6 years ago I had a HP psc 2410 photosmart all in one. I was extremely happy with it. Its always hard to judge if your getting good value for money in ink but life was good.
Neverthless when it came to up grade, bully for me, I did no research and just jumped in to get a HP Photosmart C7280 all in one.
It is total rubbish. It prints photos well, but general purpose printing is rubbish. I have tested many types of paper, but the only paper that moisture wont run the printed ink is expensive HP paper.
The printer seems to pick one of the 6 ink catridges to use extemely fast. I have no idea why, but one colour always runs down extremely fast. I spend a fortune on ink. I haven't tried the recycling of ink though.
It is frustratingly slow (and noisy) to print and copy. The printer seems to spend an extraordinary amount of time in its cleaning mode, or reedying mode, or what ever mood its in other than doing what I want it to do
I have spent some hours of the phone to HP disinterested techs trying to solve the problems, with no success.
There are continuous software problems with VISTA with it closing programs and refusing to print. HP says these are known problems, but dont seem to have the ability to fix.
Not happy Jan.
No more HP for me.