Product DescriptionValue-packed, easy-to use printer for professional photo-quality up to 4800-optimized dpi or add 6-ink color. Create beautiful 4x6 borderless photos, up to 8.5x11 with white borders. Print with speed-laser-quality black text and color graphics up to 18 ppm black, up to 14 ppm color. Simple user-friendly software, one-touch print cancel button and on-screen ink-level indicator. Five print performance modes let you choose the print quality and speed setting that is best for your task. The compact design is ideal for small spaces, and 100-sheet input paper tray can be folded up when printer is not in use. Quiet operation makes it convenient to set up and print anywhere in the home or office. With included HP photo printing software you can easily create reprints, enlargements, photo layouts and album pages. Enjoy convenient USB connection for quick set-up with PC or Macintosh computers. Print long-lasting, professional-quality photos with exceptional fade resistance.
JAMS CONSTANTLY DURING PRINTING (Rating: 2 out of 5) I purchased this printer about a year ago, and have been wanting to write a review to warn people for most of the time I've had it. I am a stay-at-home Mom, and only use this printer for printing incidentals, like coupons or recipes (once or twice a week). I did spend a couple of days reading reviews for home printers, and decided on this one, but am still very disappointed in it, especially for a HP product. For the first couple of months, it worked fine, but ever since, it the paper jams approx. 2 out of every 3 prints. This printer is terrible, and as soon as I get the time to shop (again), I'm going to replace it.
HP 3845 "Paper Jam Master" (Rating: 2 out of 5) I've had this printer for about 2 years. It's fine unless you're printing on photo paper.
I've been sitting here all morning trying to print several pages of photo paper and 9 out of every 10 pages that I try to print on, gets jammed.
Then, you've gotta unplug the power to clear the print job from the queue.
And after that, you've gotta remove the plastic piece in the BACK of the printer, to remove the paper.
It's driving me CRAZY and if I owned a sledgehammer, I'd turn this printer into dust!
Don't buy it, get something that at LEAST has the jammed paper remover on the front.
Was Great While it Worked (Rating: 2 out of 5) I've been using this printer for about a year and a half. I didn't use it often, but it was handy when I did. HOWEVER after not using it for a month I tried using it this weekend and the paper feed motor had died.
Not so good for an office (Rating: 3 out of 5) I was forced to buy this for my desk at work because it is cheap, but as I always say, you get what you pay for. It prints out pictures, sheets of labels, and normal stuff ok but forget envelopes and single labels.
Great for MOST printing needs (Rating: 4 out of 5) For letters, brochures, presentations, etc., this is a great printer; for pictures it is absolutely terrific. **NO matter HOW you install this, you WILL get error messages for OLEAUT32.DLL and KERNEL32.DLL: go to the HP main site and look up troubleshooting for installation on this product. If you follow their instructions, your problem is solved** VERY quiet operation. Large ink tanks - larger than many printers out there, even the other HP printers. THE BIG 'CON'?: if you use ANY Avery template, i.e. for business cards, address labels, et al, it will NOT align properly no matter how many times you try and configure its settings, but, again, this is covered on the HP website as well. Overall, worth the price, earns the 4stars - just be prepared to "tweak" it. (Note: when contacting the Avery folks about alignment problems with using their templates they IMMEDIATELY asked me if I was using an HP printer....so this is a common issue)