Customer Rating: 
Summary: Good All-in-One Printer; Recommend
Comment: Great Aspects:
The price of this HP printer (or almost any HP PSC All-in-One) makes it very good value. There is nothing incredibly spectacular about its features but it prints, scans, and copies with good quality and is very easy to use as well as being pretty compact.
Downside:
The printer is kind of noisy and somewhat slow. You can only load 50 sheets of paper at a time (not a problem for most people although more is probably better). On some HP PSC All-in-One versions, the user cannot select the color palette for printing (black/white versus color); instead, the printer "decides" which it should use. Users are able to decide between black/white or color copies.
Summary:
A solid printer for the average person who needs to occasionally scan/copy documents and photos; a truly ideal dorm room printer. This printer isn't for heavy useage or extreme quality. The price is very good and potential buyers should shop around for the cheapest price.
Recommend.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Best!
Comment: This printer is so awesome and I love it.It prints pix so good,looks like I took them to a professional lab.Copying is great and the scanner is as well.I didn't have any probs installing and my computer is 2 1/2 years old.The only drawback and it is not even that big a deal, is that it didn't come with a usb cable.Thank goodness I had one or I probably would have been mad since I wanted to play with it right away.I heard all printers do no longer come with usb cords but I did not know that.I bought that universal ink set that refills all inkjet printers for cheap and have yet to use it.I bought this at wal mart and it was only $58!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Buy another printer if you plan to print labels!!!
Comment: If you are looking for a nice copier and scanner at a good price, then you may wish to consider this printer to purchase. If you print labels, such as: CDROM labels, packing labels, or anything else that must line up correctly... buy another printer. No matter how hard you try, the labels will not line up and you waste paper, money, and time trying to make it work. I have this printer and I am pleased with the scanner and the copier. As far as print quality, it does a good job of printing pictures and other images. Once again, it just does not print labels well!!! If you print many labels, DO NOT buy this printer. I just went out and purchased another printer (EPSON C86) to print labels and it does a fantastic job. Unfortunately, I wasted time and money with this hp printer. Hopefully, this review will save some people time and money. Look somewhere else if you wish to print labels!!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Compact, works well, BUT BE WARNED...
Comment: This all-in-one has done ordinary resume and cover letters well for me and the scanner is fine (see the other reviews for those details).
I have one warning...
This is NOT the printer for creative projects.
For instance, I decided to make up my own humorous Chance and Community Chest cards for Monopoly. I have some Avery business card paper (heavy guage and perforated for separation into 10 business cards per sheet).
When I went to print them, PAPER JAAAAAAAAAAM! I tried three times to get the sheets to feed and this printer just can't do it. I went to the Help area of the included software and, there, in plain English, HP "does not recommend" using perforated sheets. And there are other types of paper it "does not recommend".
I now want to make a 50's music CD for Mom's birthday with a custom label and insert. I'm not even going to try.
So much for making my humorous T-shirts with the iron on sheets. So much for actual business cards. Greeting cards? Who knows? Should I bother with any such project? I have a printer that probably can't handle the paper, so what's the point? It really puts the kabash on the fun stuff.
This may be the case with all of these all-in-one's and printers that feed in from the front and out through the front. All I know is this printer doesn't handle it at all.
I assume a top feeding printer (like my old Epson which did business cards with no problems) is the way to go. If I can find the reciept and they'll take it back, this one's getting returned. It may be a great printer for business documents, but if you want to do anything else, it's probably "not recommended" and, in fact, may prove impossible.
MAJOR disappointment.
It would have been nice if it said that on the box: "Does not accept perforated paper or probably anything you'd use for those special, fun projects." But, of course, if they did that, you might not buy it!
So, now you know. If these are issues for you, a front loading all-in-one (at least this all-in-one) may not be the right machine.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Slowest printer I've ever seen
Comment: I bought this printer because of the compact size and mulitple functions.
I don't know how the 17ppm is calculated, but it's taken 8 minutes to print 7 b&w pages so far this morning. It printed painfully slowly from the first day I got it. HP wouldn't exchange it unless I determined there was a problem with it - which required a lengthy conversation with someone with limited English skills. His "help" didn't get me anywhere, and took over an hour, so I gave up. I'm ready to replace it after 3 months.
Summary: Good All-in-One Printer; Recommend
Comment: Great Aspects:
The price of this HP printer (or almost any HP PSC All-in-One) makes it very good value. There is nothing incredibly spectacular about its features but it prints, scans, and copies with good quality and is very easy to use as well as being pretty compact.
Downside:
The printer is kind of noisy and somewhat slow. You can only load 50 sheets of paper at a time (not a problem for most people although more is probably better). On some HP PSC All-in-One versions, the user cannot select the color palette for printing (black/white versus color); instead, the printer "decides" which it should use. Users are able to decide between black/white or color copies.
Summary:
A solid printer for the average person who needs to occasionally scan/copy documents and photos; a truly ideal dorm room printer. This printer isn't for heavy useage or extreme quality. The price is very good and potential buyers should shop around for the cheapest price.
Recommend.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Best!
Comment: This printer is so awesome and I love it.It prints pix so good,looks like I took them to a professional lab.Copying is great and the scanner is as well.I didn't have any probs installing and my computer is 2 1/2 years old.The only drawback and it is not even that big a deal, is that it didn't come with a usb cable.Thank goodness I had one or I probably would have been mad since I wanted to play with it right away.I heard all printers do no longer come with usb cords but I did not know that.I bought that universal ink set that refills all inkjet printers for cheap and have yet to use it.I bought this at wal mart and it was only $58!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Buy another printer if you plan to print labels!!!
Comment: If you are looking for a nice copier and scanner at a good price, then you may wish to consider this printer to purchase. If you print labels, such as: CDROM labels, packing labels, or anything else that must line up correctly... buy another printer. No matter how hard you try, the labels will not line up and you waste paper, money, and time trying to make it work. I have this printer and I am pleased with the scanner and the copier. As far as print quality, it does a good job of printing pictures and other images. Once again, it just does not print labels well!!! If you print many labels, DO NOT buy this printer. I just went out and purchased another printer (EPSON C86) to print labels and it does a fantastic job. Unfortunately, I wasted time and money with this hp printer. Hopefully, this review will save some people time and money. Look somewhere else if you wish to print labels!!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Compact, works well, BUT BE WARNED...
Comment: This all-in-one has done ordinary resume and cover letters well for me and the scanner is fine (see the other reviews for those details).
I have one warning...
This is NOT the printer for creative projects.
For instance, I decided to make up my own humorous Chance and Community Chest cards for Monopoly. I have some Avery business card paper (heavy guage and perforated for separation into 10 business cards per sheet).
When I went to print them, PAPER JAAAAAAAAAAM! I tried three times to get the sheets to feed and this printer just can't do it. I went to the Help area of the included software and, there, in plain English, HP "does not recommend" using perforated sheets. And there are other types of paper it "does not recommend".
I now want to make a 50's music CD for Mom's birthday with a custom label and insert. I'm not even going to try.
So much for making my humorous T-shirts with the iron on sheets. So much for actual business cards. Greeting cards? Who knows? Should I bother with any such project? I have a printer that probably can't handle the paper, so what's the point? It really puts the kabash on the fun stuff.
This may be the case with all of these all-in-one's and printers that feed in from the front and out through the front. All I know is this printer doesn't handle it at all.
I assume a top feeding printer (like my old Epson which did business cards with no problems) is the way to go. If I can find the reciept and they'll take it back, this one's getting returned. It may be a great printer for business documents, but if you want to do anything else, it's probably "not recommended" and, in fact, may prove impossible.
MAJOR disappointment.
It would have been nice if it said that on the box: "Does not accept perforated paper or probably anything you'd use for those special, fun projects." But, of course, if they did that, you might not buy it!
So, now you know. If these are issues for you, a front loading all-in-one (at least this all-in-one) may not be the right machine.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Slowest printer I've ever seen
Comment: I bought this printer because of the compact size and mulitple functions.
I don't know how the 17ppm is calculated, but it's taken 8 minutes to print 7 b&w pages so far this morning. It printed painfully slowly from the first day I got it. HP wouldn't exchange it unless I determined there was a problem with it - which required a lengthy conversation with someone with limited English skills. His "help" didn't get me anywhere, and took over an hour, so I gave up. I'm ready to replace it after 3 months.