HP Photosmart C5180 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier (#Q8220A)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 12 x 9.1 inches ; 26.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 25 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GWMJVA
• Item model number: C5180
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (124 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 2, 2007

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description The HP Photosmart C5180 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, and Copier can help increase the productivity of your business. This stylish multi-function unit works incredibly fast and prints, scans and copies with true-to-life color that gives your documents an edge.

Intuitive controls make printing tasks a snap. View larger.

Extremely versatile and convenient, the C5180 gives you the option of printing laser-quality documents and lab-quality photos without a computer using memory cards, USB flash memory drive, and a large, easy-to-read 2.4-inch color image display. It's a worthwhile investment for any growing business or individual who wants the option to print photos at home.

The C5180 can handle most memory card formats, as well as PictBridge-capable devices.

Fast Speeds and High-Quality Results
The stylish C5180 combines fast speeds with high-quality results. For instance, it prints a 4 x 6-inch photo in as fast as 12 seconds from the automated 4 x 6-inch tray, while six-ink printing with HP Vivera Inks produces rich and realistic photos that resist fading for generations. The C5180 also offers print speeds of up to 32 pages per minute (ppm) in black and white and up to 31 ppm in color.

The efficiently designed individual ink cartridges allow you to replace only the ink colors used-- a money-saving function that's ideal for high-volume workgroups. In addition, the HP Photosmart Express button makes completing the digital photography experience fast and easy by letting you view, print, share and save in seconds. At the same time, HP Photosmart Premier software makes it easy to edit, organize, print, share, archive and create photo projects, giving you all kinds of creative options to enhance your business.

High Resolution For Vivid Documents and Photos
Designed to give you numerous options, the C5180 lets you make color and black and white copies, or print landscapes and other panoramic images in any size up to 8.5 x 24 inches, with or without borders. Troubleshoot any problems by using the 2.4-inch QVGA color image display that adjusts for optimal viewing from any angle so you can select, rotate, crop, zoom and remove red-eye directly from the display without using a computer. When it's time to print, enjoy vivid, eye-catching images, photos, and copies thanks to high resolutions of 4,800 optimized dots per inch (dpi) for photos, 2,400 x 2,400 dpi optical resolution for scans, and up to 4,800 x 1,200 dpi for color copying.

Easy and Versatile Operation
With the C5180, you won't have to worry about struggling to complete your jobs. This system features an intuitive control panel and convenient one-touch buttons that are easy to use. For additional flexibility, you can take advantage of memory card slots compatible with CompactFlash, MultiMedia Card, Secure Digital, Media Stick, Memory Stick Duo and XD-Picture Cards.

What's in the box
HP Photosmart C5180 Printer, HP 02 Black Ink Cartridge (16 ml), HP 02 Cyan Ink Cartridge (4.5 ml), HP 02 Magenta Ink Cartridge (4.5 ml), HP 02 Yellow Ink Cartridge (4.5 ml), HP 02 Light Cyan Ink Cartridge (4.5 ml), HP 02 Light Magenta Ink Cartridge (4.5 ml), HP Photosmart Premier software on CD-ROM, setup guide, basics guide, power supply, power cord

Product Description

HP C5180 Photosmart All in One Printer/HP Photosmart C5180 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier Overview Print, scan and copy with true-to-life color using the high-performance HP Photosmart C5180 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier. Based on HP's scalable printing technology, this stylish all-in-one is the world's fastest photo printer with 4x6-inch photo speed as fast as 12 seconds. The HP Photosmart C5180 All-in-One allows users to print laser-quality documents and lab-quality photos without a computer using USB flash memory drive and the large 2.4-inch color image display. Key features and benefits. Efficiently designed individual ink cartridges allow users to replace only the ink colors used ideal for high-volume printing.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

151 of 153 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Mac software. Beautiful photo prints. So-So scanner., September 20, 2006

By	Navarro L. Parker "Motion Graphics Dude" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The C5180 is like most all-in-ones -- it saves a lot of desk space, but can't do everything equally well. It's best used as a home copier and printer. As a scanner, it's only average.

Using HP's new inexpensive 6 color "02" ink, it produces gorgeous photo prints when you use photo inkjet paper. Text on plain paper is a little soft and not as black as I'd like. You really need to use HP's new Advanced everyday paper and photo paper products to get good results.

The C5180 also installs a great suite of software for Mac OS X. It's the most Mac-like printer and scanner software I've used (I've also used Canon and Epson printers/scanners).

The only bad thing about this unit relates to the scanner. The noisy scanner produces so-so results, with a lot of noise at higher resolutions. The scanner doesn't have any descreening functions, so any magazine scans look crummy. The auto color correct is really aggresive and usually introduces more color problems than it solves. Unfortunately, you can't scan with Mac OS X's Image Capture - you have to use HPs scanner softare. It does have a neat feature than you can scan directly to a memory card, so no computer is needed. The included OCR software is mostly worthless. I couldn't get it translate any white text on a black background or normal type at small point sizes.

So in a nutshell:

PROS
-Inexpensive, individual ink cartridges
-Great photo prints with HP photo paper
-LCD makes printing directly from memory card very easy
-Ability to scan directly to memory card
-Compact size
-Great Mac-like software
-Terrific home copier

CONS
-So-so scan quality
-Scanner software missing features
-Noisy scanner mechanism
-Crummy OCR software

50 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, December 3, 2006

By	Great Dane Lover (NYC area) - See all my reviews

I am an avid scrapbooker & organizational nut. I purchased this because I was looking for something that would print nice photos, but would also multitask & free up space in my office by eliminating the need for a seperate scanner & copier. This was just the answer!

The prints, particularly in borderless 4 x 6, are just beautiful! I am very, very pleased with the results on HP Premium Plus High Gloss Paper. Totally blows my old Epson out of the water!

I am also amazed at the ink consumption. With my old printer, after just a few pages of scrapbooking, I'd have to replace ink cartridges. I have done 14+ 12x12 pages thus far - some included borderless high res. 8.5 x 11 photos & I have not even put a DENT in the ink.

As for the paper tray issue someone else spoke of - you just need to pay attention to the settings before you print. You need to select which tray you want to draw the paper from. Easy! :)

All in all - it's a great printer. I'm sure there are better, much more expensive printers out there -- but this does the trick for me. I'm one very satisfied customer!

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Very Happy, December 4, 2006

By	Ebuyer - See all my reviews

While it may not be evident from the description, this printer may be connected via the network in addition to USB. This allows all PCs on the network to access the printer, scanner, and card readers, without having any particular machine turned on. (Note, however, that a network install probably slows the first page response somewhat.)

HP's install SW seems to have matured since my experiences with other HP printers. (I had dreaded the install, but had no problems with this.)

I also like the second tray for the 4X6. While I swore off making prints at home (due to the hassle, cost and quality) this feature and the results will probably have me making prints on this machine.

In all, I'm very impressed.