Standard cartridges aren’t worth considering unless you print or copy only occasionally, as the cost per page is 7.5 cents for black and 19.6 cents for four-color cartridges, respectively.Īttractive, easy-to-use controls and decent output quality might be enough to recommend the HP Photosmart C4780 – if the cost of ink weren’t so high. A graphics page using all four colours (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) costs 15.1 cents a page. A 440-page, high-yield tricolor cartridge costs $42, or 9.3 cents a page. A 600-page, high-yield black cartridge costs $35, or 5.8 cents a page for black output. Replacement inks for the C4780 were among the most expensive on the market at the time of this review.
HP PHOTOSMART C4780 DRIVER
Automatic duplexing is not available, but the driver will walk you through the steps manually. This printer supports Print, Copy and Scan functionality. The modern design integrates a mixture of matte and glossy blacks on the casing with HP logos on the outside of the paper tray and scanner lid. Printed or copied output (up to 15 sheets) falls right on top of the input stack, which looks and feels awkward. The Photosmart C4780 All-in-One printer is a relatively compact printer, weighing in at just over 10 lbs. The thick, plastic 80-sheet input tray drops open from the front of the printer a sturdy plastic extension folds out to accommodate legal-size paper. The Photosmart C4780’s paper handling is adequate for light use, but it’s a klunky design. Scan speeds were dismally slow however the images showed accurate, if slightly pixelated, colors, and precise lines. There was some visible banding in large areas of continuous color. Other colours in our test printouts tended to be slightly over-saturated yet still looked natural.
Text was dark charcoal rather than black, but looked very crisp even in small-point and ornate fonts. Print speeds were average overall: 7.6 pages per minute for plain-text pages, 2.5 ppm for graphics. The unit’s performance was adequate in our tests. HP Photosmart C4780 All-In-One Inkjet Printer/copier/ Scanner. Its Help section offers much more useful support information (including animations) than the anemic HTML-based user guide. 2-pk 60 Black Cartridges For HP Photosmart C4685 C4690 C4700 C4740 C4750 C4780. The 1.45-inch color touchscreen is very easy to use, as is HP’s onscreen Solution Center software, which centralizes printer settings, status, and other utilities.
HP PHOTOSMART C4780 PLUS
Connectivity includes Wi-Fi and USB, plus two media slots for MS, SD, and xD cards. The Photosmart C4780 offers a few extras and admirable support for its low price ($130 at this writing). Unfortunately the model comes with outrageous prices for its ink, and it has an extremely limited design. Wireless networking and touch-sensitive controls help set HP‘s Photosmart C4780 apart from other entry-level colour inkjet multifunction printers.
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