HP Photosmart C6380 Ink Review
HP’s newest product, the Photosmart C6380, is located at the high end of the all-in-one sector and offers not just quality scans as well as copies, but top quality picture prints as well.
Wireless has become a lot more prevalent in models these days, and the Photosmart C6380 adheres to the pattern using built-in 802.11g Wi-fi. Relatively abnormally, additionally , it includes an Ethernet port, that is certainly something people who are afflicted by bad wireless signals will certainly truly appreciate since it will mean it is possible to connect the unit via power line networking through the mains, for example.
Due to rounded edges plus a tasteful white and silver design, the Photosmart C6380 certainly appears outstanding. Different buttons are sprinkled across the front, and a colour 2-inch display sits on the left and enables you to preview as well as carry out basic editing on photographs loaded by way of the multi-format card reader. Nevertheless, the screen’s modest dimensions tends to make this tough, and we imagine many people may keep to editing pictures with a PC.
The Photosmart C6380 failed to throw up any complications during set-up and thus, unlike numerous wireless models; neither did it need to be first connected by means of USB to be able to arrange the wireless settings. Instead, wireless setup happens on the printer itself by way of the built-in display: it scans for local networks, you choose the actual one you’re after and next key in the WEP/WPA key.
As the name suggests, the Photosmart C6380 deals with photograph prints with aplomb. Our A4 colour pictures looked stunning, with the five ink cartridge system (Photo Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow, and also a separate Black ink for the purpose of text) producing strong, vibrant colours plus an outstanding amount of depth.
Granted, HP provided us with its top-of-the-range Premium Plus Photo A4 paper to test it on however even on more affordable, un-branded photo paper end results were still impressive.
In terms of speed the Photosmart C6380 is roughly average, with A4 colour prints at the best quality settings taking about four minutes. After printing 30 colour A4 photos a warning sprang up that the Photo Black ink was already getting low. The Cyan, Magenta as well as Yellow inks all still had a reasonable quantity of ink leftover, and had HP chose a combined colour ink cartridge this ink would need to be binned. Luckily, though, each ink may be changed individually.
We have no grumbles concerning the quality of text prints using the HP Photosmart C6380 printer cartridges and you’d probably be hard pushed to tell apart the end result from that of a laser printer. It is also quite rapid, churning out our test pages at a pace of 15ppm. On the other hand, if you have not used the printer for some time you might have to initially withstand a painfully slow warm-up process which could require a minute.
As a scanner, the Photosmart C6380 works fairly adequately. A 300dpi A4 colour scan will take just under 17 seconds to materialise and, even though by no means stunning, the standard will be adequate for the majority of home users. Meanwhile, mono photocopies are quite speedy at 15 seconds each, though once more if the printer determines a warm-up procedure is in order you might end up needing to hang on a bit longer.
The Photosmart C6380 is a bit on the pricey side, plus obvious omissions are a fax module and auto-document feeder (ADF).
HP Photosmart C6380 printer ink cartridges are available here.
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