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Summary: The ONLY colourr laser replacement
Review: ... Until I saw this printer and realised I could have everything that the magicolor had in A3+. This really is a workhorse of a printer. Consumables are reasonable for an office printer and it's great to have not only separate ink tanks for each colour but also separate print heads for each colour also. The duplexing is great. It will print on 300gm card and also prints up to 3mm from the edge of the page (I have an edge bleed design on my stationary design and now print all my own). The final win is the 250 page second tray and the upcoming addition of an HP sheet feed scanner which converts my system into a full-color/duplex/A3+ photocopier/faxer. Brilliant
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Summary: Where's the sixth star????
Review: After trying 2 Epson 785EPX's and having trouble with the USB driver install, system locks and unacceptable white dot tracks all over the photos - cursing like I never have before, I decided to try HP & their brand new cp1700. Died and went to heaven! The results are STUNNING!! Printer sets up in 10 minutes, my entire computer runs three times faster (for some odd reason the Epson slowed everything down)and the photos are brilliant! (The paper feed on the new Epsons have real problems, that's what creates the white dot tracks, read other consumer reviews on the 785) This HP was up and kicking like no other hardware I've ever seen, amazing. Agreed that the price is more, but guess what? More than worth it, much more! Way to go HP, if there was a 6th star, you'd get it! Let alone the ability to print crystal clear 12 by 16's. Wow!
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Summary: Exceptional value for the price
Review: Great printer all around and I love the wide format ability. I have worked w/ a lot of printers over the years and I have to say HP is the best. Tech support is awsome, prices are good, and the printers are always workhorses.Separate ink tanks (and print heads) save major $ over the long run. Has a kill switch to stop printing (another big $ saver). I love it and doubt I'll need another printer for a very long time. Both the print quality and color resolution are excellent.
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Summary: Same technology as the HP 2500C+ ! Get away of it!!
Review: HP insists with this illfated printhead/print cartridges technology. I bought the 2500C+ 18 months ago, before XP was released.
Although the printer could work, with several and quite annoying flaws under W2K, HP failed to release a driver for XP Pro, and we were forced to use the driver written by Microsoft.
It simply does not work and - after countless hours with HP Technical Support WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, HP offered my US$ 100 on a US$ 1350 printer for a trade-in.
What I have now is a white elephant sitting in the office.
SHAME ON YOU, HP! It is an offense to your loyal customers.
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Summary: Amazing Printer - If I could, I'd give it 6 stars
Review: I am a graphic professional and I recently purchased a CP1700 for my work. The printer was very easy to set-up via a USB connection, and the print quality is incredible - even when using plain paper. I previously owned an Epson Stylus Color 3000 that sells for several hundred dollars more, and it did not have the speed or print quality of this printer. The CP1700 prints on paper up to 13" wide, and has a 1200 dpi resolution. Anyone looking for a fast, very high quality wide-format printer should not hesitate to purchase this printer.
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Summary: Where's the old HP quality gone?
Review: I am running this on a Mac G4, both OS9 and OSX. The software issues have been the biggest probem for me, margins are not where they should be, --buggy interaction with Freehand, new version of Word -- as examples. It is always something with this printer. A strange thing is that the drivers are not even listed on HP"s web site. It took a call to Customer Service to find out that all the latest drivers are listed under 1220, and you have to do a search to find them. Honestly, I think HP is too intent on coming out with consumer lifestyle products and is not paying enough attention to their base of SOHO type printers. On the plus side, the ink cartridge life is fantastic, I have not encountered terrible feed problems mentioned here, but I don't use the high capacity lower tray. The rear feed tray is completely wacky. The immediate cancel button is great, especially when the printer doesn't act properly. The text quality is terrific and the speed is also good. It is a high price to pay for wide format--both the $$ and in instability. My old 895 was as solid as a rock. The answer in the future may well be a) avoid HP and b) have two printers, keeping this when large format is necessary.
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Summary: Full of bugs and they can't fix it
Review: I bought the CP 1700 because I need a high-quality workhorse printer that is economical to operate. What a joke. After 2 weeks I returned it to the store for a replacement because the paper feed mechanism broke. The new one worked relatively well, but over time it I felt like I was beta testing an early release of not-ready-for-market product.
It spontaneously stops printing to tell me that all four printheads must be replaced. At $33 each, this is an expensive proposition. But even when I follow the instructions and replace them, I get the same message again within a couple of weeks. I have just learned to live with the messages. When they come up, I shut down the printer, start it back up, and it works again for a few weeks.
I could list quite a few irritating bugs, but the biggest one is inconsistent print quality. I print brochures and high-quality photographic prints on 8 x 10, 11 x 14 and 13 x 19 paper, and the paper is expensive. If I print 20 pages, I'm lucky to get 10 or 12 that are perfect. Aside from the fact that large format paper frequently jams or feeds incorrectly, garbage prints on pages at random. Whole sections of the page come out with blurred lines or splotchy color in random places. The only thing that's consistant is that on every print job I have to throw away 40% of the output.
I have a CompUSA extended warranty and they can't fix it. I take it in for repair, they keep it for a month and then call me to tell me it's fixed. I take it home, print a few pages and it's as bad as ever. I've finally decided I don't want it back until it works right... and apparently that will never happen. It's been "in repair" now for 3 months.
Between the $500 initial purchase price, the $150 extended warranty, and untold $ in supplies, this has been a very expensive exercise in frustration, and meanwhile, I'm looking for a new printer... not from HP, and not from CompUSA (CompUSA sales people claim that if they can't fix it, they will replace it... don't believe them. I've escalated this as high as they will escalate it, and CompUSA refuses to do anything but keep it the printer in the shop for months on end).
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Summary: a solid, reliable printer.
Review: I find the quality of prints to be just perfect...text is the best I have ever seen, nothing else comes even close. the cartridges are really long lasting, hovewer not too cheap, but on the long run they pay off. Quality of image printing is just excellent - a comparison to epson 1280 left the epson way behind. the drawbacks - slightly crooked feed, a bit uncomfortable to insert new paper (especially when you change size), and terrible manual feed - it just grabs the paper without any aligmnemt and prints is crooked every time. Overall, I love it.
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Summary: The Best Yet
Review: I just replaced my Epson 1200 stylus photo printer with the HP cp 1700. I love the HP. When I reprinted some pictures done with the Epson I was surprised to see an improvement. I am using the HP as a personal printer. I do a lot of graphics using CorelDraw. Much of what I do includes photos. I'm extremely pleased at the results. The printer set up with no problems and has given me no problems to date. I just printed a large photo 18.25 X 11.125 and the results were excellent. I've had the HP a little over a month and I have to say this is the best printer I have ever used.
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Summary: Duplexer works after all
Review: I posted an earlier review complaining that the Duplexer didn't work with Win 2000 or later. That turned out to be incorrect. I was misinformed by an HP tech who didn't have all the facts. When I was finally able to talk to and HP Mr. Wizard type, we were able to solve the problem. Now everything works fine -- two-sided and all. This really is a great printer. It prints well and fast and even two-sided. The best thing is that it has separate cartridges for each ink color. the only negatives are that it takes up a lot of desk space and, of course, the replacement cartriges cost almost as much as the printer
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