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: Great printer, terrible software...
Summary: 4 Stars
First of all, it is a great printer. Color inkjet, duplex printing, duplex scanning, flatbed scanner, sheet fed scanner, built-in fax machine, it is a networked printer etc. Unfortunately, the software isn't great at all. Even after the major recent update it is still buggy. But I love the printer. It allows me to slide a 30-page dual-sided document in it, click "Scan", and it will do the duplex scan job, save it into a PDF document and will even do the character recognition for me! But let them fix the software!!!Digital camera Review: Great product, esp. with duplexer.
Summary: 4 Stars
I love the ability to print documents 2 per page, and duplex so that four pages fit on a single sheet of paper. Lightens my briefcase.
Ink is not cheap and our experience with OffixMax brand ink has been very bad, clogs the heads.
The ability to use the sheet feeder to easily convert documents to PDFs is also great. Be sure to download the latest HP software.
Digital camera Review: Great product. It does it all
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife recently began teaching, so we needed to have the ability to handle just about anything in the office. So in searching for an all-in-one product, I came across the HP OfficeJet 7xxx series.
The 7310 turned out to be everything I needed. It has everything mentioned in the description above. If you need to be able to connect your printer via a wireless router, then go for the 7410. But if you don't mind USB or ethernet, look no further.
After unpacking the box, I followed the simple instruction sheet (which included pictures as well for those people who work visually). In about 5 minutes, I had taken all the tape off, foam out, and ready to go.
The software is bulky (~300 MB). It took a long time to install, but most computer these days can handle the size of the install with ease. The install asked me to plug in my USB cable during the install, which I did, and it completed the whole process. I have Windows 2003 server (which isn't listed, but works).
The print quality is quite nice. It has one color cartridge and one black cartrige. The color prints look very nice. I have yet to try printing a photo on it yet.
The input interfaces are a nice option as well (SD, CF, ...). Most of the devices functions can be handled via the on-device color screen. You can send your scanned documents directly from the printer to Word, Email, or any of the newly installed HP apps.
The scanner scans at a very good quality. It should be more than enough for any typical user (we wanted to scan some wedding pictures). Not sure if someone who does digital imaging for a living will find it good enough, but it's pretty sweet.
*** One note for anyone else who uses Win2003 server (which isn't listed as necessarily supported). You have to turn on the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service. You must be an Administrator to do this, but scanning will not work without activating it (disabled by default. Set to automatic and start the service).
I highly recommened this product to anyone looking for a great printerm copier, and high quality scanner. And if you need to Fax, it has that as well.
Digital camera Review: Great until it screwed up!
Summary: 2 Stars
I'd actually give this a 2 1/2 star rating because before it messed up it was a great product. Excellent printing, much better than any other printer I've had. Unfortunately one day for no reason it decided it had a paper jam. No paper was even in it. I checked it over then took it to a repair guy and there's nothing that can be done. HP has been difficult to work with through this whole thing. A two year old printer that cost as much as this one should not just crap out on me. All it is is a sensor error, a sensor should be replaceable for a reasonable price so I can get it fixed locally or even do it myself. This is either going to pollute some third world country if it is garbage or HP is going to refurbish it again (yes, I got it refurbished as a gift) and sell it to someone else for like $350. Who knows how many times this printer has had this issue; how many times it has been resold.Digital camera Review: HP 7300 series
Summary: 4 Stars
Did the job for a few years. Have since upgraded to 8500 series and am leased with wireless capabilities.