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This product doesn't work
Despite six weeks of effort including five hours on the phone with HP, the scanner never worked. HP promised on three different occasions to have an engineer call me the following day to fix my problem. They never did call. So I finally returned the printer and purchased a Canon MP610, which works well.

Here are some other serious problems with the HP C8180.

It takes about a minute to make one copy.

The HP software is highly invasive. It includes resident programs for ordering ink and spyware to report to HP on your printer use. Their software slowed my computer down. When I complained to HP, they acknowledged the problem and sent me a link to a website with instructions on how to disable all of their programs.

I am an electronics engineer and began using HP electronic instruments in 1958. For decades I was an enthusiastic HP fan. But now I doubt that I'll ever buy an HP product again.

C8180
After having read some of the reviews on here, i've observed a few things. Apparently, one, i should've waited a couple of more months to buy mine and i could've saved around 200 dollars; secondly, it seems that some people need to fully read the instructions before they get upset over the printer working or not working.

First off, I want to say that download the software from the internet. I bought the printer in November 07, and in February, the printer stopped working over the network. So, I had to reinstall the software from the website on all of the laptops that use the printers, and it's worked flawlessly since. Also, if you want to take advantage of every option on this printer, especially the cd/dvd lightscribe drive, you will have to use the USB connection. Also, it will print in black only if one of your cartridges is out of ink. You will have to go the printer itself and hit ok on the touchscreen. You can also use the included software to print using the lightscribe, or you can make generic (extremely) labels using the touchpad.

cons:
1. I'm sure it has some, but it works just fine for me. I don't do any major scanning or anything like that. I love to use it for the copy functions, especially in a pinch. It prints awesome pictures and documents.

Pros:
1. A lot of people don't like the ink. It is a PHOTO printer before all things. If you want different or better document ink, then get the officesmart printer.

1a. with the ink, you can buy all six cartridges for around $35. This also includes 150 4x6 photo pages.

SLOWEST scanner EVER!
It takes this scanner a full hour to scan a 4 x 6 at 3600 dpi! Sslow slow SLOW!

Amazing wireless and Bluetooth printer
The initial wireless setup was a quite a pain when I did not follow the documentation which was pretty much for dummies.

The Wireless interactions between my different laptops is another story however. The data communication seemed to break and the printing would stop half way. The printer was smart enough to start printing the job again but I did not want to start over printing the 1st page of 52 pages when i was at the 10th page.

All my problems were solved when I switched to bluetooth connectivity. no more dropped data packets. Its a pretty speedy printer for a home model.

Its got a DVD Lightscribe drive to burn DVDs and etch labels permanently on the disk kinda cool eh but I never really tried out the disk drive. I have a lightscribe drive in my laptop.

Its got all the memory card slot we have currently and a USB port for either printing from a usb drive or scanning documents in to the memory cards and/or usb drive.

Scanning over bluetooth would have been a cool feature but i guess it doesn't make sense as you would need to go to the printer to switch documents anyway.

Its also got some feature where it can scan of a film roll. Why would anyone want to do that. I guess there are bigger geeks than me. never tried that feature either.

All in all I'm happy with my purchase and would recommend anyone interested to choose this printer.

Happy shopping

Very Satisfied Customer
Although I've had this printer only 2 or 3 weeks, I must say I'm favorably impressed. I particularly like the touch screen; very easy to use and rapid responce (The large LED is also a big plus). It was very easy to set up on my wireless network. I have two computers, and each one has no problem communicating with the printer. It is an excellent product, if you are in the market for a new wireless-capable 3-in-1 printer (No fax).