HP Photosmart C4280 All-in-One Printer/Scanner/Copier (CC210A#ABA)

I've never written a review before, but after seeing so many negative reviews of this one I just have to put in my two cents.

It's really not so bad. I've had mine for almost year and have not once had a single jam, it uses reasonable amounts of ink, and it takes the cheapest in cartridges I've ever purchased. I owned an Epson prior to this and it would cost about 80$ to replace the cartridges, and the black cost twice as much as the colors (30$ for the black, 16$ for each of the three colors)- the 40$ or so it costs for the multipack for this thing is nothing.

I've used this unit with Ubuntu Linux, Windows Vista Home Premium, and Windows XP, without a single problem. The card reader mounts the card to the desktop with Ubuntu, and is read like removable storage with both Windows XP and Windows Vista. One thing I will admit to is the USB Is Not Connected Error- there's a reason for it.

There's a little piece of software that installs with the printer, that starts at startup- it's called the HP Digital Imaging Monitor. If this is not running when you push the print and scan buttons on the printer they WILL NOT WORK. However! You can still access the scanning function through the scanning software provided with the unit, and it works just fine. And you can, of course, print like normal without it running.

As far as I know, using HPLIP, the scan and print buttons DO NOT work with Ubuntu, but that may have changed in the last few months since I tried it. Copying, however, does, because that aspect doesn't actually communicate with the computer.

All in all, I really think that this is a pretty good low-end All-In-One for those of you on a budget (especially if you're using Linux and have access to HPLIP, so you don't have to use the bundled software, which is terrible)- I purchased mine at Office Max for 90$, and I don't regret it. But then, I'm not using it for business purposes, and maybe the problems don't come into play unless you're doing high-volume printing. Either way, if you're interested in it, give it a shot, and if it doesn't work for you... Well, that's what a return policy is for, and I'm sorry it didn't go well for you.

I have two computers that I use this printer with. On one of them the printer keeps trying to reinstall the program. On the other one it's fine, but on both of them the scanning option doesn't work most of the time. I keep getting the error "USB cable not connected" but it is connected. Sometimes the scanner works. The printer works well and I haven't had any problems with it, except that it uses ink fast.

This product definitely met my expectations. The quality is outstanding and it is very user-friendly for those who aren't necessarily electronically savvy.

I purchased this printer couple of months back. Whenever I try to print after my Windows XP desktop has been inactive for a while it queues up the job and does not print. When I reboot my desktop, it then tries to re-install the driver that came with the printer and then the printer starts accepting print jobs. I have gone through the driver install quite a few times. On the positive side the quality of the printouts are quite good.

First off, I'm using two of these printers: one with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), and the other with OS 10.5 (Leopard), and have experienced NO PROBLEMS printing, scanning, or copying. This thing works like a charm, prints very fast, and even makes passable 4x6 prints. The real beauty of this printer, though, is the ability to install the "X" cartridges that have 3x the ink and save a lot of money over the long haul. Highly recommended!