Size is sometimes very important

Advantages: Prints are massive and very high quality
Disadvantages: Big initial outlay - unlikely to be useful for the average home user.

...In the past when we have needed large format prints e.g. for health promotion campaign posters we have either done them by hand or outsourced them. Doing them by hand might sound like the cheapest option and its okay for one-offs but anything more than that has real costs in terms of ?man? hours. Outsourcing also has expensive costs and is only worth doing when you want a lot as this brings the cost per sheet down. Due to budget restraints we have had to think much more carefully about how we spend our money and how we can also generate more income. This is the main reason we started to cost oversized printers. These have always tended to be expensive as they were aimed mainly at the commercial market but are now much more reasonable. We decided to buy the HP DesignJet 130, A1 Inkjet Printer mainly due to its price but also because...

Miskah 13.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of HP DesignJet 130

Another HP printer

Advantages: Prints upto A1 size, looks ok
Disadvantages: Eats coloured ink cartridges

...The HP design Jet printer, was purchase from the dreaded PC world complete with stand. **Looks** It's about 1500mm wide, so it's not suitable for a standard PC desk. It has a 50mm x 40mm display with three easy to push buttons. It has an ocean blue strip on the lid and the receiver tray is the same colour. The large lid lifts to show the internal parts, all printing stops if this is lifted - good safety feature. To the right hand side is where the cartridges are held. The stand is an optional extra but well worth it as it takes up a lot of room. This is matt dark grey, with a foldable paper catcher. The catcher is ideal for large A1 prints when leaving the room. (This is because if the prints fall the paper becomes creased, no good for issuing to others) ***Cartridges*** This printer takes an array of cartridges...

noize 03.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of HP DesignJet 120

There's Room on my Lap

Advantages: cheap no nonsense
Disadvantages: small ram for you modern chaps

...failed to convince me that watching DVDs on a weeny screen would be a pleasurable past time. He did his best to persuade me that floppy disk drives are so passé but it's pretty hard to teach this old dog new tricks. So, down the old pc shop, the HP510 seemed to me to offer everything I wanted, wasn't expensive and is a brand I trust. It's nothing fancy, just a bog-standard notebook and is all right in the looks department. Here's the spec: 512RAM Pentium M processor 60GB hard drive Wireless connection 2.7kg 14.5" screen DVD Writer Windows XP Home edition pre-installed all for the princely sum of about £410 The keyboard has a nice feel to it- not too spongy, not too hard. Because I bought mine in Bulgaria, the keyboard shows dual Latin and Cyrillic script, which is handy for me but certainly of no use to anybody reading this...

Tricksty 19.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of HP 510

The Laptop that Out-Shines The Sunshine!

Advantages: Aesthetically pleasing! Can be used almost anywhere!
Disadvantages: Low Battery Life!! LONG charging time!

...Funnily enough this is the laptop I am currently using to write this review!! And I Love It! --MY STORY--- I personally love this laptop. The qality of the screen is amazing and I never have problems with the speed of the internet access. It has been my best friend these past couple of days expecially as I have been working outside in this amazing weather and even then it hasn not been giving me any bother! The brightness and shark picture does not change even when I am out in the boiling sunshine. I did get a bit worried about leaving it out for too long in the sunshine however... you would be with such a lovely and snazzy peice of technology! ---A LITTLE ABOUT THIS LAPTOP!--- Need more of a desktop-like view? Then the 15.4-inch diagonal XGA display has got you covered!!Also, HP's BrightView technology makes viewing more...

Wee_lis27 03.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of HP 510

THE HP PRINTER

Advantages: FAST IN PRINTING AND OF GOOD QUALITY.
Disadvantages: LARGE AND HEAVY.

...This is the type of printer that I will recommend for office use because of its quality and the rate of printing. This is a laser printer and the most of all is that it also prints colour. It has a marvelous colour production that makes the printed issue too original and bright. The HP printer product has been to me the leader in making good printers because I have used some of other printers and find the HP printer the most advanced both in technology, durability and innovations. Well I got In contact with this printer in my office and it has been serving very well in my office hold. So in the over all ratings, I will recommend this for office not only that but for professional use also. The HP printer not only is good on producing good and quality print, it also has sufficient features. It provides high impact printing...

apatra 17.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of HP Color LaserJet CP1515n

A big lump of plastic???

Advantages: Good Cost Effective Wide Format Printer
Disadvantages: On the large side - but then it is a Wide format printer!

...240 VAC autoranging, 50/60 Hz, 2A max. Consumption Printing:65 W Idle: 18 W Standby: 18 W Dimensions (W x D x H) Printer HP Designjet 30 standard 28.5 x 17.4 x 8.8 in (723.9 x 441.9 x 223.7 mm) HP Designjet 30 maximum 28.5 x 21.3 x 8.8 in (723.9 x 542.2 x 223.7 mm) Shipping dimensions 33.9 x 23.3 x 15.3 in (860 x 591 x 389 mm) Weight : Printer HP Designjet 30 27.5 lb (12.5 kg) Shipping HP Designjet 30 41.4 lb (18. 8 kg) HP Designjet 30n 41.6 lb (18. 9 kg) Product certification : Safety IEC 950-compliant, EU LVD and EN60950 compliant, CSA certified for US and Canada, Mexico NOM-1-NYCE, Argentina IRAM, China CCC, Singapore PSB, Russia VNIIS, Poland ELTEST, Korea KTL Electromagnetic compatibility Compliance for Class B products, Class A when...

andyw22 27.05.2005 · Read review
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Sony Ericsson C510 for Lou :)

Advantages: Good looking and lightweight
Disadvantages: none... so far!

...Sony Ericsson C510 Phone About a month ago I was sitting here doing my usual "spend too much time on Facebook" when one of the little ad's at the side of the page caught my eye for a free phone with certain traffifs on 3 network, having been on O2 for ages I was slightly wary of 3 as I have heard bad press about them, but I decided to have a look anyway and after reading about this C510 phone I decided to give them a go. Within 2 days I had my new phone delivered and was busy setting it up, ready to discover a Sony Ericsson with a difference. The phone loaded up as a normal mobile does, after waiting a few minutes I started making my way through the menus and slowly personalising it. The first thing I noticed was the Menu screen is almost identical to the previous Sony Ericsson phones I have had, the menu screen consists...

gingelou 28.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony Ericsson C510 Cybershot

Great Laptop for with a very low price!!

Advantages: Very good display, comes with a DVD+/-RW
Disadvantages: Very limited upgrade potential

...My attraction to buying this PC was primarily the price. I was in the market for a low price laptop just to use whilst away. I had done the tour of PC World, and even done the likes of Asda and Tesco. As I was purchasing something that I know wont get used very frequently I had set my budget at around the £300 - £350 mark. The problem I having seemed to be that most of the laptops in this price range I had never heard of before. Although by laptop standards I was aiming at the lowest end of the market, I didn't fancy the idea of shelling out £300 on an item that in six months time was obsolete because the company who made it wasn't around any more, after all £300 is £300. I had been recommended to a site called Misco by a freind and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could purchase a HP branded product that was within my...

kerrystackhouse 21.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of HP 510

Plantronics Voyager 510

Advantages: Lightweight, Easy To Use & Reliable
Disadvantages: None As Yet

...This is a very reasonable headset for the £40 paid for it. It can be used on both ears quite easily. This can be done by twisting the over-ear piece to accommodate which ear is preferred. The button configuration on the headset is convenient for both left and right handed people. I went for this headset because I bought a different Plantronics headset about a year ago and I could find no faults with it. So far, I can find no faults with the new 510. I find that the sound quality is extremely good, and it allows you to hear the conversation easily while driving along in the car. Also what I find very convenient is the additional cable that allows you to charge the headset in the car from a cigarette lighter. In the box was also 2 other additional ear pieces, that can be changed for every ear. It is lightweight and easy to carry...

bindie 08.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Plantronics Voyager 510 Headset

You can't go wrong if you choose this machine

Advantages: Reliability
Disadvantages: none

...---------------------------------------------------------------------------- With some printers and plotters you have a bit of a nightmare installing drivers and trying to make them work. Using the HP driver site is a doddle and the plotter is up and running in no time at all. Using the correct driver, printing is instant and you can have a mono A1 plan printed in under a minute. Printing graphics and photos is slightly different. I'd recommend using an application such as PosterJet RIP which will spool directly to the plotter and make printing much easier than using the normal print dialogue - where sometimes the plotter will hang with large graphics files. The plotter has a small screen with buttons and a menu to browse through - all the usual options you would expect to see are there including print queue etc. You can cancel prints and move prints around in the queue which is very useful. Consumables...

Mr_Gamgee 07.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of HP DesignJet 1055cm