Hewlett-Packard 2820 All-in-One

This is the most intolerable piece of office machinery in existence.

We have had an HP 2820 in our office for the past year, and the machine is generally loathed and despised - and the grunt of many office jokes.

~DESCRIPTION~

The HP 2820 is a mid ranged multi function colour laserjet printer, scanner/copy and fax machine. The machine has two small paper trays at the bottom (no more than 100 pages), and ...
...on top has a automatic feeder that can take 100 pages. There is an integrated console in the front for control of the copy, fax and printer functions.

~THE BAD~

Printing

Basically, whenever you send a job to the printer - it sits there shuddering loudly for what feels like minutes (at least a minute), and then finally starts to print.

Once it gets going, it delivers pages at moderate to ... more

This is the most intolerable piece of office machinery in existence.

We have had an HP 2820 in our office for the past year, and the machine is generally loathed and despised - and the grunt of many office jokes.

~DESCRIPTION~

The HP 2820 is a mid ranged multi function colour laserjet printer, scanner/copy and fax machine. The machine has two small paper trays at the bottom (no more than 100 pages), and allow for manual sheet feeding.

The scanner on top has a automatic feeder that can take 100 pages. There is an integrated console in the front for control of the copy, fax and printer functions.

~THE BAD~

Printing

Basically, whenever you send a job to the printer - it sits there shuddering loudly for what feels like minutes (at least a minute), and then finally starts to print.

Once it gets going, it delivers pages at moderate to slow speed, still with the shuddering in between pages.

Also, for some reason, the paper size keeps automatically defaulting to letter size in stead of A4, which then requires a user to press a button for every page to come out.

Everyone in the office who has the misfortune of having used this machine agrees that replacing it with a monks with quills would be more practical, and probably deliver faster results.

Scanning

Not one of the techies in the office managed to get the printer to scan through the network - and it's not practical to connect it to a single machine, thus this function can't be used at all.

Copying

The machines make very accurate colour copies - if you can wait for the printing to stop shuddering before it prints.

Fax

The fax function of the machine is adequate - although the dialling interface is fidgety, and required frequent redials and concentation.

~THE (little) GOOD~

One thing .... we can't fault the quality of the printed material The colour is sharp, and lettering is crisp and clear, it just usually arrives way after the presentation is finished.

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Conclusion

If you want to use this printer only for printing out single pages (letter sized), and you're only concerned with the print quality - then this would be a good buy.

Not recommended for anyone over 45, as life expectancy becomes an issue when you have to wait this long for printing. Also, if you are the slightest bit impatient, make sure you have plenty of public liability insurance if you buy this printer, for when you throw it out of the window out of frustration (it's rather heavy)

(Please note that we had this machine inspected by HP several times, and they assured us it was performing according to factory standards) 

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