HP Deskjet printer buying guide

Technical Details

• Robust and affordable all-in-one printer, scanner, and copier for home office and photo printing
• Preview and print photos without a PC by using 1.5-inch display; print photos in a snap without a PC by using memory card
• Print and copy snapshots with or without borders
• Print photos and laser-quality text with speeds up to 30 pages per minute
• 1-year limited manufacturer’s warranty

Product Description

HP C4280 Photosmart All In One Printer. Enjoy the value of printing, scanning and copying your photos with one versatile, compact machine. Make quick, beautiful reprints from original photos, using a one touch copy button. Copy in color or black and white, enlarge and zoom all without a PC via easy one touch buttons. Get more affordable printing and fewer cartridge changes with new high capacity inkjet cartridges. Easily edit, print and share photos using included HP Photosmart Essential software. Print photos in a snap without a PC, using a memory card. Preview and print photos without a PC, using a 1.5 inch display. Start HP Photosmart Essential to quickly share, save and print photos. Start HP Photosmart Essential to quickly share, save and print photos. Print what you see HP Smart Web Printing ensures you get usable web pages without cutoff edges. Optimize print and copy quality for various kinds of paper with the automatic paper type sensor. Print true to life photos using HP Vivera Inks. Expand your color range with optional 6 ink color. Make memories last print true to life photos that resist fading for generations. Bring new life to old photos, using HP scanning technology and included software.

Amazon.com Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description The HP Deskjet D4280 is a compact color inkjet printer, copier, and scanner that is capable of printing at speeds of up to 30 ppm in black & white and 23 ppm in color. This multifunction printer can also print borderless 8.5 x 11-inch photos that feature vivid color and 4800 x 1200 dpi resolution directly from supported memory cards..caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: 20px; } table.callout { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, serif; margin: 10px; width: 250; } td.callout { height: 100 percent; background: #9DC4D8 url(http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bg.png) repeat-x; border-left: 1px solid #999999; border-right: 1px solid #999999; padding: 10px; width: 250px; } ul.callout { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -12px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; } h5.callout { text-align: center; } img.withlink {border:1px black solid;}

The HP Deskjet D4280 is a true multifunction printer. View larger.

Print directly from a wide variety of memory cards. View larger.

Print Crisp, Colorful Photos and Image-Rich Documents
Not only does the HP D4280 print colorful photos and documents at speeds reaching 23 ppm, but it also makes the quality of the imagery a priority, with its use of HP Vivera Inks and optional six-ink color process.With the HP D4280, you can print directly from a variety of supported memory cards, including CompactFlash, Memory Sticks (Duo), SD, MMC, and xD-Picture Cards. No need for the computer; just plug-in a compatible memory card and use the colorful 1.5 inch LCD screen to help guide you through the printing process.

Color Copy and Scan With Ease
The D4280 features easy one-button copying in both black & white and full-color with ultra-high resolution capabilities of up to 600 dpi and 4800 x 12000 dpi respectively. It will make as many as 50 copies with the push of a button at speeds of up to 30 cpm in black & white and 23 cpm in color. Reduce or enlarge originals from 25% to 200% for added versatility.

Get a full-color preview of your scan in about three seconds before you actually decide to scan any document. Once you decide to scan, it will be quick; in a matter of seconds, you’ll have full-color images up to 1200 dpi in dynamic 48-bit color. Use the included software to enhance a scanned image or document to an unbelievable 19,200 dpi for producing large-scale prints and digital documents.

Versatile Paper Handling
This printer will handle a variety of special media, including envelopes, transparencies, photo paper, panoramas, and more. The 100-sheet paper tray provides plenty of paper capacity for small-scale jobs.

Compatible with both Windows (some features may not be available with Windows 2000) and Macintosh, the HP Deskjet D4280 measures 17.09 x 11.42 x 6.38 inches and weighs 11.09 pounds. It’s backed by a 1-year limited warranty.

What’s in the Box
HP Photosmart C4280 All-in-One, HP 74 Black Inkjet Print Cartridge (4.5 ml), HP 75 Tri-Color Inkjet Print Cartridge (3.5 ml), power supply, power cord, software CD, setup guide, basics guide, read-iris flyer, registration card, and pen shopping card.

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Customer Reviews

“It fried itself” 2010-02-08
By T. L. Middleton (Ogden, UT)
I was using it and was happy with it. One day I was making a copy, it just stopped. I could smell electrical/plastic smell. It just DIED. Tried contacting HP and was given the brush off. What a joke these people turned out to be. Good Luck if you buy this one.

“Died an early and ugly death.” 2010-01-20
By John S. Harris (Memphis, TN)
The price was certainly right when I bought it. I should have known there would be some bad mojo associated with this printer, though. I bought it at a brand-name office supply store. While shopping for it, I found a cellphone someone had lost. I tracked the owner down and drove to his place of work to return it. I even refused a small reward. But when I got back to my car, someone had broken into it and stolen my car stereo. They left my HP C4280 printer in the back seat. I guess they knew better than to steal a piece of junk.

This printer worked fine for me for a while, then one day (after about 6 months of non-use) it didn’t. The display screen stopped working and the printer ink expired earlier than expected. Then I hopped on Amazon.com to read the customer reviews of this product. Holy crap — I was certainly not alone in my misery.

Fortunately, all-in-ones are not horrifically expensive nowadays. I can replace this one without breaking the bank. But I will steer clear of HP products. I advise you to do the same.

“Waste of time and money” 2010-01-07
By Afong Moy 1842 (Barnum’s Museum)
Printer doesn’t print black, even though ink supply is new. This is the worst piece of junk, ever! I am angry that I allowed Apple to sell me this piece of s***! HP has lost its ‘quality’ reputation with me! I’ll buy a canon or epson next time.

“Terrible printer - turned me off to HP forever” 2009-12-21
By Melissa (Northern CT USA)
We’ve had HP printers for years, and been very pleased. I got this printer from Apple as a rebate when I purchased my MacBook. The problems I’ve had are endless. At first, the color cartridge that came with the printer wouldn’t print all colors, so whenever I printed anything with even a smidge of color (even one highlighted word), the entire print job would come out in bright red. After 3 hours on the phone with tech support, they sent me a new cartridge, which took three weeks to arrive. Copying on the printer is ridiculously slow, and every time you change the cartridges, you have to align the cartridge - which requires scanning, which my printer was not able to do consistently (regardless of what computer, if any, it was hooked up to).

Then I purchased a new “large” cartridge from Staples - didn’t know there is an EXPIRATION DATE. Once the date has passed, the printer won’t recognize the cartridge and won’t scan the alignment, so every time you turn it off it and then on again, it prints an alignment page and then gives you errors because it can’t scan the page because the cartridge is too “old”. Talk about over-engineering and needlessly complex. The final straw came for me when I had to purchase another new cartridge from Staples (and they are expensive!) to replace the outdated cartridge. Everything prints and scans fine, and then the printer proceeds to jam with card stock. Mind you, I’ve printed hundreds of cards on this printer over the year - the same stock, and now it jams all of the time. Customer service was laughable and useless.

I’m printing instead off of my old HP 970c and am planning to buy a new printer - Epson or something better. BE WARNED and don’t buy an HP. While they used to be good and reliable, now they are not.

“Don’t waste your time with this” 2009-11-16
By T. Ducharme (Upper Michigan)
My family and I got this as an all-over printer scanner. I draw so the scanner was important and so was the printing, as we like to create T-shirt Iron-Ons. It works so long as it stays connected with the PC…. WHICH IT DOESN’T!

We’ve had NOTHING BUT TROUBLE with this printer. It’s such a pain. We get a LOT of “USB not connected”. We can never seem to get it to stay connected with the computer for very long. Sure it’s a decent printer, it’s got a great set-up what with printing, scanning, copying and whatnot. It’s great but the connection causes me to hate it with a vengence.

Overall, don’t waste your time and money on this. Try something different. (Maybe not HP?)We’re in the market for a new one.

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