Hewlett Packard DeskJet 648c Printer

• 600 x 300 dpi color images using photo paper
• Up to 6 ppm in black, 3 ppm in color
• Paper tray with 100-sheet capacity
• USB and parallel ports, PC and Mac compatible
• Compact size and quiet operation

I also bought this printer as part of a bundle (came with a scanner) at a pretty decent price, but not quite this low. I''ve been a geek for over 10 years now, so I''m pretty good ad judging cost vs. value when eyeing new peripherals. This printer is exactly what I expected it would be. Decent printing at a very reasonable price. The setup (including reboot) took about 3 minutes (USB) on my WinME system. All of the other computers on the network picked up the driver and were instantly able to print without having to install any additional drivers (except the Win2K machine, which I did have to download and install separately). I haven''t had any bleedthrough with my paper, but I also have the printer set to print using "less ink" (printer properties). Anyone who purchases this printer will be using it for casual home use, so there''s no reason not to. It saves a lot of ink! Don''t expect photo quality from this printer (or any printer for this amount of money). If that''s what you''re buying it for, go look at the 900 series.

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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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I bought a new HP computer and along with it came this printer. I have used HP printers and I find them very reliable. They are very sturdy, easy to assemble, their ink cartridges are easy, and they have good tech support. You need to realize, however, that this is not a top of the line printer by all means. This is not for someone who does more than 4 print jobs a week. It is a very basic and simple printer. It prints out semi-slowly. I would say one page typed in 20 seconds and one page of color and type in 1 to 2 minutes. So it''s not very fast. It is pretty reliable with a few problems here and there that can be fixed if you are computer literate at all, or you can call tech support. The price is very cheap which is nice, but don''t forget that the cartridges are $40+.... that''s what fools many. Overall I recommend this for simple and non-frequent users. If you use a printer on a more regular basis, look into the 810 series or 900 series....

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I got this printer as part of an hp package, and must admit that I had my doubts about it''s performance. I am pleased to report that it has proved me wrong, and hasn''t failed me yet. It''s remarkably quiet, and plenty fast enough for my needs. Black and color text are both crisp, and images are clear.

I found the printer satisfactory. I paid [money] for it, with a rebate. So the price was great. I bought it in September 2001. In February 2002 it began to print everything at an angle. Now I can''t get the paper to move through at all. The 90 day warranty has expired. I had little more than 5 months of use.