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(58 customer reviews) 60 of 64 people found the following review helpful
Good printer - Great Scanner/Copier,
November 20, 2006 Trojan LRey "trojanlrey" (rancho santa margarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP Photosmart C4180 All in One Printer, Scanner, and Copier (Office Product)
I am an admitted HP loyalist. I did purchase an Epson to see what the fuss was about. Ended up donating it to Salvation Army less than a year. This C4180 replaced it. I like the fact that only two cartridges are needed. I never purchase the photo version toner. Plain color works just fine.
Puzzled by some of the negative reviews. I hooked mine up to a Mac G5 and also loaded the software. Print jobs look fine. Photos are terrific. Copies for routine household chores (report cards/articles)are very clear. But the real pleasure is the scanner.
I had a 3-yr old flatbed scanner (also HP) that just wasn't giving me the clarity I needed. My goal was to convert all those baby pictures to digital files. This tool really fits the bill.
I finally figured out that it's best to run the scanner from the computer, not the on-board console commands. It also helps to permanently add the HP Scan Pro software to the row of programs that appear along the bottom of...Read more
51 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Initial Reaction: Easy to Use,
July 22, 2006 Steven Gordon "Cartographer and author" (Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP Photosmart C4180 All in One Printer, Scanner, and Copier (Office Product)
I just purchased and set up this printer several hours ago. Being on a Mac (OS 10.4.7), I found set up occurred easily and quickly. First, I followed the 14-step "Start Here" poster. Once the software was loaded, it transferred from CD and ran through its installation application quickly (about 10 minutes).
In my set-up, the C4180 is connected by USB cable to a G5 iMac. I also have a G4 PowerBook and both machines are connected by wireless network. Copying, scanning and printing from the iMac was successful. But to print over the wireless network required that I activate Printer Sharing from the Internet & Network > Sharing preferences (accessed from the System Preferences). Once this was done on the iMac, the C4180 showed up as a printer on the remote PowerBook.
One hitch occurred during scanning. I placed a map on the glass and used HP's Photosmart Studio to control the scan settings. I set the scan to 200 dpi and enlarged the preview frame to scan the whole...Read more
39 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Well Done HP,
August 5, 2006 Digital Photographer "Used to Like Nikon,s" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HP Photosmart C4180 All in One Printer, Scanner, and Copier (Office Product)
Just bought mine yesterday, set up was quick, easy, no glitches no problems, it was so obvious what to do with it, read on instructions later.
HP has done a great job with this printer at a very reasonable price, my first attempts at printing photos were just great,very happy with this printer, I think at any price its hards to beat.
Tried scanning and then scanning and printing, all very successful.
Only negative I have is that HP does not give you full ink tanks with their printers, its a bit more than a sample, but, ok, the printer is so good, I accept it.
Their method of using another cartridge for printing 4 x 6 prints fits neatly on the side and is unseen,yet, works so well when pluged into the printer.
A top printer at a great price.
