Leythos said:
Even their HP1320 series printers will print 250 pages at a time,
then you can add more paper and start again.
I design large scale solutions, and having tested fax machines,
copiers, Kyocera, Brother, Cannon, Lexmark, HP, etc... I can honestly
say that HP is the clear winner when it comes to moving paper.
I own a Cannon laser printer and a Phaser 8400b and 7 HP printers,
all laser, the newest is a HP4250n, and they work great. The cannon
and phaser are color.
I don't believe in purchasing multi-function devices, they tend to be
cheap crap, from all vendors.
Buy a fax machine, even a cheap multifunction one will do in most
cases. Then buy a cheap HP Laser printer printer for printing, you'll
be glad you did.
I'm not so sure, judging by these reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Hewlett-Packard-Q2666A-ABA-LaserJet-All-in-
One/dp/B0001M3UYA/sr=8-2/qid=1167162160/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-0604585-
0390511?ie=UTF8&s=electronics
A Huge disappointment, and a sick feeling, $500 wasted!!, October 10,
2005
Reviewer: Christopher J. Mcdivit - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
The 3030 does not work scanning with Acrobat. I have contacted HP
multiple times and still no success. They don't even try. The Brother
machine it replaced worked flawlessly. HP claims they do not have
Acrobat for testing, and do not support it with their products??? At 3
months old the machine also developed a document feeding problem which
HP claimed was "Not their problem". I use only HP paper and supplies!!!
Finally after several angry calls, they sent out some parts for me to
replace. Still intermittent document feeding. Then they charged me $35
to send a replacement unit under warranty!!!!! Overall recomendation:
STAY AWAY FROM HP, Poorly designed, poorly tested, and poorly supported.
Brother supplies may cost a lot, but at least the product works!!!! I
want my Brother back!!!!
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HP gone way downhill, October 24, 2006
Reviewer: Pythagoras "angry dad" (New York, NY United States) - See all
my reviews
I had an HP LaserJet 4MP for about a decade before it finally went. I
doubt that I will get that kind of service from this machine. I also had
a Xerox b&w WorkCenter for copying that went about a year later. same
concerns. i got this primarily to replace the copier. With this HP the
toner cartridges go in no time. The scanning is slightly askew, and
there is some color distortion. Also, the scanner utility is pretty
inept. The print drivers do not function properly, preventing my up-to-
date Windows XP from going to sleep mode. HP was once a symbol of
dependabilty.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Nice features but several problems, May 26, 2006
Reviewer: Norm Constantine - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
In many ways I really like this all in one, it's does great copying,
printing, scanning in all ways except that it often prints slightly
crooked on the paper, off by a small but noticeable amount. HP tried
over the phone to help me resolve this with no success. Since I have
other printers, I learned to live with this until the machine died
recently. HP sent me a refurbished replacement which after about a year
of ownership I was happy to do, they charged $34 for a temporary
warranty "uplifting", no problem with that. However, I am sorry to
report that this refurbished version has the same page misalignment
problem as the last one. Yes, I've checked my power supply, use HP paper
and toner, etc. This is just an unfortunate and non-trivial defect for
this otherwise fine printer.
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Major disappoitment, October 7, 2004
Reviewer: R. Hill "chill" (Canada) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
How come no one has reviewed this printer so far ? Mmm.
In any case, the HP LaserJet 3030 All-in-One turned out to be a
disappoitment. I hope I will be able to return it, it's been 31 days.
Faxing I did not have the time to try.
Scanning is very slow, even at 200 dpi. There is dithering at 300 dpi
and up, when looking at pictures at their actual size, which is abnormal
when scanning high quality photos. Listen, it's just abnormal that an
old cheapo scanner of mine, bought 9 years ago for 100 $CA, performs 50
times better than this one.
It is also abnormal that the printer should perform the way it does with
graphics (forget photos!). There is dithering which I did not get with
my OLD HP printer. So if you are printing even a little graphic here and
there, trust me : it will get on your nerves to see that dithering.
MAJOR posterization when printing photos. Again, my old 1100 LaserJet
printer performed a lot better in printing photos, and graphics. What's
up with that.
The HP LaserJet 3030 All-in-One is good with printing text, as well as
decent in photocopying text. If you photocopy graphics -- like when
you're doing your first test with the printer, which is to photocopy a
printed page -- you'll have spots of gray within the darker areas of the
graphic.
The paper handling is o.k. if you are delicate with it. Speed of
printing is o.k. It is not impressive.
Don't buy it. What else should you buy ? I don't know. There doesn't
seem to be an obvious choice for all-in-one laser printers below 1000
$CA, even now.