Printer is compact - takes up very little room.īasically, if you want an inexpensive, easy to use, all-in-one printer, this one fits the bill. Ink cartridges are inexpensive and easy to find. Another good feature is that I *can*, and usually *do*, choose "print in grayscale", which means that I don't use any color ink when I don't need it(another new feature). Usually, when there's a problem, all I have to do is to unplug it, wait a few seconds, and plug it back in. I'm more interested in ease of printing, scanning, and copying, without the glitches of my previous HP All-In-One.
I rarely use my printer for color printing, or even for *high-quality* black and white printing, so I can't say a lot about that. I had had an older HP All-In-One model printer, and wasn't real happy with it, but purchased this, anyway, because I could afford it - and because, overall, I trust the HP brand. I *must* consider cost when purchasing a printer, and the price of this was right. I have had a few printers to compare this one to, and this is, by far, the best of them all. True HP C4480 All-In-One eat printer for the price This machine eats up ink quickly, and the ink cartridges are quite expensive, almost exceeds the price of the printer itself when buying the black and color ink cartridges together. I had to disconnect it from the power outlet, reconnect it and restart it in order for it to work again. Other times, the printer will turn on and then shut itself off. Sometimes when I turn it on, the computer was not able to detect that the printer is on. Unlike most people, I turn off the printer when it's not in use.
Some text were missing or scrambled together on the scan. Many times when I tried to scan some documents with images on it, I found that the results came out to be off or inaccurate. All the documents/photos that I printed or copied so far are very good in quallity. The print and copy functions are excellent. However, after I updated it from the hp website everything came off smoothly.
There were problems when I first intalled the software that came from the cd. Fortunately, I happened to have a spare one. It doesn't come with a usb cable in the package. It is a good little machine with print, scan, and copy capabilities.
I bought this printer for a very good price on a cyber monday a couple of years ago. I would suggest that if you are looking to print out many copys at one time, this printer does not hold a lot of paper, but it is great for home use. In fact, the only down side to this printer is that you have to buy a USB cable because it doesn't come with one. The copier folds up to reduce bulky-ness. It also has ports to directly link a camera to the printer so you don't have to use a computer at all. The printer also has a tiny little screen that tells you if you are copying, printing, or scanning. For example, if you want to print out a picture of something on a website, you can choose and clip the picture, and you don't have to print out everything out on the page. The best feature of the printer is that it has a tool bar compainion that helps you only print out things you want to print out.
I printed out crystal clear photos on the HP Photosmart C4480 in less than 5 minutes from the install. The set-up instructions are very easy to understand and the printer actually comes with ink. I needed a scanner, printer, and copier in one, as I do alot of all of these things on a daily bases. I had another printer and it recently died and I needed to purchase a new one. The HP Photosmart C4480 All-in-one printer is excellent.