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Belle

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Hi everyone,

The 2 printers listed below are the same price. Which of the 2 you would buy and why?

HP DeskJet All-In-One Multifunction Centre (F4180) - $99

Released 09 Jun/07. Satisfy all your printing, scanning and copying needs with this HP Photosmart all-in-one printing solution. You'll get fast, high quality prints, copies and scans, in colour, with tremendous ease of use. Furthermore, its small, compact size saves you even more desk space. More Info

Colour Depth 48-Bit
Copy Resolution - Black Up to 600 dpi
Copy Resolution - Colour Up to 1200 x 2400 dpi
Copy Speed Black Up to 20 cpm
Copy Speed Colour (If Applicable) Up To 14 cpm
Distinctive Ring Detection Not Applicable
Fax Memory Not Applicable
Fax Type Not Applicable
Fax/Phone/TAM Interface No
Included No. Of Ink Tanks And Cartridges 2
Included Software HP Photosmart Essential CD
Input Paper Capacity 100 Pages
Interface and Connectivity 1 USB
Max. Scan Size 8.5" x 11.7"
Memory - Standard/Maximum 32MB
Multiple Copies 1-9
Networking Capability No
Number Of Speed Dials Not Applicable
Output Paper Capacity Up to 50 Sheets
Platform Compatibility PC & Mac
Print Resolution - Black 1200 x 1200 dpi
Print Resolution Colour (If Applicable) 4800 x 1200 dpi
Print Speed - Black 20 ppm
Print Speed - Colour (If Applicable) 14 ppm
Printer Cable Included No
Printer Resolution Technology HP Thermal Inkjet
Product Dimensions 42.57(W) x 40.75(H) x 45.67(D) cm
Product Weight 4.3 kg
Reduction/Enlargement 25% - 200%
Scan Resolution, Hardware 600 x 2400 dpi
Scan Resolution, Software Enhanced Up to 19200 dpi
Scan Speed Up to 14 Second
Device Type Copier / printer / scanner

HP PhotoSmart C3135 All-in-One Printer - $99

Operating System Support MS Windows XP/2000/ME/98, Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5, Apple Mac OS X v 10.3 through v 10.4
Standard Media Capacity 100 sheets
Media Type Transparencies, envelopes, plain paper, cards, labels, iron-on transfers, photo paper, boardless media
Media Size Legal (8.5 in x 14 in) (max)
Original Type Sheets
Scanning 1200 x 1200 dpi
Max Printing Resolution Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi (mono) / up to 4800 x 1200 dpi (color)
Max Printing Speed Up to 19 ppm (mono) / up to 17 ppm (color)
Max Copying Resolution Up to 600 x 1200 dpi (mono) / up to 1200 x 1200 dpi (color)
Max Copying Speed Up to 19 ppm (mono) / up to 17 ppm (color)
Monthly Duty Cycle (max) 1000 pages
Printing Technology Ink-jet (Color)
Localization English / United States
Weight 11.8 lbs
Dimensions (WxDxH) 17.1 in x 15 in x 6.4 in
Device Type Copier / printer / scanner
 
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refresher said:
If you are going to use these printers for industrial purposes, I will give you fair warning
http://consumerist.com/consumer/hew...any-secrets-from-a-former-employee-236517.php
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Thanks for the link, refresher! It is very useful and will definitely help me the next time I have problems with the printer. I already bought the printer; it came as a package with my HP laptop. It's for personal use only.

On the promotion paper, it stated that this HP printer model F4180 comes with the laptop as a package. However, I was given the C3135 model printer when I bought the laptop. They both the same price. The only differences that I know of between the 2 models are:

The C3135 has the memory card slots and was released more than 6 months ago.
The F4180 model has no memory card slots and was released this June.
The C3135 has no preview screen on the printer, so the card slots are useless to me.

But, I just don't know which of the 2 is better quality. I am thinking to switch for the F4180 just because it's recently released as compared to the other one which released more than 6 months ago. Any suggestions?
 
HP DeskJet All-In-One Multifunction Centre (F4180)
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HP Photosmart All-In-One Multifunction Centre (C3135)
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I would use the C3135, it uses the 92/93 combo of cartridges versus the 21/22 cartridges. Page yield break-down:

21 - 190 pages ($15)
22 - 165 pages ($18)

92 - 210 pages ($15)
93 - 210 pages ($20)

So if you got the C3135, keep it, but if you're going to buy a new printer I wouldn't go with a printer that uses either of these cartridges combos anyway, they're just not very efficient. Oh, and the difference in features really isn't huge, and I'd go with the one with the card readers anyway...
 
I was thinking about your situation some more, and if you are looking around the $100 mark, the C4280 is another printer for $100 that has even better cartridges than the other two. Especially if you get the XL versions of the 74 and 75 cartridges.
 
I have the C3135 and I like it. Now if your going to be printing a lot of photos this thing will suck up the ink but for me and school and just printing out pages and stuff it works great and surprisingly prints pretty fast. I got my printer from a guy on another forum ( a mac forum ) and he got it for Christmas and didn't have any use for it so he sold it to me for $65 shipped and it came with cartridges and all the software and manuals and it is really easy to set up. In a matter of probably 5 minutes you can have the software installed and it tell you how to do scanning, copying and all other stuff.
 
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