HP Photosmart C4580 All-In-One Inkjet Review

I have owned a few HP printers and had no reservations buying my C4580 last week as a printer for my children. I thought for the specifications, it was a great price.

BUT I wish I had not bought this ROTTEN contraption. Paper jam after paper jam after paper jam has occured. I have tried various weights and types of paper (70/80/90 gsm) and different coatings. Only one sheet out of c.30 attempts has made it through the printing process unscathed. Every time, the paper gets stuck under the print carriage and fails to make it through the out feed.

Advice: don't buy.

It's going back to the shop this afternoon for my money back.

I did eventually get mine working, at least as a printer. I didn't succeed in configuring it as a scanner - though it does work as a copier. The print quality is actually rather good. One problem is that I configured it using a static IP address - which it seemed to require. I'll have to check again whether it'll work with DHCP. I have one router where changing a static address is a cinch, and onother which currently appears to be an absolute pain. If it will work with DHCP that'll be much easier. Anyone reading this who doesn't understand will perhaps realise that there can be significant problems in getting this device to work, though once I'd got it going I found it is quite good - unlike the previous commenter crippo. I could even be tempted to buy another, as long as the hardware continues to function - but configuring/reconfiguring this device is a real pain unless you are either (a) very lucky, or (b) very talented. Otherwise you'll have to be (c) very determined in order to get it work.

Mine works fine, and after a weeks use I have only one problem: using Mac OS10.5 and Word I cant get it to print in the reverse order of pages, using the usual commands.
I havnt needed to use the Scan function, so dont knw if that works. but the copy function is OK and fast. Print quality good. No paper jams.
Anybody have any ideas re reverse printing?

My low-cost Canon Pixma printer died on me just as it crawled over the warranty deadline, so I had no hesitation in checking out this website for a replacement, non-Pixma budget all-in-one. HP C4580 now in place. The point about all this is that it's not about the cost of the box - they could pay you to take one away - it's about knowing that the box will fail, but hey, if it does what it says on the tin, keep on buying those consumables!