I just bought this printer and have been using it for a few days so I thought I'd write a review of my experiences thus far. I had read a few reviews before purchasing it and was somewhat confused as it had got mixed ones.
Setting up was very easy. By this, I mean I could send a fax within seconds of turning it on, connected it to the home network which only involved putting in the network key etc. The only thing that took me more than 5 minutes to do was to set up the network folders. The instructions included were rubbish really. I had to go onto the hp website to get the full intructions but once I did, i had no issues accessing folders set up on my pc from the printer and sending ... Read More:
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I bought one of these (from another supplier) principally for scanning slides, which it claims to be able to do to a high resolution. However, default settings produced slides with a soft, out of focus look, very poor colour balance and appalling resolution. Adjuting the settings to increase the resolution (even to a still fairly low 2400dpi compared to a stated maximum of 9600dpi) produced out of memory errors on a computer with 2GB RAM. The whole thing is painfully slow and the software crashed.
Document scanning might be fine - I didn't try it so this review only pertains to its capabilities scanning slides, which was what I bought it for.
Fortunately I have been able to get a refund.
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I recently bought this printer after reading other people's reviews on it.
I am delighted. The machine is very attractive (white and silver), easy to set up, performs very well indeed. I have tested it as a colour printer, photo printer and scanner.
It has an intelligent compact design and is surprisingly good for the price.
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I recently bought this printer after reading other people's reviews on it.
I am delighted. The machine is very attractive (white and silver), easy to set up, performs very well indeed. I have tested it as a colour printer, photo printer and scanner.
It has an intelligent compact design and is surprisingly good for the price.
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Has a mind of its own! The damn thing keeps telling me there is a paper jam when i know for a fact there is not,the cartridges are expensive and dont last long. Forget about nice quality photo prints,they are ruined by the mechanism that drives the paper through,it leaves a nice line across your pictures.
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Lexmark X4850 - Multifunction ( colour ) - ink-jet - copying (up to): 27 ppm (mono) / 21 ppm (colour) - printing (up to): 30 ppm (mono) / 27 ppm (colour) - 100 sheets - Hi-Speed USB, 802.11b, 802.11g, USB hostPrints beautifully, easy to set up as a standalone printer, but would not become wireless, despite several attempts and good wireless signal.
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Lexmark X4850 - Multifunction ( colour ) - ink-jet - copying (up to): 27 ppm (mono) / 21 ppm (colour) - printing (up to): 30 ppm (mono) / 27 ppm (colour) - 100 sheets - Hi-Speed USB, 802.11b, 802.11g, USB hostPrints beautifully, easy to set up as a standalone printer, but would not become wireless, despite several attempts and good wireless signal.
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Lexmark X4850 - Multifunction ( colour ) - ink-jet - copying (up to): 27 ppm (mono) / 21 ppm (colour) - printing (up to): 30 ppm (mono) / 27 ppm (colour) - 100 sheets - Hi-Speed USB, 802.11b, 802.11g, USB hostPrints beautifully, easy to set up as a standalone printer, but would not become wireless, despite several attempts and good wireless signal.
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The C5180 printer is an excellent piece of hardware. It prints accurately, with good colour and is fast. I have not done much copying, but when I have, it does this well too. Unfortunately, when it comes to scanning, it is dire - truly dire.
As I have read on numerous sites, HP markets excellent printer hardware, but the accompanying software is regularly woeful. Unfortunately for me, the C5180 is exactly one of those combinations. The scanning of pictures results in a "salt & pepper" type effect and there is no way changes to software, resolution, depth of colour, etc, will get you where you want your scans to be.
What makes it worse is that HP online support know of this issue and are as helpful as they can be, but are clueless ... Read More:
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