HP DeskJet 660C C2164A Color Inkjet Printer Hewlett Packard 660 Series

HP DeskJet 660C C2164A Color Inkjet Printer Hewlett Packard 660 Series

The HP DeskJet 660C is a desktop color inkjet printer from Hewlett-Packard's DeskJet 600 series, introduced in the mid-1990s. It prints in both black and color using separate HP 26 (black) and HP 25 (color) ink cartridges and connects to a host PC via a standard parallel (Centronics) interface. This unit carries model number C2164A and was manufactured in Singapore in March 1996.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: HP (Hewlett-Packard)
• Model: DeskJet 660C
• Part Number: C2164A
• Series: DeskJet 600
• Print Technology: Color inkjet
• Interface: Parallel (Centronics)
• Compatible Ink: HP 26 (black), HP 25 (tri-color)
• Form Factor: Desktop
• Country of Manufacture: Singapore
• Manufacture Date: March 7, 1996
• FCC ID: B94C2164X
• Includes: Printer unit only — no ink cartridges, parallel cable, or software included

Applications

The DeskJet 660C was HP's entry-level color inkjet printer of the mid-1990s, aimed at home and small-office users running Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 on DOS/Windows PCs equipped with a parallel port. The 600 series was among the first affordable color inkjet lines to achieve widespread adoption, and the 660C in particular was a popular choice for printing documents, graphics, and photos at a time when color printing at home was still relatively new. Today these printers are primarily of interest to collectors of vintage computing hardware, hobbyists maintaining period-correct computer setups from the Windows 95 era, or anyone needing a working parallel-port inkjet for a legacy system. Driver support exists for Windows 95, 98, and early Windows XP under the HP DeskJet 600 series driver package.