HP Photosmart C4280 All-in-One Printer/Scanner/Copier (CC210A#ABA)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of HP Photosmart C4280 All-in-One Printer/Scanner/Copier (CC210A#ABA)
Customer Review: for such a reasonable price, it's a pretty damn good printer
Summary: 5 Stars
Like half the kids in my dorm, I got this printer for free with my new macbook pro. i had read the reviews and was expecting a half-baked printer that malfunctioned most of the time, but so far i have been pleasantly surprised.
I initially plugged in the printer, connected it to my mac, and have had no problems since. i have been able to print consistently, scan and copy things easily and have had almost no problems with the printer. one thing that i noticed with this printer (as well as most printers) is that using the button on the printer itself to scan does nothing. you have to open up a scanning program (not a big hassle) and use the software on the computer.
I've now had the printer for about 9 months, and have done B&W/color printing, copying and scanning. i am fairly impressed with speed and quality (especially for the price tag), and have had no problems with reliability as others have complained about. i ate through my first print cartridges fairly quickly, but got the extra large capacity replacements, and noticed a significant difference. the only potential problem with the printer is that it is loud when printing. i have woken up my roommate a few times when i print papers in the middle of the night (he rolls over and goes back to bed), and it makes 'interesting' noises every once and a while, but nothing is wrong, it just makes funky noises.
it would've been nice if I didnt have to pull down the front tray and extend the plastic "arm" to grab papers every time i print something (otherwise the papers just slide off and fall all over desk, but that's a minor inconvenience at most, and if i had more room, i'd just leave the arm extended all of the time.
all in all, it's a damn good printer for a 100 bucks, and with features usually indicative of a much more expensive printer. i cant really see any reason to complain.
just wanted to note that this DOES NOT COME WITH A USB CABLE. like many printers nowadays, it uses a generic usb connector, and requires you to buy separately a usb cable. I already had one from a portable hard drive, but i bought one as well. about $5, and as long as you know to buy one, it's not a big deal, and not really a valid thing to complain about, since that's how most companies do it.
Customer Review: Not as bad as you might think- may suffer from PLBKAC
Summary: 4 Stars
I've never written a review before, but after seeing so many negative reviews of this one I just have to put in my two cents.
It's really not so bad. I've had mine for almost year and have not once had a single jam, it uses reasonable amounts of ink, and it takes the cheapest in cartridges I've ever purchased. I owned an Epson prior to this and it would cost about 80$ to replace the cartridges, and the black cost twice as much as the colors (30$ for the black, 16$ for each of the three colors)- the 40$ or so it costs for the multipack for this thing is nothing.
I've used this unit with Ubuntu Linux, Windows Vista Home Premium, and Windows XP, without a single problem. The card reader mounts the card to the desktop with Ubuntu, and is read like removable storage with both Windows XP and Windows Vista. One thing I will admit to is the USB Is Not Connected Error- there's a reason for it.
There's a little piece of software that installs with the printer, that starts at startup- it's called the HP Digital Imaging Monitor. If this is not running when you push the print and scan buttons on the printer they WILL NOT WORK. However! You can still access the scanning function through the scanning software provided with the unit, and it works just fine. And you can, of course, print like normal without it running.
As far as I know, using HPLIP, the scan and print buttons DO NOT work with Ubuntu, but that may have changed in the last few months since I tried it. Copying, however, does, because that aspect doesn't actually communicate with the computer.
All in all, I really think that this is a pretty good low-end All-In-One for those of you on a budget (especially if you're using Linux and have access to HPLIP, so you don't have to use the bundled software, which is terrible)- I purchased mine at Office Max for 90$, and I don't regret it. But then, I'm not using it for business purposes, and maybe the problems don't come into play unless you're doing high-volume printing. Either way, if you're interested in it, give it a shot, and if it doesn't work for you... Well, that's what a return policy is for, and I'm sorry it didn't go well for you.
Customer Review: Problems with this printer
Summary: 2 Stars
I have two computers that I use this printer with. On one of them the printer keeps trying to reinstall the program. On the other one it's fine, but on both of them the scanning option doesn't work most of the time. I keep getting the error "USB cable not connected" but it is connected. Sometimes the scanner works. The printer works well and I haven't had any problems with it, except that it uses ink fast.Customer Review: Great !
Summary: 5 Stars
This product definitely met my expectations. The quality is outstanding and it is very user-friendly for those who aren't necessarily electronically savvy. Customer Review: I do not recommend this printer
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this printer couple of months back. Whenever I try to print after my Windows XP desktop has been inactive for a while it queues up the job and does not print. When I reboot my desktop, it then tries to re-install the driver that came with the printer and then the printer starts accepting print jobs. I have gone through the driver install quite a few times. On the positive side the quality of the printouts are quite good.