Super Value........4800DPI....Store Quality Prints
595341
So me and the wife are in the Walmart and come across this printer for 30 bucks.......and I'm thinking....whats the catch.  So we pull out the Treo and consumer search it and its reviews are pretty good.  Now understand if you put in low quality picture at this resolution it will look like its supposed too......LOW QUALITY.  But the higher resolution pictures look unbelievable.  They do not include the USB to Firewire cable and you only find out when you get home.  It doesn't even tell you on the box that you need the firewire.  Luckily I had one.  The pictures look amazing on the Glossy II paper and since I work at a print shop with Half Million Dollar machines.....I can say this printer is Explosively Bang for your Buck.  It comes with 4x6 photo paper and I will be cutting the 8.5x11 down to save some money.  GREAT PRINTER
2455059
Purchased new from reseller for less than $50.  Picture and text printing are outstanding.  Easy to set up.  LCD screen is clear and informative.  Footprint is a little big and printing speed is not the fastest but great second printer for use with my laptop.  I have a primary multifunction Canon which has been printing reliably for 2 years.  Certainly worth the cost.
4136613
This printer is definitely a solid choice for anyone looking to get more bang for their buck. This model printer has two types of toner cartridges that it can take, the larger of the two being the TN660 which can print roughly 2,600 pages before being fully expended. For $45, 2,600 prints is hard to beat. As for the print quality, everything so far has come out clear and smear free. The only drawback to this printer is that it is rather loud, comprable to the intensity of a box-fan on medium power.

Note: This unit DOES come with a toner cartridge!
1770950
These are great quality at a super price of about 50cents per disc. They burn great on my Windows 10 PC and my Mac. Print quality is fantastic on a Epson Artisan 50 printer. Highly recommended.
2067415
I bought this printer used for $90.  Set up via Ethernet was relatively easy, although I haven't been able to get USB to work.  I've printed on HP Premium Plus Soft Gloss, and the quality is very very good.  Color rendition could be better, but allowing CS3 to control color helps.

I've also printed on an Epson 3800 and 7800, and this printer is not far off in terms of quality prints - with the exception of deep blue skies.  The HP 8750 does not handle extensive areas of deep blue sky well (golden hour at Sunrise/Sunset). The subtle tonal variations tend to get lost.

Supplies (consumables such as 3 ink catridges and 25 sheets of premium paper) run about $140 for 30 8x10 prints.  That averages to $4.50 per 8x10 print . . . ouch, but not much worse than other photo prints.  The standard cartridges for photos are HP Photo Blue (101), HP Tri-color (97), and HP Photo Grey (102).  There are different cartridges available for special printing, such as sepia or colored line drawings.

I've called HP for customer support.  The first person hung up on me after realizing they could not fix the problem.  The second person was much more helpful.  I've heard some people describe HP support as a "mine field", but you can get quality technical support if you are dilligent.

I like this printer alot.  I will use it for art school homework, but probably not for my fine art prints that I intend to hang - like I said, color rendition can be very very good, but for certain colors is not consistent.
3349140
I upgraded to this printer from my original (or should I say, aboriginal) printer, a LaserJet IIIp that I bought in 1992 for a THOUSAND bucks!  You surely get more printer for the buck nowadays, and this one represents the  epitome of HP inkjet development.  I highly recommend it.
I was fortunate  to have a painless installation experience both on a local port and later  when I added a JetDirect external print server for my little home-office  "workgroup".
In draft mode (where I do most of my printing)  the print quality is good and the machine is acceptably fast in either BW  or color.  Switch over to "best" mode and you have laser-like  output sharp enough to lacerate your corneas.  Color photos reproduced on  this printer using the appropriate photo quality paper are nearly  indistinguishable from snapshots of the same size, though don't expect film  quality 8 by 10's unless you are using a 3 megapixel camera.
HP's  JetAdmin and WebJetAdmin software utilities, available on hp's printers and  imaging web pages, are really nice management tools if you network your  printer either via printer sharing or using an external print server (I use  the economical JetDirect 170X whose 10mB speed, though not top of the line,  is more than adequate for the home office user).  I recommend those as  well.
I have a different view of the separate-color-cartridge setup than  another reviewer here who intensely disliked his HP printer experience.  I  think it makes sense.  The cartridges are high capacity; nevertheless I  have already had to replace my black cartridge, not surprising given heavy  office usage.  I did not get to dead empty so I can't say whether the  printer would have refused to do anything else without the replacement. I  have had the printer for nearly a year and have not had to replace any of  the color cartridges.  I like the idea that one replaces only what one  uses; in my case I would have tossed an all-color cartridge with the  colored inks not even half-used, a waste which surely I am paying for  somewhere down the line.
Bottom line:  great printer, great value.  I  have owned many HP products and they have never failed to live up to my  expectations.  I have sought service from HP and that, too, has been more  than satisfactory.  I don't expect tech support people to get it right  first time every time, but I do expect them to keep plugging away at it,  and that service level is what I have received from HP.
3765213
Excellent value on Amazon.....This replaced an HP that was also an all in one, but it is loaded with many more features and is a much better price.

Only one drawback to the lower value all in one machines is that they all (the HP was about the same) make noise....sort of strange and a bit loud, when loading paper while printing, copying etc.  It is bearable and I do tend to get used to it (expect it).

One other thing is that HP makes their cartridge sensors very picky....so you may or may not be able to get by with generics.  With the Lexmark....no such luck, as they have chips in the cartridges that reset for low and critically low ink that the refurbishers do not know how to or otherwise cannot reset.  I bought some of these at other places and some off Amazon.....they are annoying as they bring up a warning of low or critically low ink that has to be reset.  Well, with high yield cartridges...and single print pages it would have to be reset (on the control panel) 400 plus times...The refurb guys should really highlight the fact that they cannot reset the chips.....because I know I became a very unhappy camper over the purchases.  I did contact them and they basically would exchange for another refurb, but were extremely reluctant to refund.  If I were to take that to task, I could easily win a suit against them, but I simply do not have the time for the games...I tossed em in the trash and will never buy a refurb again (anywhere).  It is unfortunate that Amazon probably had no knowledge of this subtle fact, but it has the capability of creating some unhappy customers.

I have always been pleased with purchases from Amazon....the cartridges were the exception......I would be curious if they changed their advertising to a truthful representation of what they sell.

Thanks for the opportunity....Do you guys really read these???  Regards, Bob
2139964
Prints like a million bucks, cost like pennies!

I received the  A&D Laserjet Toner Cartridge  Replacement for HP 51A  promptly from Amazon, and my first impression was good as the product was packaged very well  in a box and the cartridge was bagged and bubble wrapped.  It looks well made and substantial.

 As the description states they are  an alternative for the HP 51A cartridge.  I have an  HP 3005DN  printer which is not very expensive but is a much cheaper printer to operate than an inkjet.  It is only B&W but that is mostly all I print anyway.  Letters, business papers etc.
I purchased this cartridge  because 1 of these is about one third  of the price of an HP original

 Installation was a breeze, it slipped right in like an  HP cart.  Well this cart performed well.  It printed out with rich dark blacks with no drop outs or streaking.

I do use a 24 pound paper with 96 brightness so this helps the toner to stick and look good.  Most people don't realize if you use a cheap paper at 20 lb  the quality suffers and its not the fault of the toner.  I see now some companies are marketing an 18 pound paper for cost reduction.  Well I started out with a 20 lb and went up to avoid paper jams.  Then I found out the heavier better paper worked better with the toner as well.  This combo on good paper and the A&D toner gives me great output.

 The HP cart claims 3000 sheets at 5%  but these claim 6100 sheets at 5%.  Maybe they put a little more toner in their carts?  If so it's even a better bargain.  That would make it 1/6th the cost of an original HP cart.

I will track my usage and see what my results are.  Even if I only get 4000 sheets or so ,  its still a great deal and  for less than the price of 1 HP.  My only question is whether it is virgin manufacture or reconditioned?  It does not say on the advertising or the box.  Not a big issue as the product works well at a great price. The  2 year  guarantee is a real comfort as well since a lot of people won't use up one cart for a few months. A recommended Buy!

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541016
Wide range of completely awesome prints - love all the different styles from real to whismsy - don't cheap out and don't ignore reviews - lost of crappy ones for a few bucks ... if you are going to spend your time doing this - make it quality time!
2214469
Awesome product, this is the HIGH CAPACITY cartridge (spec=7,000, I get about 6,500), lower than the prices for the lower cap 3,500 cart! I use this for copying large numbers of document and the cost per copy when added to Sam's Club paper is cheaper than renting a copyer or going to the UPS Store or a local shop.

Money Saving Tip: Many of these printers (including this one) come with a "well" option. You buy the well for, say 20 or 30 US, and then get 15,000 plus "year long" refills for, in my case, about $18 US. If you're a high volume copy shop, this is the ticket. One of our companies makes DVD labels and swears by that route, even for color ink jets vs. the expensive razor/blade lasers. For grey scale they are often called wells or permanent/continuous supplys, and for color they usually use the term CIS for continuous ink system. Color is more (like $60) but can save hundreds if you do volume. If you search either, many come up on Amazon, but watch the ratings because CIS quality is all over the place.

I'm the first to say beware of refurbs on Amazon, but this is the exception to that rule. Frankly I'm not a radically "green" person personally either, and judge things on price/quality due to tight finances. I apologize to the earth for this, but wanted to let shoppers know this is a great deal, high quality, quantity close to stated and wow, what a price. If you're a green person, bless you and more power to you, but this is an excellent product regardless! Highly Recommended.
3119066
Print arrived well ahead of schedule in excellent protective packaging. Image quality is great and the price can't be beat.
3576587
Have printed thus far about 70 4x6 prints from my 3 mp camera. Prints came out with very bright and pleasant quality. They really look as good as ones from photo lab with advantage we can crop ,edit and adjust what we want before printing. Because resolution is very good, we are combining 2 pictures in one 4x6 with good results.

Had to print couple of prints first to get feel of adjustments needed to intensity and saturation so we could get best results. usign canon paper. the glossy plus is fine enough.

Scanner was good and performed well scanning negatives at 2400 dpi. We also scanned some book pages into pdf and found software and hardware very convenient for our home enthusiast needs.

Recommend it.
3989192
Found mine at Goodwill believe it or not!  Bought a cartridge pack at Target on a whim and put it in.  Hooked up my old A530 and printed a wonderful picture!  This is very useful for printing pictures on the go as stated in another review.  And the quality is better then most store services.  Dye sublimation rocks!  Throw out your craptastic "ink" printer!
440848
Wanting a multifunction printer that was reasonally priced with photo quality features at the hundred dollar budget price cap I had at the time, led me to the 1210. Having done a web search on this printer yielded very little info to make a confident purchase decision, I went ahead and bought it at retail sale price. I was not dissapointed at the print quality, which is quite good when print is at best setting, with glossy type photo paper used. Although print speed at these settings could reach about 3 minutes for a full page printout, I can tolerate this but others may not. Now for the really good stuff. I have had this baby for about a year now, having already replaced the black print cartridge once but still using the tri-color cart. Sure the thoughtful software kindly reminded me 6 months ago that I should replace it, but ignored it and it still is going.

I mostly print out playlists,and regularly printout full color images that don't always take more than half page, and for most non photo printouts I engage FASTDRAFT mode, which is fast and uses a lot less color ink. Being dilligent about using FASTMODE I believe is the reason the ink has lasted so long because the printer defaults to NORMAL print mode after every print job. I think it is amazing the tricolor ink cart has lasted me this long, although I sense it going out any day now. Other than not having any photocard slots, this is a very nice second printer. And lastly, use your own judgement as to when to replace the ink.
4908400
I was in need of a second photo quality printer. last Fall I bought a Canon i850 printer to replace my old Epson Stylus Photo EX. I was tremendously impressed with that printer's ability to make economical, lab quality photographic prints. The i850 only uses Cyan, Magenta, & Yellow color inks.
That printer is now on my daughter's iMac DV and still chugging along.
I very nearly bought the Epson 1280 photo printer, but when my students use it at college, I noticed several things that annoyed me:
The Epson guzzles color ink like Kool Ade! Although very high in quality, I get sick of tossing perfectly good ink carts when only one color is depleted.
Every 5-10 prints we have to run deep nozzle cleaning on the Epson 1280 which wasted even more ink. In the 8 months I've had the i850, it only required a nozzle check once.
So I looked at the newer Canon i960, and after reading several reputable reviews and talking to people who actually own it, I took the plunge....
No regrets. Set up on my OS X Mac was a breeze, and I really appreciate Canon's well drawn step by step set up poster included in the box.
I did not think that the i960 could match the Espon Photo 1280 for color fidelity-was I wrong! This printer can churn out an 8x10 that looks like a real photograph. The first thing I printed (after the alignment patterns-which you MUST DO to get top output...) was a scan from a 120 medium format Ektachrome slide. The 120 chrome is the standard for excellence. Lens was a Carl Zeiss Planar....the i960 print really did this German lens justice. The color and contrast were spot-on when printed from Photoshop CS.
Translation: This is a PRO quality color printer.
There is a lot of misinformation going around the web that Canon inks don't last as long as Epson's. NOT true. When printed on Canon Photo Matte paper, the print is guaranteed for 25 years.
EPSON, READ THIS: I will NEVER buy another Epson printer again! Canon's individual ink tanks have saved me $300.00 already....plus Canon lets me replace the printhead at home if there is a problem.
The i960 is super quiet. You can stack two paper sizes at the same time. It's amazingly fast, and can direct print from most Canon digital cameras.
A Superb product from a truly innovative company...what else do you need to know?
4510288
The R1800 is my first real photo printer.  I could not be more pleased with the ease of set-up and the quality of prints.  I am using Photoshop Elements 5.0 or Adobe Lightroom to manage all of the print settings and color profiles to produce some great prints.  I have used the printer color profile settings to print some test samples and it does a very good job.  I prefer to use the downloaded paper profiles from Epson for the best quality prints.  Just remember to turn off the printer as the color manager.
Negative: The output tray sometimes hangs up and will not extend as described.  I have to reach under the printer to release it.
The R1800 is a great value for those not needing to print larger then 13" prints.
Allen
3171442
Awesome quality. My prints come out clean a precise. My only issue is availability. There are only a hand full of places to buy this brand. Yet its always sold out.  I guess that speaks to its quality.