Customer Reviews

HP J3680 Officejet All-in-One Printer

5 star:		(80)
4 star:		(44)
3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(11)
1 star:		(24)

 

 

I bought the HP J3680 for my small business. I needed dependable printing of invoices and mailing labels, plus the ability to copy and scan. I also wanted a printer I could take on the road if I had to. The HP J3680 fit those requirements like no other printer I could find. On top of all that, I found a great price on Amazon.com

Caveats: I've used this only for printing black and white text.

Pros: Compact. Easy setup (Mac). Built in phone. Ink available everywhere. Takes up very little space on desk. The copier has many features to customize your job. The menu prompts are easy to follow. The phone (yes, even a phone!) has good sound.

Cons: Printing not the fastest, but the quality is exceptional. Cartridges are a bit finicky when being changed, but you'll get the hang of it once you've done it.

Bottom Line: I'd buy it again. Very nice for the start-up small business or general home use.

Originally reviewed this printer in mid-2008 and reserved 1 star due to not knowing long-term performance. Have now had this item well over one year, and it is still going strong. Print quality is exceptional; copies look like originals. Fax works great and so does the scanner. Phone is a bonus. Best price was on line--including shipping, it cost less than at my local store. Easy to set up; software easy to install. Great item.

So the printer is great except for one thing. The only way to scan and photocopy items is by feeding them through the printer, this means that it is impossible to photocopy a page from a book or from a notebook without physically ripping the page out. As a student, this is a total bummer to me. Other than that, I haven't used all the tools like the fax yet but it seems to be working well. My other issue is that installing it to my laptop was a huge pain. My laptop kept trying to automatically install the hardware but it couldn't locate the info from the internet, then when I tried to install through the disc it kept giving me problems. Eventually it worked though.

I have not had this printer for very long, and it is not my primary printer. I purchased it because I was looking for a printer that had a copy function that would copy legal size paper and had an atomatic document feeder. The price on the newer ones with these features are out of my price range and the ink is more expensive. I have always enjoyed my HP products so that was another +. The fact that it can be used as a fax, copier and auxillary printer for the low price I paid makes it a winner in my book.

I bought this product becuase I needed a scanner with automatic document feed; I have been thrilled with how easy it was to set up; I can now scan 20 pages at a time, and turn into a pdf document within just a few minutes. Have not had one jam in the month that I've had it. Color prints are very nice. Great deal for the money!

One of these models, purchased on sale for $50, has come in very handy after my previous all-in-one fax machine died.

I've been pleasantly surprised by the high quality of even photograph prints, although the machine has only two ink cartridges, not four. My last all-in-one, the Epson CX9400Fax, had an extremely temperamental set of four cartridges, which ran dry in the blink of an eye and could not be refilled, and frequently were "not recognized" at all. At long last, the machine did not run, even for faxing, and had to be replaced. (Fortunately it was still under warranty.)

This HP, by contrast, also has a much smaller footprint. It has a huge advantage over most all-in-one machines---a hand held head set. This makes it possible to send faxes even through international calling cards, when necessary, rather than paying the exorbitant phone rates generally charged by land line carriers. For those all-in-one machines without hand sets, that option is off the table. It's dial direct, with no intermediaries, or forget faxing.

Moreover, the paper seems to feed reliably (another problem with the Epson).

This is a dandy little machine for the dough. At first I used it as a backup. Now, it will be my regular all-in-one. I have bequeathed the Epson replacement to my partner.

I took a while to set up since I had to buy ink and a USB cable as I thought it came with the printer, I would have liked to have had this made clear to me before and I could have bought one with everything included but I set it up last night except the fax because I now have to buy a spliter but it seems to work when I used my phone line for it instead of my laptop, the printer is a bit loud but works great the ink cartridges a tricky to put in but got them in eventually just be careful not to touch the gold part and the ink nossles and dont tilt the printer with the ink in in this will damage it, other than that the machine pretty much tells you what to do, I had trouble finding instructions to connect to a laptop maybe I am a dumb blonde LOL hope this helps all

I bought this because my old HP all-in-one, after giving good service for a few years, would not scan. Tech support was unable to correct this problem, although they tried very hard. I bought this to replace my old one, because I scan a lot of things: artwork, photos, etc.

I am surprised that HP are not ashamed to put their name on this product. Basically it is a fax machine, and the entire Users Manual is given over to setting up the fax function. There are no instructions about either printing or scanning. It looks like a fax and acts like a tricked out fax. It is impossible to use as a scanner because it has no flatbed. Small items cannot be scanned. It is flimsy and poorly constructed. I think it might be worth $20 or $30 for someone who needs a fax machine and is willing to go to a lot of trouble to set it up.

When I tried to print a test page or a couple of pages from the manual the paper invariably jammed. I guess the rollers were not set properly at the factory.

Another great product from HP, and another great job by Amazon. Outstanding quality and low price makes the HP a sure winner. Also, having the handset is a plus--I had an HP 4215--same product sans phone. As usual, Amazon partners with top-notch retailers. The HP arrived in 3 days, via FedEx, in 3 days. Enjoy !

I needed fax capabilities for Windows vista home premium and this printer fits the bill. Everything works ok with this all in one and for 50 bucks it can't be beat.