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| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
List Price: $185.00
Buy New: $69.99
You Save: $115.01 (62%)
New (22) from $69.99
Rating:  308 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows XP Professional Edition
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.10
CPU Type: PowerPC G4
Processors: 1
System Memory: 2000
Memory Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 18.2
Dimensions (in): 17.1 x 16.5 x 9.3
MPN: Q7311A#ABA
Model: Q7311A#ABA
UPC: 829160963952
EAN: 0829160963952
ASIN: B000B63RIU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW IN BOX!!! Never opened!!!! Printer, scanner, copier, fax!!!
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| Customer Reviews:
 HP 5610 - could be the best low end all-in-one value for HP March 28, 2006
Ben Franklin (Oregon)
45 out of 46 found this review helpful
Was 12 hours in the store, looking at various machines, before I got this one. I returned 6 machines. Two were HP 1410, real dogs, both broke down. No frills, but does what it does well and economically.
Was looking for a copier to make nice B&W copies, especially of books, where I could leave the cover open in a dimly lit room and I would get a white border around the copied object, thereby saving lots of ink. The HP 5610 did this as well or better than any model/brand. Epson ink vapor gave me headaches and the brother ink cleaning-system seemed worrisome because I have gone weeks without copying.
The 5610 may be the only new HP that still uses the legacy #56 and #58 cartridges for B&W and photo color (although it does use the new 5 ml #22 for plain color) - I hope this printer is a big success, so HP will be compelled to continue using older economical cartridges for new machines. The 5610 seems to be a maverick from HP's new business model which is obviously "the cheaper the machine, the more expensive the ink $ per ml."
No problems. The 5610 makes perfect copies, extremely fast in fast mode. The feeder is OK, even with cheap, newsprint-type paper. The setup defaults to "actual size," which cuts off 3/4 inch of what you copy at the bottom, but you can change the default to "fit to page" and that will shrink your copy a tiny bit, hardly noticeable, but will definitely capture the entire original, while giving you about a 1/2" white border all around. It did come out of the box with a strong plastic reek from within, which was remedied by swapping it for the store shelf demo, which had "gassed out" over time.
At first the software would not install, but when I disabled the resident shield of my virus checker, it installed smoothly. HP seems ignorant of this solution, in literature and customer support. I had to figure it out myself.
 An Exercise in Unlimited Frustration April 6, 2006
notmars (Minneapolis, MN)
44 out of 52 found this review helpful
What a nightmare. I'm going to declare it a national holiday when I return this item.
Do a Google search online before you buy this item. You will see endless calls for help over missing drivers, challenges with installing software using XP, etc. I have considerable computer experience. Yet after I bought this All-in-One unit last weekend I spent 14 hours on the phone w/HP tech support and endless hours trying fixes of my own. They all gave me a different story. Then turned me over to the laptop division of HP saying it must be a problem w/my laptop. The laptop division, SURPRISE, sent me back to the printer division. I've tried all the 'fixes', ordered a new installation disk, reintalled software many times, new USB cable. Nadda. Still junk. Save yourself the frustration. I am keeping my old 'print only' printer. It's plug and play. If you have Windows XP Professional, this unit will NOT necessarily be 'Plug and Play.' Time to go give my old reliable printer a hug. The software, by the way, is a complete memory hog and takes forever to install.
Buyer Beware! April 18, 2007
Hugh Sherry (stanhope nj)
41 out of 44 found this review helpful
My rating is for Hewlett Packard.
Although HP wants you to buy the HP 27 replacement cartridge, the 5610 also accepts the older 56 black cartridge. The 56 contains 19ml of black ink @$20.(on sale at Target occasionally $15) The 'recommended' 27 has 10ml @$18. No wonder buyers are running out of ink so fast.
HP customer service said 27 has 'improved' technology. Sorry. Black is black.
 Not Good with a MAC September 18, 2006
E. Sharpe (Lubbock, TX USA)
39 out of 41 found this review helpful
I thought the actual print quality was very good, but that's not why I bought this unit. I need to be able to scan directly to my word processing program and this machine cannot do that. Despite what it says on the box about OCR capabilities, and ability to work with Mac OS X, it NO LONGER includes the OCR software with the machine. There is a READIRIS software registration form included in the packaging, but according to the HP Tech line they don't offer it any longer. The software would cost an additional $129 online, or $129 plus tax/shipping etc. I returned the machine.
HP Has a New Racket. Why Fix It When They Can Get You To Pay For A New One? March 27, 2007
B. Peress
38 out of 42 found this review helpful
HP is running a racket. If you have an issue and call their support line, they tell you that "this is a problem that will probably continue to occur in the future" and then they recommend that you therefore replace your device with a newer, more expensive unit (which they'll give you a "discount" on if you buy directly from them).
After declining this "sales pitch" I went to their website support and found that the problem was merely a driver that had somehow gotten uninstalled and needs to be re-installed.
No more HP for me.
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