HP DeskJet 3845 Color Inkjet Printer

I couldn't ask for a cheaper printer and it works just fine. HP is a reliable brand and it's easy to find their cartridges. For light volume print jobs, this is what you want.

For letters, brochures, presentations, etc., this is a great printer; for pictures it is absolutely terrific. **NO matter HOW you install this, you WILL get error messages for OLEAUT32.DLL and KERNEL32.DLL: go to the HP main site and look up troubleshooting for installation on this product. If you follow their instructions, your problem is solved** VERY quiet operation. Large ink tanks - larger than many printers out there, even the other HP printers. THE BIG 'CON'?: if you use ANY Avery template, i.e. for business cards, address labels, et al, it will NOT align properly no matter how many times you try and configure its settings, but, again, this is covered on the HP website as well. Overall, worth the price, earns the 4stars - just be prepared to "tweak" it. (Note: when contacting the Avery folks about alignment problems with using their templates they IMMEDIATELY asked me if I was using an HP printer....so this is a common issue)

I selected this used printer to replace a similar printer that gave out. This printer is no better. The paper will not advance through the print heads, making the printer unusable. The HP website suggests that this condition would be not practical to correct.

I had bought this printer new when I bought my PC, back in 2006, eventually through wear and tear, it no longer printed photos or documents. I really liked it so I saw one for sale on Amazon. When I received it, it didn't work at all! Instead of going through the expense and hassle of returning it, I threw it away. What a waste of money!

I've had one for years, and I am presently using it while I write this. Mine has gotten huge use, printing probably over 10,000 pages in the past years. It runs on a MacPro with OSX 10.6.Strengths:* Good print quality* Lasts forever, it seems* Generally works wellWeaknesses:* Print rate is NOT anywhere near the specs unless you are printing scant ascii on a page* Cartridges are expensive!!* Tri-color cart means when one of the three is done, the rest is in the trash with the partially used cart* Flakey at times: every so often it will confuse itself, flake out, drop jobs, etc.* Burns through ink like a trophy wife burns through your bank accountAt $25+ for a cartridge, it turns out to be as expensive as if you took books or hefty documents and had them printed with a professional print-on-demand service (assuming you are printing many copies). The economics of computer printers is that you pay little for the printer (under $100) and then pay thousands of dollars to buy ink across the life of the product. If any normal person was told a printer with endless use and no further expenses would cost them $3000, would they buy? No, probably not. I'd quickly estimate a print out on this guy costs 20 cents or so, excluding cost of paper. Sounds cheap, but if you print out 100 page documents every week, you spend $20 a week... it saves little over using Kinkos when you factor in the cost of paper and the printer itself.

Greetings,Received the unit in good condition. Set up was simple. Works great! Print out is clear and crisp. Finding this replacement unit saved us a lot of money. Thanks, Guy

Produces high quality color and B&W for the price. Prompt shipping by the seller. Item was as described.

I was looking for a printer that used the same ink that I had a supply left over from my last printer. It works great,