HP Photosmart C7280
HP and Canon were slugging it out for some time now in pursuit of the ultimate all-in-one printer, with the Holy Grail is the machine that can provide excellent quality and speed, combined with chic and practice the design more affordable prices. Inevitably, neither company has managed the final, but each new ramp upgrade a step closer to that goal.
The latest HP Photosmart focused mainly on improving network connection and the quality of image reproduction. The main physical differences between the old series C6200 and C7200 the new series are more than 50 sheets ADF documents on the top and pushed forward controls, which now include a series of fax programming buttons.
The 100-sheet tray still protrudes ahead with the automatic 20 sheets, 10 x 15cm photo paper tray above. The LCD screen at the far left of the control panel is 6.1cm in size and allows you to perform a low-cut series of orders from major software Photosmart Essential. Also, the same set of memory card slots is in place at the right front, ready to print or copy directly from CompactFlash, SD, Multimedia Card, Memory Stick and MS Pro.
What is new is the wireless networking 802.11g capacity, and configuration via the LCD menu is remarkably effective. Just ask the machine to search for the router and it appears once confirmed, you’re at work and if you do not have WiFi then there’s the standard USB and Ethernet.
Setting up the fax is a little more complicated, but if you follow the LCD or instruction manual, you should have no difficulty to be operational within a few minutes. Up to 90 A4 pages Faxes can be stored in memory, which is excellent for business, but also miserable for spam faxes.
In terms of speed, there is virtually no improvement over the series C6200, printing and copy the best prices 34ppm in black and 33ppm color documents. The 10 x 15cm photos averaged around 12 seconds to basic settings when printing and memory card via a PC, moving to 15 minutes when scanning the highest resolution (4800 x 4800 DPI). Fortunately, the function duplex automatic remains the last round and did not involve large add-ons to the rear of the unit, each page is simply sucked into the machine and back is printed.
HP Photosmart C7280 All-in-One - multifunction ( color )
The print quality is consistently high on all copying and printing functions, with colors often so strong and real they seem to have the page, and blacks are solid and consistent. Digital photos will be tweaked to default settings, though, as photos outdoors tends to give foliage yellow hue.
