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Electronics : HP C7280 Photosmart All-in-One Printer (CC567A#ABA) |
- HP C7280Good unit when it works and easy to set up.
I purchased one for small business use 11/07 and the unit failed after limited use on 12/31/08 - 35 days after the expiration of the warranty.
HP offered to replace it at a reduced price but it was cheaper new on Amazon.
This is the first HP printer that I have had that wasn't worth the money.
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- The Worst Printer I have ever owned!I bought the 7280 after my old workhorse HP Photosmart 2410 just died one day. I had so much good work out of the 2410 I was determined to go with HP again. After 6 months of terrible service and many, many calls to HP I finally invoked my Max assurance warranty and got my money back.
The HP 7280 had the following problems
* Always pulled two sheets of paper with every printout
* Was EXTREMELY NOISY particularly during scanning
* Burned through ink like it was free
* Never showed me the ink level status, this feature was simply broken
* Had incredibly bloated software install
* The poorest scanner I have encountered in many years
* Held very little 8.5x11 paper, only about 50 sheets reliably
* Did I mention how LOUD it was?
About the only thing that it had going for it was that the Vivera ink could be found pretty cheaply in those photo packs that included the 150 sheets of photo paper. Anyway, I'm usually pretty easy on technology products but I felt I needed to share my dissatisfaction with this product with the world as it is indeed, the worst printer I've ever owned.
Buyer Beware!
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- good, but not so goodi was hyped when i first received this printer. setting it up on a PC was horrible (especially wirelessly). i opted for using the USB instead. that worked perfectly. however, on a mac, i just connected the printer using the USB and i needed no further software installed. now that was sweet.
the software for the PC is horrible. i had my fan constantly running on all my PC's after i installed the printer. when i uninstalled it, the fans would stop running as constantly. but when i reinstalled, it all went back to the usual. but i figured i could live with the constant sound of fans running.
the ink is quite expensive also. cartridges run for about $10 each, but are fairly small. so i always keep 2+ cartridges of each color. the fact that there are several different color cartridges is a plus, mainly because you replace an individual one instead of the whole color cartridge.
the ink smears fairly quickly. that is why i gave this printer three stars instead of four. pictures weren't really all that good, either. the ink will smear from pictures with the slightest of humidity.
the printer also has a fax machine, scanner, and copier. this comes in handy and helps eliminate having a scanner, fax machine, and copier alongside the printer. these features work very nicely; so they made me rate this item three stars instead of two.
overall, this printer is not bad. it is not ugly, and it definitely isn't the worst printer. i feel that HP could have done a much better job. for intense printing, however, i would recommend a Brother laser printer.
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- Free ShippingThe HP C7280 is all that I expected. The real star was the service. I selected the free shipping which was 4-5 day service. I ordered it one day and the next afternoon it was on our porch. Now you can't beat that!
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- waste of paper and my timegreat printer with these exceptions: always printing a spacer sheet in between each print (waste of time and paper) and so easily goes OFF LINE and having to set it up ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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