The multifunction device from HP is working in confined spaces as a fax machine, copier, printer and scanner. As for the wagon model extras such as duplex printing has to offer, then the test.
A pure inkjet photo printer makes it easy not to the daily demands of an enthusiastic amateur photographer needs. As users become more and more creative ways to discover their pictures on the screen and then back down to get, must also continue to develop their printers to deal with these ever-changing requirements to be able to keep pace. HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-In-One combines for 299 Euro inkjet printer, fax, scanner and copier in one device. The successor of the Photosmart C7280 has an automatic document feeder and a duplex function. The combined device can be used in a radio network and is also compatible with an interactive control panel, so that photos directly on the printer can edit. There is hardly anything, what this device does not offer, and even if the black ink cartridge is exceptionally expensive, is the Smart premium Fax Photo All-In-One for all the photographers, the self-employed and students who are looking for an all-rounder are equally well suited.
With its rounded edges and soft curves, the Smart premium Fax Photo AIO, as if he were from a single block of plastic manufactured. This differs in glossy white, and gray-held printer with a touch of blue on the side handles quite clear from the square, some bulky forms many other inkjet printers. The 10.4 kilo device including the duplex unit about 47 x 48 x 29 centimeters tall.
On top of the device is an integrated automatic document feeder for up to 50 sheets of different paper sizes, or collections of documents in memory and then on the computer. The cover can increase while, but unfortunately does not work, so that the scanning of thick books or catalogs somewhat problematic.
The main control bar is located below the scanner. It is not tilted, so that was always on top of the device must look to the key functions to be identified. The 2.4-inch color LCD display is conveniently portable. Even if it is compared with the large 3.5 inch display on the Epson Artisan 800 seems rather small, the large panel of the HP almost everything to the device regardless of the computer to use.
Thanks to the integrated memory card slot can be photos from MS, SD, xD or CF memory cards and USB memory sticks in the memory copy or print them out. The USB port is PictBridge capable, so that one camera, the technology also support printing at your fingertips can create. Other buttons provide access to frequently used settings (double-sided printing, photo prints, automatic Faxantwort et cetera). Other keys are used for the fax destination number input, to remove red eye and zoom and retouching. A few direct buttons for frequently used fax numbers is lacking. In the middle of the panel is the "Quick Forms" button (a feature of HP printers), with the templates such as calendars, task lists, fax cover sheets lined paper and printing.
The Photosmart Essential software from HP is very user friendly and in setting up the printer within seconds to install. When printing photos, there is both text and video insertions, in which each step clearly explained. Photosmart Essential is just for casual users very well that their images quickly and easily edit and want to change, without equal in the special and complex imaging software to learn. On the outer right edge of the control bar are still two-color LEDs, with an active wireless connection via Bluetooth or 802.11g green.
HP offers several ways to establish a connection between Smart and photo machine. The easiest way is, the two devices via a USB 2.0 cable to connect. As expected, the user receives from the installation CD during the entire installation process with clear instructions by video and text insertions. Through the integrated print server, the printer can also connect a network router, and so it is possible from any computer in the house using wireless print jobs loszuschicken. Unlike other printers, where one ad-hoc network connection needs to receive the HP, which also under the name CC335B or C309a is held, all information which it deems necessary to establish a direct connection with the access point is required from computer. In the test succeeds with both a PC and a Mac, within five minutes a secure 802.11g connection, without the user's manual aufzuschlagen. On the rear is also an Ethernet port for direct connection to the network, and a Bluetooth receiver, it is possible images from your phone and / or PDA in an instant to put down on paper.
The subjects for the document feeder and output rise in the lower part of the device out and it takes a while to get used with all the drawers that can lift or pull must be made familiar. There are printouts for all formats and a single output tray, which is at the upper equipment is located. An extendable Haltearm ensures that all prints in the output tray until they are removed. A portion of the output tray can be increased, because such is the input tray for photo paper. Already the Photosmart C8180 HP had - to the delight of many users - in separate trays for photo paper and standard decisions. As before, the C8180 is the correct paper size for the pending print job will automatically select or you can take the settings in the driver. Since the main input tray at the bottom is, you have to raise all other subjects to nachzulegen paper. The Photosmart also has separate input and output trays for CDs and DVDs to print individually.
The printer uses five 364-HP ink cartridges in black, photo black, cyan, magenta and yellow, all with their own slot under the cover have. The standard size is at a price of 9 euros per cartridge (250 pages), but at the cost per page to calculate here is the XL variant cartridges are used to determine how effective the printing for this printer at best can be. The inks in XL format, there is ever to 17.50 euro per cartridge, and according to HP, they have a capacity of 750 color pages (290 color), while the extra large black replacement cartridge, which is available for 29.50 Euro, for 800 pages last. The cost per color is thus 2.3 cents, and a black print will cost 3.7 cents. HP argues that the black XL cartridge contains more ink than the XL-color and therefore more expensive. But then the question arises as to why both cartridges for the HP Photosmart C8180 bottom line about the same price comes.
Performance
It's really impressive how the printer is in the speed test his comrades behind. With the exception of the Epson Artisan 800 HP creates almost a page per minute more than the competition and thus is clearly faster than the Kodak and EP5 of the Canon MX700. In addition, the speed at HP HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-one compared to the HP Photosmart C8180 continued to increase - especially for colored text printing, where the more expensive C309a the previous model by almost four pages per minute proposes. The Epson Artisan 800 remains of three pages per minute and remains one of the fastest inkjet printer.
Fortunately, the HP is not just with his speed, but also with its impressive image quality. The printer comes with the usual photos, text and graphic documents tested, and the HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-In-One produces sharp contours and soft transitions between different colors. If the font size smaller than four points, is the quality a little, but the colors are generally very smooth and with good saturation and accuracy convincing. Because the HP photo printers advertised explicitly as is also tested, as in HDR images with great color and contrast range can handle. For most photo printers, it is here to strip the formation and the images are often blurred, but the HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One delivers consistently beautiful images, in which virtually no blurred or distorted images can be recognized.
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
List price: 299 EUR
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