... I feel that the Printing Technology used (HP Thermal Inkjet) certainly works well. Also this printer automatically detects the size of paper you are using. The quality is as good in large prints as in small.
**********SPEED*********
Definately the print speeds are very good with this model. ... Read review
The Photosmart Pro B9180 prints high quality documents using thermal inkjet printing.With ... more
a resolution of 4800 x 1200 dpi and a speed of 26 ppm in colour, the Photosmart Pro B9180 is capable of meeting all your quality and productivity needs. It comes ...
Postage & Packaging: Free! Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
The Photosmart Pro B9180 prints high quality documents using thermal inkjet printing.With ... more
a resolution of 4800 x 1200 dpi and a speed of 26 ppm in colour, the Photosmart Pro B9180 is capable of meeting all your quality and productivity needs. It comes ...
Postage & Packaging: Free! Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
The Photosmart Pro B9180 prints high quality documents using thermal inkjet printing.With ... more
a resolution of 4800 x 1200 dpi and a speed of 26 ppm in colour, the Photosmart Pro B9180 is capable of meeting all your quality and productivity needs. It comes ...
Postage & Packaging: £17.90 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
The Photosmart Pro B9180 prints high quality documents using thermal inkjet printing.With ... more
a resolution of 4800 x 1200 dpi and a speed of 26 ppm in colour, the Photosmart Pro B9180 is capable of meeting all your quality and productivity needs. It comes ...
Postage & Packaging: free Super Saver Delivery Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Printer Q5736AProfessional pigment-ink, A3+ photo printer with ... more
individual ink cartridges, precise colour accuracy and archivability Superior colour management and controls for gallery-quality, instant-drying, durable photos on a wide range of media.
Postage & Packaging:£1.99 Availability:Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
HP Photosmart Pro B9180GP Printer Q5743AProfessional pigment-ink, A3+ photoprinter with ... more
individual ink cartridges, precise colour accuracy and archivability Get gallery-quality, instant-drying, durable photos on a wide range of media Includes HP Colorimeter for display calibration.
Postage & Packaging:£1.99 Availability:Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
(+) great value colour cartidges,volume quality printing.Excellent scanner and copier (-) struggles with heavy photo quality papers,photos not as sharp as hoped for an HP
Advantages: Quality of print no matter what size Disadvantages: Cost
...The Photo Printer itself (obviously), HP 70 Printheads (x4), HP 38 Pigment Ink Cartridges with Vivera Inks (8 individual ink cartridges), HP Photosmart Premier Software on CD-ROM, HP ProPrint plug-in for Adobe Photoshop®, user's guide, power cord and a quick start booklet.
*************OVERALL**************
Most definately this is a printer that is aimed at the professional and creative photographer. It is a real heavy duty ... ...definately appear more than capable of copying with heavy duty use. The colour quality is 1st rate as is the speed. It really does give you that superb opportunity to print large photos with A1 quality.
I really do have to say that unless you are a serious digital photographer, this is not the printer for you. The price reflects the quality.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this review. I really do hope this has ... more
Hi everyone, I hope the following review is helpful to you and please leave a feedback for me along with any comments if you have some.
As usual I will start with cost ......
*********COST******** There is definately a wide range of prices floating about on this product but £409.99 is probably the average. I have to admit that it really is probably 1 of the most expensive on the market.
*********SIZE*********** This is definately by no means a samll printer. But then again it has to be to cope with the fact that it can print up to A3+ prints. However, the main paper tray is small and it only needs to be fully opened when printing large sheets. the full dimensions are (W x D x H) 67 x 43 x 24 cm.
********SET-UP******* The initial set-up is really quite lengthy. The inks have to be primed before you install the heads and as this printer uses separate colour cartridges and four, two-colour print heads, this in itself takes time, neverminding the fact that the printer takes half an hour to calibrate itself at the initial set-up. Also while it is doing this it produces a number of progressively improving print-outs. This is a one off calibration, but note that it does perform a shorter recalibration when it detects a different size of printer paper.
********PRINT QUALITY*********** I have to say with regards to speed and print quality, this is an excellent printer. But as I said this type of quality doesn't come cheap. I have to say that the colours are definately very vivid and beautifully rich and solid. The colours blend naturally and are sharp. A plus to me is the borderless printing and you can do this up to A3+ (330 x 483 mm). I feel that the Printing Technology used (HP Thermal Inkjet) certainly works well. Also this printer automatically detects the size of paper you are using. The quality is as good in large prints as in small.
**********SPEED********* Definately the print speeds are very good with this model. It can easily produce a A3+ print in less than 2min 30secs, to an excellent standard.
*********** WARRANTY*********** The standard warranty for this product is a one-year limited hardware warranty, but I know that this can be extended at some dealers.
***********INCLUDED********** The Photo Printer itself (obviously), HP 70 Printheads (x4), HP 38 Pigment Ink Cartridges with Vivera Inks (8 individual ink cartridges), HP Photosmart Premier Software on CD-ROM, HP ProPrint plug-in for Adobe Photoshop®, user's guide, power cord and a quick start booklet.
*************OVERALL************** Most definately this is a printer that is aimed at the professional and creative photographer. It is a real heavy duty printer and there is nothing dainty about it. It would definately appear more than capable of copying with heavy duty use. The colour quality is 1st rate as is the speed. It really does give you that superb opportunity to print large photos with A1 quality. I really do have to say that unless you are a serious digital photographer, this is not the printer for you. The price reflects the quality.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this review. I really do hope this has helped you. Please do leave a feedback for me.
Advantages: The best high res print outs Disadvantages: Maintenance costs.
The most beautiful printer I have EVER bought! Cleanest prints!
The pros of this printer are:
1-Great print quality (Actual photo standard unlike some other printer's claims out there)
2- Very quiet
3-Beautiful model
The cons of this printer are:
1- 8 inkcartridges, , all of which are very expensive to replace
2- Awkward feeding method, not the traditional method of feeding manually so may take some getting used to.
3- Very difficult interfacing, ... ...faults the end product is well worth the buy. Cost wise it's not completely out of the world which was one of the main attractions, however the maintenance cost of the printer is something to watch as I have just spent £300 over one year just on inks. Despite this, a must buy for any type of graphics/architecture firm/students. ...
benlee1083 09.11.2008
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Advantages: Printer quality will lost for many many years Disadvantages: please check my Drawbacks list with this printer:
I had brought this printer particularly to print my beautiful photos. Based on my experience the photos quality is simply superb. I have stuck few A3 size (bigger scenery photos) photos on my room walls without any laminations, already few months ago and I'm cleaning dust with cloth once in a while but still the photo print quality is very good, not seen even small shading on the print. I never had seen this kind of print quality in my life time. ... ...Drawbacks with this printer: • It takes hell a lot of time to initialize the printer (minimum 15 to 20 minutes) by this time your 5 to 10% of ink cartridge will become empty.
• It consumes too much of ink and ink bags are sky high price.
• After a few months the whole printer with full of aerosol ( full of ink) • Printing time is very very….slow
• Very bad paper skew happens once in a while (particularly when you print ...
my_user 08.10.2008
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Product Information for "HP PhotoSmart Pro B9180" »
General
MPN
Q5736A, Q5734A#ABU, Q5736A#ACA, Q5736A#ABU
Printer Type
Photo printer - ink-jet - colour
Width
67.3 cm
Depth
42.9 cm
Height
24.1 cm
Weight
17.1 kg
Localisation
English / United Kingdom
Printer
Inkjet Technology
HP Thermal Inkjet
Ink Palette Supported (Colours)
8-ink
Print Speed
Up to 0.17 min/page - photo draft - 100 x 150 mm
Up to 1 min/page - photo normal - 100 x 150 mm
Up to 1.5 min/page - photo best - 100 x 150 mm
Connectivity Technology
Wired
Interface
USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
Max Resolution ( B&W )
4800 dpi x 1200 dpi
Max Resolution ( Colour )
4800 dpi x 1200 dpi
Language Simulation
PCL 3E
Ram
RAM Installed ( Max )
64 MB
Media handling
Media Type
Labels, plain paper, coated paper, photo paper, cards, fine art paper
Media Sizes
A4 (210 x 297 mm), B5 (176 x 250 mm), A3 (297 x 420 mm)
Envelope Sizes
International DL (110 x 220 mm), International C6 (114 x 162 mm)
Media Weight
80 g/m2 - 800 g/m2
Total Media Capacity
200 sheets
Media Feeder(s)
Autoload - 200 sheets
Autoload - 50 envelopes
Max Media Capacity
200 sheets
Duty cycle
Monthly Duty Cycle
1000 pages
Networking
Networking
Print server
Data Link Protocol
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
Expansion / connectivity
Connections
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
Miscellaneous
Consumables Included
1 x ink cartridge ( photo black )
1 x ink cartridge ( matte black )
1 x ink cartridge ( photo gray )
1 x ink cartridge ( cyan )
1 x ink cartridge ( magenta )
1 x ink cartridge ( yellow )
1 x ink cartridge ( light cyan )
1 x ink cartridge ( light magenta )
Certified for Windows Vista
Certified for Windows Vista software and devices have undergone compatibility tests for ease-of-use, better performance and enhanced security.
Power
Power Device
Power supply - internal
Voltage Required
AC 120/230 V
Frequency Required
50/60 Hz
Power Consumption Operational
35 Watt
Software / system requirements
OS Required
Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Apple MacOS X 10.3.9 or later
System Requirements Details
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP - Pentium II - RAM 64 MB - HD 200 MB
MacOS - PowerPC G3 - RAM 128 MB - HD 500 MB
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support
1 year warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 1 year
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature
15 °C
Max Operating Temperature
32 °C
Humidity Range Operating
20 - 80%
Manufacturer's product description
Get precise, long-lasting colors with HP Vivera pigment inks and HP scaleable printing technology. The latter is ideal for professional photographers, graphic artists and others whose livelihood and interests depend on superior color management and control, as well as durable and consistent quality. Produce waterproof, gallery-quality color and black-and-white photos that resist fading for over 200 years, plus fine art prints on an impressive range of photo and fine art media up to B+ size prints. The HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer delivers exceptional image quality and the best photo permanence on the market. HP Vivera pigment ink technology, combined with the printer's professional colors, enables accurate and consistent color reproduction. HP's third-generation gray ink is more neutral than ever before, allowing for exceptionally smooth transitions and detail. Eight individual high-capacity ink cartridges enable high-volume printing with efficient printing speeds - producing 4 x 6- inch photos in as fast as 10 seconds and 13 x 19-inch photos as fast as 1.5 minutes - ideal for professional photographers and advanced amateurs. Users can print exceptional photos on digital fine art media including canvas, photo rag, watercolor, stiff pre-matte and film up to 1.5-mm thick, as well as improved HP Advanced Photo Paper.
