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Holistic Guidance - HP Officejet J6480 All-in-One Printer
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List Price: $283.00
Our Price: $209.99
Your Save: $ 73.01 ( 26% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Clothing Size: HP
Color: HP
EAN: 0883585506811
Feature: Box Content - HP Officejet J6480 AIO, CD with software, Fax and wireless starting guide, Set-up poster, Power cord, HP 74 Black Cartridge (210 page yield), HP 75 Tri-Color Cartridge (155 page yield), 1-Year limited warranty
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Label: Hewlett Packard
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Model: J6480
Publisher: Hewlett Packard
Size: HP
Studio: Hewlett Packard
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Features
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Box Content - HP Officejet J6480 AIO, CD with software, Fax and wireless starting guide, Set-up poster, Power cord, HP 74 Black Cartridge (210 page yield), HP 75 Tri-Color Cartridge (155 page yield), 1-Year limited warranty
Black printing speed - Up to 31 ppm
Color printing speed - Up to 25 ppm
Black print resolution - Up to 1200 rendered dpi black (when printing from a computer)
Color print resolution - Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi color (when printing from a computer and 1200 input dpi)
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Editorial Reviews:
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Do more with one wireless machine that lets you print, copy, scan and fax. The Officejet J6480 All-in-One prints and copies at speeds of up to 31 pages per minute in black and 25 in color, and be eco-friendly by printing on both sides of the paper with automatic double-sided printing. Share and print wirelessly from a wireless-enabled notebook or desktop PC with the built-in Wi-Fi 802.11B/G. Black copy speed - Up to 31 cpm Color copy speed - Up to 25 cpm Scanner Resolution - 4800 x 4800 dpi Optical; 19200 dpi Enhanced (software) Scanner color - 48-bit Maximum scan size from glass - 8.5 x 11.7 3sec per page Fax Transmission Speed Fax Resolution up to 300 x 300dpi 100 Fax Speed Dial numbers Built-in Ethernet and 802.11B/G Wireless 2-Line text LCD Display 35 page Automatic Document Feeder Automatic Duplex Printing Borderless printing up to 8.5 x 14 Direct photo printing Memory card support - CompactFlash I and II, MS, MS Duo, MS Pro, SD, MMC, xD Paper Handling Input capacity - Up to 250 sheets input tray Supported Paper Sizes - Letter, legal, statement, executive, cards, panorama, 3 x 5, 4 x 6, 5 x 7, 5 x 8, 4 x 10, 4 x 11, 4 x 12, 8 x 10, envelopes (No. 10, Monarch), Envelope DL Recommended monthly volume - Up to 5000 pages Supported operating systems - Windows 2000; Windows XP Home; Windows XP Professional; Windows Vista Ready; Mac OS X v 10.3.9; Mac OS X v 10.4 or higher System Requirements - CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, USB port Approximate Unit Dimensions - 18.7(W) x 18.6(D) x 10(H) Approximate Unit Weight - 16.87 pounds
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Learning Experience
Comment: The bottom line: The J6480 offers a lot of features for the price I paid. Those features seem nice to have on tap, even if I probably won't use most of them. Plus, when the job is done, it's done pretty well. Also, I'm learning a lot about the state of consumer printer technology. Finally, I don't like admitting that I made a losing choice. All reasons why I'm toughing it out.
With a review like that, you know I'm not really loving it. You want some specifics? Fair enough.
The Good:
* Wireless set up went well. I followed the instructions in someone else's Amazon review.
* The CD install was long but succeeded on my WinXP desktop.
* My Vista laptop found the printer and installed drivers on its own.
* The HP Solution Center software is easy to use, though most activities can be initiated from the printer itself.
* I think the printer's multi-function interface is pretty easy.
* The printer's output looks pretty good to me.
* Printing, scanning, etc. is usually fast enough.
* Nothing has jammed yet.
Annoying Printer Tricks:
* Printer occassionally wakes up, cycles its internals, beeps, then goes back to sleep. Annoying when you're watching DVDs, concentrating, etc.
* Printer sports an ultrabright blue LED on the front, for those who would keep this in a bedroom or media area.
* Included cartridges are pretty low capacity. Printing 25 B&W pages has already used half my Black cartridge.
* Scanning activities are sometimes slow for no reason I can tell. Copying at low quality can run slower than copying at medium quality.
* Duplexed output is slow because, for each page, the printer has to wait for the front to dry before it can print the back. (A limitation of ink.)
* There is a "Copy 2 sided" option. Don't get excited about 2-sided input. It actually means "Two 1-sided originals -> one 2-sided output".
Degrading The Computing Experience:
* The included software causes slightly longer boot times.
* After boot up, I can't use the network until the HP software is done initializing. This takes several minutes.
* I know when it's done initializing because Windows tells me the firewall is DISABLED. In a few seconds, it's enabled again - but is this really necessary for printer software?
* The first time MS Word or MS Excel is launched, there is a ~3 minute wait.
* Sometimes IE, MS Word, and MS Excel stall while the printer software is doing something.
* Shutdown takes a few minutes. Windows displays message boxes saying it's waiting for various HP processes to close.
* If the printer is turned off, the above wait times get even longer.
* When printing duplex from Vista, I'm warned that the printer doesn't have a duplex module installed, even though it does. If I tell it to print anyway, it will print duplex afterall.
On balance, I admit I overbought and underpaid. I was young, it was my first time, I'll know better next time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wireless Does Not Work Properly
Comment: I purchased this printer primarily because it claimed to have wireless printing capabilities. I took my time and carefully installed the software on my wife's laptop computer. When I finished the installation and set-up I tried to print a test page, only the top two inches of the test page printed. After several hours of unsuccessful troubleshooting, I decided to configure my own laptop for wireless printing and perhaps figure out why my wife's laptop would not print properly. I ended up with the same exact results, only the top two inches of the test page would print. HP's online help was pretty much useless.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Prepare for hours of set up time
Comment: HP Officejet J6480 All-in-One Printer
Based on the reviews, I expected this to be the answer to my dilemma - linking two PCs (in separate rooms) to one printer/copier/scanner. I was expecting set up to be a pain, but it was more than I expected. After 2 hours trying to install this on my own, and 6 hours on the phone with HP tech support, I am discouraged and disappointed. The wireless connection is erratic, and interferes with the PC-router wireless connection (so that the internet connection has become unstable). The scanner still doesn't work at all. That said, when they work, the printer and copier functions do produce good quality copies. I followed the advice of previous reviewers and installed the software as they recommended (and then using the HP tech support advice). You would think that HP would design this type of product so that it did not require 8 hours (and counting) to function as advertised.
Now moving on to "Plan B." Anyone have experience hard-wiring this sort of printer with a USB switch and two USB cables (one stretching ~50 feet)?
Customer Rating:
Summary: HP all in one
Comment: Great on speed, the printed paper flies out of the printer! Seems to use a lot of ink I think or maybe I'm printing more? Have not set up the fax yet, but use the scanner daily & it works well. Wish there were more info booklets with the printer for use guides.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Got it all to work, but it could have been easier.......
Comment: Well, it took a bit of time to figure out the last piece of the puzzle, but now I have all the functions working via wireless (print, fax, scan). I don't know if it will work for you, but here's what worked for me:
1) I never attached the printer -- just kept it wireless during setup.
2) Input my network's SSID name and password via the printer panel.
3) Never used the CD -- just went to the HP website and downloaded the basic software.
4) Used the software to configure the printer. After that, printing worked fine. But I discovered that I couldn't get the fax to work correctly (transmission error).
5) Did some homework and decided to reduce the fax transmission rate from 33k rate to 14.4k. Now the fax works! But, I couldn't figure out how to scan via wireless.
6) Did some homework, and figured out the scanning: Went into my printer control panel; discovered the assigned IP address for the printer via "properties"; input that IP address into a browser; that brings up a panel that allows you to do "webscan" among other things. That solved it.
Well, I don't know if that will work for anyone else, but it worked for me and now I'm very satisfied with the printer. Good luck!
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