Tuesday, September 9, 2008

HP PSC 1610 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier

Count on beautiful prints, copies and scans from the HP PSC 1600 Series All-in-One. Print true-to-life photos without a PC directly from PictBridge-enabled cameras and convenient front USB port, or directly from memory cards using text display or with HP Photo Proof Sheet. Print and copy with the same photo quality up to 4800-optimized dpi or add 6-ink color (optional), plus laser-quality text. Create photos with or without borders - print up to 8.5 x 24-inch, copy up to 8.5 x 11-inch. Make your memories last with photos that resist fading for generations. Organize, edit and fix digital photos with HP Image Zone Software and share your photos by email using HP Instant Share. Print frame-by-frame sequences from digital camera video clips. Get more done in less time with fast print/copy speeds up to 23 ppm black, up to 18 ppm color with the PSC 1610 and up to 20 ppm black, up to 15 ppm color with the PSC 1600, and easily print with different paper types with HP automatic paper sensing. Make up to 50 color copies at a time and get high-quality scans at 1200 x 4800-dpi optical resolution, 48-bit color.
Customer Review: If it ever feeds any paper it prints fairly decently
I have been so frustrated with this printer I've seriously considered smashing it to bits in the alley. It actually prints fairly decent. Photos are not too bad. The color is off on scans. The biggest problem with this printer is that the paper feed simply does not work. It constantly says it is out of paper when it isn't. You have to manually push the paper in to get it to catch in the rollers and then 9 times out 10 it will suddenly feed 5 sheets at once and jam. Printing an envelope is a nightmare experience. I seriously suggest you have your blood pressure meds handy before using this printer. You're going to need a double dose. This would be a good cheap printer if the feed mechanism worked, but as it is, it's a total piece of junk.
Customer Review: Cheap printer, outrageous ink costs
I happily "upgraded" to this printer when my local office/electronics store took my old printer as a small trade in for this one. What they don't tell you is that you will be buying new ink cartridges about twice as often as what you are used to, as they are about half the size of a normal ink jet cartridge, but you still pay nearly the same amount as you would for the larger ones. So it's bascially : HP gets you to buy their printer as a relative low price because they know you'll spend hundreds of dollars very quickly on the ink. A secondary complaint is that it was terrible at printing onto paper of varying thickness, e.g. glossier photo paper. While HPs may be quality products in some ways, this is one customer who will never buy anything HP again after their used call salesman tactics with this printer.


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