HP PSC 1315 All-in-One Printer

Product Description

Print true-to-life photos directly from HP and PictBridge cameras and laser-quality black text for everyday text and graphics. Also create true-to-life-quality color copies, plus automatically enhance and resize copies without a PC using easy fit-to-page buttons. Use the convenient flatbed scanner to scan books, documents and photos at 600 x 2400-dpi optical resolution and 36-bit color. Enjoy impressive print and copy speeds of up to 17 ppm black and 12 ppm color. Easily e-mail photos without attachments or slow downloads using HP Instant Share. All this, plus the quality and reliability you expect from HP. The HP PSC 1315 all-in-one printer, scanner, copier with reliable, proven technology combines convenience and ease into one compact product.

Customer Reviews:

How bad is this printer?.......2007-12-05

Its so bad that a friend gave it to me for nothing (mainly because he couldn't get it to work correctly), and now I'm in the market for a new printer.

Mere words fail to describe how frustrating it is to work with this printer. I've worked with computers and peripherals for the past 15 years, and I've never owned one this horrible.

It never prints correctly the first time a piece of paper is placed in the tray and the Print button is clicked. It ALWAYS jams first. Then you have to wait until it goes through the process of resetting itself. This repeatedly cleans the printer cartridge heads, significantly reducing the amount of ink in them.

Then there are the delightful times when it simply won't respond when the Print button is clicked. Nothing. No response. Nada. I won't even mention the more-then-frequent paper jams, as it would get my pressure up too high.

This is by far the worst printer I have ever endured. No matter how much you pay for it, its not worth it.

Great Printer.......2007-12-02

I am not sure what all the 1 star reviews are for. I've had this printer for over 2 years now, it has never given me any problems. I use it as a network printer for 2 desktop and 2 laptop at home, and everything has been great from the start. I can't recall where I bought it or how much I paid for though.
The print speed is a little slow for my taste, but I only use it to print college paper. I have tried printing photo with it with satisfaction, although I'd rather have my picture professionally printed. The copy option is very convenient, I have used it many time. The picbridge is rather useless, I dont see why anyone would use that instead of a computer since this model doesn't have a browsing area, you have to use the screen on your camera.
It is a little loud when it's printing, I can also feel the desk shaking sometimes. Other than that, I have no complains.
If you're looking for a AIO printer, technology has advance so much since this one came out. For the same price, you can probably get a newer model with faster print speed, maybe quieter and less shaky too. I am in the market to buy another AIO, and I am pretty confident that another HP will serve me just as well.

All of the above. Early death by paper jam error.......2007-12-02

I've read many of the other reviews.
The 4 and 5 star reviews contain many comments that are true - as do the 1 and 2 star reviews.
There is no printer jam in my printer. It's simply malfunctioning. [I've followed all the internet based cleaning instructions, etc]. It was sensitive from the day we opened the box.
As a consumer - HP printers are lasting me under 18 months; and typically leaving me with a larger investment in unopened ink cartages then the cost of the original printer. [Is there a market for these?]
I'm frustrated with the HP quality, and their business model. It sucks from a consumer's perspective. His is going to catch up with them - as more and more people no longer see HP products as reputable/high-quality - which is how they made their name - to a company that produces junk for landfills.

It could have been worse.......2007-09-18

I've had this printer for over three years, and just now it's died. While there have been a few minor issues with it over the years (unfortunately I can't tell you what, my tech-savvy boyfriend took care of everything) for the great majority of the time everything has been peachy. The scanner was simple to use, I loved the copy feature built into it, and pages printed reasonably fast - for the cheap price we paid (and after reading all of these other reviews, haha) I count myself lucky.

worked a while, now it's junk.......2007-07-10

This printer worked well for one year. Then the scanner went out. Next went the copy option. Hp support of course was no help. A month later...goodbye printing option! The paper jams and constantly tries to feed without even pressing print. The check print cartridge and check paper lights blink and nothing will print. Again, no help from HP other than the option to buy an "upgrade" that will surely be another piece of junk! Don't buy this unless you have extra cash to blow!

HP 27 Black Remanufactured C8727AN Inkjet Cartridge

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HP 27 Black Remanufactured C8727AN Inkjet Cartridge

Manufacturer: 4inkjets
ProductGroup: CE

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Product Description

This professionally remanufactured HP 27 Black (C8727AN) inkjet cartridge is an original Hewlett Packard (HP) C8727AN / C8727A ink-jet cartridge which has been through one cycle of service and has been recharged. This HP 27 Black ink cartridge has been thoroughly cleaned along with the printhead nozzles. Then the HP C8727AN was filled with the same ink formulation, the internal back pressure was insured and then it was inspected for any possible shell leakage, tested the operation of all electrical circuitry and finally run through an actual print test. If the C8727 black inkjet cartridge passes our rigid standards, it has been remanufactured for your Hewlett Packard (HP) printer! This quick-drying, pigment-based ink offers optimum performance and productivity with superior resistance to smudging and bleeding.
We offer a 100% Quality Satisfaction Guarantee on our Remanufactured C8727AN ink cartridge. For use in the following printers: OfficeJet 5610,5610xi,4315 All-In-One,4315v,4315xi,5605,5610v & PSC 1315xi,1315v,1315,1311 & Deskjet 3425,3450,3320,3322,3520,3520v,3550,3650,3650v,3740v,3740,3745,3745v,3845,3845xi,3420,3620v,3651,DeskJet 3747,3847,3843 & FAX 1240

HP PSC 1311 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier

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For $79.99 the PSC 1311 Deserves 6 Stars and 2 Thumbs Up!
Awful
Great printer, if you know how to fix it
Fine for printing single sheets, otherwise it's JUNK!
Really Pleased!!!!!!!!!!!

HP PSC 1311 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Multifunction Devices | Office Electronics | Categories | Electronics

Office Electronics | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
Accessories:

Product Features:

Prints, copies, and scans; up to 15 ppm print speed
Up to 4,800 x 1,200-optimized dpi color print resolution
Makes 50 copies, reduces and enlarges 50 to 200%
600 x 2,400 dpi hardware scan resolution, 36-bit color, 256 levels of grayscale
USB and PictBridge interfaces; PC and Mac compatible

ASIN: B000793JRA

Product Description

Want to print borderless color snapshots directly from your HP or PictBridge-enabled camera? This all-in-one makes it easy, plus it lets you scan everything from documents to pages of books and quickly make copies.

Customer Reviews:

For $79.99 the PSC 1311 Deserves 6 Stars and 2 Thumbs Up!.......2005-12-21

"...a little loud."

"...had to download patches..."

Come on people, this baby costs 80 bucks, and many people seem to be upset that it doesn't have a bread buttering control or that it works poorly when you weigh down the paper feeder with a 20-pound river rock to stop multiple page feeds. I could go on about how things were "back in the day", but suffiice it to say that we've forgotten how good things are.

I've owned many different printers, and many HP printers from the top of the line to the bargain basement. I have always come away feeling that HP consistently provided the most value for the dollar and this printer is no exception. I've used it to print (a lot), scanned and edited both text and photos, and copied a number of documents. In every case the unit did everything they said it would, and I continue to watch it work while thinking "only 80 bucks, only 80 bucks...

Unfortunately I must have received the Boring Model, as I have had none of the crazy adventures related in other reviews. Oh well.

Remember: It's only 80 bucks, It's only 80 bucks, It's only 80 bucks, It's only...........

Awful.......2005-12-04

After months of paper jams and stalled print cartridges, my printer doesn't respond at all anymore when I send it documents to print. What a waste of money. Buy a Lexmark.

Great printer, if you know how to fix it.......2005-11-26

When we bought this printer we noticed that it had a really low price, so we thought it might not work all that well. We hooked it up (it took about 1/2 of an hour) and it worked really well, for about a month. Then it started taking 3 and 4 peices of paper every time we printed 1 page. Solution: we would put alot of paper in it and hold down every page except 1. Then, it was stuck with about 20 documents in queue that wouldn't cancel. Solution: Go to www.hp.com/support and type in hp psc 1311. It then tells you how to cancel the documents. After all of this, the print cartrige stalled. Im on hp.com/support trying to figure out whats wrong with it as we speak. Overall, this printer is for people that can figure out how to fix it.

Fine for printing single sheets, otherwise it's JUNK!.......2005-07-04

UPDATE: If I could change my original 3-star rating to 1 star, I would! There is no need to put up with such frustration after all, even at the low-tier price range!

It's one year later, and I finally gave up putting up with this piece of junk, and replaced it with a Canon Pixma MP150 (which was about $20 less than I paid for this HP). With the HP, I got "jams" reported after EVERY page printed. The "fix" I'd thought I'd found (in my original review) stopped working. No good especially since I usually have to print things in duplicate--and I have more things to print now (still not lots but enough to get sick of this nonsense)! Even worse, it said it even though there was no real jam. But I'd have to reset it after every sheet. Intolerable! And, sometimes it'd come up as having an error when I first turned it on and hadn't even tried to print anything yet that day. Argh argh argh!

Cheap does *not* have to mean shoddy, and the HP is just plain shoddy. The Canon I just installed breezed through a multiple-sheet print test with no problems. Installation was a breeze, too. The only thing that says "cheap" about the Canon, other than the price, is it's a little less than solid sounding, but IT WORKS RIGHT, unlike the HP. I just wish I'd picked a Canon to begin with.

-Original Review-

Before I get into specifics, I'll say that the belief that cheap all-in-one devices are mediocre at everything, seems to be correct! But, for the great [ie, CHEAP!] price of this machine, it's good enough. I rarely need to print, copy or scan, so buying individual devices or even spending much for an all-in-one just wasn't justified in my case.

The machine's working fine now, but HP doesn't really seem to have its act together. First off, it was supposed to come with an installation CD. There wasn't any. Even whoever wrote the instructions didn't seem to be sure on whether it comes with one - one picture of the accessories shows CDs, but the picture of how they're packed shows NO CD! So I guess the packing team got confused.

Then, when I went to HP's site to download the software (rather than wait for them to send out a disk), it says that the download doesn't have all the software on "the CD." But, the download actually *did* have all that was claimed to be on the disk.

So finally I got to turn it on and set it up. It set up easily enough. But, I quickly found annoyance. Most importantly, every time I tried to print more than one page it would report that the cartridges had "stalled," stop printing, and dump the rest of the print job. I discerned that this was due to it holding onto the first page "so the ink could dry," which would be cool but when it did that, its own jam-detection software was thinking that the page - the one it, itself was holding onto - was a paper jam!

Also it would print a new alignment page every time I turned it on. What a waste...certainly HP doesn't think people will leave their printers on 24/7??

I figured that these irritations had to be due to poor coding of the driver software, rather than mechanical errors. YEP! Sure enough, the next day HP's auto-update detected a couple of available patches. Usually it's necessary to download a patch for things like this when the original came off a CD, but it seems that actually fixing the one live on the site isn't the HP Way! That has to be patched too, rather than them doing it themselves for the live downloads and putting out a single fully-functional version!

Immediately after installing the patch, I tested printing a 2-page document. No more "stalling!" Whee! Now it counts as a functional printer!

Unfortunately, it STILL starts printing an "alignment page" every time I turn it on. That's an utterly ridiculous, ink and paper-wasting behavior and I'll be looking to find out how to stop it. For now I'll turn it on with my other hand hovering over the "cancel" button, but I'm hoping that there is some way to turn that idiocy off.

As for the other functions: I haven't tried the copier function yet. But, I have used the scanner for some photos. These photos are in a catalog. It makes a grainy scan. Fortunately, I have Photoshop, so I am able to clean up the images well. Their own image-editing software is a basic-type program. Photoshop works very well and allows a lot more things to be done.

Strangely, it will auto-set to a resolution of 200 dpi and then complain when it's turned up. And, it wants to put "sharpening" on everything (ever see those lines in a .jpg? That's where they come from!) So I ditched that, which also caused an "alert" box. I found out how to stop these irritating "alerts" from appearing (If I didn't want more res and no sharpening, I wouldn't have clicked for it, would I have!!?)

While that did improve things, I still had to "blur" out the dots and lines in Photoshop. THEN I shrank the picture (dimensions and filesize) back down, and it looks almost as good as the catalog's original. But if I had let the scanner put it in as a small picture to begin with, it would have been lousy. Better to make it do a BIG picture and shrink it back yourself after retouching it.

I am presuming that the scanner will do better with text documents that don't have much detail to begin with.

A couple of other things about this machine are that it's loud, and does a whole lot of moving the print carriage for no apparent reason on startup. When using the scanner, the parts related to that start moving, apparently for nothing, when the lid is opened, then about 10 minutes after I'm done scanning they'll move some more. And it all sounds clunky to me. I'm not too confident in how long this machine'll last.

Really Pleased!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-04-04

A friend told me the PSC 1311 was the less expensive version of the PSC 1315 since the 1311 is for sale on the internet. I bought the 1311 and I love it. I have not used the scanner yet but the print and copy features are easy to use and very convenient for my home office. If you want to spend less than $100 (as I did) the PSC 1311 is a great choice!!!!

HP psc 1315 - Multifunction ( color ) - ink-jet - copying (up to): 17 ppm (mono) / 12 ppm (color) - printing (up to): 17 ppm (mono) / 12 ppm (color) - 100 sheets - USB

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excellent value printer
Great Printer For The Price
not bad for the price
You get what you pay for

HP psc 1315 - Multifunction ( color ) - ink-jet - copying (up to): 17 ppm (mono) / 12 ppm (color) - printing (up to): 17 ppm (mono) / 12 ppm (color) - 100 sheets - USB

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
ProductGroup: CE

Multifunction Devices | Office Electronics | Categories | Electronics

Office Electronics | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
Product Features:

Print, scan, copy / Up to 4800 x 1200-optimized dpi color
USB interface (USB 1.1/2.0 compatible)
36-bit color up to 19,200 dpi enhanced
1,000 printed pages per month maximum
Up to 17 ppm black / Up to 12 ppm color

ASIN: B000EFJQMY

Product Description

Customer Reviews:

excellent value printer.......2006-06-24

This printer is a good value and has excellent print quality for price. I ahve owned several printers, cannon, epson, lexamark, and now HP, and The HP is the best quality for price. I must admit, Cannon has the easiest user interface and menus, as well as alerts. But, these newer generation of HP printers have become more user friendly than the past generation for set up. Printer cartidges are more expensive then the Cannons and lexamark, but on par with epson. The cartridge life is longer than cannon. Epsons were also had a more difficult set up. In all, the scan function is easy to use, good quality, and same goes for copy. I highly recommend this printer for a good general printer. Now some of the newer models have card readers available on the printer, which may be handy if you do not have a comuter that has a multi card reader already, otherwise this is a great quality printer for everyday use.

Great Printer For The Price.......2006-06-04

The All-In-One concept is great for saving space in a small home office like mine. The paper handling is super with the following specs:

Input: 100-sheet input tray; Input capacity: Up to 100 sheets, up to 10 envelopes, up to 30 transparencies, up to 20 labels, up to 15 cards; Output capacity: Up to 50 sheets, up to 10 envelopes, up to 30 transparencies, up to 20 labels, up to 15 cards.

This is great for my graphics biz. Shelling out hundreds of designs per month on various size stock paper, and the Scan resolution is above par. Bang for the buck, this is a great tool to own.

not bad for the price.......2006-03-20

I picked up one of these because it cheap and I was fed up with epson printers permanently clogging if I didn't use them often enough. Although I'm a photographer and designer, I didn't expect much from this printer, thinking I'd use it just for everyday letters and photocopying, and go to a service bureau for important prints. However, I was quite pleasantly surprised with the quality of photo prints- the results on good paper are such that I'd be proud to show them to anyone.

Good points:

Photo printing quality is quite good, comparable to Epson general purpose printers I've used (in the $150 price range). Letter printing is just fine.

Photo color cartridges are available- they replace the black ink cartridge for printing photos with much finer color. I haven't tried them, but it's nice that a low-end printer supports these options.

I love the built-in photocopier. It's convenient, and good industrial design means the all-in-one system with scanner is hardly any bigger than my old Epson with no scanner.

Paper handling is excellent- it has never choked on cardstock or envelopes.

New cartridges come with a postage-paid envelope to recycle the old ones. Installing and replacing cartridges is very simple.

It has a PictBridge port for printing directly from most modern cameras. I've never understood the point of that, but there you go.

Bad points:
Full-page letter printing isn't terribly fast compared to older Epson printers that I've used. Photo printing speed seems comparable, though.

Photo prints are less smudge- and water-resistant than Epson's great (but clog-prone) inks.

Scanner quality is perfectly acceptable for photocopying tax forms and the like, but I use a separate epson scanner for high quality scans.

Ink-level monitoring seems unreliable. The color cartridge ran out of blue before I got a warning.

HP's longtime habit of loading the paper upside-down always confuses me!

You get what you pay for.......2006-03-20

I suppose I should have seen this coming by purchasing a printer for under a hundred bucks. As a graphic design graduate, not only will I need to print your typical word documents for cover letters and resumes, I'll also need to print full color portfolio samples. How these portfolio samples print is of utmost importance. Well, unfortunately for me, this printer does a horrible job.

First off, as far as printing regular word docs or notepad text files, it does a fine job. However, when I've sent full color jobs to it from various design packages, it will either A) print off by about an inch and a half vertically (or horizontally if printing in landscape orientation) or B) print at an angle so horizontal lines are not parallel to the side of the page and so on or C) it will do both. I have specifically been trying to get it to match up with template pages I have from www.jewelboxing.com for CD packages I've designed. What happens is when printing on any paper besides your typical office ream paper, it will print directly to the first edge that comes out of the printer, leaving no white space on the edge of the paper (as though it's printing with bleeds). I've contacted HP about this and they insist that it's not a problem with the printer, and that I try to load a new driver (which, after following their instructions, I had an error). They've recommended that I try to change the margins in my docs and so on and so forth (basically, the instructions I received were for Microsoft programs, not the design packages that I stated I use), which I did the equivalent of in my programs by basically altering the positions of my graphics to compensate for the off-printing (i.e., shifted the doc an inch and a half higher if it prints an inch and a half too low) with no luck...it will refuse to print anything on the last few inches of the sheet because it assumes that is where the page is ending. I've installed the latest drivers and software updates and still had this problem.

Secondly, and though this is minor compared to the above item, this thing is LOUD. When preparing to print a file, either the printer is getting ready to grab the paper or it's trying to explode...I can't tell, but I do know it's loud.

The only thing this printer does right is your typical office document prints, and for that I give it an extra star...but no more than that, since getting a printer to do just that should cost around 30 bucks anymore. Everything else this POS does is horrible. Save your money and get a real printer.

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