less than or equal to 3 m (10 feet) in length to minimize injected noise due to potential high electromagnetic fields

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C4680, C4600 specifications

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