HP Photosmart C5280 All-in-One Printer/Scanner/Copier

HP Photosmart C5280 All-in-One Printer/Scanner/Copier (Q8330A#ABA)
The HP Photosmart C5280 All-in-One is a compact color inkjet printer, copier, and scanner that is capable of printing at speeds of up to 32 ppm in black & white and 24 ppm in color. It will even print customized artwork on both CDs and DVDs. The C5280 is also capable of direct printing 8.5 x 11 inch borderless photos that feature vivid color and 4800 x 1200 dpi resolution directly from supported memory cards.
Print custom CDs and DVDs quickly and easily.

Customer Review: A good little printer, for the price

We bought this printer because we wanted an HP printer to go with our HP computer. Also, we wanted a printer that could print on DVD-R's and CD-R's. The printer functions well. The only issue I have with it is that it does not print photographs to the same quality as my Dad's more expensive Epson all-in-one. I'm sure the price difference has a lot to do with that. For the price, this is an excellent computer. We've had ours for over a year and have never had any issues with it.

Customer Review: Can't go wrong with this one

I bought this printer to replace my old printer and scanner, deciding to just combine the two. Installation was fairly painless. The software guided you through the process well, but I ultimately uninstalled the standard software and installed the basic drivers to save on resources (the full drivers add a lot of bloatware). Everything works exactly is it should. The cd/dvd printing tray is a nice touch, much better results than using a lightscribe disc. My only complaint with it is that you need to use the customized version of Roxio express labeler (it will not work with the version for the full Roxio suite). The color prints are very vibrant and detailed for an inkjet, and text comes out very nicely also. Where this printer shines though is when the computer's off. The copier functions are very nice: black prints and color are set to their own separate buttons, resizing and cropping is fairly straightforward, and the included card ready plus the LCD screen make printing directly from a camera's memory card extremely easy, almost making a computer unneccesary.



Pros:



Simple installation

CD/DVD printing tray

Straightforward interface

LCD screen

Memory card reader

Great ink

Vibrant prints & clear text



Cons:



Bloated full drivers

CD/DVD will only work with one program



As you can see, there isn't really any problems with this unit, the two problems I have are minor. If they don't bother you, than this is a great all-in-one for the price. I wholeheartedly recommend it.