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Summary: Setup With USB Impossible
Review: I purchased two Deskjet 648C's from Office Depot. In neither case could I make the USB work. It would work, however, with the regular parallel cables. I was never able to find the correct driver. After eight hours of effort, I gave up.
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Summary: Affordable, efficient printer
Review: It's not just a printer, it's an HP printer! Anyone who decides to buy a new printer must feel a little at a loss with today's abundance of printers. Good printers. It all boils down to a simple question - how much are you going to spend for your printer? HP 648C is efficient, HP-smart and relatively cheap - under $100. DRIVERS: A few users have been confused with the installation process and apparent mislocation of a printer driver. All HP printers from 64xC series have the same driver. This obviously applies to 640C, 642C and 648C. There are differences between these printers, but the driver is the same. DO NOT panic during setup when you notice that Windows installs 640C driver for your 648C printer! It's all as it is supposed to be. WINDOWS 2000: Although 648C is Win2000 compatible, a proper version of driver is not included on the CD. Instead, as noted on quick-installation poster, you have to go online, visit HP support page, go to the drivers section and download a proper version of a driver. All other software included on CD is designed to work in Win98 environment, and thus you will have NO USE of extra features included, while working in Windows 2000. Fear not, the printer works flawlessly - and isn't it what we wanted? SPEED: In the normal mode (default), the printer is slow, about 3ppm. The output is clear and crisp, though. This is not a disadvantage. Affordable printers cost little exactly because they aren't superspeed dragons with photoCD abilities. Customers targeted by HP in the case of 648C do not usually need speed-dragons. This printer works well and is cheap. This really counts. Under DRAFT mode, it is as fast as you might want it at home, provided you don't print masses of documents. In that case, a laser printer would be a better solution. DESIGN: 648C is sleek and fits nicely to an HP Pavilion computer, if you have one. Not that this information is terribly important... :) USB/SERIAL: Contrary to what some customers said, I haven't had any problems with USB connectivity between 648C and my Windows 2000 computer. As soon as I plugged in my USB cable, Win2k recognized my printer and installed it in no time. As I said before, YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 2000 DRIVER FIRST. SUMMARY: You get more than what you paid for. It's HP's cheapest model, but provides their famous quality. Go for it if you do not necessarily have your wallet bursting with $ notes. You will be happy
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Summary: Setup Difficulties Galore.
Review: My principal complaints are (1) No interface cable is included,
(2) The setup instructions indicate that the printer requires a USB cable, but the printer has a centronix connector, (3) the instructions show the orientation of the B&W and color cartridges reversed from what they should be. When finally set up, print quality is OK for basic b&w and color printing jobs.
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Summary: Okay for the price
Review: This printer is pretty much the same quality as the rest of the 600 series, which means that the B&W printing is fine but the Color printing is mediocre and grainy, but it does get the job done. I will note that when we first tried to hook this up to a brand new out of the Box Win98 PC via the USB port it refused to work and only finally cooperated when we hooked it up through an old fashioned Printer Cable. I don't know what benefits, if any, would have been had through a USB connection but HP shipped the wrong drivers in the box aparently so we never found out, and the HP Website Patches didn't help either. In any case I'm MUCH happer with the 900 series.
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Summary: Okay for the price
Review: This printer is pretty much the same quality as the rest of the 600 series, which means that the B&W printing is fine but the Color printing is mediocre and grainy, but it does get the job done. I will note that when we first tried to hook this up to a brand new out of the Box Win98 PC via the USB port it refused to work and only finally cooperated when we hooked it up through an old fashioned Printer Cable. I don't know what benefits, if any, would have been had through a USB connection but HP shipped the wrong drivers in the box aparently so we never found out, and the HP Website Patches didn't help either. In any case I'm MUCH happer with the 900 series.
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Summary: The horror, the horror.
Review: This was a terrible buy. Don't purchase this printer, look for a better deal.
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Summary: 648C
Review: Very good printer for the price. It's quiet, which is an unusual trait. The DPI's are 300 X 600 but the colored prints are excellent. The only reason to buy more expensive printers is to get a faster print speed. The DPI's on this printer will give you beautiful results for home and office work. Let the photo finishing shops do your photographs. This printer will please you. After the rebate, it costs the same as two ink cartridges. A lot of bang for the buck.
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