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Summary: Could be better
Review: I purchased this printer 8 months ago(used on a Mac) and am now wishing I'd decided on the Epson1280 instead. The printer has given me problems from the start when I try to print on custom sized paper sizes. Tech support was unable to find a solution either. Another issue is the inaccurate colors. Even with much tweaking most colors end up too green, also the colors lack brightness and vividness. And forget about the rear feed. I only got it to cooperate once. What it does is grab the paper and feed it through the printer without printing on it. I've seen some amazing stuff which was printed on the Epson printer and that is what I'll be replacing this one with.
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Summary: Solidly built but with numerous quirks...
Review: I purchased this printer for my company, an architectural firm, mid 2002. Upon first glance, this printer seemed amazingly well built with a modern design, albeit a bit of a space hog. I had hoped for the best with this puppy since it was the most expensive piece of printing equipement besides our HP plotter.Anywhooo, as the puppy has grown out of its early stages of life, I have grown increasingly frustrated with it. For one, I don't understand why, but the dpi resolution just does not compare to other ink jets on the market. Even at the highest quality setting and on premium paper, images appear muddied and bereft of any vividness. I've seen better quality from printers a third of its price. Secondly, this printer can not do borderless prints, which is FINE. I can deal with that; however, I can not tolerate the printer being unable to print less than 3/4 of an inch near the left margin. What the heck is going on here? No matter what software I'm using, Photoshop, Dell Picture Studio, Epson Film Factory, yada yada yada, it becomes tremendoulsy painful to accurately center a picture on a page; in fact, if you don't adjust the printer settings carefully, the printer will willy nilly print straight off the right side of a page as if it suddenly wishes to become like its borderless Epson cousin. I would expect a printer to recognize the paper edges and halt printing if the paper isn't there. Nope, that's not the case here, it will just dump ink inside the machine to soak deep within. I thought this was a driver problem at first and I even upgraded the firmware and drivers; result: same [stuff], different day.... One other gripe: This printer is by no means fast, especially when printing high quality on premium glossy paper. The other Hp 5550 I also just purchased for my office is at least twice as fast when printing regular color text pages and it cost a quarter the price. So, the pluses to this printer is that it is extremely well built and looks terrific in a nice corporate environment. In terms of functionality, look elsewhere folks. I've had it with this model. ***MAY 15, 2003 UPDATE***
The printer died a few weeks ago, so I traded it in... The new one seems to not have the margin problem which is a needed relief. All other factors remain the same.
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Summary: Terrible feed mechanism
Review: I purchased this printer last August, and am now on my second replacement. The feed mechanism broke on the first two units, and I suspect it's going on the machine I'm using now. My volume is not all that large, by the way. Even when the printer is not broken, the ability to feed 11 x 17 paper is pathetic. Yesterday, it took me two hours to get two tabloid size pages printed, with about a dozen jams occuring in the process. I use good quality paper, am careful about positioning in the tray, and have tried all three trays with the same abysmal results. This, but the way, is when feeding one sheet at a time; I long ago gave up on feeding multiple copies! Another thing: every one of the printers I've had feeds slightly crooked. This seems to be an HP thing as the 1220 I had before did the same thing. On the plus side, print quality and speed are good, as least compared to other printers I've owned, and the multiple ink cartridges and separate print heads are a plus. But when you spend as much time as I do clearing paper jams and returning broken machines, it's impossible to recommend this product. If you need large sheet print capabilities, avoid this model at all costs!
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Summary: bad printer
Review: I really dislike this printer. It's slow, it's bugy-both the software and the hardware and the print quality is not that good. I wish that I could get rid of it but I would feel guilty selling to someone.
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Summary: I can count on my cp1700
Review: I run a small printing business from my house. I can use remanufactured inks and get my costs down to 30 cents for an 11X17 and sell the output for $1.30. That's cash in my pocket. I do and average of 200 11X17's per week. This printer puts money in my pocket and never fails! Heck I bought some rolled paper and cut it with a saw to 13" width and print 50" banners. This machine has become my printing partner. I can bring in $200 profit a week for hitting the print button and dropping the prints off... I'd say it's a good investment. By the way... I have five printers and have used about 150 different models from all manufactures of printers over the past 5 years (from working in retail selling them) and this printer is the most solid stable printer I've touched.
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Summary: CP1700 working for a year and a half.
Review: It has been a good printer for me. I don't use it very hard; it is printing for a family of 4, and this is an office printer. Photo quality is good, although I bet it can be equaled for a lot less. Graphics printing and everyday printing are also good. The 17 inch capability has been nice for a few big jobs, and some folded newsletters. The big ink cartridges really do go for a long time- I'm still on my first set of color cartridges. My complaint is with the WinXP network compatibility, which is or was poor, and the lack of network setup software.
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Summary: Poor choice
Review: My main beef with this printer is the ridicuously large margins it requires you to have. You can't print 1/2" from the bottom of the page, which rules out most page numbers, footnotes, etc. Epson printers, even their older lines, are much better at this. I would not recommend this printer.
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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER
Review: One fact about this printer that is very poorly documented is that the ink cartridges expire and render the printer useless you replace them, no matter how much ink is left. If you are a home user and try to conserve color ink to dsave $$$, HP found a way to screw you anyway. The tech guy told me the expired ink would damage the printer. So sorry, B.S.!!! I threw my printer on the trash heap. Can you say Lexmark?
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Summary: Good, solid printer
Review: Purchased this printed for three reasons (1) variety of paper formats - up to 11 x 17 + banners, (2) individual ink cartridges, & (3) high duty cycle. We purchased this for home but we print a lot of newsletters. Have found this printer to work solidly. Only encountered a small issue with the guide wire causing paper jams - but fixed that. Have read where some people complain of unreasonably slow printing for photos. There are two high quality modes (Best and Photo). I was unable to tell a difference in the quality and therefore use the Best mode for photos. The Photo mode takes WAY TOO LONG to print. However, we use the Best mode for all our photo printing. As a result, the printing time is less and the quality is great. People have seen our printed photos on glossy paper and can't tell they were developed from regular 35mm film. Final recommendation: Great buy and worth the investment if you need the capabilities.
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Summary: Occassionally works well
Review: Strengths: Great when it works, sturdy construction
Weaknesses: Buggy hardware, buggy software, expensive ink. Summary:
Our HP color inkjet printer cp1700 worked fantastic most of the time, great output, good colors, fast printing but with a slow first page. The 1700ps is the same printer with some added postscript software. After two months it started making loud high pitch noises with every head-passing, HP support knows the issue; it's not easy to resolve. After six months of regularly cleaning a specific area, the noise no longer appears, the squeeck area must be worn out. The postscript option, which I bought as well, is not worth its money, since it keeps crashing on Windows XP at system startup. After six months the printer started complaining that printer cartridges are empty when in fact they are half full, really annoying when you want to print black only but the printer insist that you need to replace yellow. After 14 months the printer declares that cartridges were missing although they were physically present. I had to replace all cartridges with brand new ones (that is ~$120), only to find out that the printer still claims that black is missing, so I ended with non working printer with expired warranty after 400 days of ownership, because it claims ink cartridges are missing when they are not. The front feed mechanism works well for regular paper and has good allignment. Using heavier paper in the trays results in a very precise dent being made at a very precise spot on the page. Thicker paper also results in banding in the printout. The single sheet rear feed has less banding, no dents and can handle thicker paper but quite consistenly pulls the paper in sideways. Also the ink is very expensive, the printer seems to waist quite a lot of it, judging by the mounds of dried up ink under the print heads. HP has made it near impossible to use 3rd party ink supplies with this printer, with the chips built into the cartridges, so *only* expensive ink as an option. In short an ill-behaved machine that works great when it feels like it, and in our case it did it only for about a year with some interrupions.
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