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HP Photo Smart C4435 Review

Overview:

Saving on cost of purchasing specialized purpose independent office machines calls for the need of a multifunctional printer. This is where the HP Photo smart C4435 comes in, an all in one printer that can print, scan and print. It is small in size and can fell at home by fitting perfectly on any desk or credenza. It well suites the need of any small business or homes that produce a small number of copies.

Pros:

This version of HP printers has a stationary platen size of 11.6 X 7.8 inches with a diagonal measurement of 14.0 inches .It uses thermal ink jet technology whereby a laser beam direct scan sweeps across the printer, s photoreceptor.

This version’s resolution for monochrome color is 600 x 600 dpi and for color prints its 1200 x 2400 dpi. For scanning purposes this machine has a higher resolution is 1200 dpi. It produces sharp crisp lines by applying color laying out technology. This means that the printer can produce high quality images and photo even with its high resolution feature on.

The all in one printer weighs approximately 11.2 pounds with dimensions of 16.9 X 11.3 X 6.3 inches in width, depth and height. Because to its small size and weight it makes the machine portable and can be moved easily in the office from one location to another.

The HP Photo smart has a standard memory of 32 MB. This enables it to print to a speed of up to 27 ppm for black and white and 21 ppm for color. This means 27 pages / min and 21 pages / min respectively.

HP Photo Smart C4435 has a magnification of enlargement up to 200% and a reduction of 50%, this is an ideal quality for most general print and scan tasks.

The control panel of this machine is simple not to say straight forward as the number of buttons and indicators are few and easy to understand. The indicators also assist the user greatly and will give a directional instruction in case of drum replacement, toner replacement or in the event of paper jams. The printer has a an option of tone saver mode that minimizes the amount of ink used and in the long run saves on cost without compromising quality.

This model has only one paper tray therefore the user does not have the option of choosing from which paper tray to print from. The tray has a size of 50 at a go but if it is in the user’s interest the papers can always be refilled during its operation without waiting for all of them to be used up. The duty cycle of this printer is 300 prints and has a maximum of 1000 prints per month.

This printer is compatible with widely used operating systems such as Windows 7, Vista and window Xp The paper handling standard is 100 for input and 50 for output in a tray. By using the HP Photo Smart C 4435 networking will not be an issue due to its easy compatibility with major networks and wireless network adopter.. The support of external memory is an extra feature added to the HP Photo Smart C4435, it can support flash disks, memory stick’s memory card and Multimedia card. In addition to this it can also support multiple formatting of memory gargets and can print on plain paper, label, legal papers and envelops.

Cons:

Despite the printer being multifunctional it does not mean that it can multitask by perform all the different functions simultaneously, due to this limitation there is need to change the settings every time there is a change in task to be performed.

The HP Photo Smart C4435 has only one tray and the maximum of 50 sheets and average speed of 21 to 27 pages per minute is relatively slow for most organizational offices with many departments and print need.