HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One

HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One Inkjet MFP

Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One Review, by Melissa Riofrio, PC World June 3, 2009

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• Reviewed by: badproductslikeme

  Strengths: nice colorsnice control panel

  Weaknesses: everything else - see below!

  Overall: Posted 12 hours ago - I'm returning this piece of junk and NEVER buying an HP product again. This is a slow, noisy, persnickety machine. It refuses to print envelopes, and the support I got from HP doesn't correct the problem. The machine is constantly moving, hissing, clicking and chiming when there is NOTHING GOING ON. It takes FOREVER to get the print window up. It takes way too long to get it to do ANYTHING. I'm waiting on this machine constantly.Don't believe the speeds of printing B&W in draft mode. It takes an enormous amount of time, and seems to process each copy individually. I.E. I ask for 6 copies to print of the same B&W doc in draft mode. It prints 1, then stops to think about it. Then prints copy #2, and thinks about that for a while. Then it moves and adjusts and chimes so happily before it thinks about printing copy #3. I timed it - I spent 2 entire minutes waiting for 6 copies of a single text page from Word.Jee-ZUS this is a frustrating machine. It's going back to Best Buy tomorrow, along with the extra ink I was stupid enuf to buy

• Reviewed by: badproductbuyer

  Strengths: beautiful photo prints

  Weaknesses: takes way too long, won't print envelopes, too big, too many bells & tunes & happy little whistles telling me it isn't doing what it's supposed to.

  Overall: I'm returning this piece of junk and NEVER buying an HP product again. This is a slow, noisy, persnickety machine. It refuses to print envelopes, and the support I got from HP doesn't correct the problem. The machine is constantly moving, hissing, clicking and chiming when there is NOTHING GOING ON. It takes forever to get the print window up. It takes way too long to get it to do ANYTHING.Don't believe the speeds of printing B&W in draft mode. It takes an enormous amount of time, and seems to process each copy individually. I.E. I ask for 6 copies to print of the same B&W doc in draft mode. It prints 1, then stops to think about it. Then prints copy #2, and thinks about that for a while. Then it moves and adjusts and chimes so happily before it thinks about printing copy #3. Jee-ZUS this is a worthless machine.It's going back to Best Buy tomorrow, along with the extra ink I was stupid enuf to buy

• Reviewed by: ldrn80

  Strengths: At first appeared to have no problems. Prints fast and created good quality photo printing.

  Weaknesses: Less than 3 months old and paper jamms repeatedly and now photo paper feeder doesn't feed paper.

  Overall: After repeated problems with a previous HP printer I swore that I would never buy another one but this unit had excellant features and I decided to give them another chance. Now after only 3 months of very light use I am having repeated paper jams and the photo paper tray with now feed in HP photo paper of any kind. Also, I bought this at Best Buy and after only 3 months they are no longer carrying this brand new model..makes me very suspicious of problems with the new model.

• Reviewed by: chrismclain

  Strengths: wireless even blutooth has everything!!!!!

  Weaknesses: price

  Overall: so far the most versitle printer ever has all the features you could ask fo(i know it took me 6 months to replace my epson allin one). cant be beat for inkjet in my opinion. i was very fortunate to find this on sale. ps most stores list this as the photosmart premuim!!!!