Hewlett Packard Photosmart C5180 All-In-One InkJet Printer

Pros: Built in networking, inexpensive ink, waterproof photos, reasonably priced. Works great with Windows Vista.

Cons: Occasionally and unexpectedly goes into a self-cleaning mode.

The Bottom Line: Highly recommended. It's stylish, but at the same time offers individual ink cartridges, and improved photo quality, as well as speed and ease of use.

Review: HP's Next Generation Printer Ok, so maybe "next generation" is an exageration. After all, this printer pretty much has the same technology HP has been using the past couple of years, with the individual cartridges and the scalable printing ...

Pros: Looks nice, does its job quickly and the output looks good!

Cons: Noisy!

The Bottom Line: This printer was well worth my money and comes highly recommended. From great colors, to sharp blacks; easy scanning and copying, this printer has it all for a good price!

Review: When I purchased my new computer in 2007, it bought a brand new Windows Vista system. After excitedly hooking it up, I discovered that my old HP printer and scanner were not to be supported by Hewlett Packard for Vista. Angry, but accepting, I went to ...

Pros: Impressive photo quality, network connectivity, lots of functionality for the space and money

Cons: The scanner is somewhat noisy at times, setup is time-consuming

The Bottom Line: A very good, cost-effective choice for light-to-moderate home use, especially for a network with several users.

Review: We have a small home network with three PCs, a laser printer, a color inkjet printer, and a flatbed scanner. The inkjet and scanner have been showing their age lately, so we examined a number of all-in-one (AIO) units, finally settling on the HP C5180. ...

Pros: Modestly-priced cartridges, trouble-free, convenient

Cons: Does quite a dance when printing more than 20 pages at "General Printing" mode.

The Bottom Line: Buy this printer, you'll love it! Both the paper and the cartridges load easily, ink is modestly priced, and jams and other problems are rare.

Review: I bought this printer as a desperation move-I had no working printer. I chose the particular printer because it was the machine in stock at my local office supply store that seemed to have the best features and best price both short- and long-term. It ...

Pros: Great for photos, easy ink loading

Cons: noisy and can be quirky at times

The Bottom Line: Yes, impressive print quality for the price

Review: Overall, I have been very happy with this printer. It is amazing at printing photos. The colors come out amazing and the images crisp. Ink is relatively inexpensive in comparison to other printers. You can get a whole pack with all the colors and the ...

Pros: Small, compact, pleasing design. Easy front-loading for ink. Easy back-access for paper jams.

Cons: Slow. Noisy. Shakes desk. Freezes computer during printing. Poor color quality printing from the web.

The Bottom Line: The HP C5180 is an OK, small, fairly easy printer if color quality, print speed, or noise don't matter. If these are issues for you, look further before buying.

Review: I purchased the HP C5180 all-in-one printer 9/14/07 to replace a 4-year-old Epson Stylus CX5400 which had begun to leak ink. This seemed a great opportunity to get a new, smaller, and better printer. I assumed - since technology moves so fast now - ...

Pros: network support, separate cartridges for each color, accepts most memory card types

Cons: - buggy driver - noisy

Review: Printer is pretty good, and does a good job with printing photos. Having different cartridges for different colors saves money too. However, the driver is buggy, and will result in an extra process that cannot be killed - print a few times, and ...

Pros: Compact, fast scan and copy. Looks reasonably nice.

Cons: Noisy, need colour cartridges installed to print black and white output.

Review: Besides the obvious fact that these sons of female dogs make you pay more than the price of gold for their ink jet cartridges there are dozens of little things I despise about this printer. The one major peeve is that you need colour cartridges to print ...

Pros: Print quality is good.

Cons: Bad printer driver for scanning.

Review: First model stopped grabbing the paper after a few months. I used the Extended Service Plan I'd purchased to replace it. However, the replacement won't scan. I experienced problems dealing with HP tech support. Four of the five tech supports I spoke with ...

Pros: Network capability, decent price.

Cons: Software problems, myriad unwanted & unasked-for background processes, poor reliabilty.

Review: I purchased the C5180 mainly because of its network-ready capability. For the price (approx. $180) it seemed like a very good deal, and it did actually work printing wirelessly from laptops on a network for many months. However, I'm very disappointed in ...