Thursday, March 19, 2009

HP Officejet J4580 All-in-One


HP Officejet J4580 All-in-One - Multifunction ( fax / copier / printer / scanner ) - color - ink-jet - copying (up to): 28 ppm (mono) / 22 ppm (color) - printing (up to): 28 ppm (mono) / 22 ppm (color) - 100 sheets - 33.6 Kbps - Hi-Speed USB
Take your home productivity HP Officejet J4580 All-in-One, which prints, copies, scans, and faxes. Its economical: when using HP Officejet inks, this model boasts a lower cost per page than most laser printers. Its also fast, with speeds of up to 28 pages per minute in black and 22 in color.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

HP L1910A#B1H Scanjet 5590 Digital Flatbed Scanner


HP L1910A#B1H Scanjet 5590 Digital Flatbed Scanner
HP Scanjet 5590 Digital Flatbed Scanner - Get fast preview scans, one-touch operation, convenient copy center buttons, and HP Photo & Imaging software for graphics and digital photography with this automatic-document-feeding, duplexing scanner that holds up to 50 pages! Bonus: the innovative design fits neatly on your desk or a nearby shelf. Scan 35 mm slides and negatives with the included transparent materials adapter, plus documents, pages of books, and 3-D objects Scan fast, at up to 8 pages per minute, 4 images per minute Ensure compatibility with your existing data management systems using the TWAIN drivers Up to 2400x2400 Resolution with 48-Bit color depth Scan up to 8-1/2 x 11 Image scaling or enlargement range - 10 to 2000% in 1% increments Compatible operating systems - Microsoft Windows 98, 98 SE, Me, 2000, XP (Professional and Home Editions), Macintosh OS X (10.1.5, 10.2 or higher) Unit Dimensions (w x d x h) - 19.21 x 13.39 x 6.38 inch / 12.6 pounds

Customer Review: Worked great for 5 months - then died!

This scanner worked perfectly for the first 5 months. I probably scanned 3000 pages of stuff. Then all of a sudden I could not "initialize scanner". I use it with my MacBook Pro. The scanner shows up in my "About This Mac", just not in the HP software anymore. After navigating HP's voicemail jail for almost an hour, I gave up. Its almost like they want to prevent you from speaking with a real support person! I am ordering the Fujitsu Snapscan. It comes very highly recommended.

Customer Review: Scanner is completely unreliable

This was a big disappointment to us. We've always insisted on HP printers in my company, and thought that their scanners would match the printers quality, but that hasn't been the case for us. This scanner is used on a daily basis for numerous small multipage jobs. It randomly stops communicating with the computer it is connected to, requiring IT support to visit on an almost daily basis. It is far too unreliable for us to continue using it. We are in the process of replacing it with another brand.

Friday, March 6, 2009

HP Officejet 5610 All-in-One Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copier


HP Officejet 5610 All-in-One Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copier (Q7311A#ABA)
The compact HP Officejet 5610 full-color thermal inkjet printer can help take your business to the next level with its all-in-one design that allows you to print, fax, copy, or scan. Professional print quality comes standard with this multifunction printer, and with its maximum color resolution capabilities of 4800 x 1200 dpi, it gives your business the ability to create clean, image-rich brochures, spreadsheets, and other documents with ease.

Customer Review: HP ALL IN ONE PRINTER


WELL ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THE SERVICE FOR PURCHASING THIS PRODUCE STINKS, I HAVE NEVER RECEIVE THIS PRODUCT AND THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE 3RD TIME I TRIED TO BUY SUCH A PRODUCT. EACH TIME I TRIED TO BUY FROM A SELLER SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED AND EITHER THE PRODUCT WAS DAMAGED BEFORE SHIPPING OR IT WAS SHIPPED AND NEVER RECEIVED. I TRIED HAVING IT SHIPPED TO MY P.O. BOX AND MY PHYSICAL ADDRESS AND TO THIS DATE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED MY PURCHASE. TO THIS TELLS ME THAT THE SELLERS ARE NOT QUALIFIED IN SELLING THEIR PRODUCT. SO IN THIS REVIEW I WOULD GIVE IT A ZERO IN RATING AND I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANYTHING AGAIN FROM AMAZON WHO HAS A SELLER.

Customer Review: HP All-in-one Printer

Excellent copies and photographs. Clear, clean copies. Quick. However, unit kept saying it had a paper jam, and proceded to clank and clatter. Merely lift the lid and the clanking and clatter stopped. The imaginary paper jam was cleared. We gave this unit away and purchased another HP printer.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

HP G4010 ScanJet Photo Scanner


HP G4010 ScanJet Photo Scanner
Box Includes: HP Scanjet G4010 Photo Scanner, USB cable, power supply adapter/power cords, software CD, Setup and Support Guide, I.R.I.S. registration flyer

With HP's Scanjet G4010 Photo Scanner, high-definition image and photo scanning is right at your fingertips. Scan your photos, slides and negatives for easy sharing of your creative projects. Reprint accurate, beautifully-colored images with HP's exclusive 6-color, 96-bit scanning and 4800 x 9600 dpi resolution. Restore images with detail-enhancing tools and red eye removal -- and bring faded old photos back to their original glory with color enhancements. Save your old photos, slides or negatives as digital files for crisp, clear records of your most precious documents and photos. Powered by external adapter System Requirements - PC - 233 MHz processor, 128MB RAM, 500MB HD space, CD-ROM drive, USB port, Internet Explorer 5.01; Mac - PowerPC G3 to G5 processor, 128MB RAM, 250MB HD space, CD-ROM drive, USB port and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher Operating Systems - Windows 2000, Windows XP Home & Professional, certified for Windows Vista; Mac OS X 10.3.8, 10.4 or higher Included Software - HP Photosmart software for Windows & Macintosh (includes integrated OCR, HP Photosmart Share, faded color restoration, dust and scratch removal, HP Adaptive Lighting and HP Image Editor with Auto Red-eye Removal capabilities) Dimensions - 11.93 x 20 x 3.86 Weight - 9.6 lbs.

Customer Review: HP G4010 Scanner

I contacted HP first adn they were great in helping me choose which scanner would be best for my needs. I ordered from Amazon because they had the best price. It came very well packaged and the scanner worked great.

Customer Review: Scanjet G-4010 Great Scanner

I wanted a scanner that would make scans form my old 60's slides and this unit works great. Easy to use and quality from slides is good but the quality from photos is supern. Great Buy. Great Scanner.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

HP Officejet Pro L7680 Color All-in-One Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copier


HP Officejet Pro L7680 Color All-in-One Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copier (C8189A#ABA)
Experience unsurpassed productivity with fast color speeds at a low running cost. Reduce time spent waiting for documents with breakthrough color speeds and proven HP performance. HP makes business printing faster and more efficient and convenient than ever, while reducing your operating expenses. Fax, scan, and copy up to 50-page documents easily, using the integrated automatic document feeder (ADF). The ADF eliminates the need to stand by and manually feed your document, saving time for other important tasks. Copy Speed (letter/A4) Black - Up to 35 ppm Draft; 16 ppm Normal; 5 ppm Best / Color - Up to 34 ppm Draft; 15 ppm Normal; 5 ppm Best / Resolution Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi Scan Resolution Optical - up to 2400 by 4800 dpi, enhanced - up to 19,200 dpi; 48-bit color bit depth, 256 grayscale levels Fax Speed 33.6 kbps, 3 seconds per page / Resolution Up to 300 by 300 dpi Photo memory card slots - CompactFlash Type I and II, Memory Stick, Secure Digital/MultiMediaCard/Secure MultiMediaCard, xD-Picture Card 64 MB RAM, 4 MB Flash memory / Processor - 192 MHz Dimensions (W x D x H) - 20.91 x 25.43 x 14.02 inches / Weight - 34.94 lbs HP 1-Year Warranty

Customer Review: Love my 7680

I swore I would never own an inkjet as my main printer, due to speed, ink cost, and clogging. This printer changed my mind when I picked it up 20 months ago.
I have run over 3700 pages through it, mostly composed of web printing and black and white document printing. The 58.5cc black cartridges have yielded approximately 2150 pages. I don't print a lot of photos, so the cyan and magenta usage has been minimal. Yellow does get consumed faster than I expected - in my usage about 1 large yellow per year. Since it is my main printer and sees frequent use, clogging has been essentially a non-issue.
I run a minimum of 22lb paper in my 7680 and have never had even one duplex jam. A big part of me suspects people's problem with the duplexer is running flimsy paper.
I have had the adf pull in multiple sheets by mistake. I think the rated capacity is just not reliable. When we don't fill it over half capacity we don't see issues. The scan quality is not great, but that isn't the main purpose we bought it for. The fax works fine. I love the fact that the computer doesn't need to be running to copy and fax. The copy quality in b/w and color is more than acceptable for home use.
I haven't used the standalone scan to folder feature.

The printer is connected to my main computer through usb, and also to my router so that my other computers can print without the main pc being on. Yeah, the software is bloatware. And the drivers cause frequent issues with my computers hanging on shutdown. (XP is as pathetic of an OS as any that MS puts out, it can't even kill a hanging process!) No printer is completely perfect folks, and I am way more than willing to live with a few complaints with the massive ink savings this thing has over the competition. I was spending $70/year on a toner cartridge for my old laser printer, and I am spending about the same or slightly less on ink for the 7680 and I am getting color, auto-duplex, and faster ptinting. I am extremely satisfied after 20 months of usage, and I really can't relate to the venomous negative reviews on this thing. This thing is a steal at the current price!

Customer Review: What is up with HP? NOT THIS PRINTER! And don't get the extended warranty

This is the second L7680 I have owned. I have owned several 7210 and received my first 7680 through the upgrade service because of my extended contract with HP. This one worked well for exactly ONE year until the warranty is up and then it started giving me problems. The ADF started sending pages through without copying, faxing or scanning them. I spent countless hours with a heavily accented East Indian man who had me try several things over and over and over. None of these worked and then the printhead failed. So, now, nothing worked. He is supposed to be sending me a new printhead which I have yet to receive. That was 2 weeks ago. So, I took it upon myself to purchase a brand new L7680 and got it all set up. the first thing that happened was the ADF was sending pages through without copying, printing or scanning them. I fax long documents up to 20 pages and have to stand there and put them back through when the ADF sends it through without copying or faxing them. Then, they are received totally out of order. This new one was doing this as soon as it was set up!! I thought I was cursed or something. I called HP and was on hold waiting for an agent for 37 minutes and finally hung up and tried chatting online. At least they don't have a heavy accent, however, they are working with about 12 people at the same time so your wait time between responses and questions is considerable. I did the same thing I had done with the other one, unplug it, wait 30 seconds and plug it back in. then, unplug it, wait 30 seconds and plug it back in while holding down the # and 6 keys. that didn't work either. I had registered it online but they had no record of it even though when I went into my account with HP, lo and behold, there it was, the serial number of the thing. but I had to reregister it and wait 12 hours until it shows up somewhere. HP is going downhill I am afraid. I have a laser printer that I've had for 8 years and it's still causing NO problems, however, these all in ones seem to have real problems with the automatic document feeders after one year, except in this case, after one fax. Oh, and if you buy the extended contract, beware because they will NEVER send you a brand new unit again. You will receive a "refurbished" unit which is supposed to mean it was opened in a store somewhere but was never used or it had a small problem and their techs put it back to perfect. Well, that's not true. In working with them over the 7210 that started having the same problems they would send me a replacement unit and I found that whatever problem they were having when the previous owners sent it in, I had. that was useless. Don't spend the money for an extended contract, you just guarantee more time with a heavily accented Indian person who reads you from a book about what to do and eventually gives up because nothing works right. I'm now looking at purchasing a Brother or something else. HP is not what they used to be. the printing quality is great when they work but they cannot be depended on to work more than one year...and sometimes not even one week.

Oh, and here's something else I learned. If you buy one on eBay for a really great price that states they are "BRAND NEW, NEVER OPENED" Beware of that too because what you are receiving is a unit that sat somewhere and the original warranty is no longer valid. I did that and cannot get the seller to respond to me. this unit was produced in 2007 and the warranty wound down and out in April of 2008 so I cannot get a new one from HP. They do keep track of those serial numbers!!! I'm just a little old 60 year old disabled nurse trying to do some service where I need a fax that works and can't seem to get HP or anyone else to stand behind this unit.

Monday, February 16, 2009

HP Photosmart C4580 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier


HP Photosmart C4580 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier
Conveniently print photos and documents with built-in wireless connectivity, plus easily scan and copy. The Photosmart C4580 All-in-One gives you the freedom to print wirelessly, while ensuring that you get incredible results. It offers speedy black and white printing up to 30 pages per minute as well as reliability you can count on. True-to-the-original reprints from original photos using HP Photosmart Essential Software Photo printing without a computer using the 1.5 color display and memory card slots Automatic paper sensor for optimal results on different media types Print a 4x6 lab-quality photo in as fast as 25 seconds Black print speed - Up to 30-ppm (draft-quality mode) Color print speed - Up to 23-ppm (draft-quality mode) Black print resolution - Up to 1200 rendered dpi Color print resolution - Up to 1200 x 2400 optimized dpi color Borderless printing - Up to 8.5x14 Memory cards supported - Secure Digital/ MultimediaCard, High Capacity Secure Digital (HCSD), and xD-Picture Card Copy scaling - 50 to 400% Copy speed - Black Up to 30-cpm and Color Up to 23-ppm Scan resolution - Optical Up to 1200 dpi optical, Hardware Up to 1200 x 2400 dpi and Bit depth/Grayscale levels 48-bit/256 Document scan size - 8.5x11.7 (21.6x29.7cm) Paper handling - One 1000-sheet input tray, one 50-sheet output tray System Requirements - Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5, PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 or Intel Core Processor, 256MB RAM, 500MB free space, Windows XP, Vista, Intel Pentium II, Celeron, or compatible processor, Internet Explorer 6 or later, CD drive, and USB port Dimensions - Height 6.38 x Width 17.09 x Depth 11.42 (16.2x43.4x29.0cm) Weight - 11.16 pounds (5.06 kg)

Customer Review: HP=Horse Poop

This printer (like most of HP's products) is a piece of junk. Its less than a month old and I've had problems from the get go. Trouble scanning, trouble importing. The only thing it does right is print. It never wants to turn off for some reason. It will just sit there for an hour (or more if I let it) saying "shutting down". I'm beginning to think this thing is possessed. The only way I can get it to work is to pull the plug and re-boot when I want it to do something for me. Don't buy it. This is a total waste of money and time. To top it off HP customer service is no help at all. I just spent a half hour on the phone with them only for them to transfer me four times, repeatedly ask my name and phone number. I was not helped in the least and the [...] hung up on me. Thanks so much Hewlett Packard for putting another piece of garbage in this world that we don't need.

Customer Review: Hp Printer

This product may have been good, but the printer that I recieved is not working correctly. I can not get the on/ off button to work.I was very disappointed. It has a wireless link, but could not get this on either. I had to spend my spare time with Hp support (They were great by the way.)

Anyway this printer would not work correctly. I think if it had worked it would have been a good printer for the money. The seller took about a week to respond and did not even read what I had written. I reresponded with no result. I was very upset, because I had wasted about several weeks dealing with this problem. I needed a printer I could use right then for my students.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

CVheap HP Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner


HP Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner (L1957A#B1H)
Designed to quickly and easily preserve precious memories, HP's ScanJet G4050 Photo Scanner lets you scan slides, negatives, and photos with superior color accuracy. Capture realistic color with high-definition photo and film scanning through HP's exclusive 96-bit scanning. Enjoy high-definition scans with 4,800 x 9,600 dpi resolution and preserve crisp text in scanned documents. The device comes with built-in dust and scratch removal tools, and you can edit text from scanned documents and magazines. Scan up to 16 35mm slides or 30 negative frames at once and bring old or damaged photos back to life by restoring faded colors. Superior color accuracy, high-definition scans with 4800 x 9600 dpi, and speedy previews (as fast as 8.5 seconds) are easily achieved with the G4050. Compatible with Windows 2000 and later and Mac OS X 10.3.8 and later operating systems, the scanner is backed by a 1-year manufacturer's limited warranty. Weighing in at just over 11.5 pounds, the scanner measures 20 x 11.93 x 4.25 inches.

What's in the Box
HP Scanjet G4050 photo scanner, template kit, USB cable, power supply adapter/power cords, software and User's Guide CDs, Setup and Support Guide, and I.R.I.S. registration flyer

Customer Review: Great value

I purchased the HP Scanjet G4050 to convert over 1000 slides to digital photos on a MAC. The purchase was well worth it. It was capable of scanning 16 slides to good quality in around 15 minutes. I did attempt to increase the quality, but it took significantly longer with little improvement. This scanner is a good bargin for those who want to scan slides for home use.

Customer Review: Great HW, weak SW

Have had this for a week and overall pleased. Comments (based on only 35mm slides):



- Very good HW; solidly built, good scan quality

- HW dust removal takes a long time, and not very effective. It's quicker (with good results) for me to use an anti-static brush on the slides, and then use the Healing Tool in PS CS4.

- 6 color and higher bit depth make the scan time significantly longer, and I can't see a difference in high dpi scans.

- The HP-provided software is the weak link here. Settings and Help are both spread out in 2 or 3 different areas, and hard to understand (and I work with computers for a living).

- The deal-breaker for me regarding the HP software is that the auto- select/crop for slides is always off. It consistently cuts off left and bottom (and the amount varies), and there is no way to fix it except laboriously selecting each single slide, zooming in, manually changing the selection area, zooming out - and doing this 16 times for a batch of slides.

- I switched to Vuescan SW and am quite pleased with it. Significantly more features and easier to use.



Overall, very pleased with quality and price of the scanner, but IMO it needs 3rd party SW to make it easy to use.