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HP Deskjet 722c - Printer - color - ink-jet - Legal, A4 - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 8 ppm (mono) / up to 4 ppm (color) - capacity: 100 sheets - Parallel

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I have owned an HP 722C printer for 6 years or so. It has performed flawlessly from the moment I got it. Besides standard printing, I have used it along with premium photo paper to product outstanding color photo prints. If you can get one for a low price (under $50), it should be a good purchase. If you have to pay much more than that, you may want to consider one of the newer products instead.

I was given a used HP DeskJet 722C as a gift in 2002. I had to clean it up and invest in new HP ink. Since then it has been reliably used for University and work projects both in high quality text and color. I even used it to print my wedding invitations. I have been a vivid fan of HP printers and I can tell you from what I have seen out there they do not make printers like this anymore. This printer is heavy and unbreakable because it was made to last forever! Only maintenance work I had to perform other than replace ink was to clean the inside with alcohol dipped q-tips.

In 2007 I got a new MacBook Pro and since the 722C has no direct way to connect to it, I was very sad I would have to part with it. However, being experienced with computer networking and with some research I found that I could purchase for close to nothing a used Linksys EPSX3 parallel port print server and attach the printer to it.

Then with a free open source software download (foomatic/pnm2ppa print drivers) I was able to give this printer a new life. Now in a network environment this printer serves printing jobs for an XP notebook and for the Mac.

Yes, for the cost of the ink cartridges and $5+ more you could purchase a brand new printer. However do not expect the new printer to last even a full year.

I got this printer in middle school, now I'm in my mid 20s and the printer is finally showing signs of wear, perhaps on its last legs. I looked on eBay for the same model replacement and on amazon, but to no avail.

If you can find this printer for cheap, I would recommend it. Printers were definitely built to last back in the good old days and this is a quality printer that exemplifies this. Although it doesn't use USB and relies on the old serial ports, the second I hit the print button, the printer responds with a blink of an eye. If anyone knows where I can get a good condition printer of this same model. Please let me know at sp3077@gmail.com

I purchased my HP Deskjet 722c in 1998. They sure don't make them like they used to so I'm sure glad this one is still going strong!!

The HP DeskJett 722c printer that I recently bought through Amazon, is my second The first came packasged ith a Dell computor I bought some 15 or so years ago when I was very active in California Real Estate, I would use reams of paper to print daily out put of listings in black and white. I also used it in my personal life to print colored greeting cards, color art prints frlom the internet, colored charts and illustrations for lectures I gave. I used it andsometimes even abuset it in asking it to print items it was never designed to do. It is a real work horse. that goes on and on without any servicing. When after many years of heavy use, it began to give me a few problems (It was begging me for a rest), I retired it and tried to find another for replacenent, I serched on line and found many printers for sale but no one was offering a 722c. I finally searched Amazon and found only one being offered. I bought it at once. when it came it was a snap to install---I simply unpluged to old and pluged in the new. My computor recognized it immediaely.
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