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HP Photosmart C8180

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Pros
LightScribe drive; touchscreen LCD
Integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Cons
Expensive; no ADF; no fax features
Washed-out quality on plain paper

$129.99 - $458.75
From 11 Merchants

Performance: Good: 74
Features: Very Good: 81
Design: Superior: 97

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
300dpi Line Art Image (secs)	23.16
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs)	19.5
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs)	20.3
Color Output Quality	Good
Color Photo Quality	Superior
Copy Output Quality	Good
Copy Quality	Good
Final Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi	15.71
Final Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi	6.87
Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	16.83
Grayscale Glossy Output Quality	n/a
Grayscale Output Quality	Fair
Line Art Output Quality	Fair
One-Page Copy	29.09
One-Page Copy (secs)	29.09
One-Page Line Art, Maximum Resolution	Good
One-Page Webpage (secs)	23.29
One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	Good
Overall Scan Quality	Good
Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi	7.22
Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi	7.28
Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	7.14
Sports Action Shot (secs)	24.37
Ten-Page Word Document	111.85
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	111.85
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	2.7
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	2.5
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm)	3
Tested Lineart Speed (ppm)	2.6
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	7
Text Output Quality	Good
Three-Page Word Document	45.29
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	45.29
Total Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi	15.71
Total Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi	6.87
Total Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	16.83
Two-Page Excel Document	45.88
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	45.88

Scanning
Preview scan, 2-by-2-inch document, 600 dpi	7.22
Preview scan, 4-by-5-inch document, 100 dpi	7.28
Preview scan, one-page Word document, 300 dpi	7.14
Preview scan, one-page Word document, 300 dpi	7.14

Text Printing
Text output quality	Good

What You Should Know about the Photosmart C8180

Installed Memory is Ideal for Five or Fewer Users

This printer's installed memory is sufficient for small offices or workgroups that print typical business documents, such as memos, spreadsheets, or simple Web pages. If you have more than six people using the printer or the printer handles heavy traffic, you will want more memory than this printer provides.

Reviewed by: TDawe

Duration of ownership: 1 Month

Strengths: Easy set up. Card slots well marked.Software was an easy install. Bluetooth,USB, and ethernet connectivity a huge and might I add an easy plus!

Weaknesses: Instructions for Setting up for scanning slides and negatives a bit hard to understand.

Overall Evaluation: Check around! You can get awesome deals I got mine via eBay and so far have not found a better price!
Reviewed by: brearley

Duration of ownership: 6 Days

Strengths: Software Installed easily on both USB and ethernet (on a second PC). So far, after only 6 days, it works well, and as I bought it for $199 in the boxing week sale at HP I am very pleased with it. I was very surprised to get free delivery at that price. Printing 4x6 colour prints is very fast and the prints are very scratch resistant and don't have that 3 dimensional look of prints from my old HP 1210 where the ink is very noticably on top of the paper - not in it.

Weaknesses: I bought this partly to scan slides, which it does 4 at a time; and negative film strips. Works well except it ignores dark colour slides. These are viewable slides, but it will not scan them. The photo correction tools are OK, but you can do a better job using Picasa - which is free!

Overall Evaluation: So far so good.