HP PSC 2210

HP PSC 2210 All-in-One

PSC 2210 Review, by Roy Santos May 1, 2003

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• Reviewed by: Dont_buy_HP

  Strengths: None

  Weaknesses: Poor Mac integration, poorly engineered

  Overall: This was the last piece of junk I have bought from HP. The scanner frequently locked up when the unit was turned on, until eventually it quit working completely. The drivers were poorly written. It always, no matter the driver revision, would print extra blank pages from Excel, or would just stop printing mid-page. Finally this thing is slow. I could get a box of crayons out and render a drawing of my page quicker than this would print it.I currently own a Brother 5840CN, which works consistently and works well with the Mac OS. I strongly suggest you steer clear of this brand, especially if you are a Mac user.

• Reviewed by: mcclja

  Strengths: Great scans, nice prints, relatively quiet

  Weaknesses: Tears paper, slow copies, expensive ink, included software

  Overall: I've had this printer for 4 months now and am not all that happy with it. Yes, it does produce nice prints, but it puts a little rip in the paper it prints them on. I've contacted HP support about this and did everything they suggested without any luck. It will also grab multiple sheets every once in a while. I do like the scan quality though. It's also nice having a copy feature although it is extremely slow. My other complaint is the same as with all other HP devices I've worked with: the included software is a resource hog. Fortunately it's tolerable with just the bare minimum installed. Overall I like the idea of having an all-in-one and will probably buy another one (from another company), but this one is a lemon.

• Reviewed by: paulbookidis

  Strengths: hi quality prints and copies with ease of operation

  Weaknesses: sending faxes requires page by page installing in flatbed

  Overall: I've yet to use the 2210 for digital photo processing, but intend to do so when I get a camera. But for all other functions, it's been better than expected. I went through a B/W cartridge fairly fast but bought a 4 pack for $45, so it's fairly economical.

• Reviewed by: mattjatol

  Strengths: Great multi-use piece of equipment, saves allot fo room on my desk. Makes quick copies, b/w prints, and does pictures too!

  Weaknesses: None found yet.

  Overall: Great little product, not one complaint yet regarding it. I dont think it makes all that much noise. For what it does, the $280 I paid for it was well worth every penny. Works great, easy to set up, I just love it.

• Reviewed by: shanebo1

  Strengths: Ease of use, photo quality

  Weaknesses: No USB cable, slow, proof sheet

  Overall: Very happy with my HP unit. Stuck in the photo cartridge and was AMAZED at the high-quality pictures in color, sepia, and b/w. Pictures are higher quality than I would get with my film camera at the photo store. very convenient and easy to use -- just insert the memory card, load 4X6 photo paper and you get excellent prints. It is rather slow (took about 45 min. to print 30 pics), but you don't have to baby-sit it. Haven't used up the ink cartriges yet, so I can't say how long they last. Only problem I had was when I printed a photo proof sheet, the scanner said it couldn't read one of the sheets. But that's not hard to correct -- it's actually easier to punch in the numbers of the pic on the keypad than to fill in all those little bubbles. Color and b/w copying is also great. Noise is not a problem. Also seems very sturdy -- I dropped it when taking it out of the box, but it didn't hurt it. Oh, and the cartridges are kind of a pain to change -- they don't give you much room in there to move around. But I'm very happy with my hp, especially with the excellent quality of the photos.