HP OfficeJet 7310 All-in-One Printer by Hewlett Packard Office
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Digital camera reviews of HP OfficeJet 7310 All-in-One Printer
Digital camera Review: A Good Unit That Can Be Very Disappointing
Summary: 3 Stars
I have had my HP Officejet 7310 for about 2.5 years. I have been very pleased with it up until now. I was able to install it easily and it performed all of its functions well. It prints faster than my earlier HP printers which have proven to be more durable, e.g. HP 960, Photosmart 7150 and HP Deskjet 3820. I like the functionality of the 7310 and I have been pleased with fax, scanner and copier functions. My only reservation is that I have not been able to get the unit to discriminate been a voice call and fax call automatically. However, my biggest disappointment has been the problem with the `Remove and Check Color Cartridge' error that I am now having. After 1 hour plus in chat mode on the HP website, I found out that the problem is a hardware problem with the printer not the cartridge. I used two brand new genuine HP cartridges to no avail. The most frustrating thing about this error, which appears to have happened to many other people on this site, is that with the cartridge error no other function can be used whether or not it involves printing. One can not print with just one cartridge installed which adds to the frustration. This seems to be an avoidable design option which I hope HP will correct. In the future I will ask about overall functionality in case of the failure of one or more functions before I buy.Digital camera Review: A HOME or SMALL office all in one printer
Summary: 4 Stars
An all in one printer tries to be something to everyone. This one does have a wealth of features which in a home environment are quite a bit beyond what one would have got a few years ago. And when attached via the USB using the latest software, I have found them all to work.
That would not convince me to use this as an office workhorse. Clearly the consumables are too expensive for that and the capacity is not great enough. The documentation available for review from HP tells you what the expected monthly cycle is and you can easily find page yields. Once you have done that, you will realise that for anyone doing serious print jobs this is going to be an expensive option.
My opinion is that some people have bought this with expectations which are quite unreasonable for a machine of this size and price. While some claim that its purchase price is expensive, they are expecting performance from it which one might get from a printer at 10 times the price. Others are not happy with the performance of one or another feature, forgetting that if they had bought separates for each of the features they would have filled the average home "study room" to the ceiling with equipment.
The commonest complaints are about software - it does take a lot of hard disk space. If you do a minimal install it will of course take up less space but you will lose some of the features. However, the average modern computer has such an enormous hard disk that proportionally, the software should not be causing major problems. Mine installed fine and works, including some of the features that other reviewers have had trouble with, so maybe updates have fixed the bugs.
The other grumble that people have is that on a network the machine does not seem to function as planned. I have some experience of that since in our office we have one of these installed on the network. It does indeed keep sending error messages, which is irritating. For the rest it actually functions when required to. The other thing it does on our network is rings frequently, once, as though a fax was coming in and then stops. It does not seem to be the phone line causing that.
In summary - on a network it is not ideal, but at home, where I just use the USB connection it is fine and makes possible some of the tasks that I would previously have done in the office or at a copy shop, and to my mind for a reasonable price.
The quality of the output, e.g. colour photos using the optional photo cartridge is good. It would have been handier if that cartridge could have just stayed in there instead of having to swap the black one, but it's not a big deal.
ADF and duplexing works okay for me. Both print paper and material in the ADF needs to be well squared to the machine or else it can be taken in squint and cause trouble. You'll find that double sided scanning is not very quick.
I find the quality of scans to be very good - but colour is not as good as it could be. A scanned photo needs the colour balance to be readjusted. But a scan of handwriting comes out very clear with none of the lines or graininess I have seen on previous scanners.
If you are doing high volumes of any of the features of this machine - you probably need a stand alone. If like me you will use it at home for doing a bit with most of the features, it will be fine.
Digital camera Review: A lighthouse and printer in-one
Summary: 4 Stars
This device is an all-rounder and truly deserves its title as multi-function device. It prints, scans, faxes, and copies impressively fast. In addition, it glows like the pharos (lighthouse) of Alexandria into the night, which is particularly helpful when you don't want to invest into extra nightlights around your house. Humor aside, the LCD display does not typically switch off when the printer goes into stand-by, and cannot be turned off manually. And, as usual, four rounds of cartridges make up the value of the printer. Generally spoken, however, the best printer I have owned.Digital camera Review: A piece of garbage
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this printer for my wife to use in her business a couple of years ago. Since then, it has been an endless source of frustration.
Now, despite replacing cartridges, it refuses to print, and only gives an error message saying that "print alignment failed".
The FAX feature has never worked for incoming faxes. No amount of cajoling can make it accept incoming faxes.
My advice: don't but this printer!!!
Digital camera Review: Auto feeder does not work well
Summary: 1 Stars
We've had this machine for 2 years, and the automatic feeder started its problems. Whenever we try to use it for muliple-page faxing or copying, sheets would get stuck together. This is very annoying because it is extremely painful to track which pages got faxed/copied or not. This is the most annoying feature and because of it, I'm not recommending it.