HP Officejet Pro 6830 e-All-in-One Printer, Printer With Start Up Toner

The product arrived ahead of projected time and was well packaged. The instructions were easy to follow and I found no problem connecting it to my Netgear router, laptop, PC and tablet. I was very pleased with the quality of wireless printing, copying and scanning - good speed, sharpness and colour.Very pleased with product - good quality and value .(Some very useful Youtube clips are available for HP 6830).

+Fast print speed in BW.+Great speed in color printings.+Very fast scanning speed.+Reliable WiFi connection.+Can be used with iPad and Android phones as well.+USB to print from or scan to.+Can be configured through network from a browser.-Sometimes it takes minutes to prepare for printings.-Print quality is avarage.

This is a very mixed bag printer. It's got a fantastic touch-screen interface with an incredible networking capability, from ethernet to Wifi as well as USB. Very easy to set up.However the price should tell you that you're not getting quality. The printing is sufficiently good. The scanning is shockingly bad. It's actually so bad it's simply not usable as a scanner. Thankfully no-one needs faxes these days as to use this for faxing (or indeed photocopying) is simply not possible. Most of the document is either heavily lined or simply missing when scanning.It's so bad that we still use our old scanner or we use our mobile phones with a scanning app to do scanning.So don't be fooled into thinking that you are buying an all in one unit. All you are getting is a printer with fantastic networking capabilities and a very simple, easy to use user interface and set-up.

Lasted just 3years with very little use. HP ink refills expensive. Good enough when working but does not work for long. I have HP 1100 A3 printer which is at least 15 years old still works fine. Check reviews for this HP Pro 6830 on internet not very well received print head problems. Cheap but not long lasting. Last HP printer I will buy.

The time came to replace my six year old HP 3050 AIO printer which had started to print badly and just simply looked worn out. I opted to go for this HP OfficeJet because after £20 cashback and the 3-year warranty HP offer this month it seemed like a great deal. When you can get something like this for the same price as a decent home AIO printer you may wonder why you'd get this...but the reason is because I was tired of spending money on the crappy HP301 cartridges that only give 150 sheets a time, whereas this unit has separates and XL ink will get you around 1000~ pages.Setup:As easy as it can be if im honest, and I did opt for WiFi setup only. You turn the unit on and insert the start-up cartridges (80~ pages) then you let the printer calibrate itself. Do note that on every turn on the unit is quite noisy but when you actually scan and print its quite quiet, and im happy to have this in a family room.I like how all the options for the printer ARE on the unit itself and not hidden on a PC program, so you can actually set it up without ever communicating with a printer. You will want to check for firmware updates through the printer maintenance menu as you should with any product you buy then you are ready to rock and roll. If you want the extra's like HP Connected print (send documents to an email which then sends to the printer for printing) then you can activate that on the printer and it will print a sheet telling you how to set that up through a browser on your computer.Build:Its good to be honest, although this will be subjective. Its weighty and sturdy with the only flex in plastics being if you really try to misuse it. My only niggle is when you insert ink, both the auto feed lid and the scanning bed have to be lifted, and it doesnt lock in the upright position until it reaches 90 degrees.Printing:As i've only had this for an hour i'll only comment on mono printing text which is stupidly fast. The only lag seems to be the paper feed from the tray, but as soon as it reaches the heads it shoots out. I'd like a longer paper rest so if you print lots without picking the documents up they dont spill onto the floor.Other than that there aren't many things else to say...yes there may be reported errors, but for a unit like this at £50 with 3-years warranty i'm happy to take the risk. Also as I mainly print university documents in black with the occasional colour, I like how I can just change the black ink and not get ripped off by the tiny home cartridges.

When it worked this printer was great - good print quality, quick enough for home use and double sided printing was really useful. However - like a number of other reviewers - I've just had the "printhead error' message and sent it back to Amazon for a replacement. HP really needs to improve it's ability to fix problems like these - or issue a recall notice. As someone else pointed out, being without a printer for a fortnight is very restrictive - you can't even print out the bar code despatch slip that the courier requires!