HP OfficeJet J4680 All-in-One Wireless Printer
HP OfficeJet J4680 All-in-One Wireless Printer
- Wireless
- Borderless photo printing
- Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi color when printing from a computer and 1200 input dpi
- Direct photo printing
- Color print; color copy; color scan; color fax
HP Officejet J4680 AIO (CB783A) Get professional results with this affordable easy-to-use all-in-one with wireless connectivity. Quickly print scan copy and fax from one device. Use HP Officejet inks to print high-quality color documents for less than most lasers. Streamline a range of business tasks with this productivity-enhancing wireless device. Make an impact with all your business materials- get laser-quality text and rich vivid colours.
List Price: $ 160.00
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HP Copy/Laser/Inkjet 3-Hole Paper, 96 Brightness, 20 lb, Letter Size (8.5 x 11), White, 500 Sheets (11310-1)
- Acid-free for archival quality.
- High-bright paper for everyday use.
- ColorLok(TM) technology resists smears and captures bolder blacks and brighter colors.
- Ream of 500 sheets
Extra bright and white for high contrast images perfect for everyday use. A versatile paper engineered for use in copiers, printers and fax machines. Global Product Type: Office Paper-White; Sheet Size (W x H): 8 1/2 in x 11 in; Paper Color(s): White; Assortment: N/A.Designed for use with HP inkjet printers, copiers, fax machines, laser printers, and office equipment, HP Multipurpose Paper delivers sharp, professional-looking results every time. It features ColorLok technology for bold blacks, e
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Having trouble? Perhaps this will help. (BTW: This really is a decent little unit),
First, let me preface by saying that I am not “tied” to any particular brand or model. I’ve had, and/or still have: Epsons, Canons, HPs and Lexmarks (I tend to shy away from Lexmarks low end units, but the higher end units work fine) and they ALL have their good apples and their bad apples. I, for the life of me, simply cannot label this as a bad apple. And believe me, after reading all the negative reviews, I tried! It works without flaw on Vista 32 bit, Vista 64 bit and Windows 7 64 bit RC1(Using the Vista 64 bit drivers). Both via USB and via WiFI with an old Linksys WRT54GL.
/PREFACE OFF
I work out of my SUV and needed a small printer/copier to use while I was on the road. This so happened to be on sale a few weeks ago and was the cheapest AIO, with the exception of the Lexmark which I was not willing to purchase, so I bought it. I got it home, preformed the normal new printer setup ritual, contemplated some sort of ceremonial dance due to all the negative reviews, and dug in.
—FIRST RULE OF THUMB WHEN INSTALLING ANY NEW HARDWARE: Create a restore point! If anything goes haywire, you can just “roll back” to this restore point.
—SECOND RULE OF THUMB: Do NOT use the drivers provided in the box. Ever… Instead download the drivers and/or firmware/system updates and/or patches from HP.
—AND THE FINAL RULE OF THUMB: Unless you love bloatware(God knows, HP wants you to…), find the most BASIC and SMALLEST driver set available that still allows full feature operation. When I searched (What a novel idea, right?), there were two “junior sized” drivers for this particular unit and both gave summaries as to what they do. The first one was the “HP Officejet Basic print&scan driver” and the second was the “HP Officejet Basic Driver – IT Professional Use Only”. Now, don’t let the “professional use only” scare you. It installs just like the beefier versions with a setup.exe, it’s just WAY faster to install and WAY smaller. Once installed, you have the normal scan and print functions, without the hassle.
I have successfully scanned via Windows Scanning & Printing (WIA) and also via Adobe Photoshop CS4 (WIA). I then printed numerous photos and documents on both photo and standard printer paper with not so much as a peep or a jam. Yes, I’m serious. And no, I’m not even close to being “easy” on it. It sits in my truck all day and night with inside temps reaching a scorching 115 degrees Fahrenheit and has worked every single time I called on it. Trust me I’m as shocked as you.
This brings me to my last point, that I’m certain someone is just dying to call me on: “Why should people have to use workarounds? Why can’t it just work?”. That is a very good question. But it is also a question you will find yourself asking more and more in life, as time goes on. This is, unfortunately, a fact of life. As things get cheaper and cheaper, manufacturers have to cut corners to keep up with their competitors and quite simply, things get overlooked. It sucks big time, and we as customers shouldn’t HAVE to use workarounds, but if you want a machine that does everything this one does, for less than the price of just a basic inkjet a few years ago, you’re gonna have to make exceptions. It’s a necessary evil, folks.
In closing, might I suggest one thing: Before jumping on the Haterade bandwagon (and this includes mindlessly rating me down for no particular reason other than you couldn’t get it to work for you, so therefore I must be lying), try to put forth a little effort on your part to rectify the problem. Is a simple Google search, or a simple visit to HP.com really THAT difficult? Lord knows, you’ll spend MUCH more time than that on the phone with the foreign “help desk”. Not to mention the time it takes to create such negative reviews.
Now this isn’t to say there’s been no bad hardware shipped, as I’m more than certain there are some who got lemons straight from the factory and even all the research in the world won’t rectify that problem. But after reading all the reviews, I found that the majority of the issues are either due to user error, or fixed in a software driver update that the user never bothered to check for.
If you want jack of all trade items at bargain prices, sometimes you have to do a little work.
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|It just works (even with Linux),
First of all, I must make clear I’m using this printer with computers running Ubuntu Linux, using version 2.8.10 of the HPLIP driver software (the first version to support it). I have no comments on the Windows or Mac software that comes with the printer, as I don’t use it.
I set the printer up with the control panel it has, it found my home network (802.11g, WPA2 encryption) immediately and I entered the network password and it connected first time. (after a power cut later, it reconnected itself fine).
The printer setup on my Linux computer automatically found the printer (wirelessly) without any problem and configured it in under a minute. Printed test page fine.
I’ve since printed other documents, done a 400MB full-page 1200dpi scan, sheet fed photocopies, enlarged photocopies etc all without any problem. All wireless (where applicable), haven’t needed to plug the USB cable in. It just works. I haven’t had any reason to test the fax features (don’t have a landline phone).
Quality-wise, color images are not quite as good as my older (wired) HP C3180 printer, but still quite acceptable. For printing and (especially) scanning the J4680 is fairly slow, for home use that doesn’t really matter.
I’ve even set up my Nokia E51 phone to print wirelessly to this printer, again a matter of entering the configuration details on the phone and it just worked.
I’ve deducted one star for the lack of a backlight on the screen, it’s really hard to read in anything other than perfect light. Other than that, I’m struggling to find anything to complain about. I’ll update this review when I do find something!
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|review for home use,
the product is very satisfactory.the price is good considering the features.the small dimensions of the product is suitable for a small home office. the wireless feature is very useful for homes which makes use of portable devices such as laptops. the paper feeder sometimes jams. the automatic feeder for the scanner needs improvement.
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|Cheap Animation Paper,
Who needs expensive punched animation bond when 3-hole punched copy paper will do? For several years now we have been using this kind of paper (any brand will do) to create animation drawings. For a pegbar, I use a modified wood ruler for 3-ring binders with short 5/8″ dowel pieces glued into the 3 holes. The 3-hole punch paper slides over the dowels perfectly and keeps drawings registered. I always keep the holes on the top and usually draw with the aid of a Light Tracer light box. You can even store your drawings in a 3-ring binder. D-ring styles are the best choice for this purpose.
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|received paper in 1 day afrer it was shipped,
will be using this product to make my husband a giant print Bible wants one large enough to read in a binder
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|Bright White, Smooth, Prints Well,
I was looking for a bit above average quality pre-punched paper for black and white as well as color printing from my laser printer.
Pros
+ Pre-punched for standard three-hole binding.
+ Bright white, clean and smooth.
+ Good value.
+ Heavy enough to not curl much even when printing dense images in color or when printing two-sided (duplex). Flattens promptly and looses any curl it came out of the printer with.
Thoughts
! If you are looking to impress, there are thicker papers out there that will feel more substantial. This is a pretty standard 20 lb. weight, not the cheap 18 lb., but common 20 lb. copier/printer weight.
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