HP Officejet 5610 All-in-One Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copier (Q7311A#ABA)

This HP printer/copier/scanner/fax machine is wonderful. We bought it to replace are other printer/scanner and it was the best upgrade that we have ever done. This machine is so quick at printing out pages, and it does not smear the ink either. Plus you can actually see it printing. Have not tried the scanner yet, but the fax works pretty good aswell. It also is not as bulky as most fax machines, it only took up half the space of my old scanner. I would definetly recommend this to anyone looking for a good inexpensive fax machine for your home or office.

Just use it for scanning, copying and printing...not faxing...but does each of these things extremely well. The scanning feature is perfect, automatic document feeder works well, and very much like the ability to scan directly into a pdf file. So far (2 months) I am extremely pleased with this machine.

Unfortunately, I located the same product the next day at an office supply bricks and mortar store for $15 less than I got it at Amazon. That was disappointing.
The unit has a lot of features, but all of them are on the average performance. Speed is slow, downloading drivers is slow and consumption of ink is high. I hate to see what the ink refill cartridges will cost. The scan is fairly good and fax seems to set up easily. It is fairly intuitive and a good occasional use instrument. However it seems a bit flimsy or not robustly built although it is an HP. For the price it was an OK deal.


Love it, love it, love it. No problems whatsoever. My daughter set the whole thing up in minutes. No problems with the fax, copier or scanner.

I bought the 5610 to replace old and separate printer, scanner, and (film) fax unit and it has worked flawlessly. Automatic document feeder works very well, and the printing and scanning are both very good and reasonably fast. Faxing and copying are very simple to use without the computer being on. Versatile unit at a good price. Only wish so far would be for a backlight on the LCD display.

Like most people, I wanted an all-in-one to replace a stack of machines: an ancient parallel-port scanner, a nearly ancient fax that prints with thermal paper, and the free printer I got from my last PC. After using this model for a few months, I find it does much of what I want.

I like the ability to scan documents to files for achiving and the scanning of multiple pictures into seperate files.

I suppose I shouldn't complain much for a machine at this price point, but it has several drawbacks:

(1) After running about 200 pages through the fax/scanner page feeder, my fed pages now show up with a line through them. Documentation says to clean the small scan window (which I did to no effect). Otherwise, you're out of luck. Flatbed scanning does not show the line.

(2) Regadless of which scanner you use, the printer adds small margins to each page. If you're printing a document with no margins, it will cut off the edges.

(3) Unlike even the cheap printers bundled with my last two PCs, this one has no wake-on-network capability (that is, since it site in my office, if it's turned off and I want to print, I have to walk over to turn it on). In fact, if something is stuck in the queue and I try to print a second document, it hangs my system.

(4)Like most HP products at the bottom of the cost curve, it feels flimsy. Every time I open the cover, it feels like it's going to fall off.

I was excited to buy this all-in-one printer after I read the reviews of this product. Well, needless to say, after many hours on the phone with HP's customer support, we could not get it to receive faxes. If you have a digital answering machine and distinctive rings on your phone, don't bother buying this machine. IT WILL NOT WORK! Also, the scanner portion doesn't do as good a job as my old HP stand-alone scanner that's 10 yrs. old. Too bad HP couldn't come up with a fix for the faxing part. I ended up returning this machine. HP told me to buy the Model #7410 for $450 if I wanted to receive faxes. What's up with that?

Received this printer from Amazon last night and was really thrilled with its capabilities. I wanted an all-in-one unit for my office that didn't take up a lot of desk real estate . This is the third HP printer I've owned during the last 10 years or so and I knew the things were bullet proof. After researching various multiple capability printers I decided to purchase another HP. It will take you about an hour to set it up. The instructions were clear and the software loaded on my XP machine without problems, although it will place about 800 megs of programs on your computer if you go for the full install. Everything works intuitively and you will be copying, faxing, printing or scanning in just a few minutes. I was particularly impressed with the copy quality. When you copy a black and white typed letter, you will be hard pressed to see much of a difference between the original and the copy. And you can even feed the original into the machine via a paper feeder just like the expensive Xerox copiers. Most functions can be accomplished by pressing only one or two buttons but if you need more capabilities such as copy reduction or sending a scan to your e-mail or to Microsoft Word, they can be activated through the menu system. The unit is quieter than my previous HP 842C and prints faster. It's made in China and my experience with Chinese electronics has been poor at best. I hope the HP quality I've come to expect has been retained.

I just recently acquired my All-in-One and have it set up in my den with my relatively new HP Pavilion Entertainment Notebook. This is such a wonderful piece of technology I never cease to be amazed. I just copleted the fax setup today to complete the installation. I am 87 and am in the process of opening my home office in my den. I have an older Desk Top in my finished basement but it is easier to work here. Everything about this All-in-Oned is easier and better. It is incredible!



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Received in timely manner, works as advertised- very satisfied.

My father asked for a fax machine for his 59th birthday. I got him the all in one. I should have just gotten him a fax machine. He said it was too complicated and he still hasn't gotten it to work yet. I wish I could help him but he in in North Carolina and I am in California. The hotline was not helpful. His birthday gift was a bummer. I wish I could return it and just buy him a fax machine.
Simplicity is best.

Following the installation instructions to the letter, when I got to the step of plugging in the USB cable, it tripped that electrical circuit (i.e., the lights on that circuit went out). After I reset the circuit breaker, the machine wouldn't turn on. Called HP tech support (got India), the woman decided I needed a replacement unit -- which, I was told, would be a refurbished machine rather than new, but she said that was the only option. I insisted they send me a replacement power adapter also, since there was no way to know whether the problem was with the machine or the power adapter.

Got the replacement machine and power adapter. First tried the replacement power adapter with the original machine, and the same thing happened -- plugging in the USB cable tripped the circuit. Reset the circuit breaker, then tried the replacement power adapter with the replacement machine -- this time I got a a loud POP and a shower of sparks when plugging in the USB cable! Both the cable and the USB socket on the back of the machine burned out.

Called HP tech support again, and this time the rep claimed I must have a short in my computer's USB port -- except while I was on the phone with him, I took a spare USB cable and plugged it into my old printer (an Epson) -- no problem.

So, I told HP I wanted to return both machines and get my money back (it was too late to get a refund from Amazon). They consented. Supposedly I'll get my refund in about 10 days.

Meanwhile, I ordered an Epson all-in-one (the CX5800F) for a few dollars less, (...), and it uses individual ink tanks, which I much prefer. Installation was perfect, no tripped circuits, no sparks, and the machine works like a charm. No more HP for me!!

A very nice all in one- particularly well suited for a home office.

I think this is a good printer as far as quality. It produces decent images in color or black and white. I have not yet tried the fax feature, but it seems easy to use. The unit overall is easy to use. Setup was easy, although like most companies HP includes alot of HP related extras you do not need and then have to delte from your PC. Who needs a pop-up asking if I need supplies every couple weeks? The couple of scans I did came out fine. My only complaint is the printer is nowhere near the PPM speed in the specs. I would say 8-12 PPM at best. This is a good light to medium duty all in one. As long as print speed is not a big issue for you I can recommend this HP all in one.

We bought this printer to replace an older model HP that was very outdated and slow. Will mainly be used for business documents. We are very pleased with our purchase. Simple to set-up, and very easy to use ALL functions. Found the best price at AMAZON.COM by purchasing during their HP Big Event...a little less than $135, including very quick...free delivery as well. Ordered on the 6th and delivered on the 10th, even with the super saver shipping (shipping confirmation stated delivery would be 17-21). Quick, quality printing in a compact, lightweight machine.

the HP 5610 All-in-one is a faboulus machine. it's kinda easy to use, but long to install. and there's a small problem, really small: it doesn't come with a USB cable, so you have to buy one separetly.
it's light-weighted, and does not take too much place on the desk. really useful if you're a student.

I am very happy with my purchase - it was a gift for my son , it was perfect having it shipped directly to him at school, and the product itself has worked out very nicely.

i love this item, but the first one i bought did not work, so i sent it back and in 2 days i got the same product that works great. thank you. i love the fact that i can print,copy,scan and fax all in one. thank you so much, dave


Does everythin it promises. Did not get 5 stars because tricolor cartridge is only 5ML and gets used up quickly.

This does it all and is easy to set up. HP seems to always deliver and a great price.

I have run about 300 pages through this machine so far. I just got a low ink warning but I cannot say how low it is because some printers sound false alarms when you still have quite a bit of ink remaining. Anyway if it is already running out of ink this is going to be expensive. Because I am very happy with the machine so far I ordered a refill kit from inksell.com so that will cut way down on the ink costs. There are settings available to adjust the margins and other things but I haven't tried them yet. The quality is very good! The machine is quiet and easy to set up and use.

Was 12 hours in the store, looking at various machines, before I got this one. I returned 6 machines. Two were HP 1410, real dogs, both broke down. No frills, but does what it does well and economically.

Was looking for a copier to make nice B&W copies, especially of books, where I could leave the cover open in a dimly lit room and I would get a white border around the copied object, thereby saving lots of ink. The HP 5610 did this as well or better than any model/brand. Epson ink vapor gave me headaches and the brother ink cleaning-system seemed worrisome because I have gone weeks without copying.

The 5610 may be the only new HP that still uses the legacy #56 and #58 cartridges for B&W and photo color (although it does use the new 5 ml #22 for plain color) - I hope this printer is a big success, so HP will be compelled to continue using older economical cartridges for new machines. The 5610 seems to be a maverick from HP's new business model which is obviously "the cheaper the machine, the more expensive the ink $ per ml."

No problems. The 5610 makes perfect copies, extremely fast in fast mode. The feeder is OK, even with cheap, newsprint-type paper. The setup defaults to "actual size," which cuts off 3/4 inch of what you copy at the bottom, but you can change the default to "fit to page" and that will shrink your copy a tiny bit, hardly noticeable, but will definitely capture the entire original, while giving you about a 1/2" white border all around. It did come out of the box with a strong plastic reek from within, which was remedied by swapping it for the store shelf demo, which had "gassed out" over time.

At first the software would not install, but when I disabled the resident shield of my virus checker, it installed smoothly. HP seems ignorant of this solution, in literature and customer support. I had to figure it out myself.

What a nightmare. I'm going to declare it a national holiday when I return this item.

Do a Google search online before you buy this item. You will see endless calls for help over missing drivers, challenges with installing software using XP, etc. I have considerable computer experience. Yet after I bought this All-in-One unit last weekend I spent 14 hours on the phone w/HP tech support and endless hours trying fixes of my own. They all gave me a different story. Then turned me over to the laptop division of HP saying it must be a problem w/my laptop. The laptop division, SURPRISE, sent me back to the printer division. I've tried all the 'fixes', ordered a new installation disk, reintalled software many times, new USB cable. Nadda. Still junk. Save yourself the frustration. I am keeping my old 'print only' printer. It's plug and play. If you have Windows XP Professional, this unit will NOT necessarily be 'Plug and Play.' Time to go give my old reliable printer a hug. The software, by the way, is a complete memory hog and takes forever to install.

I am absolutely happy with the 5610. I have not used the scanner yet, but the fax works well, and the printer and copier provide great copies. This machine has everything I want, including the choice of automatic paper feed or placing the item to be copied/faxed/scanned on the glass. The automatic feed worked perfectly for multiple pages. I would recommend the 5610 to anyone shopping for an all-in-one.

This is the first color printer I've ever had, so I'm excited! Setup was super-easy, software hung on the first attempt but went smoothly second try (be sure to close other programs, especially antivirus/antispyware programs), and I have XP Pro, so I was nervous. Not designed as a photo printer, but when I scanned a pic of my mom, the copy came out better than the original (could have been the paper too). So far, I'm very pleased that I was able to get this for $105 with free shipping! I think it's worth at least twice that much. I am keeping my old LaserJet printer for longer B&W docs to save ink....I haven't tried to fax anything yet but I'm assuming that will work since everything passed the fax wizard fine. Also, I noticed it's very light and easy to move--much lighter than my old printer. It's definitely not top-of-the-line but it's good enough for me!

This is the best buy for the money! - Does everything GREAT!!! -Even the color cart. are cheaper than ones I used to buy. Example, I had to buy the HP 57 color, the price differance is a 15.00 savings buying the HP 22. This printer will pay for itself in 6 months based on my usage.

This is the second HP OfficeJet printer I have purchased and both have done the same thing- the printer cartridge jams after only printing one page and you must reset it to continue printing- for it to only happen again and again.

I returned the previous model for the same reason. That only took 2 months to malfunction. Thinking HP is a really good brand and I had bad luck- I thought to get a better model.

I'll be looking for a different all in one machine in the near future.

wow. i have recently purchased this printer, not from amazon, but from my local Sam's Club. my mother uses coupons at our local grocery store, and can find coupons online. when we print them, it's unbelievable. every time, we cant help but to say, "wow, that's amazing." this printer is great. it has a copier, faxer, and scanner on it, and of course, the printing feature. it has an extendable tray to hold paper, and it is very easily accessible. sometimes i am on the computer, and my mother will copy coupons without effecting what i am doing, like right now for example. quoting my mother, "i can't believe we have this." truly unbelivable printer. if you need a printer, i highly highly recommend this.

We recently purchased the HP Officejet 5610 All-in-One Printer, Copier, Scanner, Fax to replace a clapped out 7 year old inkjet and an ancient parallel port truckbed sized scanner. Getting a fax (which we needed at home) and a copier (which we really appreciate) was enough to seal the bargain.

We've been running this unit for 3 months now - wife using it for faxing workers comp documentation, medical reports and resumes (coming off a work related accident). It is the most convenient unit we could have hoped for. It prints at a speed that rivaled our worn out inkjet (we don't do a lot of large document printing), copies documents and scans with a better quality than original document input (minus chopping of margains).

We have a second printer - a Canon photo inkjet that is now relegated only to photography printing. As expensive as ink is - the HP is still cheaper for office work than the 6 Canon tanks necessary for photos.

I've read a lot of horror stories related to installation of this unit - problems we did NOT encounter. Installation went without a hitch - we disabled our computer anti-virus program and everything spun right up. First time setup (minus the fax) took under 30 minutes. Our fax problem was our own doing as we have dual phone line jacks in our computer room and plugged the fax into an inactive line.

The unit itself priced out under $[...] where we purchased it - bought extra ink tanks as part of the overall purchase. Our unit came with a USB connector from HP, clearly marked on the carton.

At this price point - we got exactly what we wanted with no surprises. Printing is not fast - especially color. Photos are best printed on our Canon. Scans are good enough - but we keep a newer purchased Canon LDE series scanner in reserve for higher quality work.

Color combo ink tank is the greatest drawback - knew that going into the purchase - more expensive to replace the 3 color tank when only one color is out of ink. We're living with it so far - and we have no regrets with any of the functions the unit performs.

Up and running in a flash. No problems. Everything is very user friendly and it's very easy to adjust the settings. I would highly recommend.

So far this printer seems to be a great buy. I just wish they wouldn't keep varying the printer cartridges since I still have several unused from my previous HP all-in-one that broke.

This is a decent printer that certainly serves it's basic purpose. Their are some things about it I find troublesome. For one thing, when printing in black ink, the printer uses ink from both the black and color cartridge. This causes the color cartridge ink to run out more quickly. When you select the "just black ink" option, it does only use the black cartridge, but the print is so faint it is virtually unreadable. And the printer won't work without a color cartridge installed.
Also printing photos requires sheet size photo paper. When I tried using small size photo paper, it would always go in or come out crooked so that I could never get the photo printed on correctly.

Generally it is a good printer with good colors and print quality. I just hate that the it is designed to manipulate the customer into purchasing unnecessary amounts of ink.
Also trying to convert from fax or scan back to copy mode is a pain and usually requires turning off the computer and printer and turning them on again. And if you cancel a print you have to do the same thing to clear and print again.

This product performs all tasks very well. Product support is also very good.

Found this printer, scanner and fax easy to set up. We don't have a computer. Like the quality of the printing. Was a little suprised that you can only use white paper. Have sent fax without any difficulty and had never faxed before.

This little ol' lady set up the HP 5610 to her Mac with no problems. Easy and am pleased with the results.

Found the Officejet 5610 very easy to install and works like a champ. I'm using a LAN here at the house and found it very easy to set the print sharing feature between all our computers. HP provides easy to understand installation instructions both in writing and in CD form for both Windows and the Mac. I also found the HP website to be extremely helpful answering any questions that the wife and I came up with. I found Amazon's price ($129.00) to be a bargain. Arrived in only four days using standard mail. Pretty good for living out here in Nebraska!

I tried for 3 hours to get this thing working. It took 3 installs and uninstalls to get to where it would even finsih installing. Then when it finally did the software said it could not communicate with the scanner. Microsoft software could see and controll the scanner. The web site support said uninstall and install the software. No thanks not another 3 hours.

Find an different one this one is no good at least on my computer. A vaio desktop with XP SP2.

This printer is the best I have ever owned. I've only used HP printers and I've had hits and misses with various models over the years. This one is flawless in all functions. I have printed, scanned (both with the glass and the ADF), copied, and faxed with absolutely no problems.

Also, another pleasant suprises is that HP have finally figured out their software components (at least with this printer). Software in the past was slow, clunky, counter-intuitive, and just a general pain to use. The newest version with this printer is very fast. Load time is almost instantaneous and all functionality is accessible and effective. To be fair, I do have a fast computer since a recent upgrade. I'm running an AMD X2 3800 dual-core processor, 2 gigs of Corsair high-quality RAM, ample hard disk space, and a 7900GT video card.

I'm very pleased with this product. If you want a good all-purpose multifunction with no card slots, but with ability to handle daily scanning, faxing, and printing tasks, this one is for you!

....I am seeing all of these glowing reviews but I had a bad experience like several of the lesser reviews here.

Bought the unit, brought it home, installed everything in a snap (software, etc., Windows XP). The problem was that the printer wouldn't eject cyan ink so all pictures came out red/yellow. Called tech support, tried to explain that no blue ink was coming out of the print head on the cartridge, but i still had to go through myriad steps because they just wouldn't believe the cartridge was bad, and the tech wasn't authorized to send a replacement cartridge. She "escalated" my problem (after about an hour on the phone with her) and told me a "case manager" would call me in 24-48 hours (yeah, my boss would accept that excuse for my late project). Of course, that was Monday, today is Wednesday, and still no call from HP. I bought a new cartridge myself, printed 12 color 8.5 x 11" pages, and the ink indicator tells me I am already low on color ink!!!!! So, that's $18 for 12 pages....do the math. At this point, I am guess the problem COULD have been the printer, but not sure that it wasn't the cartridge. In any event, spent many hours trying to get this thing to work and failed despite my best efforts. Others are raving about this machine, so perhaps I just got a bad one. But I wonder how many people have printed 12 or so full-color pages, only to find out another cartridge was already needed at that point. With the cost of HP ink cartridges being what they are, definitely consider this issue when looking at this machine. Incidentally, my last HP printer/fax worked great for 4 years, which is why I decided to go with them again. Thinking of Cannon now, or at least any printer with separate ink tanks for economy as I do a lot of full-color printing.

UPDATE: Went with the Cannon MP500, available here at Amazon (great price, too, even with shipping). THIS is the machine to get--read my review there (when I get around to it). The MP500, however, does NOT have a FAX function--otherwise very happy with it.

It's so cool to have an all in one like this. I've had it for several weeks and I'm very pleased with its performance. Great quality prints and love the scanner too. We've tested all the features and they all work great. I would definitely buy this again!

Have had the HP 5610 AIO printer for about 2 weeks. Standard shipping from Amazon and it arrived in 2 days, WOW. I am totally impressed with it. I have tried all the features (copy, print, scan & fax) without any problems. It is easily shared through the PC to other home network PCs and performs standalone just as well. I'm no expert but the printed pictures look great to me. So far very pleased with my HP 5610.

This machine has been great so far. I haven't tried out the fax yet but everthing else is great

Photos printed from my computer tend to have a red cast to the images. HP tried many solutions. None worked and they gave me a new unit. The problem still persists.


BEWARE. This printer has one MAJOR design flaw: The print rollers slip on special paper such as Business Cards or any kind of labels. HP has 2 "Workarounds" but for it but neither fixes the problem. They only address the slippage at the top of the page but do not address the constant slippage throughout the rest of the page. I bought 2 of these printers for my business but can't print my business cards, mailing labels, or any other labels. BTW, very poor client service; once I mentioned the "workarounds" not working they stop responding. Selling printers on Ebay. BEWARE

I thought the actual print quality was very good, but that's not why I bought this unit. I need to be able to scan directly to my word processing program and this machine cannot do that. Despite what it says on the box about OCR capabilities, and ability to work with Mac OS X, it NO LONGER includes the OCR software with the machine. There is a READIRIS software registration form included in the packaging, but according to the HP Tech line they don't offer it any longer. The software would cost an additional $129 online, or $129 plus tax/shipping etc. I returned the machine.

What I like best is the (relatively) small footprint and light weight. It is easy to move the machine around and to get into the back when I need to do so.

Very good color print resolution. The fax and scan and copy features work fine.

I had resisted all-in-ones, concerned about too much activity jammed into a small space, but there is no sacrifice in quality for my amateur purposes.

CAUTION: The machine gives you a warning (a beep and a blinking light and an on-screeen message) about low ink in the cartridge waaaaay too early. The first time I believed them and immediately replaced the cartridge. The next time I kept printing and printing and printing... a long time, and the quality continued to be swell. I suggest ignoring warnings and carrying on until the quality of the output itself gives you the message.



I bought this printer for use at home. We are average (and environmentally friendly) users who print just a few pages per day and several photographs a month (4x6 and 8x10) since we have a toddler. This machine is used mostly for scanning and printing; and occasionally for fax.

Printer: As any HP inkjet printer that I have had, this is awesome. The quality of documents is as good as if not superior than any regular inkjet printer. The quality also depends on the paper quality that you use. I've used officemax/depot/hp inkjet papers with good effect. The print quality is good and the printer does not use much ink at all. A 10 ml catridge last for a long time. For printing photographs, we use HP premium photo paper which dries very quickly. The print quality is comparable to lab prints. I havent used the photo color catridge, but heard that it is good. The color catridge may not last very long if you print a large number of photographs.

Scanner: It is flat bed meaning you can scan anything like a small receipt to thick card board. The scanner quality is very good as well. The software is friendly unlike some all in ones. It allows you to set the resolution, size, area etc. You can scan to software of choice - even by programming one touch. It may not scan photographs very nicely, but for great for documents. One useful feature is saving documents as searchable pdf files.

Copier: I dont do much direct copying - I scan and save the documents and print them if required. I tried copying just once and you might guess, the inkjet copying takes time since inkjets print slower than lasers / copiers.

Fax: The best feature I like about fax is the ability to forward faxes. That will help keep away junk faxes - I have an alternate fax number which receives fax as pdf files. I can simply delete them. I have checked to see if I can receive fax as pdf file in this machine. I'll post when I check that. (Ichecked it, but cannot receive fax as pdf file unfortunately)

For both scanning and faxing you can use the sheet feeder which is very convenient.

The only reason I gave 4 stars is the seemingly flimsy top cover. It cannot press down even a little thick document.

Very happy with mine. Tried other brand, but it was terrible. This HP is great so far (few months of use). What is really nice is the document feeder....when you fax multiple sheets, you can do it in one quick call.

Worth the money. It will do about anything well.

We bought this as a second all-in-one while I'm away from home where we own a more expensive hp printer. I'm very impressed with the software, the ease of use, the quality of scanning and printing. It's just as fast as my other all-in-one and and very efficient. It's not a looker but works great. I strongly recommend shelling out the extra few bucks for this printer instead of spending $90 bucks for a lower end model. You will not regret it.

The unit started with a problem with printing multiple pages. HP, after 3 lengthy technician calls, trying to resolve the problem, 'made good' and sent a new machine. The 'new machine' was a remanufactured unit, of which I'm not pleased. But everything is working for now. Beware of the technicians trying to sell you an extended warranty with the ability of upgrading to a more expensive model within 1 year. This isn't the case and I'm not really sure what their extended warranty promises. Read the small print before purchasing.

easy to install and to get up and running
now we have a mini office

I HAVE PROBLEMS.
THE DEVICE SETUP HAS FAILED TO COMPLETE.
I HAVE CHECKED ALL THE CONNECTIONS, I PLUGED THE USB CABLE IN ALL THE HUBS
WITHOUT RESULT.
PLEASE HELP ME........
THANKING IN ADVANCE
EROTOKRITOS TSINGAS
tsingas@tee.gr


I have not used all the features as advertized. But I have used the printing, copying, and faxing options and the printer works as promised!

So far I have enjoyed good success with this product and would recommend it to someone who might be in the market for a similar item.

I never rate anything a 5 - there's always room for improvement. So far, I have few complaints about this piece of equipment. I haven't had a moment to print pictures/photography which is why I chose a bit more pricey model than I would have just to print documents. It's quick, gives me plenty of options, the fax is great and doesn't interfere with my answering machine - and so far I have used the copier function a lot more than I had anticipated. The only hitch is the feeder for the copier - tends to get things a little crooked. But that's to be expected. Even office copiers have that issue. All in all, I would recommend this for anyone's home office.

Excellent product...so far no troubles...UPS did not reach me telling that I was not available, where as I didn't get any notice and got information only after checking the site for delay. Then I had to go and collect. About the product it is doing its duty well.

This Printer is okay. I don't like having to put in a special ink cartridge to print good photos. But it is simple to use and is pretty fast.

One thing that made me buy from Amazon is because they offered $30 off the printer if I signed up for their credit card. So I did and got the card and the printer. They actually put the $30 credit on your bill, no problem. What they don't tell you is that the Credit card company charges you $30 transaction fee. So you aren't getting the $30 off of the printer. It is to cover the transaction fee. I did not see anywhere that said it charged a transaction fee. Needless to say I will not keep this credit card as Amazon likes to screw you over to get your purchase.

No thanks Amazon.

You can't go wrong with HP. They build a quality product. I bought mine, purely as a fax machine. It was cheaper than a dedicated fax. I don't have it connected to a computer, so I can't speak to its scanning skills. As a fax machine and copier, it is stellar. The multipage feed works flawlessly. It never grabs more than one page at a time. You can fax in B&W and color to a machine that supports it. The copier is razor sharp and color accurate. It has all the features you would need in a modern fax machine. I highly recommend it.

Obviously, there are far better printers on the market. But if you're looking for a quality 3-in-one in the $100 to $150 range, this one seems to be at the top of the pack.

There are nicer printers out there in this price range. However, you will be severely penalized when it comes to purchasing ink. Hewlett-Packard printers tend to be the most friendly when it comes to buying refilled cartridges or refilling your own cartridges.

It prints fast, it prints well, and I enjoy the double-sided printing feature. This printer has been consistently rated by users as being accurate in its color prints, although I've done little color printing myself.

The scans are not the greatest as they leave small artifacts at regular intervals when you zoom in in Photoshop. The artifact is a vertical line which bisects the picture and offsets each side by a few pixels. They're not really noticeable to the naked eye and you won't see them unless you're editing the picture and have blown it up considerably. Still, it's probably not the best for archiving your photos. (I expect there's a bur on the plastic gear that rolls down the rack & pinion)

However, flaws are to be expected in this price range and the listed flaws of this printer are nominal.

Given my research two months ago, and performance I've encountered after purchasing this printer, and the ease with which I was able to refill the ink cartridges; I'd say this is the best printer you can buy for $100,(as of Nov 2006) if you don't want to be extorted into paying exorbitant ink prices, for say, an Epson.

Before I purchased this printer I had bought one for my daughter. She had used it for about 2 mos and loves it. I thought I would buy the next one up and then read the reviews on this printer as well as the more expensive ones. The 5610 comes with a higher review so I purchased the 5610. I am not sorry and am very pleased. I would recomend this purchase

This product had some type of defect in it (the cartridges would not load properly). A replacement was generated quickly and without much difficulty though. The replacement is working fine.

I haven't done a whole lot of heavy printing yet, but my initial experiences have been great. Setup was easy, and scanning is INCREDIBLY easy - insert the document, press the Scan button, and you have options to scan into Word, a .tif file, Paint, and several other options depending on what you plan to do with the document - the program launches automatically on the computer. I also made some color copies of very detailed pages and they came out awesome. The only problem is that the printed pages have a 1/2 inch non-printable area at the top, so any documents that print to the edge of the page will be cut off. Otherwise, for an inexpensive printer, I'm very happy.

Everything works fine on this machine. Scan is excellent if I use the flatbed/glass. Problem comes when I want to scan multiple pages using the feeder. Page goes in and gets stuck half way forcing me to pull it and re-scan it. Sometime when I pull it, I manage to tear it off.
Wish it had better ADF.

This printer can print back to front. This is invaluable in saving time if you're printing a novel. It shows you clearly how to reposition the pages to print the second side.

Also, you can save ink by going to File-Print-preferences and changing the ink quality to Fastdraft or Fastnormal. You can still read it. I've already printed about three-hundred or more pages with some color with their sample cartridges and have gotten no warnings for low ink. (And this is with their sample cartridges included in the item). You can also print this in a book form where it's shrunk to fit to half the page in landscape form. I finally got my low ink warning and continued to print.

I didn't need to purchase a USB because it worked with my old printer's cable. I also got a USB extender and was able to move the printer further away from my computer. (I have a one-year-old who broke my last printer.)

The reason I purchased HP was because I couldn't find ink for Dell's printers and when I ordered the ink online the DHL people wouldn't bring it both times.

Another item is that the scanning feature is easy to use. I have so far printed CD covers, 119 page novels (three of them on fastdraft), and I've scanned. I also used the document feeder and it crumpled the paper. So be careful when putting the paper flat.

Okay, it's not kosher but I set the fax to answer the phone after three rings (you can set it from 2-6 rings if you set it to answer automatically) and I screen my calls that way. Unwanted callers get the fax. Did I mention it rings and has caller I.D? It does! It's freaking awesome! So if you get a call from someone you don't want to talk to at that moment you can just let the phone ring and it will give the fax screeeee... (you won't hear it. It's quiet.) If you do want the call pick it up before the machine rings the set number of times that you set.

Also, I bought this item listed as Free Super Saver Shipping. The other 5610 does not offer that. Don't order that one. The ink for this item is 22, 56 and I believe 58 for photos.[...]

I would buy the HP product again. It is lightweight, small and cute.

Oh, and there are very good instructions to set it up. I set it up in a few minutes. The software installing took a long time but I did the complete setup.

When you take it out of the box there is a paper (English and one Spanish) that tell you how to set it up. It's very simple!

This terrible printer, was my third and fourth from HP on their pay-us-money-to-fix-your-stuff plan. I finally "upgraded" to another $400 HP model and after it failed, it now resides in the bottom of the local dumpster. I've had it with HP forever, as apparently have scores of CNET reviewers.

I won't support HP's pay-as-you-go "service plan because none of their items work as advertised. These aren't printers, they're shredders. A close friend had the same difficulty. I'm back to my pair of reliable Brother printers...

This unit was the first "upgrade" HP shipped me on my nickle after a previous HP failed. All three models and all five units either shreded paper, chronically failed software installations, or dropped networking.

Never again, HP; go back to wiretapping, apparently you know how to do that even if you don't know how to build a printer, stand behind it, provide comprehensible "tech support", or write a working piece of software.

As a business owner I depend on my hardware -- my classic HP 5L laser was unstoppable. But something's changed at HP...

I had an older version of this printer...when it died, I purchased this model....very compact, very reliable, easy to program and use...and fast...I am thrilled!!!!

I recommend this product to anyone who is looking for a 2nd printer for eveyday use. I use this for my everyday printing/copying/scanning/etc. I also have a HP Photosmart printer which I use for all my photo and special printing. You do not need to spend a lot of money for an All-In-One, look at this 1st.

This is an absolutely terrible device. I am furious with myself, because I bought it solely based on the HP name (pre-scandal) without researching it first. Never again. I am finished with HP. This entire machine is designed to force you to buy expensive ink, and to force you to add lame software onto your computer. Not literally malware, but pretty close.

If you buy this machine, you will curse yourself someday. Go find a different brand--HP is exploiting its name to abuse its (now former) customers.

Good all-around printer-scanner-fax for home office use. I could only find one flaw, and that was its ability to recognize different ring-tones from Embarq. I cannot use the auto-answer feature because I have three ring patterns, and it confuses two of them. Beyond that, it is a great product. I don't get that many faxes anymore, so it is really a small point in today's technology world. Printing and scanning is fast and accurate, especially on draft modes. Good value for the money.

I haven't used it much but so far it is working fine. It was very easy to install software, no problems. I did not install the fax because I do not need it. I can't give it 5 stars because it is still to new and has been used very little. The printer and copyier work great. So 4 stars

Great price, easy to install, easy to use, and all the functions work really well. The scanner and its software's ability to quickly create a word document is impressive.

FOR THE MOST PART I REALLY LIKE THE 5610.IT WAS VERY EASY TO SET UP AND INSTALL.PRINTING IS BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.THE SCANNER IS A LITTLE ON THE SLOW SIDE ,BUT THAT COULD BE BECAUSE I USE AN OLDER COMPUTER.I DON'T KNOW.BUT ALL IN ALL IT IS A VERY CONVIENT AND A GOOD DEAL FOR THE MONEY.

This device does everything I hoped for--print, copy, scan, fax. It is simple to set up and operate. The price is reasonable. All in all, excellent.

We purchased this machine because we needed fax capabilities and thought we might as well go for the whole machine. So far, it performs like it cost twice the price! The print quality is very good in both color/photo and black and white. The document feeder is really handy for fax/copy/scan-ing more than one page at a time. The ink cartridges seem to last. Don't believe the machine when it says it is out of ink. Just push ok and wait for the print quality to go down.

Loved this printer, copier, fax. I ended up buying 2 more for the office. The quality of printing is great and the automatic paper feeder really helps.

This works great for the price and prints great photo's too!! Item gets an A+

The 5610 may not be the fastest thing on 4 wheels but for the money, it is a good choice. If you need an all-in-one for your home this will fit the bill.

I would not recommend this printer to anyone who has an IBM Thinkpad. I have 2 different Thinkpads one with Windows 2000 , the other with Windows XP. The HP software would not install on either- it hung on both machines. In fact it wouldnt uninstall what it paritally put on . I spent a lot of time with HP support, downloaded replacement installer but didnt fix the issue, so the printer was returned. I got a Lexmark instead.

This copier is wonderful for the price. A great buy. It does photos, copies, scans, feeds paper to copy, scans to copy, faxes. The set up is very easy for a dummy. This was a wonderful experience.

Good little machine. I only use the printing, copying and scanning features. Couldn't set up the fax, as it appears I would need a dedicated line for it to work with my DSL. However, I don't know many people who even use faxes anymore (I scan and email pdf of documents instead).

Software is included that converts scanned documents to pdf. Nice.

My primary complaint would be that the printer will not printer on the thicker (higher quality) photo paper. Jams with anything 10 mil or thicker, such as the Kodak Ultima (gold) picture paper. However, works o.k. with the 8 mil photo paper, such as the Kodak Premium (silver) picture paper. O.k./acceptable print quality for pictures, though the print quality was actually better on my much cheaper HP DeskJet 932C.

Overall, good bang for your buck for an all in one machine.

I am thrilled with this product. Often, one associates price with performance and with a relatively low price, I was expecting moderate performance -- boy was I wrong. The scanning function is clear -- developing excellent resolution on all types of documents. The printing is quick and crisp. The color, although not being ideal for photo's -- does a great job for home printing -- a splash of color is always nice in a letter (yes, I still write letters). The ink dries extremely quickly and I have not run into smudging of recently printed documents. Installation was easy with an excellent wizard. The machine boots up quickly and I am printing a document within seconds of sending it to the printer. Coping is a snap. The autofeed try is a great feature, especially when coping or scanning multiple items.

All in all a great product at a great value. My last all in one was a Lexmark and the HP is definitely five steps head in performance, quality and value. I highly recommend this product.

This HP Officejet 5610 all-in-one is a great item. It's clarity is very nice the only downfall is it is noisey when it is printing and faxing. Great price value for this item.

I have owned several HP and Epson printers, and like this one (by far) the most. It is simple to use for the most-used features (print, copy, fax). I have still not used the manual for the more in-depth uses. It is quick, quiet and of very good quality. I have no opinion of ink usage as of yet.

I yes the printer for home use only and have used all the functions without any difficulty whatsoever. I can honestly say I didn't even have to open the manual. Print quality is very good.

Especially if you are a Mac user! Many problems as seen in the other reviews, lines showing up on the page, color issues, but the problems with the machine on a Mac are too many to list. HP Customer Support claims there is no problem, even though a four-page support document on their website offers (ineffective) steps to fix the problems.

Avoid! Spend your money elsewhere!

Colors were not crisp, but my main complaint would be the noise that it makes, this is my first HP product and i dont think i would buy another one.

It works fine. Except that it does make one feel that it is fragile too....
Use it right and it will work fine. I dont think it can be used for high volumes.
The cord is its biggest flaw.

I have used it for some days now, I have made lots of copys, it has many features that I think are extraordinary!!! However, I noticed the ink have not lasted me that much!!! :( I have many many copys, but I still feel it could have given more!!!

OfficeJet 5610 works well and will do the job of the broken Officejet all-in-one it replaces. My only complaint is how long it takes to install the printer. HP, again fills your computer with driver after driver and junk you will never use in most cases. When your done there will be default crap that will take your time to get rid of. IT JUST SHOULDN'T BE THIS WAY.

I have contacted Tech.Support at least 15 times--have a case No. but nobody appears to know what is wrong-test faxes have been sent by me and returned without a problem,but OUTSIDE faxes I cannot receive--EXCEPT on an eccentric basis--usually only in the evening, after 6:00PM, but then not always--can verify because I have a duplicate e-mail sent each time so I can check--these faxes are essential to my financial business and I'm losing money because I don't get them. Have "distinctive ring" feature in desperation but even THAT doesn't work--calls keep going over to my land line phone instead of being picked up by machine.Have tried to get supervisor and demand a NEW machine to replace this one--but nobody ever calls back. The mostly heavy Indian accent doesn't help either!!
I'm desperate, but don't seem to get any help at all.

This is a great product at a reasonable price. It is nice too have a reliable product that can scan, print, copy, and fax and have it all in one unit.

i had an office jet t45-all in one which lasted about 6 years and was starting to run down.hp suggested upgrade to 5610. installation was relatively easy. however i was having trouble faxing from computer & scanning. tech service(india) tried to help however couldn't solve the problem. they promised to replace unit and they did with a remanufactured unit which also had the same problem. i spoke to a manager after i wasted over two hours with tech trying to solve problem.i told manager i wanted a brand new unit.he stated because i had 2 defective units he would ship a brand new unit which would arrive in a few days.it's almost two weeks and nothing. i called hp was connected to bombay india- i told them the manager was in the u.s. and i wanted to speak to him only.they were going to get back to me.two days have passed -nothing- i called amazon from whom i ordered unit.told them my tale of woe and they gave me a full credit and will ship unit to hp free of charge. amazon (excellent) hp(terrible)

I have found the HP printer to be excellent. It prints quite quickly. The copy function works well. I am very satisfied.

OOOOHHHHH my was I upset when I hooked everything up and found out it had no wireless printing capability. I am using an airport extreme base from apple and this product doesn't work with it.

everything else is great.. but i would have liked to known that before hand. true i could have gone to HP but navigating their site is painful..so i thought i would stop others from making the same mistake I did.

I recieved the printer in a timely manner. and it is great! thank you.

Great printer for the money. The print quality is outstanding. The fax functionality works great -- very easy to understand.[...] All in all, I'm very pleased with the quality of this printer and I'd definitely recommend it to others.

This machine does everything that I need for my home and home ofice. The output af the machine and it's ease of use are all that I expected and it's capabilities are far more than I anticipated. It's a little "tinny" (Probably a more exact term would be "Plasticy"), but, at the price, it exceeds my expectations.

$130...seems like a great value and it is. No problems whatsoever with the machine. The default settings will sometimes give you a fax with lines down the paper, but just change the settings and it's perfectly clear. Definitely recommend this machine to anyone who wants to do everyday activity and doesn't need to scan with extremely high quality (takes forever if it needs to be a high quality scan).

For the price, I think it is one of the best printers I have ever had. It was easy to set up, prints very well, cartridges easy to replace, use it as fax machine and the digital read-out makes it very easy to set up different functions. This is the first HP printer that I have ever truly liked.

My Epson died on me and I decided to try an HP printer. I chose this one because the price was right and it had the features I wanted - fax/printing/copying. After hooking everything up, I must have spent a good two hours on the phone with HP trying to get it to be wireless only to be told after the fact that it wasn't compatible with Mac's Airport. So now I'm stuck with the printer, which is a great printer, but it totally makes the point of having a laptop and wireless capability useless. Otherwise, it's great on ink, easy to hook up and the printing quality is fine. I'm giving it 3 stars because I would NOT have purchased this particular printer had I known it wouldn't work with my Airport Express (and believe me, the help desk tried all kinds of things to help me set it up).

This is a pretty good printer for the price. It prints faster than my old Lexmark one. It doesn't take up a lot of room. It also scans, copies, faxes. What more does the average home user need in a printer? I like the reputation of Hewlett Packard.

The HP 5610 is a more than capable multifunction machine that performs everything with ease. Printing, even color pictures on good paper, faxing and copying all work just fine.

My issue is with the shortsighted and one could criminal decision by HP to force consumers to purchase the smaller #22 color cartridge rather than the larger (in terms of amount of ink) #57 cartridge. Your costs for printing in color will be much larger than you expect. Avoid this product until HP treats customers with some respect.

I purchased my HP Officejet 5610 on 2/28/2007, and it took me a over a week (hours!) before I was able in download the software and use it. I continued to receive an error message "The copy function cannot be used". The same thing happened with the HP printer I previously used at home. HP support was quick with providing responses but unfortunately the steps provided were not exactly what I had to do to successfully complete this task. My next personal printer will not be an HP!

The printer I bought worked for about a month, making horrible noises the whole time and finally started giving me all kinds of error messages and stopped working. Due to lazyness I didn't contact HP about the problem for 10 months (right before the warranty was going to expire). I used the online tech support feature and a tech gave me numerous things to try and fix the problem. After 20 minutes of fiddling with it, he told me HP would send me a new printer and pay for me to ship the broken one back to them. Two days later I had my new printer. Several months later, it is still working beautifully. I was very impressed with HPs customer service and that they honored the warranty without me even asking them to.

This machine is super simple to setup and use. The only drawback is that it does not hold a lot of papper.

Have had this about a year now and WOW... for $99 on sale it does it all. Who ever thought you could one day copy-print-scan and fax easily for $99? All functions have been used at least 6 times... we have made 5,000 copies and printed at least 1,000 pages. Take a close look at this 5610... we are quite pleased.

I give the HP Officeject 5610 5 stars based on performance, options and price, you just can't beat it! I made all of our Christmas cards with it, faxing is easy, you can copy in both bw and color, the scanner is fantastic! If you have heavy duty faxing or copy jobs then this would probably not be the all-in-one for you.

This is the perfect machine for the home office for occassional faxing, and smaller copy jobs either from the glass, feed tray or the computer. I feel the ink cartridges last a long time.

The only thing I am not all that happy with is the photo copying. It doesn't quite get the colors right, particularly when copying from another photo. It's fine for scanning photos into the computer. I just wouldn't use the photos it copies in a scrapbook or for a picture frame and I wouldn't have confidence that they wouldn't fade over time. For newsletter or card purposes, the photos turn out well but photo paper photos, if that if your main goal, this isn't the machine for you.

When copying, you can make lighter or darker copies, choose the size and quality. One thing I have been very happy with is that when I copy or scan my 5 year old daughter's artwork, it gives me a nearly exact replica and it's hard to tell which is the copy and which one is the real drawing. Again, when it prints on photo paper though, it's lacking.

I picked this printer because it had the features I wanted and the price was right. I have not gotten it in use as yet, but will soon. I am sure it will be a great buy.

This office combination has an intuitive interface, very easy to use. Great printing quality, don't let the price fool you. I have tried many office printers. HP is by far the best. Only down-side so far is that my cats sleep on it, I'm not happy about this. A kitty-proof cover is something I think should be produced for most office electronics. There is defiinately a market out there for such a thing.

Hey, If you could find a man that was all in one, wouldn't you want him too.

If you use Internet Explorer 7.0 - do NOT purchase this printer. HP has not caught up to this version of Internet Explorer. What a disaster and what a disppointment when I called HP for help. NO assistance - they offered me a patch, helped me install it and then said 'Call Dell' when their patch crashed my access. After a system restore, courtesy of Dell I tried again. This time HP offered to send me another 'all in one', charging me only for the difference to get to the next-up model - but guess what - they admit the next best model won't work with IE 7 either. Their suggestion - reinstall IE 6.0 and my previous version of Microsoft Office. What a joke. I will not be puchasing any additional HP products. The laptop is going back, the camera and I'm unloading this GEM of a printer they sold me on eBay. Let THAT buyer beware.

Came within two days. Very easy to hook up. So far (2 months) it is working quite well. It is a little noisy and makes you wonder if it will be able to load paper, but it does. Printing is pretty fast and the fax worked well on both receiving and sending.

Unable to get Officejet to advance beyond stage one of setup phase. Called Tech Support. Spent one hour with a rep on the phone as well as one hour with another rep online. The Officejet came in an inoperable state. Very disappointing! Has to repackage and return. What a nuisance. Went to local electronics store and bought a cheaper printer other than HP. Much better quality, ease of use, and price.

HP is running a racket. If you have an issue and call their support line, they tell you that "this is a problem that will probably continue to occur in the future" and then they recommend that you therefore replace your device with a newer, more expensive unit (which they'll give you a "discount" on if you buy directly from them).

After declining this "sales pitch" I went to their website support and found that the problem was merely a driver that had somehow gotten uninstalled and needs to be re-installed.

No more HP for me.

Ordered this machine impulsively when my old HP T45 began to sound like a machine version of the 'death rattle.' It was a amistake. Poor scanning, slow printing, ink eating and- overall - a truly inferior product. I returned it and bought a Canon Pixma MP530 for about $60 more and am VERY pleased with it. I believe that HPs heyday as the premiere maker of domestic printers and multi-function machines is over.
Don't do what I did - Home work first, THEN purchase!

My rating is for Hewlett Packard.

Although HP wants you to buy the HP 27 replacement cartridge, the 5610 also accepts the older 56 black cartridge. The 56 contains 19ml of black ink @$20.(on sale at Target occasionally $15) The 'recommended' 27 has 10ml @$18. No wonder buyers are running out of ink so fast.

HP customer service said 27 has 'improved' technology. Sorry. Black is black.


The product description for this printer should have read "You are purchasing this printer 'as is' -- all sales are final. In the event of failure, HP will do absolutely nothing -- so don't bother." We purchased this printer brand new in December. The printer stopped working in April (4 months later). We called HP tech support and here's a recap of the horror story:

* HP claimed it was the power cord
* They sent two replacement power cords (neither fixed the problem)
* Called HP tech support again
* They sent us a broken, refurbished printer
* Called HP tech support again
* The technician said "this happens a lot" and offered to send another refurbished printer
* We said "no" and asked to speak with the techie's supervisor
* Got a call back next day. We told the Supervisor that we wanted this resolved after 6 calls, one week of down time, multiple shipments of wrong or broken products, etc. We told the supervisor that we would post a review on Amazon if this wasn't resolved satisfactorily (please send a new replacement printer). He said "look at our Amazon sales volume -- that won't hurt us."

HP's warranty and technical support is non-existent. If you're lucky enough to get a technician on the line, you will have a great deal of difficulty communicating with the individual. They especially have problems with serial numbers, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses (they like to drop digits and letters). We had to repeat these data points 5 or 6 times EACH phone call -- very frustrating. Also, when the calls didn't go well, we asked to speak with the techie's supervisor. Most of the time they said "I don't have a supervisor." One of the techie's had a sense of humor -- he gave us the phone number for the president of HP.

I've been a loyal (and critical) Canon customer in multiple product lines. I thought I should try an HP printer -- it was a horrible mistake. The Canon PIXMA MP530 is a top-quality, supported printer with amazing performance. Don't look at the Amazon sales volume -- read the Amazon reviews. We're not the only ones that have had problems with HP of late.

The HP 5610 does have one useful feature -- it works great as a door stop.


I expected a high quality unit from HP and I got it.
Completely satisfied.

This is a great machine. So far (5 months) I haven't had to change cartridges more than once. It is a no fuss, no mess way to print, copy & FAX without needing to keep the user's guide in hand. The only time I needed it, in fact, was figuring out where to clear a paper-jam; from the back! That was a bit weird and, because of where my printer is located, inconvenient. But the user's guide pointed the way with clarity.

could not get any answers from hp website returned one printer with problems and having problems with the replacement

So fast and efficient! Easy to use and does everything. Ink is affordable.

This is an excellent printer. The scan quality is amazing and the cartridge does last long enough. For some weird reason, the yellow gets over faster than the other 2 colors. This happened twice and I have no clue why. I did not print anything that had specifically higher yellow on it.

Bought in December 2005. Great performance until last week (May 2007). Scanner suddenly started making lines. No fix available. Ended up costing me only about $9 per month, but I had higher expectations.

Works great out of the box. Easy to set up, easy to use. This printer eats through ink cartridges as if that's what it were made to do. Hmmmmm.

After a while, it just starts jamming up. I have to wrestle each page away from it's deathly grip, wait for it to give me the error message, then it forces me to press the "OK" button to go on printing the next page. Is it ok?? Where's the "just for once I'd like to buy an HP product that lasts over 13 months" button?

I've had this model about 2 years and have never had any problems with it. It gets more occassional use than heavy use, but it always turns on and works and paper has never jammed. Great little all-in-one for the basic user.

Like others have mentioned, it does well in all categories...then the paper jams start and you are out looking for another printer. I had it since 2/06 and it went out 4/07 and have only gone thru one cycle of cartridges.

We bought this unit as a replacement for an older lexmark unit, we needed something Vista ready. This wasn't Vista OTB, but the HP site had drivers available. Very easy to install on our desktop. I also have it hook via USB hub to run from an XP laptop.
Both PCs run great.
A definite purchase if you are in the market for an inexpensive home PC.

This product is user friendly and was plug and play into my computer so it was a no hassle way of getting it installed. It was inexpensive and did exactly what I wanted to do. It gives you so many ways to copy, feed and scan your documents. I truly enjoy this product and plan to utilize it for many years.

I purchased the HP 5610 about a month ago (May 2007) because I was looking for an all in one with a flatbed scanner.

I'm not a big fan of exhaustive reviews so I'll opt for PROS and CONS

PRO
Extreme value for its collection of functions (Copy, Print, Scan, Fax)
Above Average color with photo prints
USB makes it more or less plug and play
Flat bed design makes it easy to scan books, old photos, diplomas and anything else you don't want to jam into a scan-feeder.


CON
My set didn't come with a USB cable (Had to use one from an older HP printer)
Compared to older HP models, printer cartridges aren't as large (which means more trips to the office supply store over time)

Overall, if you are considering using this printer for personal or small business duty, you've hit the jackpot. However,look elsewhere if you want something a little more heavy-duty.


I've had this model about 2 years and have never had any problems with it. It gets more occassional use than heavy use, but it always turns on and works and paper has never jammed. Great little all-in-one for the basic user.

Like others have mentioned, it does well in all categories...then the paper jams start and you are out looking for another printer. I had it since 2/06 and it went out 4/07 and have only gone thru one cycle of cartridges.

We bought this unit as a replacement for an older lexmark unit, we needed something Vista ready. This wasn't Vista OTB, but the HP site had drivers available. Very easy to install on our desktop. I also have it hook via USB hub to run from an XP laptop.
Both PCs run great.
A definite purchase if you are in the market for an inexpensive home PC.

This product is user friendly and was plug and play into my computer so it was a no hassle way of getting it installed. It was inexpensive and did exactly what I wanted to do. It gives you so many ways to copy, feed and scan your documents. I truly enjoy this product and plan to utilize it for many years.

I purchased the HP 5610 about a month ago (May 2007) because I was looking for an all in one with a flatbed scanner.

I'm not a big fan of exhaustive reviews so I'll opt for PROS and CONS

PRO
Extreme value for its collection of functions (Copy, Print, Scan, Fax)
Above Average color with photo prints
USB makes it more or less plug and play
Flat bed design makes it easy to scan books, old photos, diplomas and anything else you don't want to jam into a scan-feeder.


CON
My set didn't come with a USB cable (Had to use one from an older HP printer)
Compared to older HP models, printer cartridges aren't as large (which means more trips to the office supply store over time)

Overall, if you are considering using this printer for personal or small business duty, you've hit the jackpot. However,look elsewhere if you want something a little more heavy-duty.


Works great out of the box. Easy to set up, easy to use. This printer eats through ink cartridges as if that's what it were made to do. Hmmmmm.

After a while, it just starts jamming up. I have to wrestle each page away from it's deathly grip, wait for it to give me the error message, then it forces me to press the "OK" button to go on printing the next page. Is it ok?? Where's the "just for once I'd like to buy an HP product that lasts over 13 months" button?

Bought in December 2005. Great performance until last week (May 2007). Scanner suddenly started making lines. No fix available. Ended up costing me only about $9 per month, but I had higher expectations.

This is an excellent printer. The scan quality is amazing and the cartridge does last long enough. For some weird reason, the yellow gets over faster than the other 2 colors. This happened twice and I have no clue why. I did not print anything that had specifically higher yellow on it.

So fast and efficient! Easy to use and does everything. Ink is affordable.

could not get any answers from hp website returned one printer with problems and having problems with the replacement

I expected a high quality unit from HP and I got it.
Completely satisfied.

This is a great machine. So far (5 months) I haven't had to change cartridges more than once. It is a no fuss, no mess way to print, copy & FAX without needing to keep the user's guide in hand. The only time I needed it, in fact, was figuring out where to clear a paper-jam; from the back! That was a bit weird and, because of where my printer is located, inconvenient. But the user's guide pointed the way with clarity.

The product description for this printer should have read "You are purchasing this printer 'as is' -- all sales are final. In the event of failure, HP will do absolutely nothing -- so don't bother." We purchased this printer brand new in December. The printer stopped working in April (4 months later). We called HP tech support and here's a recap of the horror story:

* HP claimed it was the power cord
* They sent two replacement power cords (neither fixed the problem)
* Called HP tech support again
* They sent us a broken, refurbished printer
* Called HP tech support again
* The technician said "this happens a lot" and offered to send another refurbished printer
* We said "no" and asked to speak with the techie's supervisor
* Got a call back next day. We told the Supervisor that we wanted this resolved after 6 calls, one week of down time, multiple shipments of wrong or broken products, etc. We told the supervisor that we would post a review on Amazon if this wasn't resolved satisfactorily (please send a new replacement printer). He said "look at our Amazon sales volume -- that won't hurt us."

HP's warranty and technical support is non-existent. If you're lucky enough to get a technician on the line, you will have a great deal of difficulty communicating with the individual. They especially have problems with serial numbers, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses (they like to drop digits and letters). We had to repeat these data points 5 or 6 times EACH phone call -- very frustrating. Also, when the calls didn't go well, we asked to speak with the techie's supervisor. Most of the time they said "I don't have a supervisor." One of the techie's had a sense of humor -- he gave us the phone number for the president of HP.

I've been a loyal (and critical) Canon customer in multiple product lines. I thought I should try an HP printer -- it was a horrible mistake. The Canon PIXMA MP530 is a top-quality, supported printer with amazing performance. Don't look at the Amazon sales volume -- read the Amazon reviews. We're not the only ones that have had problems with HP of late.

The HP 5610 does have one useful feature -- it works great as a door stop.


My rating is for Hewlett Packard.

Although HP wants you to buy the HP 27 replacement cartridge, the 5610 also accepts the older 56 black cartridge. The 56 contains 19ml of black ink @$20.(on sale at Target occasionally $15) The 'recommended' 27 has 10ml @$18. No wonder buyers are running out of ink so fast.

HP customer service said 27 has 'improved' technology. Sorry. Black is black.


Ordered this machine impulsively when my old HP T45 began to sound like a machine version of the 'death rattle.' It was a amistake. Poor scanning, slow printing, ink eating and- overall - a truly inferior product. I returned it and bought a Canon Pixma MP530 for about $60 more and am VERY pleased with it. I believe that HPs heyday as the premiere maker of domestic printers and multi-function machines is over.
Don't do what I did - Home work first, THEN purchase!

Came within two days. Very easy to hook up. So far (2 months) it is working quite well. It is a little noisy and makes you wonder if it will be able to load paper, but it does. Printing is pretty fast and the fax worked well on both receiving and sending.

Unable to get Officejet to advance beyond stage one of setup phase. Called Tech Support. Spent one hour with a rep on the phone as well as one hour with another rep online. The Officejet came in an inoperable state. Very disappointing! Has to repackage and return. What a nuisance. Went to local electronics store and bought a cheaper printer other than HP. Much better quality, ease of use, and price.

HP is running a racket. If you have an issue and call their support line, they tell you that "this is a problem that will probably continue to occur in the future" and then they recommend that you therefore replace your device with a newer, more expensive unit (which they'll give you a "discount" on if you buy directly from them).

After declining this "sales pitch" I went to their website support and found that the problem was merely a driver that had somehow gotten uninstalled and needs to be re-installed.

No more HP for me.

Hey, If you could find a man that was all in one, wouldn't you want him too.

If you use Internet Explorer 7.0 - do NOT purchase this printer. HP has not caught up to this version of Internet Explorer. What a disaster and what a disppointment when I called HP for help. NO assistance - they offered me a patch, helped me install it and then said 'Call Dell' when their patch crashed my access. After a system restore, courtesy of Dell I tried again. This time HP offered to send me another 'all in one', charging me only for the difference to get to the next-up model - but guess what - they admit the next best model won't work with IE 7 either. Their suggestion - reinstall IE 6.0 and my previous version of Microsoft Office. What a joke. I will not be puchasing any additional HP products. The laptop is going back, the camera and I'm unloading this GEM of a printer they sold me on eBay. Let THAT buyer beware.

This office combination has an intuitive interface, very easy to use. Great printing quality, don't let the price fool you. I have tried many office printers. HP is by far the best. Only down-side so far is that my cats sleep on it, I'm not happy about this. A kitty-proof cover is something I think should be produced for most office electronics. There is defiinately a market out there for such a thing.

I picked this printer because it had the features I wanted and the price was right. I have not gotten it in use as yet, but will soon. I am sure it will be a great buy.

Have had this about a year now and WOW... for $99 on sale it does it all. Who ever thought you could one day copy-print-scan and fax easily for $99? All functions have been used at least 6 times... we have made 5,000 copies and printed at least 1,000 pages. Take a close look at this 5610... we are quite pleased.

I give the HP Officeject 5610 5 stars based on performance, options and price, you just can't beat it! I made all of our Christmas cards with it, faxing is easy, you can copy in both bw and color, the scanner is fantastic! If you have heavy duty faxing or copy jobs then this would probably not be the all-in-one for you.

This is the perfect machine for the home office for occassional faxing, and smaller copy jobs either from the glass, feed tray or the computer. I feel the ink cartridges last a long time.

The only thing I am not all that happy with is the photo copying. It doesn't quite get the colors right, particularly when copying from another photo. It's fine for scanning photos into the computer. I just wouldn't use the photos it copies in a scrapbook or for a picture frame and I wouldn't have confidence that they wouldn't fade over time. For newsletter or card purposes, the photos turn out well but photo paper photos, if that if your main goal, this isn't the machine for you.

When copying, you can make lighter or darker copies, choose the size and quality. One thing I have been very happy with is that when I copy or scan my 5 year old daughter's artwork, it gives me a nearly exact replica and it's hard to tell which is the copy and which one is the real drawing. Again, when it prints on photo paper though, it's lacking.

This machine is super simple to setup and use. The only drawback is that it does not hold a lot of papper.

The printer I bought worked for about a month, making horrible noises the whole time and finally started giving me all kinds of error messages and stopped working. Due to lazyness I didn't contact HP about the problem for 10 months (right before the warranty was going to expire). I used the online tech support feature and a tech gave me numerous things to try and fix the problem. After 20 minutes of fiddling with it, he told me HP would send me a new printer and pay for me to ship the broken one back to them. Two days later I had my new printer. Several months later, it is still working beautifully. I was very impressed with HPs customer service and that they honored the warranty without me even asking them to.

I purchased my HP Officejet 5610 on 2/28/2007, and it took me a over a week (hours!) before I was able in download the software and use it. I continued to receive an error message "The copy function cannot be used". The same thing happened with the HP printer I previously used at home. HP support was quick with providing responses but unfortunately the steps provided were not exactly what I had to do to successfully complete this task. My next personal printer will not be an HP!

The HP 5610 is a more than capable multifunction machine that performs everything with ease. Printing, even color pictures on good paper, faxing and copying all work just fine.

My issue is with the shortsighted and one could criminal decision by HP to force consumers to purchase the smaller #22 color cartridge rather than the larger (in terms of amount of ink) #57 cartridge. Your costs for printing in color will be much larger than you expect. Avoid this product until HP treats customers with some respect.

This is a pretty good printer for the price. It prints faster than my old Lexmark one. It doesn't take up a lot of room. It also scans, copies, faxes. What more does the average home user need in a printer? I like the reputation of Hewlett Packard.

My Epson died on me and I decided to try an HP printer. I chose this one because the price was right and it had the features I wanted - fax/printing/copying. After hooking everything up, I must have spent a good two hours on the phone with HP trying to get it to be wireless only to be told after the fact that it wasn't compatible with Mac's Airport. So now I'm stuck with the printer, which is a great printer, but it totally makes the point of having a laptop and wireless capability useless. Otherwise, it's great on ink, easy to hook up and the printing quality is fine. I'm giving it 3 stars because I would NOT have purchased this particular printer had I known it wouldn't work with my Airport Express (and believe me, the help desk tried all kinds of things to help me set it up).

Great printer for the money. The print quality is outstanding. The fax functionality works great -- very easy to understand.[...] All in all, I'm very pleased with the quality of this printer and I'd definitely recommend it to others.

This machine does everything that I need for my home and home ofice. The output af the machine and it's ease of use are all that I expected and it's capabilities are far more than I anticipated. It's a little "tinny" (Probably a more exact term would be "Plasticy"), but, at the price, it exceeds my expectations.

$130...seems like a great value and it is. No problems whatsoever with the machine. The default settings will sometimes give you a fax with lines down the paper, but just change the settings and it's perfectly clear. Definitely recommend this machine to anyone who wants to do everyday activity and doesn't need to scan with extremely high quality (takes forever if it needs to be a high quality scan).

For the price, I think it is one of the best printers I have ever had. It was easy to set up, prints very well, cartridges easy to replace, use it as fax machine and the digital read-out makes it very easy to set up different functions. This is the first HP printer that I have ever truly liked.

I recieved the printer in a timely manner. and it is great! thank you.

OOOOHHHHH my was I upset when I hooked everything up and found out it had no wireless printing capability. I am using an airport extreme base from apple and this product doesn't work with it.

everything else is great.. but i would have liked to known that before hand. true i could have gone to HP but navigating their site is painful..so i thought i would stop others from making the same mistake I did.

I have contacted Tech.Support at least 15 times--have a case No. but nobody appears to know what is wrong-test faxes have been sent by me and returned without a problem,but OUTSIDE faxes I cannot receive--EXCEPT on an eccentric basis--usually only in the evening, after 6:00PM, but then not always--can verify because I have a duplicate e-mail sent each time so I can check--these faxes are essential to my financial business and I'm losing money because I don't get them. Have "distinctive ring" feature in desperation but even THAT doesn't work--calls keep going over to my land line phone instead of being picked up by machine.Have tried to get supervisor and demand a NEW machine to replace this one--but nobody ever calls back. The mostly heavy Indian accent doesn't help either!!
I'm desperate, but don't seem to get any help at all.

This is a great product at a reasonable price. It is nice too have a reliable product that can scan, print, copy, and fax and have it all in one unit.

i had an office jet t45-all in one which lasted about 6 years and was starting to run down.hp suggested upgrade to 5610. installation was relatively easy. however i was having trouble faxing from computer & scanning. tech service(india) tried to help however couldn't solve the problem. they promised to replace unit and they did with a remanufactured unit which also had the same problem. i spoke to a manager after i wasted over two hours with tech trying to solve problem.i told manager i wanted a brand new unit.he stated because i had 2 defective units he would ship a brand new unit which would arrive in a few days.it's almost two weeks and nothing. i called hp was connected to bombay india- i told them the manager was in the u.s. and i wanted to speak to him only.they were going to get back to me.two days have passed -nothing- i called amazon from whom i ordered unit.told them my tale of woe and they gave me a full credit and will ship unit to hp free of charge. amazon (excellent) hp(terrible)

I have found the HP printer to be excellent. It prints quite quickly. The copy function works well. I am very satisfied.

I have used it for some days now, I have made lots of copys, it has many features that I think are extraordinary!!! However, I noticed the ink have not lasted me that much!!! :( I have many many copys, but I still feel it could have given more!!!

OfficeJet 5610 works well and will do the job of the broken Officejet all-in-one it replaces. My only complaint is how long it takes to install the printer. HP, again fills your computer with driver after driver and junk you will never use in most cases. When your done there will be default crap that will take your time to get rid of. IT JUST SHOULDN'T BE THIS WAY.

Colors were not crisp, but my main complaint would be the noise that it makes, this is my first HP product and i dont think i would buy another one.

It works fine. Except that it does make one feel that it is fragile too....
Use it right and it will work fine. I dont think it can be used for high volumes.
The cord is its biggest flaw.

Especially if you are a Mac user! Many problems as seen in the other reviews, lines showing up on the page, color issues, but the problems with the machine on a Mac are too many to list. HP Customer Support claims there is no problem, even though a four-page support document on their website offers (ineffective) steps to fix the problems.

Avoid! Spend your money elsewhere!

This HP Officejet 5610 all-in-one is a great item. It's clarity is very nice the only downfall is it is noisey when it is printing and faxing. Great price value for this item.

I have owned several HP and Epson printers, and like this one (by far) the most. It is simple to use for the most-used features (print, copy, fax). I have still not used the manual for the more in-depth uses. It is quick, quiet and of very good quality. I have no opinion of ink usage as of yet.

I yes the printer for home use only and have used all the functions without any difficulty whatsoever. I can honestly say I didn't even have to open the manual. Print quality is very good.

I am thrilled with this product. Often, one associates price with performance and with a relatively low price, I was expecting moderate performance -- boy was I wrong. The scanning function is clear -- developing excellent resolution on all types of documents. The printing is quick and crisp. The color, although not being ideal for photo's -- does a great job for home printing -- a splash of color is always nice in a letter (yes, I still write letters). The ink dries extremely quickly and I have not run into smudging of recently printed documents. Installation was easy with an excellent wizard. The machine boots up quickly and I am printing a document within seconds of sending it to the printer. Coping is a snap. The autofeed try is a great feature, especially when coping or scanning multiple items.

All in all a great product at a great value. My last all in one was a Lexmark and the HP is definitely five steps head in performance, quality and value. I highly recommend this product.

This copier is wonderful for the price. A great buy. It does photos, copies, scans, feeds paper to copy, scans to copy, faxes. The set up is very easy for a dummy. This was a wonderful experience.

FOR THE MOST PART I REALLY LIKE THE 5610.IT WAS VERY EASY TO SET UP AND INSTALL.PRINTING IS BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.THE SCANNER IS A LITTLE ON THE SLOW SIDE ,BUT THAT COULD BE BECAUSE I USE AN OLDER COMPUTER.I DON'T KNOW.BUT ALL IN ALL IT IS A VERY CONVIENT AND A GOOD DEAL FOR THE MONEY.

This device does everything I hoped for--print, copy, scan, fax. It is simple to set up and operate. The price is reasonable. All in all, excellent.

We purchased this machine because we needed fax capabilities and thought we might as well go for the whole machine. So far, it performs like it cost twice the price! The print quality is very good in both color/photo and black and white. The document feeder is really handy for fax/copy/scan-ing more than one page at a time. The ink cartridges seem to last. Don't believe the machine when it says it is out of ink. Just push ok and wait for the print quality to go down.

Good all-around printer-scanner-fax for home office use. I could only find one flaw, and that was its ability to recognize different ring-tones from Embarq. I cannot use the auto-answer feature because I have three ring patterns, and it confuses two of them. Beyond that, it is a great product. I don't get that many faxes anymore, so it is really a small point in today's technology world. Printing and scanning is fast and accurate, especially on draft modes. Good value for the money.

I haven't used it much but so far it is working fine. It was very easy to install software, no problems. I did not install the fax because I do not need it. I can't give it 5 stars because it is still to new and has been used very little. The printer and copyier work great. So 4 stars

We are extermly satisfied with 5610. The quality of scans, copies and prints are great for home.

Used to support a real estate business, this all in one gets a good workout. Great value for the price and instructions are easy to understand. Only have two issues, first is a small capacity color cartridge. Would like to have one with larger ink capacity. The second issues is sometimes the top tray grabs the paper wrong and will jam the feeder is you don't hold the back corner to allow the feeder on both sides to align correctly to feed the paper straight. Those two issues aside, I have been pleased with the operation and would recommend this series of products.

This printer is just awesome ....easy to use and the printing quality is amazing.Not only that its copy function is also really good.Copies even better then the original copy.I recommend everyone to buy this printer.

Prior to purchasing the HP All-in-One printer, copier, scanner and fax, I used a cannon bubble jet printer with a stand alone scanner. The printer produced printed pages at acceptable quality but snails pace speed. The scanner only accepted one document at a time and only produced outputs as TIFs. The speed and quality of the HP printer is outstanding. The scanner has many options for output file types and the automatic feed makes copying/scanning/faxing multilple documents a breeze. The cost is truely outstanding when compared to its capabiilities and quality of products. I'll never look back.

I have had excelant service from my HP. Great quality copies. The set up was quick and easy. I am very pleased with my purchase.

Elliott Knorr

Great price, easy to install, easy to use, and all the functions work really well. The scanner and its software's ability to quickly create a word document is impressive.

I had an older version of this printer...when it died, I purchased this model....very compact, very reliable, easy to program and use...and fast...I am thrilled!!!!

I recommend this product to anyone who is looking for a 2nd printer for eveyday use. I use this for my everyday printing/copying/scanning/etc. I also have a HP Photosmart printer which I use for all my photo and special printing. You do not need to spend a lot of money for an All-In-One, look at this 1st.

This is an absolutely terrible device. I am furious with myself, because I bought it solely based on the HP name (pre-scandal) without researching it first. Never again. I am finished with HP. This entire machine is designed to force you to buy expensive ink, and to force you to add lame software onto your computer. Not literally malware, but pretty close.

If you buy this machine, you will curse yourself someday. Go find a different brand--HP is exploiting its name to abuse its (now former) customers.

This terrible printer, was my third and fourth from HP on their pay-us-money-to-fix-your-stuff plan. I finally "upgraded" to another $400 HP model and after it failed, it now resides in the bottom of the local dumpster. I've had it with HP forever, as apparently have scores of CNET reviewers.

I won't support HP's pay-as-you-go "service plan because none of their items work as advertised. These aren't printers, they're shredders. A close friend had the same difficulty. I'm back to my pair of reliable Brother printers...

This unit was the first "upgrade" HP shipped me on my nickle after a previous HP failed. All three models and all five units either shreded paper, chronically failed software installations, or dropped networking.

Never again, HP; go back to wiretapping, apparently you know how to do that even if you don't know how to build a printer, stand behind it, provide comprehensible "tech support", or write a working piece of software.

As a business owner I depend on my hardware -- my classic HP 5L laser was unstoppable. But something's changed at HP...

This printer can print back to front. This is invaluable in saving time if you're printing a novel. It shows you clearly how to reposition the pages to print the second side.

Also, you can save ink by going to File-Print-preferences and changing the ink quality to Fastdraft or Fastnormal. You can still read it. I've already printed about three-hundred or more pages with some color with their sample cartridges and have gotten no warnings for low ink. (And this is with their sample cartridges included in the item). You can also print this in a book form where it's shrunk to fit to half the page in landscape form. I finally got my low ink warning and continued to print.

I didn't need to purchase a USB because it worked with my old printer's cable. I also got a USB extender and was able to move the printer further away from my computer. (I have a one-year-old who broke my last printer.)

The reason I purchased HP was because I couldn't find ink for Dell's printers and when I ordered the ink online the DHL people wouldn't bring it both times.

Another item is that the scanning feature is easy to use. I have so far printed CD covers, 119 page novels (three of them on fastdraft), and I've scanned. I also used the document feeder and it crumpled the paper. So be careful when putting the paper flat.

Okay, it's not kosher but I set the fax to answer the phone after three rings (you can set it from 2-6 rings if you set it to answer automatically) and I screen my calls that way. Unwanted callers get the fax. Did I mention it rings and has caller I.D? It does! It's freaking awesome! So if you get a call from someone you don't want to talk to at that moment you can just let the phone ring and it will give the fax screeeee... (you won't hear it. It's quiet.) If you do want the call pick it up before the machine rings the set number of times that you set.

Also, I bought this item listed as Free Super Saver Shipping. The other 5610 does not offer that. Don't order that one. The ink for this item is 22, 56 and I believe 58 for photos.[...]

I would buy the HP product again. It is lightweight, small and cute.

Oh, and there are very good instructions to set it up. I set it up in a few minutes. The software installing took a long time but I did the complete setup.

When you take it out of the box there is a paper (English and one Spanish) that tell you how to set it up. It's very simple!

This product had some type of defect in it (the cartridges would not load properly). A replacement was generated quickly and without much difficulty though. The replacement is working fine.

I haven't done a whole lot of heavy printing yet, but my initial experiences have been great. Setup was easy, and scanning is INCREDIBLY easy - insert the document, press the Scan button, and you have options to scan into Word, a .tif file, Paint, and several other options depending on what you plan to do with the document - the program launches automatically on the computer. I also made some color copies of very detailed pages and they came out awesome. The only problem is that the printed pages have a 1/2 inch non-printable area at the top, so any documents that print to the edge of the page will be cut off. Otherwise, for an inexpensive printer, I'm very happy.

Everything works fine on this machine. Scan is excellent if I use the flatbed/glass. Problem comes when I want to scan multiple pages using the feeder. Page goes in and gets stuck half way forcing me to pull it and re-scan it. Sometime when I pull it, I manage to tear it off.
Wish it had better ADF.

Before I purchased this printer I had bought one for my daughter. She had used it for about 2 mos and loves it. I thought I would buy the next one up and then read the reviews on this printer as well as the more expensive ones. The 5610 comes with a higher review so I purchased the 5610. I am not sorry and am very pleased. I would recomend this purchase

Obviously, there are far better printers on the market. But if you're looking for a quality 3-in-one in the $100 to $150 range, this one seems to be at the top of the pack.

There are nicer printers out there in this price range. However, you will be severely penalized when it comes to purchasing ink. Hewlett-Packard printers tend to be the most friendly when it comes to buying refilled cartridges or refilling your own cartridges.

It prints fast, it prints well, and I enjoy the double-sided printing feature. This printer has been consistently rated by users as being accurate in its color prints, although I've done little color printing myself.

The scans are not the greatest as they leave small artifacts at regular intervals when you zoom in in Photoshop. The artifact is a vertical line which bisects the picture and offsets each side by a few pixels. They're not really noticeable to the naked eye and you won't see them unless you're editing the picture and have blown it up considerably. Still, it's probably not the best for archiving your photos. (I expect there's a bur on the plastic gear that rolls down the rack & pinion)

However, flaws are to be expected in this price range and the listed flaws of this printer are nominal.

Given my research two months ago, and performance I've encountered after purchasing this printer, and the ease with which I was able to refill the ink cartridges; I'd say this is the best printer you can buy for $100,(as of Nov 2006) if you don't want to be extorted into paying exorbitant ink prices, for say, an Epson.

I HAVE PROBLEMS.
THE DEVICE SETUP HAS FAILED TO COMPLETE.
I HAVE CHECKED ALL THE CONNECTIONS, I PLUGED THE USB CABLE IN ALL THE HUBS
WITHOUT RESULT.
PLEASE HELP ME........
THANKING IN ADVANCE
EROTOKRITOS TSINGAS
tsingas@tee.gr


I have not used all the features as advertized. But I have used the printing, copying, and faxing options and the printer works as promised!

So far I have enjoyed good success with this product and would recommend it to someone who might be in the market for a similar item.

I never rate anything a 5 - there's always room for improvement. So far, I have few complaints about this piece of equipment. I haven't had a moment to print pictures/photography which is why I chose a bit more pricey model than I would have just to print documents. It's quick, gives me plenty of options, the fax is great and doesn't interfere with my answering machine - and so far I have used the copier function a lot more than I had anticipated. The only hitch is the feeder for the copier - tends to get things a little crooked. But that's to be expected. Even office copiers have that issue. All in all, I would recommend this for anyone's home office.

Excellent product...so far no troubles...UPS did not reach me telling that I was not available, where as I didn't get any notice and got information only after checking the site for delay. Then I had to go and collect. About the product it is doing its duty well.

This Printer is okay. I don't like having to put in a special ink cartridge to print good photos. But it is simple to use and is pretty fast.

One thing that made me buy from Amazon is because they offered $30 off the printer if I signed up for their credit card. So I did and got the card and the printer. They actually put the $30 credit on your bill, no problem. What they don't tell you is that the Credit card company charges you $30 transaction fee. So you aren't getting the $30 off of the printer. It is to cover the transaction fee. I did not see anywhere that said it charged a transaction fee. Needless to say I will not keep this credit card as Amazon likes to screw you over to get your purchase.

No thanks Amazon.

You can't go wrong with HP. They build a quality product. I bought mine, purely as a fax machine. It was cheaper than a dedicated fax. I don't have it connected to a computer, so I can't speak to its scanning skills.