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HP Officejet J6480 All-in-One

78

Good
  • Pros
  • Inexpensive; integrated Wi-Fi
  • Automatic duplexer
  • Cons
  • Mediocre speed; confusing control panel
  • Confusing control panel

User Reviews for HP Officejet J6480 All-in-One

  • Reviewed by: ron1333

    Duration of ownership: 6 Months

    Strengths: Prints clearly.

    Weaknesses: Bloated software came with totally annoying popups. the J6480's software conflicted with that of another HP device on the workgroup network. An HP technician couldn't make it work except by downgrading the installation on one of the computers. The software caused my XP system to have problems booting up.

    Overall Evaluation: Of the several multifunction machines I've used, this one have given me to most problems and has cost me more than the cost of the machine in technical support and dozens of hours of wasted time.

  • Reviewed by: harrisbc

    Duration of ownership: 5 Months

    Strengths: wireless at low cost duplex ADF

    Weaknesses: Hardware and software issues service high ink usage and costly

    Overall Evaluation: Had issues with the print quality from the first day and after hours on the phone it was returned for service. Returned in the same condition and with the same problem. This time a broken spring beneath the printhead reveled the problem and it had to be returned a second time. Still had problems and call center could not solve. After hours and hours on the phone and no satisfaction I gave up and replace the unit with another manufacturers product which works!

  • Reviewed by: darnwalt31

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Does everything it is advertised to do.

    Weaknesses: Difficult to set up because software was apparently corrupted.

    Overall Evaluation: Superior tech support to complete setup after spending a couple of hours trying to set it up from a corrupt disc that came with the new printer. After HP tech deleted all the files from my attempted installation and re-installed the software online, the J6480 works perfectly, except that I cannot use the fax function on my single phone line because my voice mail picks up incoming fax tone. Was told to either drop voice mail or get dedicated line. Am looking into magicJack to act as dedicated line.

  • Reviewed by: Ironfist69

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: It appears to be assembled very well

    Weaknesses: It is a noisy, slow machine, the program locks up often.

    Overall Evaluation: Wanted to upgrade from my HP 5610, this seemed like the logical next step. Took forever to install, appeared to have done so without problem. Started scanning documents and had to uninstall and reload the program twice.Having read the other reviews, perhaps I have a Lemon but think it is just a piece of crap. I really expected better out of HP.

  • Reviewed by: meganzack

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Easy set-up, very convenient wireless, all-in-one unit.

    Weaknesses: Haven't found any so far.

    Overall Evaluation: I've only had this printer-scanner-copier-fax machine for a few weeks, and have not had any problems. It's quick, easy, and quiet. Set up was a breeze, even for the fax machine part of it. I hear scare stories about fax machines every day from my company's customers, and I was worried about doing it. No problem; I just followed the instructions, plugged it into my cable company's Digital Voice phone jack, and it was good to go!

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    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Fast printing, easy fax setup, great scanning software.

    Weaknesses: Set up of wireless connection.

    Overall Evaluation: The only problem I had with this was settig up a laptop to print wirelessly while at the same time using it "plugged" to my desktop. It took several hours over the course of a few days to finally get

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    Strengths: Supports Wireless, USB, and standard wire lan. Scanning is very good for the normal user. Faxing is excellent.

    Weaknesses: Ink cartridges are a little pricey.

    Overall Evaluation: I have been using this printer for 2 1/2 weeks now. I find that it is a lot quiter then my 10 year old HP 912C Ink Jet. After installing the drivers on a laptop. The drivers look for the printer before the wireless lan comes up. After 1-2 minutes, everything is fine. I would buy this printer again.

What You Should Know about the Officejet J6480 All-in-One

Duplex Printing a Must for Busy Offices

A printer with duplex capability contains an internal mechanism for turning the paper over to print on the other side. (This is not to be confused with the manual duplexing that some printers offer, where driver software walks you through the process of turning over the paper yourself.) Any high-volume office should seriously consider this feature. The duplexing process slows down your print job a bit, but it also immediately cuts your paper use in half -- good for your budget, good for the environment.

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