HP Photosmart C3180 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, and Copier

• Thermal Inkjet Printer/Scanner/Copier with 32MB Internal Memory
• Up to Up to 4800 x 1200-optimized Color Print Speed
• 22ppm Blk/20ppm Clr Copy Speed/ One-Touch Button Printing
• Auto Paper-Type Sensor/ Print Borderless and up to 8.5 x 24 Panaroma
• 11.20 lbs (WxLxH) 7.72" x 17.10" x 6.40"

Amazon.com Product Description:
Looking for that perfect machine that can meet all your photo printing needs, not to mention your document printing needs...and do a whole lot of other stuff, too? You can print photos right from your camera via memory card 1 (no need for a PC). Use the included HP Photosmart Express software to edit each shot and organize the whole lot. You can print, scan, and copy with ease, and you'll love the results you get from your Photosmart C3180 All-in-One. HP's Vivera ink delivers a broad range of vivid, lifelike colors and crisp black text. View example. Print straight from your camera or camera phone using a memory card. View larger. Fast, convenient, reliable The HP Photosmart C3180 All in One Printer, Scanner, and Copier features high-quality scans of photos & documents with 1200 x 2400 dpi optical resolution, 48-bit color depth. Automatically remove red eye, enhance detail in dark areas of photos, Photos resist fading for generations and laser-quality text documents retain clarity for decades, Memory card slots support Secure Digital/MultiMedia Card, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, xD-Picture Card using brochure and photo papers for borderless printing 36-ink 6-printing available with purchase of HP 99 photo inkjet cartridge; not included, Print borderless photos up to 8.5 x 24 panorama size with included HP Photosmart Essential Software. Use your all-in-one's scanner to repair older, damaged photos with HP Real Life technologies. True-to-life photos and documents Make pro-quality reprints in any size up to 8.5 x 11" with the touch of a button Print borderless photos in sizes up to 8.5 x 24" panorama2 with the included HP Photosmart Essential software Print and copy photos in beautiful six-ink color (optional) and laser-quality text with HP's Vivera inks3 Do high-quality scans of photos and documents with the 1200 x 2400 dpi optical resolution and 48-bit color depth Help photos resist fading for generations4 and keep laser-quality documents clear for decades5 Five-star functionality Optimize your print and copy quality for various kinds of paper with the automatic paper type sensor Print straight from your camera or camera phone using a memory card Repair older or damaged images by scanning and retouching using HP's Real Life technologies Automatically remove red eye and enhance details in dark areas of your photos Award-recognized support Get peace of mind with the one-year limited warranty plus HP's renowned Total Care service and support, which J.D. Power and Associates has recognized as consistently providing "An Outstanding Customer Service Experience" Rely on printing excellence: PC Magazine has designated HP as a "Reader's Choice" for 14 years in a row Get answers to your product questions toll-free, 24 x 7, or via e-mail in as little time as an hour 1. Memory card slots support Secure Digital/MultiMediaCard, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, xD-Picture Card. 2. Using brochure and photo papers for borderless printing. 3. Six-ink printing available with purchase of HP 99 photo inkjet cartridge; sold separately. 4. Based on Wilhelm-Research.com light-fade testing under glass (as of 01-05) using HP 93 Tri-color and optional HP 99 Photo Inkjet cartridges on HP Premium Plus photo papers. 5. Based on paper industry predictions for acid-free papers; colorant stability data at room temperature based on similar systems tested as per ISO 11798 and ISO 18909. What's in the box HP Photosmart C3180 All-in-One, HP 92 Black Inkjet Print Cartridge (5 ml), HP 93 Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge (5 ml), HP Photosmart Essential Software on CD-ROM, Setup and Basics Guides, Power supply, Power cord Note: USB cable not included

Worst printer from the worst company:
I too got this printer for free when I bought my mac. And even still I think its a horrible waste. It worked well for a few months; i probably printed about 20 times and only a few weird paper jams, etc. But after a few prints the ink will run out! I've never seen ink run out so fast. Now I can't print anything. it will print a couple of lines on the first page, and then print gibberish and symbols on the next page, and then just keep printing a few symbols on a new page. Its so frustrating. I tried to re-download the drivers but to no avail. The customer service at HP is some of the worst I have ever used. And tried to charge me $65 to tell me that the printer is broken. I'd rather take that money and buy a new printer. Which I will. And never from HP (worst company ever).

INK USAGE IS INSANE!:
I've been using this printer for about 3 months and have gone through 3 ink cartridges. I don't print more than maybe 50-75 pages a month. At around $13 (at the cheapest) a cartridge this is insane. If I hadn't gotten the printer as a gift this would be a terrible investment. I could print for years (2500 pages) on a laser cartridge for $50. For the price, buy a laser printer and never look back! I'm warning you don't make the same mistake I did.

Great scanner/copier/printer for the money:
I got this scanner/printer/copier last year for Christmas and it's been nothing but great. It's not intended for heavy use. Once in a while I make a few copies with it. You can select the copy quality, and that will determine how much ink the machine uses per page. The scanner is adequate for "light" use. It's a little on the slow side compared to our big machine at work, but I don't need anything more than this for scanning a few photos now and then. I'm not sure if my printer driver got messed up somehow, but everytime I hook my laptop to the printer it starts printing a page that looks like a test page. I think that may be something easy to fix, but I don't bother. I usually just hit the cancel button right away after I hook up the laptop so that I don't waste the ink printing that page. Overall, it's a very good machine. No fax machine on this one though.

Great MFP with one major flaw:
I've owned this printer for about a year and a half. It was a great performer for light to average home use but has one major flaw. The available ink cartridges only have 5ml of ink which barely last a month even with light use. After going through my last two ink cartridges this fall, I decided it was a better investment to buy a new MFP. I paid $79 for a new Canon MP470 which included 16ml ink cartridges (and has high capacity cartridges available when it is time for a refill). It would have cost me almost $50 for two 5ml black and one 5ml color cartridge for the HP. For $30 more, I got the equivalent of 1 extra black cartridge, 2 extra color cartridges and a free printer to go with it. I understand HPs motivation but 5ml cartridges is just an insult. If I was aware of this when I was buying the printer, I would not have done it. BEWARE!

3180 is a voracious ink consumer:
This printer is great looking. It prints photographs well, but they came out dark. I received it free from Apple with purchase of an iBook. I believe the reason HP 3180 is free is because it runs through ink at an alarming rate, one will end up paying for the 'free' printer in above average ink cartridge purchases. When trying to set the print quality to 'Gray Tone' in the 'Color Sync' setting, the blacks print so dark that they are visibly wet when they come out of the printer. I was unable through many different tries to get this printer to slow down on the ink output. I also had trouble with the printer 'communicating' forever with the computer. Finally, I had to unplug the printer to start over. This happened too many times.