HP Deskjet 3820

In December 2002 I bought a HP Deskjet 3820 printer. I am really impressed with it & it's been great for all my printing needs. I am on my third set of ink cartridges since November 2004 as they do last quite a long time and I use draft mode a lot to make the ink last longer. I have printed many of my digital camera photos out on photo paper and the quality is pretty good, don't have any complaints! However the 3820 is a noisy printer but it does give a good result and the result at the end of the day matters to me. I still have my 3820 and will stick with it for the time been, It's a great printer, was when I bought it and still is now! I have not been let down yet ...

The Hewlett Packard Deskjet 3820 was my first foray into the realm of HP printers and cost me £89.99 about a year ago from Dixons. It can now be purchased from www.lowestontheweb.com for just £70.18. The printer is packaged with all the necessary software to get the printer up and running and also comes with a USB cable and both black and colour ink cartridges. The first thing I noticed about this printer when I took it out of the box was its incredible weight. Having not purchased a HP printer before (usually Lexmark) I?m not sure whether this is normal but it felt like I was trying to lift a bag of cement. It is definitely one of the heaviest printers I have ...

The 3820 is a very good printer. It has an easy installation procedure and you can be printing in minutes. The print speed is excellent it can do a page of text on draft mode in about 2 seconds, 15 seconds in normal print mode and about a minute in best print quality. It has a wide variety of options for different types of paper though if you choose paper other than HP's own you may sometimes find your other options resticted. It has a great ink saving scheme with scroll bars to indicate how much ink you plan on using and how long you wish to wait for it to dry. All of that is done on your computer screen using superb HP technology. The print quality itself ...