Hewlett-Packard Officejet 9130 All-in-One > Reviews > HP OffficeJet 9130

Author's product rating:   

Picture quality	Excellent
Printing speed	Very fast
Colour sensitivity	Good
Ease of use	Satisfactory
Value For Money	Good

Advantages:	scanner, printing
Disadvantages:	E - mail Setup

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I purchased this to replace an HP G-85 all in one, and for the most part im extremely pleased.

The scanner function is nothing short of fantastic! once you set up the network card (standard for the 9130) you just hit scan and a speed dial button that you previously configured that points to a folder on your computer; thats it, the printer scans, converts to pdf, and stuffs it over the network and onto your computer! saves me unbelievable amounts of time compared to my old all in one printer.

print function is also good, but it doesnt do the stated ppm. good enough for most things, but i would like somewhat faster.

the one problem i have is paper tray #2. it just doesnt feed right, and it apparently is a design problem. when i use heavier paper, such as the HP bright white 24#, it jams. and jams. and jams. HP was very helpful sending me a new paper tray, new printer, and finally new duplexer (essentially replacing everything), but no luck; it still jams. must be a poor design. the lighter paper seems to work ok (20#) and i had two people at hp help line tell me to use that (sounds like the older doctor line "my arm hurts when i do this", and the doctor replies "then dont do that".) But the HP literature states it will work with bright white 24#, and i bought it based on this ability, so this is a big problem for me.

one other annoyance is that this seems to be the only hp printer ever to not have an envelope slot to feed a single envelope. so if you want envelopes you need to take out the paper in tray #1 and replace with envelopes. you could put envelopes in tray #1 all the time, and bright white in tray #2, but see above regarding feeding issues; this is what i had planned to do!

overall it works well, but with the annoyances stated above, if i could send it back i would.