TURNED A BAD PRINTER INTO A GOOD ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I brought my Hp Desk Jet F380 printer/scanner for only £28.00 from Argos but It was costing me £35.00 per week on Hp originals 2 blacks and 1 color as Hp only put 5mls of ink in their cartridges. The printer was just about to end up in the dustbin when I read a review tell me to go for high yield premium compatibles 24mls cartridges. Well I though what the hell and ordered a pair.
They are GREAT the black is a much deep shade of black than what I was getting out of the HP original, But the best point is they last sooooooooooo much longer the black has lasted me two weeks and the color is only showing as half empty.
Go and buy this printer as its very very good but don't get conned by the HP originals.

great package but not gone the full distance

i have had this great, silent and lovely looking box now for a week. had a great demo at PC world from the HP chap who sold me on the idea after about an hour of show and tell.

when i got home and plugged it all up, installed the server software on the PC, things just worked.

it makes very little noise, if not being totally silent stood next to my work server, network printer and sundries.
for what it is and what it offers, there is no heat to speak of.

as for not getting that elusive 5th star....
although its a windows home server (Microsoft) i was hoping that there would have been a MAC version of the PC software that lets me into the guts of the programming and set-up. so set-up and servicing all have to be done from a PC with the software installed... not great if you are mainly a MAC user.
the web login is great for accessing your files, but not having set-up rights from the MAC just puts it out there as a bit of a dud.

now back to the web login!
what a great little bit this is...
once the server is all set up and working, you can get it to let you in via a 'normal' https website, giving you secure reign over you files while you are away or want to let a friend or family look at your pics or even upload pics while you are on holiday.
a simple step by step system shows you the way to getting it up and running and needs little to no prior knowledge of servers or networking or even ip's and routers.
HOWEVER, should your router NOT support uPNP (universal Plug and Play) then you will have to read the handbook or the built-in help files to show you how to set up the 3 ports to make this work.
all in all, not rocket science and i know my technophobe mother could work it where her mobile texting skills fail her.

this thing is great... there is little doubting it!
the simple lack of care for the Mac user somewhat does my nut. (not that im a big MAC freak) im a basic novice Mac-ist and have a couple of PC's for most of my work, but i just love the relative simplicity and security of Macs.

so to conclude, a VERY solid, stable and well thought out piece of kit with a decent software package.
NOT needing or even allowing for a monitor, keyboard and mouse on it is a great thing... keeps cost down and makes it more of a setup and go machine, while removing the temptation for turning it into a PC.
while you can use it with Macs over the internet and networks, you can't control it, but granted its a Microsoft unit.

well done to Microsoft and HP

Does the job

I bought this to use with an HP Pavilion tx1080ea. I couldn't find any information or documentation on the product before purchase, so took a chance. There's a couple of issues that would've put me off had I been able to find out about them:
1.) The connector is on a stiff length of cable, and on the wrong side for my laptop (the connector is on the right). The dock has to sit next to the laptop, rather than behind it, and you'll need some blu-tack to keep it in place.
2.) It doesn't come with a power cable (it isn't advertised as such, but I assumed that was the point of a docking station). You can use the one supplied with your laptop, but that surely defeats the object of having a"quick dock". The extra power supply cost me another £40.

Apart from that, it does exactly what you'd expect it to.

High Quality photo Printer

I bought this printer for my sister in law's 80th birthday . She does not like using her computer software for printing her digital photos . It is also not very convenient to take the card to the shops for printing . She is absolutely delighted with this printer . It was very easy to set up , works perfectly and produces very high quality prints in about 90 seconds . If you have a digital camera, this is all you will ever need to produce excellent prints of your favorite shots . I would highly recommend this printer which is well worth the money ! .

why didn't you print my review?

I wrote a lengthy review of this printer about 3 weeks ago -- and you didn't bothere to show it. Why not?

RIP OFF HP, ONLY 5MLS OF INK (22 COLOUR)

I have seen the review by another Amazon user. The ml content of genuine
HP cartridges is abismal but i have found excellent compatible cartridges @
www.advantage-online.co.uk

These cartridges contain approx 3 times the amount of ink and are cheaper
than the HP version. Most important they work very well and there is no
difference in quality from the original.

I ordered one black 21 and one colour 22 and received them next day with free
postage.

how much!

went to order 6 cartridges got to the checkout and found the p&p nearly as much again.
this makes them £9.18 each.
the very low sale price is sharp practice.
not what i expect from amazon

Hp Only Half Fill A Original Q6470A Black Toner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,

I have seen the review by another Amazon user. The low page yield content of genuine HP Q6470A black toners is abismal but i have found excellent premium compatible toners from a company called advantage-online.co.uk

These toner cartridges contain approx twice the amount of powder and are cheaper than the HP version. Most important they work very well and there is no difference in quality of printing from the original.

I ordered one black and one each of the colours (Value quad pack) and received them next day by parcel line..........