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| Review Date: October 21, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Rustic 23, |
I am a very short time user of this printer, however, this is at least 16th printer I have had at since my first Centronics in 1979, and I have installed many more at work.
The printer is very well packed. The print head comes un-installed. I had a little apprehension putting in the print head. The gray bar that is raised has a stiff spring. It would not be the first time I have pulled something too hard, but there are no locks or catches. It just lifts up. The head went in smooth as did ink installation. The next step is to put power on and wait for the printer to align. This takes some time. The printer werrs, pops, grinds, sounds like it is trying to load paper, but eventually prints, JUST WAIT.
After plugging in the Ethernet cable, the network light came on, and pressing the light got me a network printout. (However, it was not necessary). From here you put the disk in the computer and follow instructions. I installed the printer on three computers, a desktop wired to network, and Asus EEEpc, wireless (copy all files to a usb and run setup from the usb), and a laptop also wireless. The desktop with Vista required me to except port 427, the Asus running XP required nothing, and the Laptop running Vista and Zone Alarm required reconfiguring Zone Alarm. The good thing is the firewall changes required were somewhat explained by the software. The Zone Alarm instructions were better than the Windows FireAlarm instructions.
I have read many of the 'professional' reviews on this printer. Now that I have it installed and have printed several test prints, some thoughts. Print speed, is well within acceptable limits. In fact I read one review that said it was too slow. I disagree with that. I also read that the 'Photo' quality was not good. Well it is certainly good enough. It does make noise, however, it is no worse that most other HP ink jets I have dealt with. It is not a factor for me, but it it were I would pick the Wireless model and stick the thing in a closet somewhere.
I would highly recommend this printer to anyone looking for no frills printing. I particularly like the cost of ink! While I have refilled carts before, at $9.99 for color carts, for 300 pages and $14.99 for 700 pages, I don't think I will mess with it. The black XL cart is suppose to print 1,200 pages that is almost 5 reams of paper! |
cheap ink & wireless printing through router = A+ by my standards
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| Review Date: February 15, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Mr. Ersh, St Paul, MN USA |
I found the setup to be surprisingly simple. I have a normal wireless router with 4 ethernet ports. I used the enclosed CD's to hard wire the printer to my desktop (through my router). Then, I connected my laptop to my wireless network and clicked "setup printer" and the printer was basically already there...so cool! This thing is networked, so I can print to either my desktop (hard wired) or my laptop (wireless).
The printer uses 920XL ink cartridges, so printing cost is maybe half of some other inexpensive HP printers. Here's my opinion on HP printers. You can buy a $40 printer and pay $.10-12/page for black & white. You can buy a $200 printer and pay $.04-.05/page. This printer is pretty close to the expensive ones for ink cost per page. You'll need to do some research (HP cartridges are rated for number of pages) for accurate comparisons.
Thanks, Paul. |
A Great Purchase
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| Review Date: February 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Joseph F. Barnes, Plymouth IN |
We have 2 laptops, one on each level of our home. The HP 4780 wireless printer allows us to print without any of those extra cables. Works great. Its placed in on a desk, laptop can be used from couch or bedroom. We don't print alot but when we do, the hp 4780 does its job.
Price was cheaper than Best Buy or Staples, no sales tax, reasonable shipping (which still made the item les than the big box stores. |
great printer
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| Review Date: May 17, 2010 |
| Reviewer: J. Shipp, Thousand Oaks, CA United States |
| I have always used HP printers and have been very satisfied with them, this one is no exception. |
So far, so good!
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| Review Date: May 31, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Kathleen M. Kelly, |
| So far, this printer has been great for what I paid for it! It was easy to get out of the box and put together. My brother, who is an IT specialist, had an easy time connecting it to my computer and getting it working. It does make noise when printing, but what printer doesn't?! The print speed is fine for an office jet, but not as fast as a laser printer which is to be expected. I have only had the printer for a few weeks now, so I'm not sure if it goes through ink fast or not. If you are alright without a fancy all-in-one printer, this one has done the job for me so far! |
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