Disappointed with paper handling
Written: Jan 12 '04
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Pros: Great photo quality output
Cons: Paper handling is a nightmare,
poorly written drivers (nothing new for HP)
The Bottom Line: Great print quality. Terrible paper handling. Stay away from the Photosmart series.
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| mgirka's Full Review: Hewlett Packard PhotoSmart 7150 InkJet Printer |
I purchased the HP Photosmart printer in January of 2003. I have only used HP Premium Plus papers in the printer. I have found the photos and color documents to be of very good quality. The quality output is one of the best features of this printer. The printer has reasonably good speed. For quality and speed I am quite satisfied.
Paper handling with the HP Photosmart printer is a nightmare. If you don’t have enough paper loaded in the feed tray, you get an out-of-paper error. If you have too much paper loaded, (not overloaded) you get a paper jam error. There is a separate paper handling feeder integrated into the output tray. It’s so poorly engineered; I have never been able to print a 4x6 photo on the first try. You load the photo paper (4x6) into the feeder and then must push a little lever to advance the paper into the feeding wheels. The whole mechanism is inaccurate and flimsy and usually skews the paper so it does not feed straight. I read the manual to learn how the feed envelopes into the printer. The manual tells you to go to HP help??? Why does the HP manual tell you to look somewhere else on how to feed envelopes through the printer? I never have found the instruction on how to feed an envelope.
The drivers from HP are confusing and will not let you setup print areas that you desire. There are multiple areas to select the paper type and/or paper size. The photos are always offset. I have never been able to print a photo with an even border. Borderless prints… forget about it. Half the time, when you pint a page nothing prints. There a document sitting in the printer queue but nothing happens. The next time you start your computer the HP print preview comes up with you document asking if you want to print it. Besides being an irritation, this could potentially be a security issue.
I don’t know how HP ever shipped this printer to the public. HP has got a very reasonably good print engine in the Photosmart series but they really dropped the ball on paper handling and driver usability.
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