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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Purchase, 15 Aug 2008
Ill be honest here, ive only ever owned one other photo (hi quality) capable printer before - the Canon i865 which was well reviewed at the time i bought it, some years ago.
I got sick of having seperate scanners and printers taking up valuable space in my small study room and a random spot in an Apple reseller shop we noticed this printer.
My wife liked the clear pop up LCD display and the fact it had all the functions you would want in a family all-in-one unit, so we took a gamble and purchased it.
Wow. Easy to set up, and i MEAN easy. One other thing on my "must do" list was be capable of printing from anywhere on my home network. This printer comes with an ethernet connection which i hooked up to my router (Apples Airport Extreme) ran the installation software and in 5 minutes i had a network printer which (unlike my Canon) works flawlessly, with minimal setup.
Installing the ink was very easy too. Each of the 6 ink cartridges has a specific colour and shape on it which you align to its corresponding position and just push it in till it clicks. So easy, especially with the help of the step by step guide from the LCD display on the printer, which also guides you through the whole setup procedure. If your a tech idiot like me, dont be afraid of this machine, its your friend.
Whereas i had issues in Word, or Photoshop, or directly from My Pictures printing (on occasions) with Canon not being recognised, this printer is always visible when switched on. 2 weeks after purchase and printing is seamless and pretty quick.
So it scans better than my previous scanner (ironically a HP scanner) producing extremely clean and consistent scans from its source via its flatbed top scanner.
And the print quality? I love Canon (cameras) but hand on heart this prints photos 10x better than my i865 ever did. The worst thing about the i865 was that blacks often were extremely muddy, and looked horrible at certain angles - and this was using official ink and recommended paper.
The c6280 prints what you see, at a quality that beats my expectations for a non pro bit of kit. In fact, i dont think some of the original 35mm prints from Boots looked as nice as some of the scans and reprints ive done from years gone by. Really wonderful.
The software given is functional, without being really expansive. Obviously isnt going to replace anyones Photoshop, but does the job of collating your library of photos, enabling basic crops, red eye removal, b&w conversion, resizing etc Ive also printed a few images where ive tried HP's "colour correction" and "auto resolution" and for quite a few images the results have been much much better than the originals.
The LCD on the printer itself not only guides you thru the whole installation process, step by step, it also enables you to print without even needing a pc switched on. Plug in a memory card directly to the printer (Compact Flash, SD/MMC, XD or Sony's MS/Duo) or attach a camera directly using the cameras USB cable, and you can both print the image directly (even making basic edits like red eye removal)with no pc switched on, or actually copy the images directly to pc from the printer.
No idea on how quickly it uses up ink yet, the ink tool tells me im still near full ink and ive been using it quite a bit on 10x15 prints.
So downsides? Well its quite large, which given that its a all-in-one isnt really surprising. Ive rearranged my room to make a space for it so all the family can get to it easily, and it now sits on its own printer trolley.
When it prints it can be a little noisy and vibrates, marginally more than my i865 did, though it does seem to print photos much quicker than the Canon did.
And like all printers the ink can be a little expensive, but there isnt a printer out there with "cheap official ink" - its how these guys make their money. You just got to look about for good web dealers - ive managed to find a site which sells 13 cartridges of your choice for £21 so that puts it on a level with Canon in my experience.
If you want a high quality photo printer and scanner all-in-one unit which is easy to set up, has lots of options, but doesnt bewilder you with them all at once, promises network capabilities and does what its meant to with no problems from Windows then i really cannot recommend this unit enough, it makes me look a better photographer than i am!
Sorry for the long review, hope this helps people. What i really wanted to get across was this machine does everything i wanted, and it does it brilliantly. Far better than id hoped at this price point.
Pros: Easy setup, Prints from PC / Memory Cards / USB, Networking is easy and works, High Quality prints and scans, LCD screen showing clear print previews and enabling corrections with no pc switched on.
Cons: A little noisy with some left / right vibration as it prints, quite large as all All-In-Ones are, I hadnt seen this printer sooner!
5/5, 10/10, 96/100
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
set up, 23 Aug 2008
After doing research on the internet I finally decided to go for the HP C6280. I have been an HP fan since I started with computers 12 years ago. My workhorse 840C was finally rebelling and I had to make a decision. Some people reported difficulty setting up the machine so I went along with the idea that I would follow the instructions faithfully, which I did. However I couldn't get passed the Install Hardware Wizard however hard I tried. After 4 hours of uninstalling previous HP items, reinstalling the C6280, or trying to, I finally e-mailed HP for help. They came back to me within 2 hours with "help". I say help in inverted commas because it seemed to me that it was just what I had already done. However I decided to go back a couple of days with System Restore before starting (my idea). It then all worked like a dream. I am a happy bunny, the printing, copying and scanning are great - if I'm picky I really need to sort out the colours for photos as they seem a little dark - come in Photoshop for this. I also think the extended paper tray is flimsy but the duplex system is great - no more turning pages around. I hope the satisfaction level continues but at present 4/5.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An office in a box, 31 Dec 2008
After looking at reviews for networking printers in my price range I found that printers only were rare I have had HP printers at home and have experience with Epsom/Canon printers at work, I have photo prints on my office wall that I made at home on my HP more than 3 years ago that are still as the day I printed them I have one print from the Epsom at work that faded bad reprinted it with Canon printer about 18 months ago again faded so I looked for, you got it a HP network printer. Installation was a breeze opening the box took me 5 mins I hour later I had me a printer scanner and photocopier even with Norton Internet firewall working.Some people talk about the cost of ink cartridges in my experience HP are well worth paying for as they have passed the test of time. Never thought I would have such a machine for the price would have paid the price for a printer only. My recommendation buy it.
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