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Summary: Just don't want one!
Review: I bought my HP 3820 a few months ago. Like that other review stated, the 3820 makes all kinds of noises, and it keeps the user waiting forever before it finally-usually just starts spitting out strange characters rather than meaningful information. I tried to print an envelope for a resume about the third or fourth time that I used my 3820, but my 3820 could hardly even feed envelopes that were absolutely properly fed and properly aligned (and a correct paper size indicated by my Microsoft word processor). I have seven years of print operations experience, and I have used dozens of printers of all kinds in my total of more than 11 years of computer room and print operations experience, and I can assure you that I did absolutely nothing wrong to make this 3820 fail on printing envelopes. After I gave up on trying to get my 3820 to correctly print an envelope I cancelled the print, reset the printer, and then I tried to print something else on regular paper, but my printer has not been able to even feed a sheet of paper ever since it refused to correctly feed my envelopes. There is nothing blocking the feed, and I heard no noises indicating anything breaking or popping loose whenever the envelopes had previously gone thru it and come out printed all wrong. The printer now acts as if there is some variable that got turned on in its circuitry that is making it not want to feed from the tray, but I have tried resetting it in every way. This 3820 printer, in the few times that I got it to print before the envelope incident, never printed all that great of quality anyway, but now it is just a dead issue. This is my third and probably last HP printer period. I am also tired of having to reset printer cartridges that are designed to be difficult to refill (despite that I do have success refilling them with generic inks). (...)Should you see any good reviews anywhere by anyone wanting to sell you on one of these 3820 printers, then trust me, it is likely that what you are reading came from a person(s) just wanting to unload a worthless printer on you! Don't be someone else's sucker! The only reason that I gave this printer its ONE STAR rating is because there were no NEGATIVE STAR ratings from which I had to choose. Truthfully, YOU DO NOT WANT THIS PRINTER! I would stake my B.S. in computer science on it! As for the cartridge for this printer... you can find them empty online (...) (empties that have never ever been refilled), and then you can buy refill kits and refill them yourself (but don't try to fill the tanks based on the order of colors on the HP cartridges' labels, or you will have been steered into wasting your perfectly good empty cartrdges, because the colors are in the wrong order!!!) Just don't buy one!
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Summary: I love this printer! Don't listen to the other reviews!
Review: This is, in my opinion, one of the best printers ever(for its price range). I have a few other priner like lexmark and epson, but this HP beats them into the ground. I have had this printer for a long time now and have gone through a few cartridges. So far my "cog" has not broken, and my back door never broke. This printer NEVER gave me any trouble. Anyway, onto the printer. The 4800x1200 dpi is gorgeous. After reprinting a picture that had been developed from a regular film camera, the printed one actually looked better. It is pretty fast and the cartridges last a descent amount of time.LISTEN TO ME PEOPLE!
I am not one of those people that says a printer is good after having just a few weeks. I have had this printer for more than an year. I don't know why people have problems with this printer, cause I didn't have any problems. Maybe it is cause I live in CANADA and maybe the shipment of printers that came here was better. P.S.
The support from HP was great. The people who spoke to me where very respectful and helpful. I don't know why others say it was bad. P.P.S.
I LOVE THIS PRINTER! P.P.P.S.
Go to hell all the people that bad-mouth this printer!
Rating: 
Summary: Back door jammin
Review: The printer is OK in most regards. The ink cartridge lasts a lot longer than Cannon printers I've had in the past. However, there is this door in the back that is built flimsily and I don't know what happened, but something broke on it and it won't stay closed. This causes paper jams galore. I had to remedy the problem with scotch tape. It works fine now with a permanent band-aid.
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Summary: Excellent Piece Of JUNK!!
Review: I was a satisfied HP customer since the old times of deskjet 550. I bought this unit a little over a year, used it sparingly, until the well famous "small cog" broke. I remember this happened while the 2nd black cartridge was half full ( HP, are you intentionally making this junk fail so I spend another $100 in another one of your printers in less than a year??). I called HP parts service and of course, NO FAIR SOLUTION - THE COG IS NOT SOLD. Their only "offer" was to send the printer back to HP, PLUS $59, and they would ship a "refurbished" one. So, are they keeping the cogs to make a final price of $159 for the printer? Since I REFUSE to buy a new printer, I wanted to make this junk at least pay off the ink cartridges until they empty themselves, so I found the website http://www.fixmybrokenprinter.co.uk/ where Mr. G will fix the broken cog for a very fair price. I'll make this machine sweat its price until it dies, and believe me, no more cheap HP printers after this one!! I'm done with HP!!
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Summary: Piece of CRAP
Review: I think the HP 3820 is the worst printer I have ever owned. It is noisy, slow, and I have had endless driver problems. Don't buy one, you can do a LOT better!
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Summary: Don't Buy It
Review: I have the same problem as everyone else - the broken cog, for which HP offers no easy, or cheap, or reliable solution. After 8 months, I now have to get a different printer. What am I to do with the ink cartridges I just installed and paid big bucks for? Use your hard-earned money to buy a dependable product.
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Summary: Only lasted 1.5 years. Really dissapointed!!
Review: I bought it new in 6/03 and in 12/04 the carriage return froze up and would no longer move. I called the HP help desk and was told it needed to be serviced so I decided to save my money and buy a new printer instead. It would probably cost me more to have it fixed than to get a new one. I am really dissapointed! I expected more from a product by HP. One note* When it did work, it had great print quality, but a little noisy.
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Summary: Good printer, even if a bit flaky
Review: As with all cost-efficient electronics, a low-cost printer is bound to have a few flaws. The HP 3820 has a few big ones, but there are plenty of positive aspects as well. First, and foremost, is the ink efficiency. The user control panel gives you a great variety of options to choose the ink levels used, color depth, saturation, and dry time. The 3820 also excels in its speed; for a small printer, the rate at which it prints both color and B/W is impressive.
Unfortunately, that's where the positive ends and the mediocre begins. First, the thing shakes like a sick dog. I have the printer on a hutch, and whenever it prints, the shaking is more-than-noticable. The signal time (the time it takes for the print document to reach the printer from the computer) is substantial, which negates the speedy page-per-minute rate. This printer malfunctioned about nine months after I purchased it. The tech support was tedius and took several hours to 'decide' that the problem warranted replacement. The new one hasn't died yet, but I suppose you get what you pay for.
The printer was relatively inexpensive, and if you're looking for a basic print unit to output an average of 2 to 4 pages per day, it's definitely worth it. However, don't expect great things; it doesn't profess to be a top-of-the-line printer, but it's great as a workhorse. Summary? Can be rickety, but it gets the job done, and does it well enough for most people's needs.
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Summary: Broken Down
Review: This printer worked alright for a little under 2 years, but now it is broken. Something mechanically is wrong with the printer and it cannot be fixed. I just purchased two new ink cartridges (30 bucks each) and now they are basically worthless. When this printer was working, its performance was acceptable, but a printer from hp lasting only about a year and a half is unacceptable. I would not recommend this product and would suggest a different brand than hp.
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Summary: Don't buy it. It's junk.
Review: I have two of them, unfortunately. And they are both broken. When they worked they gave terrific copies but then they started doing all kinds of weird things. Tried all the obvious and to no avail. CR really did themselves no favors when they rated this thing as a best buy. My old HP 687 worked like a champ for years and it was build like a tank. These new ones are build cheaply and they break, easily. I do not abuse my equipment. This is ridiculous. I do not plan to purchase HP products in the future and I would suggest anyone owning their stock to unload it. This company is going in the tank if this printer is indicative of their managment.
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