Advantages: Reliable, efficient data storage. Good compatibility
Disadvantages: Noisy, capacity not the greatest, speed.

...As most of you may be aware, computer data is very important to most of us in out jobs today. However, what happens if that data is suddenly lost or destroyed? Well, I can tell you, we would be in a right mess! Therfore the best method to protect yourself is to back up your computer data regularly! This is ok on your home computer as a lot of people back up their important files to memory stick, DVD or CD. But what happens in the office where there are lots of shared files and data? enter the data tape drive. Yes your servers at work are probably backed up onto tapes. These are not too dissimilar to your Audio tapes of a few years back. They are magnetic tapes that store large amount sof computer data on them via a tape drive. Im going to tell you all about my reliable workhorses I have here at work. The HP DLT VS80 tape drives... Read review

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Advantages: Compact Size, Durability, Speed
Disadvantages: HP Support, Discontinued...

...-- HP LaserJet 6L in brief… This printer has been working with me from ages. I know it’s considered a bit old at the moment and the last time I logged to HP website, I found it was discontinued; however it’s a great printer with great functionalities. I bough this printer about 4 years ago, when It was a hit in the market and hp was just offering it to the people, I think it was one of the most successful printers to the HP company. Anyway, I am writing this review to the people who liked to work with this printer as I suppose its hard to get one at the moment because its not for sale anymore, and also because there is new models that offer many vast and more functionalities than this printer with a reasonable price. And by the way my model type is C3990A (by the way it’s a black/white printer for those who don’t know). -- Product... Read review

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Advantages: Reasonable image quality, In Camera red eye removal,
Disadvantages: Noisy Pictures, Chromatic Abhorrations

...INTRODUCTION The Photosmart 415 is HP's basic entry level 5 MP camera. It comes equipped with a 3x Optical zoom lens, 6 x digital zoom, a 1.5" TFT screen, a supposed 16 Megabytes of internal memory (more on that later), selectable ISO levels, picture effects, in camera red eye removal, innovative Adaptive lighting system and 8 (so HP claim) shooting modes. As a standalone unit it's virtually identical to it's big brother the M417 apart from the smaller LCD, 1x less on the digital zoom, and lack of a burst mode, and as such it's not available in many shops or online stores. HP is selling through their online partner store Insight for the supposed price of £90 (actually £91.99) which, after Arfur Daley's favourite tipple has been added, works out at £108.09, a remarkably cheap price for a branded 5 Megapixel snapper... Read review

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Advantages: Front Panel for Quick and Easy use.
Disadvantages: Loves to eat paper.

...**HP History** HP have been around since 1939 when Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded the company. A coin toss decided the name and they were in business. In 1966 they produced their first computer. In the 1984 HP launched inkjet printers and laser printers that connected to personal computers. HP's high-quality, inexpensive inkjet printers brought about the end of dot-matrix printers. The HP LaserJet printer line, became the company's most successful product ever. The quality and reliability of HP's printers has made HP a highly recognizable brand. . These printers were capable of printing 300 dpi (dots per inch) which compared to nowadays is not much. But a milestone then. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In December 2000 we bought our first... Read review

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Advantages: Print Quality - Speed of Printing
Disadvantages: Printer Drivers - Settings - Style (looks terrible) - Consumables

...Well, I have just read Richards review and I cannot disagree more! Richard, you said you hadn't had time to fully determine the total effectiveness of the printer, well now it's a couple of months down the line, come back and let us know what you think! I work for an IT out sourcing company and we support the IT requirements of many medium to large corporations - one of which had just ordered a range of HP 2500n and HP 3500n printers throughout their UK offices (about 20 offices in total). We recommended the newer HP range as the company have used the old 4000 series LaserJet for years, and the staff are pretty familiar with them. Upon the first installation of a 2500n last year, we went ahead and popped one onto the network to backup their existing monochrome laser printer. Because of the large amount of users, we setup... Read review

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Advantages: Small, compact, ideal for on the move, adequate speed and quality
Disadvantages: Expensive consumables, runs on parallel

...After years of using a laptop it was becoming an increasing nuisance being able to print only back at the office or my home. I travel a lot up and down the country with my job and the laptop was useless to me as I lacked an adequate printer, I'd carry it with me all over Britain but never use it. It got to the point where I'd carry a laser printer in the boot of my car which was extremely heavy and ran off a battery pack which meant it ran out after printing only one or two pages. As you can imagine, I was becoming increasingly annoyed so I approached my boss and after months of persuasion I finally arrived at work to find this little beauty. ------------- About HP ------------- We're a keen fan of epson printers in our office however it seemed that Epson have a "gap in the market" when it comes to small, portable printers... Read review

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Advantages: Gorgeus Design, Excellent printouts, Fast
Disadvantages: Expensive to buy, expensive consumables

...Well, the office has gone out and bought another printer! As if we haven't got enough!? This however is a true printer and one to get excited about! The thing I like about this printer is it offers exceptional graphic quality yet it is available for the home user. In our office, we quite frequently purchase large proof printers that cost us into the thousands, these are really professional printers that one would not typically buy for the home PC (for start they might not fit in your study!) Now however, companies are bringing out small renditions of what are essentially graphics printers, on a much smaller scale, the HP Photosmart 7960, in my view point is one of these. ------------- Why HP? ------------- The main standard printers which we use in the office are epson models, mainly because they are relatively cheap to buy... Read review

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Advantages: Ease of use, reliability, print quality
Disadvantages: Quite expensive

...This toner is designed for use with the HP Laserjet 1100 series printers. We have a number of these printers at the company I work for and so make use of these toners quite a lot. The toner is quoted as having a page life of 2,500 pages and retails at a price of around £40. The cartridge comes packaged in a large box with the toner type clearly labelled on the front, which is handy. The toner is secured within the box by two large cardboard holders and comes in package that closely resembles bin bag material! In Use This toner cartridge has been sensibly designed so as to make it a fairly easy process when removing an old toner and replacing with a new one. The toner itself slots into the printer, and so this means the old toner just needs to be removed from the holding slots in the toner bay and the new one put in its place... Read review

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Advantages: Quiet, fast and great print quality
Disadvantages: Cartridges aren't particularly cheap

...The HP DeskJet 959C is a colour inkjet originally aimed at the high-end home/small office user. It shares the same print engine with its more expensive siblings, the 980 and 990 and many of the same features. I've used this printer now for nearly six years (and tens of thousands of pages) without any problems. This it is the fourth HP printer I have purchased for home use and I'm not sure how many I've used in business. Basic Specification ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Resolution Black - 600 dpi Colour - up to 2400 x 1200 dpi This printer usually uses PhotoREt III which prints at a lower resolution. It gives a smoother photographic rendition by allowing up to 29 drops of ink per pixel which means that the amount of dithering required is less. Print speed Black text 11 pages per minute Colour 8.5 pages per minute... Read review

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Advantages: Actual printer is cheap; does its job
Disadvantages: Slow; expensive ink; virtually non-existant support

...HP DeskJet 640C – innovative, cheap to buy and easy to use. What’s the catch? The ink is enormously expensive in comparison to most modern-day models, and the printer, when printing on either “Normal” or “Best”, works very slowly. I’ll delve into explaining these points a little later. Buying ********** I bought this DeskJet 640C back in 2002 and, to be honest, I wasn’t looking for anything spectacular. I definitely was not as computer literate as I am today and so decided to look for a printer that looked good, but had a low-ish cost. After browsing through a few sales leaflets from various outlets I had looked around, the DeskJet 640C was purchased from a specialist computer shop nearby. This printer can now be found in most high street stores for around £50 – 80, and can also occasionally be found on eBay for a little less... Read review

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