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If you need a budget-priced multifunction device that excels in printing photos -- and if you can live without fax capabilities -- Hewlett-Packards Photosmart C5280 is worth strong consideration. It offers several handy features that help produce exc...
Relatively fast. Scans, copies, e-mails through PC. Scans to memory card. Prints on printable optical discs.
No built-in fax. No automatic document feeder. Text quality is way below par.
Clearly designed for home use, the HP Photosmart C5280 All-In-One does a good job with graphics and photo quality (but not text) and prints on optical discs.
Abstract: The market for all-in-one printers – which scan, copy and print from memory cards – is, by most measures, mature. Print quality of both plain paper documents and photos is sufficient for most home and small-business needs and the essential functions are a...
Inexpensive; great graphics and photo print quality; excellent color scan quality; can print on specially coated optical discs; dedicated photo paper tray; low print costs; Roxio Express Labeler software is easy to use; print quality on discs is good.
Text quality needs significant improvement; photo menus need to be reorganized to be more intuitive; cant produce scannable proof sheet; cant sort memory card contents by date; lacks a PictBridge port.
Its features set is oddly unbalanced, and better all-in-one inkjet options cost just a bit more, but the HP Photosmart C5280 is a good bet for casual home users on a tight budget.
Abstract: The HP is certainly good looking, and it’s easy to use thanks to a 2.4in screen and intuitive buttons on the front panel. It’s good to see the ability to print onto CDs and DVDs, and HP has sensibly put a slot beneath the paper tray to st...
Prints CDs and DVDs, easy control panel, lots of useful software and utilities
Text looks feathery on plain paper, on-screen manual thorough but disjointed The Final Word The Photosmart C5280s mediocre speed and sparse connectivity options restrict it to a small or home office. Those users, however, will enjoy a highly capable, ...
The Photosmart C5280s mediocre speed and sparse connectivity options restrict it to a small or home office. Those users, however, will enjoy a highly capable, easy-to-use device with excellent photo output.
Inexpensive, Great graphics and photo print quality, Excellent colour scan quality, Can print on specially coated optical discs, Dedicated photo paper tray, Bundled software is easy to use, Print quality on discs is good
Text quality needs significant improvement, Photo menus need to be reorganised to be more intuitive, Cant produce scannable proof sheet, Cant sort memory card contents by date, Lacks a PictBridge port
Its features set is oddly unbalanced, and better all-in-one inkjet options cost just a bit more, but the HP Photosmart C5280 is a good bet for casual home users on a tight budget. ...
Ink cartridges not supplied, Awkward direct printing
At its heart, the HP Photosmart C5280 uses exactly the same printing system as HPs Officejet J5780.However, the similarity ends there, because the C5280 foregoes office functions like auto document feeding and standalone fax, in favour of more photo-f...
