A Printing Monster from HP (HP Business Inkjet 1100d)

Member Name: stevenstel

Product:	HP Business Inkjet 1100d
Date:	05/08/05 (437 review reads)
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Advantages: Qaulity print, high res, simple to use, great assest to any home business

Disadvantages: big, expensive ink, quite expensive being over £100.

Having previously had a HP 1100 Inkjet at work, i loved it so much i bought one for home, the price of these printeres are a little high, but in my opinion its quite worth the extra money.

The set up and installation of the printer is very easy and so to is replacing the inks and heads should you need too.

I have owned a HP1100 for over 12 months now, Printing virtually every day and approx 20 sheets a day. I am only on my 2nd second of inks, you do get ink to start with when purchasing the machine but somewhat 30% of a full cartridge.

If you do buy HP inks which I would recommend, these can be around £20 per cartridge... be warned though, there are 4 cartridges...

If you run a business from home or you need a better quality printer for what ever reason then I highly recommend the HP1100. Ive never had a problem with it apart from paper jamming but the way in which the printer is designed, its easy to get at anything that may be stuck. The LED lights on the machine are also intuitive to potential problems, like running out of ink, or fully ran out of ink or no paper, a great little feature.

I replaced one cartridge not so long ago and had a slight problem with it, the reason was it wasnt HP ink, i used a cheap substitute, HP help desk were EXTREMELY helpful and phoned me back within 10 minutes of logging a problem with them, but this error was my own, i used an unsuitable ink.

The inks are coded, so are easy to reorder, but there are many kinds of HP 1100 so take care when ordering the right ink.

Overall the printer is quite big and bulky, its bigger than my 17" monitor, but the job it does is fantastic and it does it well, very fast print outs in draft mode, approx 20 - 25 per min. (more for colour)

If you only print out every now and then, this may be too much for you and would advise you not too purchase one, this printer is for printing, and its not happy if it isnt printing :D - a true beast in the printing world.

I purchased one for around £150 just over 12 months ago and have never looked back!.

Printing on different types of paper too can help with the ink usage, currently im printing on glossy setting, whilst printing on normal photocopier paper, this tells the printer to use lesser ink due to the fact it thinks its printing on glossy.

The print on all papers and accetates dries quickly within reason, a few seconds is enough, printing at high resoultion will take time, but its well worth the 2 minute wait.


Since learning more about the printer, you can buy compatible inks off ebay for a fraction of the price, i can vouch for these as Im currently using 2 of them in my printer without any adverse effects... An £80 ink bill is now about £25 ink bill (FOR ALL 4 CARTRIDGES) when bought through ebay. There are so many ink sellers on ebay you will find one that is right for you and the sellers are very helpful to let you know your buying the right ones.

Keep on printing and dont look back with HP1100

Summary: A cracking printer that does its job VERY WELL.

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