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 Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) STAY AWAY!!!!! November 29, 2007
J. Deckman (Swedesboro, NJ)
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
The software is not compatible with Leopard (10.5). It even says so right on their website. With some hassle, you can get it to print, but you cannot scan or fax. What a waste!
Printer is great, but software is horrendous November 2, 2007
Matthew T. Brown
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
The printer is great, but the software is horrible. I've spent 4 hours on the phone with HP technical support, and have decided to give up. I'm returning it. First it caused a svchost.exe issue to hog up nearly 100%CPU. After two hours with tech support that error was fixed, but the printer wouldn't print. Two more hours and I still have a printer that will not work. Do not buy this.
 HP C7280 is an EXCELLENT Printer March 2, 2008
donaldm823 (Philadelphia, PA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Received this new HP C7280 3 days ago and absolutely love the print quality and features. The software load is absolutely embarrasing (VERY BAD). The CD that came with the printer failed on numerous attempts during the loading printer software sequence (after loading the drivers). I tried various "schemes" including both USB and network all to no avail. Finally after 4 hrs, I tried the website software version (9.01) and it loaded the first time without issues. The CD disk that came with the printer was marked with version 9.02 which I assumed was more recent than the website's Jan update (9.01). BAD ASSUMPTION, so trash the disk and use the HP website for latest software.
I discovered several new options with the printer including "school paper print", which allows one button printing blank lined paper, graph paper, music paper-great for HS kids. Also the printer allows you to connect by either USB or network (ethernet or wireless). I have both connections installed (at the same time-and it works great!)since the USB is very fast (less than 2 sec to start print), whereas the network is slow (10sec to start print), it allows others on your home router to access the printer. Also the network option allows you access the printer directly via IP address and to change more options and get status, which is quicker that the HP software.
I followed the below recommendation of someone else in this forum and installed those software options listed EXCEPT I ended up adding OCR later. I ended up installing OCR as you need this in order to have the option to scan to a pdf file. Also, turn off your firewall and also your virus checker during the install.
Unzip the download and run. then...
1. Choose the custom (not the "easy" recommended) installation option.
2. Choose "NO" on the next pages which asks if you want to do auto updates. Anytime you select this for any product you now have another application running in the background all the time polling the internet. It will slow your computer down.
3. On the next screen select "custom". Don't be afraid, ever if you're not an "advance user" as it recommends.
4. You get a screen with a bunch of options to install. The first one you have to select, the drivers. Then uncheck "shop for HP" (just crap), "HP Updater" (memory & bandwidth eater), "customer particapition program" (memory & bandwidith eater), "smart web printing" (you can try it, but more resident sw to eat up cpu and memory), "HP photosmart essentials" (not essential and from what I read it's crappy software. You can try it, but it'll save you 40MB not to install), "OCR" (unless you really use OCR or need to save to pdf.)
OVERALL-I am very pleased with the purchase. Amazon's price can not be beat out in town since they offer free shipping (takes 7 days since it comes from NV). The photo quality equals prints from any photo service and the text print is great also (not as good as a laser), but certainly good enough for home use (photos are much better than my deskjet 995 and the text print equals the deskjet in quality but is 2x the speed in fast draft, about the same in quality print mode). Many of the other complaints regarding slow response, high use of ink, bad print quality, jamming, just do not exist with my printer. I got the FAX to work, but it is touchy if one of your house phones has an answering machine (true for most of us), as the HP sometimes does not pickup the fax tone if the answer machine message is slow or noisy.
Also loaded OCR (so I could save to pdf) and tried it. Using the option to scan to MS word, it was simple and accurate. Much better than my old version that came with my other HP scanner. I converted 1 full page of text and had only one error and it kept the formatting. No need to buy another OCR program
SUPER all in one powerhouse January 31, 2008
J. D. Patterson (Sunshine State, United States)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Great all-in-one, at a reasonable price, with excellent features, this Photosmart C7280 is clear WINNER. It works (smoothly) with Vista out of the box. Setting up the wireless functionality is a bit tricky but can be done with a little patience. Yes, there is a delay between print command (in wireless mode) and the printing but you get used to it as the output is of very high quality. If you go USB the printing is fast and furious. Inks are EZ to check and change. So far, cannot find a single fault with this new HP combo. I would head for HP support early on and check for downloads. I found an important/critical one the first few hours after completing my install. My recommendation is... BUY this NOW. This replaced TWO printers; what a deal! HP got this one right.
 mutlifunctional, but slow September 26, 2007
Stephen Mulrooney (Brooklyn, New York)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Installation took more time than usual. Start up documentation was too confusing. Fax set up is ridiculously complicated with a written question and answer guide to guide you to which page to start on. Copying is very slow.It seems to start, takes 1/2 a page and stop and then restart.
Footprint is slightly less than average. Very functional, if slow.
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