Customer Reviews

HP OfficeJet G55 All-in-One

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

The Office Jet G55 has some very good points. Installation is fairly easy. The printer produces top quality color graphics. The scanning capabilities are among the best I've found, and I have enjoyed being able to easily enlarge scanned images to selected page sizes. The desktop manager is easy to use.

The only serious problem I have with the printer is the speed -- a reason I've avoided inkjets in the past. The printer is useful for small jobs if moderate-to-high quality output is needed. Large, high-quality color jobs require a multi-hour commitment.

This machine far exceeded what I thought its very reasonable purchase price would deliver. (And as the co-author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Great Customer Service," I'm not easily impressed!)

The quality of printing is excellent--even on the draft setting for many jobs. The ink cartridges lasted far longer than I anticipated.

The well-designed, intelligent software that comes with this machine makes scanning and exporting to your favorite application a breeze and a joy. The scanning quality is excellent, and very fast, too.

Usually, the more I use a machine, the more flaws I find, the less satisfied I become with it, the more impatient I am to upgrade to the next gizmo iteration. With the OfficeJet G55, it's just the opposite. I keep muttering, "That's amazing!" "Cool." And other non-curmudgeonly phrases endangering a hard-won reputation.

I rarely rave about a computer peripheral, but the HP engineers behind this well-designed, value-priced marvel deserve a hearty round of applause for a job very well done.

I recommend it without one shred of reservation (and, believe me, that's high praise from a finnicky fellow whose friends call him, The Grumpy Gadget Guy).

I have been dissatisfied with printers we've had in the past. The were either too slow (particularly color) or the print quality was less than acceptable when printing color photos. You can create BEAUTIFUL prints with this printer using Premium Photo paper. You'd never know you didn't get it from the photo processor! And the scanned image quality is excellent too.

I love that you can be scanning and printing at the same time!

The G55 outputs great quality prints and scanned images at a very reasonable price. Thumbs up!

The only thing I wish it had is fax capability. But with limited funds, it was between this higher-resolution non-fax, and a lower-resolution one with a fax -- and since I'm into printing designs much more than faxing, this one had to be it. And I'm happy: it prints VERY nicely. Plus it's just SO easy to use. I haven't had it long, but at least so far I'm a totally satisfied buyer.

I just recently purchased this machine for my home office and I'm finding that I love it even more than I had expected! The quality of the output is sensational and I couldn't ask for more. What's even better is that the ink is water resistant, which means that it can be used in scrapbooking, that's half of my business! I never realized just how much I REALLY NEEDED this machine until I got it. I've been using it for everything. It's also great that I can scan long-distance customer receipts and have them sent directly into an email and sent to them. LOVE THIS MACHINE! It's my new 'baby'! :O)

You cannot scan with the HP G55 if you are using Windows 2000; you have to keep checking the HP website for updates for when their beta version of the drivers will be ready (recently pushed back from mid-August to 31 August). And then only beta? Printing was difficult and even Uninstalling was impossible using 2000. I returned my G55, purchased a printer and HP flatbed scanner/copier/fax for a total of about $150 less than the G55 and am much happier.

The Officejet G55 is a multipurpose printer with the quality of individual machines (scanner, printer, copier, etc.). It's easy to use, to install and the price is reasonable. Also, the ink isn't more expensive than other ink printers. I suggest it to any small business !

This is an excellent product for home use, the color and detail on copies,printouts,and enlargements is exceptional.

I had heard all of these great things about HP and I decided to give one of their multifunctionals a chance. If you own a Macintosh and you read their little specifications page and it tells you that these are Mac compatible don't you believe it. I got the darned thing home, installed the available software and the HP. The thing wouldn't work and as I continued to experiment with it I found that it didn't have any drivers. I checked on HP's website and they admit that they do not offer technical support for Macintosh, nor do they offer drivers. Unfortunately this information is quite well hidden, since I failed to find it when I was researching their product. Avoid it and buy a Brother, I did.

i used it with my g4 osX. now i use it as a stand alone unit. the pictures were so nice i went out and got a 6 color printer just to see if thew were better. they are, but not that much. It is fast and quite. I am sorry they quite making it. the only thing it needs is fax. HP, if you read this ( you won't ) bring it back.