• Home
• TVs
• Laptops
• Cameras
• Monitors
• Printers
• Hard Drives
• Camcorders
• Desktops

Computers

»Printers & Accessories

»Printers

• HP (Hewlett-Packard) Photosmart C7280 All-In-One Printer

• Price Range

  $172.51 - $388.97
• 
• Avg User Rating
• Specs • Add Your Review

• • SORT BY DATE
  • RATING
• Overall Rating
  2 Star Review

  Reviewed by: batman840

  Updated:04-13-08

  Duration of ownership:2 Weeks

  Strengths: very good document feederplus I can finally send a fax that works well

  Weaknesses: this is not the machine for good photo printing

  Overall Evaluation: it seems good

• Overall Rating
  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: mrtanner

  Updated:02-24-08

  Duration of ownership:2 Weeks

  Strengths: nice form factor,prints,scans,copies,faxes great

  Weaknesses: cheapened down from HP printers of a few years ago

  Overall Evaluation: read the book twice before unpacking and installing,downloaded the newest software from HP before installation. Setup and installation (wirelessly) on my network and software on 2 computers (Vista & XP) took less than an hour. The software took about 12 to 15 minutes for each machine. Works flawlessly on both machines. Of course it isn't topof the line,but close, replacing my officejet G85 and it has a lot tolive up too. None of the problems with software as listed in some other reviews here. I like it very much so far. Worth it for my money!

• Overall Rating
  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: master702

  Updated:09-01-08

  Duration of ownership:5 Days

  Strengths: Has all the necessary features

  Weaknesses: Software Nightmare

  Overall Evaluation: Has all the necessary features.The software takes a long time to load ,after loading ,it did not work properly.It took all day to get this printer software to work.Called tech support three times.The software that came with the printer did not load all the software correct.Finally one of the techs had me to load the software from the internet,now its working find.Basic instruction need improving.

• Overall Rating
  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: mjeong

  Updated:06-04-08

  Duration of ownership:6 Weeks

  Strengths: LCD screen, auto feed scan documents, prints excellent pictures. Great for Realtors & FAX mode

  Weaknesses: Auto Sheet Feeder sometimes has problems pulling in pages.

  Overall Evaluation: Overall this is a wonderful printer. FAX ability allow you to use calling cards. For me that was huge as I don't have a long distance carrier on my home land line. This helps keep our costs down. Unit monitors the inbound calls for FAX tones when someone answers the phone and will auto pick up the FAX. The auto sheet feeder for scanning is also helpful, with a realtor in our home this allows a time saving when dealing with large amount of documents. Install the latest software from the HP website. I had no problems installing this printer onto our home LAN network. All 8 PC's on our LAN have access to the printer.

• Overall Rating
  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: davidtran32

  Updated:04-23-08

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: - Top-Notch Software package- Wireless & Network Features- Rich Photo Quality- USB Card Reader to get rid of clutters

  Weaknesses: - Small Print Cartridge

  Overall Evaluation: This one printer completed my office including multiple pages faxing, with others I have to insert one by one to fax, rich color photo printing, super fine scanning. My 10 year old HP Scanner still works perfectly till this day, but I was so impressed with HP product, esp this new one. A little trouble with wireless setup, but it works rather than a promise. Features-rich software, multi-function hardware & nice glossy appearance are all we want to go for. Highly recommended.

• Overall Rating
  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: chershop08

  Updated:04-19-08

  Duration of ownership:1 Days

  Strengths: Easy to set up...Love the wireless and photo printing from the copier.

  Weaknesses: A bit larger than I wanted. But the sacrifice was worth it!

  Overall Evaluation: I just used it today , but I love it already! It has many features, fax, copy, and its Wireless!. You can edit photos from copier, no computer needed. Glad I purchased this one. I love HP Printers

• Overall Rating
  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: kellyhawk

  Updated:04-10-08

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: This is a great all-in-one device that works perfect for home and small business needs. It faxes, scans, copies and prints good photos. You can't beat HP for printers. It's a great buy!

  Weaknesses: Software installation was time-consuming, but eventually successful. Photo printing requires six cartridges which has the potential to be very expensive.

  Overall Evaluation: If you have a wireless network, this printer can provide you with the ease and convenience of wireless printing. It's great to forego the USB cable, especially when you have a laptop. The photo quality is very good. Faxing capabilities are more than adequate for home or small-business uses. The software installation was a little tricky, but ultimately successful with Windows XP. I would highly recommend this HP all-in-one. It is fast, hard-working and does everything you want.

• Overall Rating
  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: hyt1900

  Updated:04-04-08

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: Document Feeder plus flatbed scanner.Ink comes in 6 different colors

  Weaknesses: Ink is expensiveScanning is so-so

  Overall Evaluation: We bought this all in one printer to replace both our old printer and scanner. We really like having the 50 page document feeder and this is the only "Home" all in one printer that HP makes that has a feeder tray.We tend to scan a lot of images and the All in one works, but the scanning is less than par.The photo printer itself produces some very nice colors and we really like have each color ink in it's own cartridge. The only bad thing about the cartridges are that they are pretty expensive and you find yourself buying around 4 to 6 at a time.

• Overall Rating
  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: bwoodb

  Updated:03-09-08

  Duration of ownership:30 Days

  Strengths: Very nice features. HP support is very good.

  Weaknesses: Has taken a lot of my time to figure out why I am having certain problems with it. There is a need to work out some of the kinks in this printer.

  Overall Evaluation: This is my third printer; however, I am not giving up on HP. I had the 6180 version of this printer and it stopped functioning after a year. Luckily, HP stands behind its products and because I had an extended warranty, I got this one which is pretty much the same. The first one purchased could not read the new cartridges. I took it back and now I am having the same problems. I learned that you must use the new cartridges immediately and not try to use the ones that were from the former printer. I went through three service agents before I found this out. I still love the printer; however, it has been costly in terms of time. It keeps wanting to reinstall the software. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. If you have time on your hands to figure this all out, purchase it. If you don't, research a different printer and buy it.

• Overall Rating
  2 Star Review

  Reviewed by: arnoota

  Updated:02-26-08

  Duration of ownership:7 Weeks

  Strengths: Duplexing, wireless networking (in theory), automatic document feeder

  Weaknesses: cannot duplex photocopies, cannot duplex documents used through the automatic document feeder, wireless networking falls in and out, wired networking doesn't work as well as it should.

  Overall Evaluation: I bought this AIO because it has duplexing capabilities, and an automatic document feeder. Duplexing was important for obvious reasons, and the ADF was key because few things are more annoying than having to manually place a 40 page document on the scanner or copier screen. I was *very* excited that the ADF works well, especially when scanning. However, the ADF does *not* work when you are trying to copy or scan two-sided pages. There also is no option that allows you to scan odd pages first and then even pages, so that you can eventually combine the scanned or copied pieces together into one printed or saved document. This means that both the ADF and the duplexer functions are rendered useless when your original document is two-sided. This is a huge minus for me. Even a software update could resolve intensely annoying issue. The duplexer also doesn't work when you want to photocopy a one-sided document (but want it printed on two sides). Secondly, there are a few networking issues with the printer. When networked wirelessly, the printer kept getting "lost" and then coming back into range. This led me to hook the printer up through a wired network. But even on the wired network, when you are at the printer, in theory you should be able to "scan to" a computer. For whatever reason, the printer cannot always "find" my computer. Sometimes it can, sometimes it can't. I've spent hours upon hours on the phone with HP installing and reinstalling the printer so that I can resolve its network issues. If the software weren't so bulky, maybe it would've taken less time, but the software is an absolute nightmare. Once the printer is set up, it works fine (minus the features mentioned above). Just have the patience to set it up. Several times.

« Back to product pricing for...

HP (Hewlett-Packard) Photosmart C7280 All-In-One Printer

$172.51(34 sellers) • Avg User Rating •Specs