HP Photosmart C1610 All-in-One User reviews

By Jeffrey Fuchs, CNET.com on 14/03/2005

More HP reviews , RRP: AU$199.00

The good:

  • Easy-to-use walk-up or computer-controlled printing, scanning, and copying
  • Slick look
  • Low price, digital memory cards and PictBridge port

The bad:

  • Slow
  • No photo preview LCD, automatic document feeder, or two-sided printing
  • Fair scans
  • Requires ink swapping

The bottomline:

The HP 1610 all-in-one is well suited for an individual or a family that will use colour scanning and copying only occasionally.

Users' rating:

7/10

Martha Welch
09/05/2007, 02:23 AM

rating
8
/10

I had no problems while using XP operating system. I had to buy a new computer which uses Vista Home edition and HP no longer works for scanning and photo management.

Pros: Worked well for home use with XP

Cons: Scanner does not work with Vista Home Edition Basic

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Ekadam5408@aol.com
19/04/2007, 01:34 PM

rating
7
/10

Had it for a year. the pop up window goes out upon raising over 1/8 inch.
Hard to install. the disk stopped about 1/2 way thru. Amstill trying to get it to work. It keeps losing the connection to the computer. Cannot get either status or settings on HP Director, Even if the install completed successfully.Got a few paper out when not.

Pros: Had a HP 712 which broke the head driving band. It was very good at printing as far as color was concerned.

Cons: I only paid 112.50 for the 1610 at sears.

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TheJimbo
19/02/2007, 07:47 AM

rating
2
/10

Worked for a few months, then it suddenly stopped working - later I find out if has something to do with it being unable to take my ink cartridges (a problem withe the PRINTER though, not the cartridges themselves). And no, I didn't break it.

Pros: Worked for a while.

Cons: ...Then died.

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Garyps
15/02/2007, 11:07 AM

rating
10
/10

Paid $67 (after rebate) about a year and a half ago. Does everything well. I probably should have bought two, in case this ever wears out. Never had a problem with an HP printer. Had bad luck with Lexmark!

Pros: print, scan and copy, All excellent!

Cons: Could be faster but I don't need it to be.

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blueutes
05/02/2007, 05:49 PM

rating
2
/10

paper jams when none
out of paper when none
no one wants to know

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T. Washington
29/01/2007, 12:45 PM

rating
2
/10

First-class POS! Decided not to work right after i bought brand new cartridges.

Pros: When it worked I had no complaints

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Dean
26/01/2007, 03:16 PM

rating
2
/10

I've had this PSC for about 4 months now and had multiple paper jam errors. Now I can't seem to get rid of the error even after the Tech supports suggestions of resetting the machine. They say to purchase a new one from them for twice the price I paid for this one and I won't have the problem anymore. Yea right! I'm going to believe that one. I say stay away and don't waste your money on this one. I'm throwing it away and looking for another mfg. product.

Pros: Worked great for the first 2 months then pooped out.

Cons: Garbage

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sol
07/12/2006, 03:51 PM

rating
2
/10

Paper tray no longer works. I have to manually push each and every piece of paper into the feeder. This is far too combersome even for a 10 page print out. Scan works fine. Import to email or iphoto is easy. But alas... print is not even printing anymore... I don't know if it's out of ink but if the machine is supposed to tell me when to refill I suppose that function no longer works either. After several HP complaints from friends (HP=Hellish Problems) I figured I'd give HP a test run myself. Conclusion - listen to your friend... I too will never purchase another product from them again.

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23/10/2006, 02:19 AM

rating
3
/10

Will not buy another HP printer...I don't need the hassle.

Pros: Prints fine when it prints.

Cons: Have to feed one paper at a time. Says out of paper when there IS paper. Says paper jam when there is NO paper jam. Tried to scan to computer, it says there is an error and will not do the scan. My advice is save your money and buy another brand of printer!!!

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nmaile
17/10/2006, 12:50 PM

rating
10
/10

Excellent unit

Pros: Two thumbs up. No problems and for the money is a great unit. I would but one again.

Cons: non

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