HP OfficeJet J4680 All-in-One Wireless Printer

by Hewlett-Packard

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 47.4 x 34.4 x 24.4 inches ; 18 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001ARZ9KS
• Item model number: CB783A#ABA
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (164 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank

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  Electronics > Computers & Accessories > Printers > All-In-Ones

• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer Want the convenience of wireless business printing? Print, fax, scan and copy, plus forget about messy printer cables with the HP Officejet J4680 All-in-One. Easily share your printer using built-in wireless[1] networking, and boost productivity with fast printing and faxing.

Want to make the right impression every time? Create documents with sharp color graphics and laser-quality black text using the HP Officejet J4680 All-in-One. With the right paper, your most important documents will last for decades without fading[2]. Want to save paper? Use HP Smart Web Printing[3] to print web pages without ads, menu bars and other unnecessary info. Simply select the photos and text you want, organize it all on a single page and click “Print”. Want to save your business money? Print professional color for a lower cost per page than most lasers[4]. With the optional XL high-capacity black cartridge[5], you can even print up to three times more black pages than standard cartridges. Want to print, fax, scan and copy with ease? Effortlessly manage your print jobs using the text display. Low on ink in one of your cartridges? This HP all-in-one will finish printing your document using the remaining tri-color or black cartridge. Print wirelessly from any room with the HP Officejet J4680 All-in-One Reduce the clutter of tangled cables under your desk or in the conference room using built-in wireless networking[1]. You’ll also improve productivity by sharing one printer with multiple people.

Print wirelessly from any room.

Boost your business image and your bottom line Create your own marketing materials for less. Print professional color for a lower cost per page than lasers[4]. Avoid keeping outdated documents and storing extra copies by printing only what you need, when you need it. Make your own brochures, flyers and more using HP Brochure Paper and HP Tri-fold Brochure Paper. Find business templates and project ideas at www.hp.com/print

Create your own marketing materials for less.

Remember compatible ink, paper and accessories HP, the #1 brand in ink is the #1 value[6]. The HP Officejet J4680 All-in-One uses two inks: black and tri-color. You can save money on black ink by choosing optional XL high-capacity cartridges[5].

Print all your business documents, from brochures and presentations to invoices and emails, using Original HP paper. To easily connect your PC to this HP all-in-one, you’ll need a USB cable. See all the compatible inks and recommended papers here. Get the specifics PRINT SPEED: Up to 28 ppm black, up to 22 ppm color[7] FAX: Up to 140-page fax memory, up to 99 speed dial numbers SCAN: Resolution up to 1200-dpi optical; maximum scan size 8.5" x 11.7" COPY: Reduce/enlarge 25%–400% PAPER HANDLING: 3" x 5" to 8.5" x 14"; up to 3,000 pages per month

What’s in the box? HP Officejet J4680 All-in-One HP 901 Black Officejet Ink Cartridge HP 901 Tri-color Officejet Ink Cartridge Power supply Power cord Phone cord Setup poster Fax Getting Started Guide Wireless Getting Started Guide CD-ROMs (for software) USB cable

HP Officejet Affordable color printing for the home office. Give your business a boost Looking for a laser printer? Buy the affordable alternative—HP Officejet. You’ll get the best of both: the laser quality your business needs at the low inkjet prices you want. Print professional color for a lower cost per page than most lasers[4]. Print impressive documents using Original HP ink Want to avoid the chance of smearing, streaking and clogging? Choose Original HP ink for affordable, reliable printing and print 65% more pages than bargain inks[8]. Want to get more ink for less money? Buy the optional XL high-capacity black cartridge[5]. Reduce, reuse and recycle Want to help your business go green? Easily save paper using HP Smart Web Printing[3]. Select text and photos from multiple websites, organize it all on a single page and click “Print”. To save even more paper, flip the page over manually and print on both sides. Since most HP Officejets are ENERGY STAR® qualified products, you can be sure you're saving power. Did you know HP recycles your print cartridges for free? Visit www.hp.com/recycle for details. In 2006, HP recycled more than 164 million pounds of hardware and print cartridges—the same weight as 600 jumbo jets.

Print multiple websites all on a single page with HP Smart Web Printing[5]. Save energy in more ways than one with an HP Officejet

Choose the right product for you. Want wired networking and faster printing? Buy the HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One. Want to print business documents on the go? Buy the HP Officejet H470wbt Mobile Printer.

[1] Wireless performance is dependent upon physical environment and distance from access point.
[2] Based on paper-industry predictions for acid-free papers; colorant stability data at room temperature based on similar systems tested per ISO 11798 and ISO 18909.
[3] Requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
[4] Compared to lasers under USD $750. For more details, see www.hp.com/go/officejet
[5] Not included. Please purchase separately.
[6] From a 2008 RS Consulting MarketShare Study commissioned by HP. For details, see www.hp.com/go/valuestorysupplies
[7] After first page; see www.hp.com/go/inkjetprinter for details.
[8] A QualityLogic 2009 study compared Original HP inkjet print cartridges (92A, 93A, 98A, 95A, 21A and 22A) with refilled ink cartridges sold in North America. For details, see www.qualitylogic.com/2009HPinktest.pdf

ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR logo are registered U.S. marks.

Product Description

HP Officejet J4680 AIO (CB783A) Get professional results with this affordable, easy-to-use all-in-one with wireless connectivity. Quickly print, scan, copy and fax from one device. Use HP Officejet inks to print high-quality color documents for less than most lasers. Streamline a range of business tasks with this productivity-enhancing wireless device. Make an impact with all your business materials- get laser-quality text and rich, vivid colours.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

216 of 221 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Having trouble? Perhaps this will help. (BTW: This really is a decent little unit), August 20, 2009

By	Method2Madness (Hampton Roads, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP OfficeJet J4680 All-in-One Wireless Printer (Electronics)

First, let me preface by saying that I am not "tied" to any particular brand or model. I've had, and/or still have: Epsons, Canons, HPs and Lexmarks (I tend to shy away from Lexmarks low end units, but the higher end units work fine) and they ALL have their good apples and their bad apples. I, for the life of me, simply cannot label this as a bad apple. And believe me, after reading all the negative reviews, I tried! It works without flaw on Vista 32 bit, Vista 64 bit and Windows 7 64 bit RC1(Using the Vista 64 bit drivers). Both via USB and via WiFI with an old Linksys WRT54GL.

/PREFACE OFF

I work out of my SUV and needed a small printer/copier to use while I was on the road. This so happened to be on sale a few weeks ago and was the cheapest AIO, with the exception of the Lexmark which I was not willing to purchase, so I bought it. I got it home, preformed the normal new printer setup ritual, contemplated some sort of ceremonial dance due to all the negative reviews, and dug in.

---FIRST RULE OF THUMB WHEN INSTALLING ANY NEW HARDWARE: Create a restore point! If anything goes haywire, you can just "roll back" to this restore point.

---SECOND RULE OF THUMB: Do NOT use the drivers provided in the box. Ever... Instead download the drivers and/or firmware/system updates and/or patches from HP.

---AND THE FINAL RULE OF THUMB: Unless you love bloatware(God knows, HP wants you to...), find the most BASIC and SMALLEST driver set available that still allows full feature operation. When I searched (What a novel idea, right?), there were two "junior sized" drivers for this particular unit and both gave summaries as to what they do. The first one was the "HP Officejet Basic print&scan driver" and the second was the "HP Officejet Basic Driver - IT Professional Use Only". Now, don't let the "professional use only" scare you. It installs just like the beefier versions with a setup.exe, it's just WAY faster to install and WAY smaller. Once installed, you have the normal scan and print functions, without the hassle.

I have successfully scanned via Windows Scanning & Printing (WIA) and also via Adobe Photoshop CS4 (WIA). I then printed numerous photos and documents on both photo and standard printer paper with not so much as a peep or a jam. Yes, I'm serious. And no, I'm not even close to being "easy" on it. It sits in my truck all day and night with inside temps reaching a scorching 115 degrees Fahrenheit and has worked every single time I called on it. Trust me I'm as shocked as you.

This brings me to my last point, that I'm certain someone is just dying to call me on: "Why should people have to use workarounds? Why can't it just work?". That is a very good question. But it is also a question you will find yourself asking more and more in life, as time goes on. This is, unfortunately, a fact of life. As things get cheaper and cheaper, manufacturers have to cut corners to keep up with their competitors and quite simply, things get overlooked. It sucks big time, and we as customers shouldn't HAVE to use workarounds, but if you want a machine that does everything this one does, for less than the price of just a basic inkjet a few years ago, you're gonna have to make exceptions. It's a necessary evil, folks.

In closing, might I suggest one thing: Before jumping on the Haterade bandwagon (and this includes mindlessly rating me down for no particular reason other than you couldn't get it to work for you, so therefore I must be lying), try to put forth a little effort on your part to rectify the problem. Is a simple Google search, or a simple visit to HP.com really THAT difficult? Lord knows, you'll spend MUCH more time than that on the phone with the foreign "help desk". Not to mention the time it takes to create such negative reviews.

Now this isn't to say there's been no bad hardware shipped, as I'm more than certain there are some who got lemons straight from the factory and even all the research in the world won't rectify that problem. But after reading all the reviews, I found that the majority of the issues are either due to user error, or fixed in a software driver update that the user never bothered to check for.

If you want jack of all trade items at bargain prices, sometimes you have to do a little work.

66 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It just works (even with Linux), November 9, 2008

By	Robert Hoare - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: HP OfficeJet J4680 All-in-One Wireless Printer (Electronics)

First of all, I must make clear I'm using this printer with computers running Ubuntu Linux, using version 2.8.10 of the HPLIP driver software (the first version to support it). I have no comments on the Windows or Mac software that comes with the printer, as I don't use it.

I set the printer up with the control panel it has, it found my home network (802.11g, WPA2 encryption) immediately and I entered the network password and it connected first time. (after a power cut later, it reconnected itself fine).

The printer setup on my Linux computer automatically found the printer (wirelessly) without any problem and configured it in under a minute. Printed test page fine.

I've since printed other documents, done a 400MB full-page 1200dpi scan, sheet fed photocopies, enlarged photocopies etc all without any problem. All wireless (where applicable), haven't needed to plug the USB cable in. It just works. I haven't had any reason to test the fax features (don't have a landline phone).

Quality-wise, color images are not quite as good as my older (wired) HP C3180 printer, but still quite acceptable. For printing and (especially) scanning the J4680 is fairly slow, for home use that doesn't really matter.

I've even set up my Nokia E51 phone to print wirelessly to this printer, again a matter of entering the configuration details on the phone and it just worked.

I've deducted one star for the lack of a backlight on the screen, it's really hard to read in anything other than perfect light. Other than that, I'm struggling to find anything to complain about. I'll update this review when I do find something!

95 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars big disappointment, November 5, 2008

By	M. Martin "beatrix" (boston, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: HP OfficeJet J4680 All-in-One Wireless Printer (Electronics)

I am extremely disappointed with this printer. My main motivation for purchasing it was the wireless capability, but I have been unable to get the wireless function to work. When I print the settings page, it indicates that all is correct, yet I simply cannot get it to work wirelessly. I tried to connect the printer both to my home network and using an adhoc peer to peer connection and neither would work. very frustrating! the software installation is extremely buggy and took several tries to install the printer even using a USB connection. I am really good with computers but this product has completely baffled me...HP customer service via email is a joke. About 6 techs sent me the same link to the same solution, and when I responded to their questions, they sent me the same info again...totally useless.

UPDATE TO THIS REVIEW: months later, i upgraded my wireless router from a wireless b to a wireless g and wouldn't you know--the printer works fine now. it would have been helpful to have this in the printer documentation or TOLD TO ME BY HP WHEN I CONTACTED THEM REPEATEDLY, that you must be running a wireless g network for this device to work. i also recommend not using the software disc that comes with the product, but rather downloading the latest from the HP website & doing a custom install so that your computer does not have HP Customer Participation and all those other useless programs that are impossible to uninstall.