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HP Inkjet 1100D (HP (Hewlett-Packard)-C8124AA2L)

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At a Glance
Good for photos, OK for text
Windows compatible
Print speeds can be inflated

$120.00
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Performance
Print quality: text/color graphics	Good/Good
Print quality for photos	Good
Speed	Good
Rated speeds	7.5 ppm monochrome; 7 ppm color
Tested speeds: Listed text speed is the average time required to print a text document and spreadsheet in different quality modes; graphics speed is the average of the speeds for printing graphics from various applications in color and gray scale.	4.1 ppm text; 1.8 ppm color graphics
Ease of use	Very good
Number of ink cartridges	One black cartridge and three color cartridges
Cost/page yield per color cartridge: Estimate given by vendor; average yield given for printers with multiple cartridges.	$34/1750
Features	Very good
True resolution	1200-by-1200-dpi monochrome; 4800-by-1200-dpi color
Maximum resolution	1200-by-1200-dpi monochrome; 4800-by-1200-dpi color
Maximum paper size	Legal
Input capacity	150 pages input, 1 tray
Interfaces	USB 2.0 and parallel ports; optional ethernet port
Size (width/depth/height) and weight	19.5 by 18 by 8.5 inches; 20 pounds
Other features	Built-in duplexer
Support policy score	Very good
Warranty	1 year
Support policies	24-hour daily toll-free tech support

What You Should Know about the Inkjet 1100D (HP (Hewlett-Packard)-C8124AA2L)

Inkjets Print Photos Well, And Decent Looking Text, Too

Inkjet printers like this one are commonly used in a home or student setting as well as in a small office. Printing photos is their strongest suit, although they can also print decent to good-looking plain text. For the best results, you usually need to use specially coated papers.

Inkjet printers spray ink through microscopic nozzles arrayed on a print head. Because the printhead has to move back and forth across the page, inkjets can be slow--especially when printing those nice photos.

Ink type affects print quality. Dye-based inks (color dissolved in liquid) tend to create better-looking colors, but they’re less light- and water-resistant. Pigment-based inks (solid color particles suspended in liquid) create images that are more durable but not quite as colorful. Some inkjet printers use both: a pigment-based black for crisp text quality, for instance, but dye-based colors for better-looking graphics.

Ink cartridges come in two basic designs. The colors (cyan, magenta, and yellow) can come in a unified “tricolor” cartridge or in separate cartridges. There’s always a separate black. The tricolor cartridges are more compact, but they’re also wasteful because you have to replace the entire cartridge whenever you run out of any one color. Some printers offer additional colors, such as light cyan or light magenta, to widen the color palette.

Reviewed by: pigmy

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Fast good print quality when working

Weaknesses: Printer feed failure - unable to repair.

Overall Evaluation: From the start the pinter would pick up multiple pages staggered so that part of page was printed on each sheet. This was occasional but one could not print 30 pages without it happening. Maddenig on a mail merge printout. Spent $28 shipping to Califorina for repair after HOURS on the phone with HP foreign voices that could not be understood. The problem was pretty much fixed but two new ones popped up. In a long print the paper feed would not eject the page on occasion ane we would come back to find it stalled instead of finished. Push the button and another 5 pages would print and stall again. Only on evelopes and photo paper, one blank sheet feeds, then it prints and does not eject, push button and two more blank sheets feed and hang, push button and next page would print with same sequence of blank pages. I cannot trust HP to repair this thing again as I would have $60 invested in repairs of a $200 printer with no guranantee it would work.
Reviewed by: yoosin

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: We where able to continue using the stock of Ink Cartridges we had for the previous HP2000C printer. Installation and setup was easy.

Weaknesses: Would not work with Linksys Print Server. We have submitted a trouble ticket with HP and do not have a response.

Overall Evaluation: We tried to use this printer in conjuntion with the Linksys Print Server and could not get the combination to work. Through troubleshooting with HP & Linksys it seems that the printer is the source of the problem. Switched the Linksys PrintServer with another and it works fine.