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| HP Officejet Pro L7780 Color All-in-One Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copier (C8192A#ABA) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Category: CE
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New (41) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  103 reviews
Color: GRAY SILVER
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 50
Dimensions (in): 17.5 x 25.4 x 20.9
nv:Print Method: Thermal Inkjet
Resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi (Black)
Resolution: Up to 4800 dpi (Color)
Maximum Duty Cycle: Up to 7,500 Pages Per Month
Print Speed: Up to 35 PPM (Black)
Print Speed: Up to 34 PPM (Color)
Dimensions: 20.91"W x 19.09"D x 17.48"H
Connectivity: USB 2.0
Connectivity: Built-in Wireless 802.11g/b
Connectivity: PictBridge
Connectivity: Built-in Wired Ethernet Networking
Optional Connectivity: HP bt300 Bluetooth Wireless Printer Adapter
MPN: OJ PRO L7780
Model: OJ PRO L7780
UPC: 882780621244
EAN: 0882780621244
ASIN: B000MAOX38
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| Customer Reviews:
 Another Amazing HP Product November 14, 2008
This printer is a replacement to an old HP C3180 All-in-one. I have always used HP printers and they really have never disappointed me at all. The quality is good and the prices are competitive with other brands. The C3180 I had previously just ceased to function, so I started looking for a replacement, and I found this wonderful machine. It absolutely does everything!
Setup of the machine was really easy, and went on without a hitch. The printer does take a good amount of hands on assembly, but the instructions that come with the printer are quite clear and easy to understand. I didn't really find the manual for the printer to be much help though. Many people have said that it was hard to set up the wireless with the automatic DHCP that is on the machine, but it worked for me without a hitch. It told me the IP that it was using, and I just typed that into all my computers and it was connected instantaneously. I did have a problem with the controls on the machine freezing up, but that was easily fixed by downloading the latest firmware on HP's website. I also did not use the disks included, but downloaded the basic print and scan drivers from HP's website also. Most of the stuff on the full featured download for the printer were really not necessary and not worth the extra time to download.
Copying and Scanning with the printer:
Copying is a breeze with this machine. The ADF works flawlessly, and so does the glass flatbed. The quality of the copies just blew me away because it was so much better than any copies I have ever seen before. They were of the quality, if not better than a laser printer. My favorite part of the copy function is all the things you can manipulate. The printer has set ratios that you can use to resize pages to, and it really works great. You can also set it to make the copy lighter or darker than the original, change the DPI of the copies, and more. The speed of copying can also be changed to fast, normal, or best. Copies on the fast mode are flawless, and I imagine they are even better on the best setting. It also has a copy preview function so that you can see what is going to come out beforehand. The ADF can also handle double sided copies quite well. It is fast and efficient!
The scanner works well also. I was able to scan to my computer with a USB cable, but I haven't tried it wirelessly yet. The printer comes with the IRIS OCR text converter also, so you can take a scan and convert it to editable text, which is so convenient and such a timesaver. It can scan up to 19200 DPI, which takes awhile, but the quality is outstanding. I can't believe how detailed it can scan! It also can scan to a flash drive or SD card in a PDF format, JPEG, or TIFF. I haven't been able to figure out the Digital filing yet, but I will update the review when I try it. The scanner also is used to scan pictures, and then you can edit them right on the Photosmart essential software on the printer.
Faxing with the printer:
This printer is also a heavy duty fax machine! It faxes color and black at a speedy 33.6K. When it is hooked to a line shared with a phone, it also rings when there is a call, and displays the caller ID. It can also print off receipts of faxes that they were sent, and if you want to, you can print off all of the sent faxes. The ADF can handle double sided faxes also. It prompts you before faxing as to if you are going to use the ADF or the glass flatbed. The fax also has all the controls of the copier portion, so you also can resize and lighten or darken faxes. The printer's onboard memory also is probably sufficient for holding about 25-30 faxes total. It also will let you set how many rings on the phone before automatically answering.
Printing and other features:
I have only one thing to say about the printing. WOW! The print quality is absolutely amazing. The fastest that it can print is 35PPM, and I was able to achieve that speed by using the fast draft mode. The quality was still excellent in that mode, and it is wonderful in the high quality mode. The colors are quite vivid, and the ink tanks seem to last quite awhile. I recommend getting the 88XL cartridges because they are the best deal for lowest cost per page. The printer's duplexer works great, and I haven't seen a smudge on any duplexed paper. The prints come out perfectly every time. Both trays on the printer work well, and they seem very efficient. I have all of the prints come out of tray one, and all prints for the copier and fax coming out of tray two. It also has the ability to print on envelopes, which is a huge plus since I do a lot of mailing. In the future, I may fill tray one with envelopes and lock it, and then fill tray two with paper and have all copies/faxes/prints come from that one.
Overall, I give this printer a 5 star for the quality, ease of use, and pricepoint. I was originally skeptical of this printer because of the negative reviews, but I went ahead and got it. I sure am glad that I did! Great job HP!
 Will not Scan to Direct Digital Filing on Small Business Server 2003 November 12, 2008
HP support confirms OfficeJet direct digital filing is incompatible with Microsoft Small Business Server 2003. Unsuccessfully tried various work arounds from the web.
If this capability is important to you under Small Business Server 2003, be forewarned.
What a rip-off October 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There's only one thing wrong with this machine. I'll get to that in a minute.
The OfficeJet L7780 is a great all-in-one, much better than the 6100 series was. Print quality is great, mechanical operation is acceptable, the power-saving features and wireless communication are very worthwhile.
The printer's biggest draw is an advertised per-page cost lower than a laser printer, and much lower than the single-cartridge DeskJet printers. It's very enticing. And it might be true -- if you ever get around to using up a whole cartridge of ink. But before you get to that point, the printer gives an error message: "The following ink cartridge(s) appear to be missing or damaged."
There's nothing wrong with your ink cartridges. One of them has simply been in your printer longer than HP thinks it should be. When you install a new cartridge, the printer starts a timer for that cartridge, and when the timer counts down to zero, the printer pops up the "missing or damaged" error message.
And it's a hard error, too. There's no way around it, according to HP, except to replace the affected ink cartridge -- even if that cartridge is still 1/3 or 1/2 full of ink.
HP was either too clever (or too STUPID, depending on your point of view) to have the printer issue a simple warning message saying, "The indicated cartridge has hit its shelf life limit," and giving you the choice to continue printing until you get around to replacing the cartridge. And HP was just too STUPID -- and inconsiderate of users -- to give the user any advance warning: "The indicated cartridge will hit its shelf life limit in two days." No, it happens suddenly, without warning, and it locks up the entire all-in-one.
I really expected better than this from HP. (And then there's the issue of WHY these new-and-improved inks have such a short shelf life. Maybe HP laid off their good ink chemists and imported some cheaper ones from China.)
This problem is insidious, and it's pervasive. It affects all HP inkjet printers. Searching on the web turns up several workarounds, but a user SHOULD NOT have to do any of them. Until HP releases a firmware upgrade that gets rid of this design defect, the OfficeJet L7780 gets only one star, and this is the last HP printer I will buy (I've been buying them since ThinkJet days).
Very Pleased October 25, 2008
We have owned several HP products and have been pleased so we keep going back to that brand. The new printer is working very well, was easy to set up, faxing is a breeze, and we particularly like the ease of the double sided printing.
Excellent, just needs a carefull half-hour setup. Review contains setup instructions! October 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Pros: Easy to setup with the basic driver package (67MB). Prints with laser-like quality and speed. Wifi works perfectly. Great panel/lcd. Great cost per page for an inkjet with the 4 seperate XL inks.
Cons: Do not install the full driver pack (300MB). It isn't needed and takes time. Also a little noisy but not much.
After searching the net for reviews of the L7780 I found that although the original reviews gave it great praise and scores, user reviews seemed to imply that this product was awfull. As I couldn't find another product with the same features/price I decided to take the bullet and hoped that it at least was good at printing.
I was amazed by how far from the truth were all those user reviews in sites like cnet, amazon etc. My L7780 works perfectly and that includes printing, scanning, copying, faxing and all of that with a wireless connection. Maybe I was just lucky for receiving a non-broken one, otherwise I just can't explain all those negative reviews.
If it helps, here's what I did to make it work in less than half-hour.
1. Unpack and connect it only with the power cable (NO usb, lan etc).
2. Let it do the first time initialization for about 10-15 minutes.
3. In the meantime install the BASIC driver package from the HP site dated September 2008 (67MB download).
4. When it prompts you for the type of connection you will use, select network but DON'T CLICK NEXT YET
5. When the printer finished initialization and becomes ready to use go to the printer's settings (on the printer itself) and find the network menu and set it up with a static IP belonging to your home/office network subnet. For example my router has an IP of 192.168.1.1 so I entered to the printer an IP of 192.168.1.77, a subnet of 255.255.255.0 and the gateway to 192.168.1.1
6. Connect the machine to your lan with a lan cable.
7. You can now click next on the driver setup. It will search and find the printer on your network.
8. If everything works correctly set it to use a wireless connection and remove the lan cable.
That's it! It should work, at least mine did, and the whole process takes less than half an hour.
P.S If your printer already has been setup with a DHCP IP, change it on the printer itself through it's panel as described above and then go to all the clients that use the printer and in e.g Windows in the printer properties click the Port tab, press Configure port for the printer's port and enter the new IP there (don't forget port should be 9100 - it somehow changes when you change the IP).
I'll post again if anything brokes during the first month of use!
I hope it will not!
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