Does it pay to pay more????? (HP Deskjet 980cxi)

Member Name: ashers

Product:	HP Deskjet 980cxi
Date:	26/09/01 (323 review reads)
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Advantages: Quality of Photo Prints, Speed, Sound

Disadvantages: No Cable

Ok - We all get free printers when we purchase PC packages, and they do the job and even print fantastic photo's....... or do they?????
I have had a free lexmark Z12 for a year perfectly suiting my needs and i thought the images it produced were first class.
This was until i purchased a IXUS V digi camera and was dissapointed with the prints - blaming the £400 camera!!!!!

A local company gave me some example prints from two printers, one being the HP DJ980 CXi. I compared the prints to my own and was astonished at the difference in quality!!! I purchased this Printer a week ago and as with all new technology have put it through it's paces. To make it easier to understand it's features i will list them:
1. 1200 X 2400 print resolution - fantastic for photos and i mean fantastic. Your talking lab quality A4 pics.
2. 15 pages per min in black and 12 per min in colour - is that fast enough.
3. Auto paper-type sensor - we've all been there. Just after printing a photo, where the setting is to print at its best/max resolution, you then go to print a letter. No more wasted ink as the printer senses its normal paper and self adjusts the ink set-up, very clever indeed.
4. Auto 2 sided printing - This unit comes with a free duplex unit that allows you to print on both sides of the paper without touching it, perfect for flyers etc...., very, veryt clever indeed.
5. USB and Parallel connection - you choose.

There are more but to be honest they are too technical and i don't simply want to copy what the manuel say's - hence all these features make it a fantastic buy.

Do shop around for the best price. I paid £120 for this, but i have seen it priced around £210 !!!!

Oh did i tell you that when printing it is as quiet as a laser printer. This feature may not sound much but let me tell you it really helps those tension headaches. Oh it also comes with a free colour and black cartridge AND f
ree paper, but alas no cable ( But you can normally get one of those FOC if you ask the right questions!!)

I spent £20 over budget for this but it is well worth getting the right printer.

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