12.11.2017

Review for the HP Envy Photo 7130 combined printer/scanner/copier.I managed to get from installation to printing on Firefox on my Moto Z Android phone without even opening the instructions, so I was quite pleased with myself. There was one point where the setup on my phone had a blank page with nothing but a refresh icon, and the printer was stuck waiting on a decision about ink, but I pressed the "?" icon on the printer touchscreen and skipped the Instant Ink setup, which seemed the only way for me to actually progress. Given that the 4 months free Instant Ink is a selling point for the printer, this seems like a bit of a flaw. I can probably set up the Instant Ink trial later.More on this later.After installation I had two printers showing up on my phone, both for the Envy 7130 obviously, but one identified by IP address and one identified by the "WiFi Direct" connection. Printing to either doesn't seem to make a difference, although using the "WiFi Direct" one means having to press a button on the printer screen to accept the WiFi connection EVERY time, which makes wireless printing a sprint race as you only have 22 seconds to press the buttons. Sure, it's not a major problem to select the version with the direct IP connection, and on Android that option will remain selected for subsequent prints, but why have the "WiFi Direct" option if it's going to be such a chore?Okay... onto PC. After a 123MB download for the software... things went awry.On Windows 10 you'd THINK that if you wanted to connect wirelessly to a wireless printer on your wireless network that you'd select the "Wireless" setup option in the HP software, right? NO YOU IDIOT! That'll just get you stuck in an endless loop of tiresome "setting up", "cancelling" and "retrying".Okay, maybe it's just MY PC that has this problem, but endless trial and error got me a solution which I will pass along here. To setup your wireless printer, select the last option to select the connection type later. This will install the necessary drivers. Then go to the Windows "Printers and Scanners" app, search for a new printer - obviously this won't work but it's worth a try. Assuming your PC, Windows 10 and your brand new HP Envy printer are all in cahoots playing their own little version of "Hide and Seek", go for the "The Printer that I want isn't listed" and select "Add a printer with a TCP/IP address" - you'll need to have taken a note of the IP address, or in my case already had it burned into your memory forever after numerous failed connection attempts. My last words, on my death bed, will likely be "192.168.1.19".That done, the printer will be available as an option for printing documents etc.If you have the stamina and want to try some of the more advanced options, the installation process will have installed an "HP Smart" Windows app that will allow you to manage scans etc.You'll be left with a couple of icons on your desktop, one to order ink and one to look for more printers - you can safely delete both, as you're unlikely to want to install another printer for a good long while, and the order ink link obviously doesn't work at all. You can get the correct link to order supplies from the "HP Smart" Windows app (or on your phone).The "HP Smart" app will also instantly push the "Instant Ink" subscription service - so, should you bite? You should have a 4 month trial key so you've nothing to lose, just be aware the service isn't available everywhere - you'll need to check the HP website to see if you're covered BECAUSE you stand a VERY GOOD chance of going through the entire process of setting up an HP account, activating your printer, jumping through various flaming hoops, only to enter your address information, near the end of the whole process, only to be rejected. Genius.The service is based off the number of pages you "use", ie printing a full colour picture of a aardvark playing with paints in the middle of a field of wildflowers counts the same as printing out one of the old 140 character tweets. So... if you're consistently printing out a lot of photographs, for instance, then you're a good candidate to save a lot of money on ink with a subscription. But you're going to have to be canny about which subscription level you go for, ie how many pages you're likely to print each month, as there's an excess charge if you print more than your subscription level allows, kind of like paying for excess 4G use if you go over your data plan.If you're buying the HP cartridges on an ad hoc basis, maybe because you only need to use it infrequently, remove them from the printer when not in use and store them somewhere cool in a ziploc bag with the air sucked out (don't be tempted to vacuum pack them, as you're liable to draw the ink out) when you're not using them. In general HP cartridges are decent and a full set of the high yield cartridges costs about two thirds the cost of the printer, but that's pretty standard. I wouldn't anticipate good results from re-filled or generic cartridges, but your mileage may vary.Be aware that if you remove the cartridges for storage, the printer will no longer work as a scanner. Which is stupid.TL DR version - it's a good quality, quiet printer. The HP Smart software that gets installed is actually pretty good, but getting to the point of using the printer on PC was painful.

19.11.2017

SetupIt arrives securely packaged - in the box, the printer, a UK and a US power cable and two ink cartidges - black and colour.First task is removal of packaging materials - the clear plastic film covering the printer followed by a number of easily visible blue taped tabs. These, presumably, protect various wobbly bits and delicate parts during shipping.Power cord is plugged in and the printer is ready to go. Well, not quite.Once powered on, a menu on the display allows selection of language and country.The suggested approach then is to visit 123.hp.com to set things up.Once there, enter the model number "HP Envy Photo 7130" - click to confirm and a small download takes place (~6 MB).Once ready,the usual routine of open/run and allow the progam to make changes.Initial problems...This is where things (initially at least) went wrong for me. The program searches for printers - and doesn't find one. So suggests setting up manually via the printer interface. Easy enough - manual setup. Add some paper and install ink cartridges - at this point the printer will noisily "calibrate itself". Afterwards it will, again, suggest visiting 123.hp.com. Ignoring that I found the wifi setup on the printer and did so.Back to the PC app - this now found the printer - yay!The program then checks for software requirements, confirms ink/paper loaded and then asks about instant ink requirements.If you don't know what Instant Ink is - it can be excellent depending on your needs. There are a range of different "plans" - which are charged at various flat monthly rates for e.g. 50, 100 or 300 pages per month. HP remotely monitor the printer and send ink refills before you need them. You are allowed to rollover N pages per month (usually the number of pages on the plan) - and pay a fixed amount for exceeding your "allowance". It is important to remember that a full colour page counts the same as a page with a single black dot on it...With this printer/deal you get four months "free" - 15 pages per month. After that it appears to be £1 per 10 pages.At this point I logged onto an existing HP Instant Ink account to add the printer - and things went downhill.Once again I had to go through the "enter model", search for available software, download, run. At this point the printer (now definitely on the network) can no longer be detected. And that was that. I turned of anti-virus firewall (and subsequently Windows 10 firewall) - no go. Okay - try from a different Windows 7 machine - same deal. Remove anti-virus - no luck. Try from the iOS HP app... instant connection.Long and short - I'd connected (deliberately) the printer to our 5Gz network rather than the 2.4Gz. When I disconnected and reconnected to the 2.4Gz - everything worked perfectly - I'm still not sure why...Print QualityThis seems generally excellent. Full colour pages on printer paper do end with slight soft vertical lines every 1.5cm or so - however this is significantly better than the HP Envy 5640 used previously. Office type printing in colour is good - and the print quality for text is also good.Photo printing - onto photo paper (and from phone) produced a very acceptable quality result. Cropping and printing from e.g. Picasa gave excellent results - again onto photo paper.Printing from PhonePrint from an iPhone or iPad is very easy and straightforward - various options are available (colour, black & white, dual sided or single sided, page range etc.)ScanningIs as easy as selecting some options on the 7130 and pressing go. You can scan to an appropriately networked computer, to a memory device or to email. Output can be JPEG or PDF. I usually scan to PDF on a local PC - which works very well. When scanning to a PC, and once the scan is complete it pops up an Explorer window and you can open the scanned results. Scanning to email requires an initial verification step. Enter the email address - to which a PIN is sent. This then needs to be entered on the printer. Once done, select Document or Photo and press scan. Shortly thereafter the scan arrives. Magic!CopyingProvides for three options - document, photo or ID card. ID card allows both sides to be scanned before printing both together - in colour or black and white. Document allows for 1 to 1 sided or 1 to 2 sided.In Summary...This is an excellent home/office printer which provides pretty much all of the functionality you might need (namely copy, print, scan) with decent connectivity for PCs (Macs too, presumably) and phones/tablets (only tested with iOS devices). Print quality - both for documents and photos (on photo paper) is very good. There can be some hiccups with connectivity and setup (and it can feel somewhat circular) - but for most situations I expect it will probably be pretty straightforward. If you print regularly one of the instant ink plans is probably worthwhile signing up to - in effect "printing as a service".

19.11.2017

What’s good:Neat packageQuick outputGood quality printsFairly quietInstant Ink might be convenient (depending on circumstances)What’s not so good:Vague instructionsCost of inks (as always)I have been a user of HP printers for many years, although I have occasionally deviated out to other brands from time to time both in a business and personal capacity. They’ve had their ups and downs as all brands do, going through spates of good and bad products and quality respectively. I do believe that they are currently on one of the better waves of products at the moment, having recently been rather impressed with one of their budget range of white and blue wifi all-in-ones that I purchased for my mother,and now with this Envy 6230.The Envy range is the mainstream of HP’s personal inkjet product line, with the lower-end Deskjet models sitting beneath them in the lineup. There are currently 4 models in the Envy range, and this 6230 is the model third from the top, but depending on your demands of a printer, this could be all you need as it comes with some good specifications.It’s a fairly neat and tidy package, and comes in a sinister black colour - gone are the days when all computers and peripherals were in a sunbleached shade of beige. It doesn’t have any notable sticky-out bits, or pokey-up bits. It is cleanly designed - and easy to clean! The display is a monochrome affair, which does the essentials. There was a time where having a colour screen on the printer might have been a worthwhile addition so that you could see the picture that you are wanting to print out from a memory card, but given that most photo printing will be coming directly from a smartphone or laptop, the need for the printer to also have a detailed colour screen has become unnecessary. It kind of reminds me of the old Canon PIXMA MX range - one of which I had in my repertoire until the print heads dried up through lack of continual use...Setting up is the usual wifi printer affair, and not dissimilar to the setting up the aforementioned Deskjet. Instructions are a little vague/absent in places, but provided you don’t hit any technical hiccups then most people should be able to get it up and running. Getting help and advice through this process is not obvious and might be an area that HP could look towards improving, as some issues could probably be resolved just by having someone to talk to. One good feature that this particular model has is that it has dual-band wifi capabilities, so it can utilise the 5ghz wifi spectrum instead of just the usual 2.4Ghz wifi spectrum. This might be important for those in congested wifi areas who have tried to move their wifi world up to 5Ghz to avoid drop-outs.This printer uses a two-cartridge setup, one for black, one for tri-colour. This is a bit of a basic setup and can prove inefficient with colour if you aren’t printing a steady mix of multi-coloured photos and graphics. Some printers offer a multiple colour cartridge configuration so if you happen to use more yellow, you just replace the yellow cartridge. But as this is built to a budget, and ultimately is intended to be a universal inkjet printer for photo printing, it may well be sufficient for most people. This model also comes with HP’s ‘Instant Ink’ offer for 4 months which gets you replacement cartridges in the post. If you sign up your printer can even do the ordering of the ink for you - but ultimately with printers, it’s the replacement ink that can end up costing you an arm and a leg, so be careful with that. This model takes HP303 cartridges (normal and XL varieties available) - and obviously HP will say you should always use genuine cartridges - that’s up to you - although you might risk your warranty if you don’t and something goes wrong. They only provide you with ‘set-up’ inks in the box, so don’t expect them to be a typical reflection of what a regular cartridge will achieve.In use the printer is pretty snappy churning out the first page faster than I was expecting, and the quality of text output is nice and crisp. Some of this may depend on the quality of the paper stock you are using, and the quality setting you have the printer set to, but I’m happy with just the normal output, it’s a lot better than an old HP PSC2115 that I chucked out a few months ago - but then it wouldn’t have taken much to beat that.We are pleased with the printer so far, and it is meeting its requirement of general document printout plus the odd photo here and here. Whether it lasts for as long as I’d predict and whether the cartridges are efficiently utilised will be something that a longer-term assessment will eek out hopefully.

8.11.2017

NOTE: this is a review for HP ENVY Photo 7100 series All-in-OnePrinters – love 'em or hate 'em, most of us feel the need to have access to one, if not have one crouching somewhere in a corner of the house, emitting threatening noises. I fall into the latter category of hating them. Building my own yacht from matchsticks would probably be less frustrating than installing and getting a printer to work.This new HP ENVY Photo7100 All-in-One beast arrived last night; I refused to even remove it from its box until this morning. I needed all my guile and stamina to outwit the thing, and I just knew it was going to be a long day. So last night was spent looking at the manual.I say looking at rather than reading because there's very little to read, just a few scant instructions regarding wireless connection. Anyway, armed with nerves of steel and a cup of strong brew, I sallied forth into the office where The Beast was waiting, menacingly quiet....The first stage – plugging it into the mains – was easy, as was the second, removing blue stickers from various parts. Great, I thought, this is going well. Next, go on to the HP website for further instructions – okay, not so bad. So all software and drivers are downloaded and installed, ink cartridges in, paper loaded, the little blue Bluetooth light is all aglow but wait – what's this? A message on the Beast's display screen: calibrating printer 0%. And this means what exactly? No mention of this is the “manual”, or on the HP website, or on the troubleshooting list; I wait. I wait some more, but it's now over an hour since I started this whole process, my coffee cup is empty, as is my patience. There's only one thing to do – pull the plug.Okay, so now we're plugged in again, I can hear the ink cartridges trundling back and forth, and finally, finally, I get it to print a test page! Success! It's only taken just short of two hours. Just to make sure it's working, and before I lost the will to live, I printed some important documents, and can tell you the Beast is quiet (you have the option to set it in Quiet Mode, which will make it print slower), even in normal mode, the print is clear and crisp and the end product spewed out quite quickly. I've now gone back to it, given it a prod, but it's still sleeping; yes, you can send it to sleep or turn it off completely. I have opted for letting the sleeping Beast lie, for now, until I'm sure it's going to behave itself.Now we come to the thorny issue of ink cartridges which, for this machine are around £24. HP have an offer with this printer which enables you to sign up to one of their Plans which are actually very good. If you don't sign up when you install the printer, it can be done at a later stage.I feel it's about time HP provided a helpline, or web chat, as do so many other suppliers and manufacturers. It's not enough to refer customers to manuals and websites, especially when the problem they face is not even listed. My issue was with this calibration which seemed not to be doing anything. All in all, I've been involved with the setup almost all day. This is unacceptable. All that being said, I do like the printer, it takes up a reasonably small space in the office, is quiet and produces crisp, clean documents. I hope the friendly relationship we have now established continues.Update 8th December 2017I've been using this printer for a month now and, so far, everything has been okay. I signed up for the Instant Ink service and to my surprise, am impressed. I chose the 15-page per month option to start with, and although that doesn't seem much, it's okay for me for the time being. Once you sign up you can view your account which keeps track of the number of pages printed - scans don't count towards this - but the cartridge has something embedded in it which records the pages as they're printed. This information is sent to somewhere over the rainbow, and before you know it a new set of cartridges wing there way to you. I had my doubts about this system but it works - so far very well. One thing it does do - or certainly for me - it makes me very careful not to print just any old thing - a bit like a water metre which makes you keenly aware of water wastage. This has to be good from many different angles - financially and environmentally.

11.6.2018

The HP 7830 is an all in one printer/scanner/fax machine designed for the home or a small home office environment. I'm a bit surprised there is fax functionality but considering this MFD (multi-functional device) is sold internationally, some places still use facsimiles so this review does not cover that function.First impressions point to a higher level of build quality that I normally don't associate HP products with. Having been the owner of an older HP printer/scanner, I was expecting something that rattled and weighed next to nothing. The lid itself is weighty along with the in-built paper tray. Connectivity is surprisingly good. On the back of the unit, there is the USB printer port,dial-up port and an ethernet port. This is ideal if you need to plug your MFD into a router. On the front, there is a concealed compartment containing a USB port and SD card reader (not micro SD but you can use an adaptor).In terms of accessories, the two pin and three pin power cables along with a modem cable are provided. There is a multi-lingual booklet that covers the basics in installation but everything else needs to be downloaded. Considering the download is just a shade under 200MB, you need to be careful if you're on a metered connection. A small capacity black ink cartridge and tri colour cartridge are supplied. A sample of photographic paper is also thrown in for good measure.The next bit is the tough part - installation. Connecting the printer to your router is simple. You really need to have the patience of a saint trying to get Microsoft Windows (in this case version 10) to try and recognise the printer wirelessly. You need to visit HP's web site to download the executable so that you can download the drivers and productivity software. The software comprises of a photo/calendar application, OCR software and a diagnostic tool. I would just settle for the OCR software. Once the software is installed, that's when the fun starts. HP Scan can't find the printer and the router reports that the printer is connected. A few reboots later and the computer eventually found the printer. It is worth noting that the Android app connected flawlessly. You can connect via WPS Direct but as a number of devices would share the 7830, connecting the printer to a router is recommended.The display is touch screen enabled. Big icons cover functions such as copying, scanning, fax etc. You can scan to a USB memory stick, SD card or to a computer on your home or office network.Print quality is surprisingly good. It goes further than most inkjet printers I've had. The quality is excellent on decent paper and on photographic paper it really shows. The colours are a tad oversaturated. Font quality is very good although inkjets will never match a laser printer.Speed is average. I counted around 8 draft pages in one minute. The 7830's print speed is determined by the quality you're after and the content. Content rich documents will obviously take longer. The noise from the printer is fine.The scanner has superb imaging capabilities. I would be comfortable with scanning important business documents and e-mailing them. The HP scan utility is very handy and can print to PDF, JPEG etc. I just hate it when Windows drops the connection so it’s not the printer fault – it’s Windows.You can print, scan, copy from the HP app from an Android or Apple device. You need to set-up a HP account which also registers you for a four month trial of ink supply. You can print up to 300 pages per month during the trial. After that, you can select a payment plan.One function that isn't mentioned is that you can access the 7830's settings by using its IP address. There are some handy settings in there for different parts of the 7830 such as power options.Is the printer worth £150? No. £70 would be a more acceptable price. Apart from the installation issues, the HP 7830 is a good all-rounder.

11.11.2017

This HP Envy Photo 7830 WiFi All-in-One photo Printer comes complete with a 4 month trial of HP's Instant Ink Service and features printing, copying, scanning and faxing facilities as well as direct printing of photos without switching on your PC via the built in SD slot.This all-in-one has a reasonably compact basic footprint although the paper trays (one for A4 etc. and the other for photo paper) extend slightly at the front but unless the printer is in a high traffic area the trays can safely overhang the edge of a shelf etc. The device has a sheet feeder for the copier/scanner/fax and therefore it is slightly higher than some printers. The overall look and feel suggests the HP 7830 is well built,although from an aesthetic point of view, I'd have liked some relief from the sombre dark brown finish.Setup is quite easy but first make sure you remove all the transit tapes both inside and outside the machine. You use the 2.7" touch screen and screen prompts on your computer to complete the install. The HP 303 Series cartridge installation is straightforward and setup cartridges are included in the box - 1 black and the other tricolour. One thing I did find a bit odd is that normally printers in this price range that are specifically billed as "photo printers" tend to have a photo cartridge in addition to other colours. This machine sticks to just a black and tri-colour cartridge.This printer supports Windows, IOS, MacOS, IOS and Android and so far I've used it with my PC, iPad and Android phone without a hitch. Print quality on documents is good and photo quality is pretty decent too despite the lack of a specific photo cartridge. As with all printers you have to calibrate the printing colour as your experience of the device develops. Photos look sharp with vibrant colour and should satisfy most users especially if printing photos from your phone is key. Copying and scanning is equally good too with the usual options of scanning to PDF and email etc. plus the document feeder makes the handling of multi-page documents much easier. Print speed seems fairly fast even on complex documents.Here are some other pros and cons of the HP Envy 7830 -Pros- Easy to setup wirelessly with the comprehensive software download.- 4 months instant ink trial included - your printer lets HP know what your usage patterns are and they send you ink in return for a monthly fee which varies according to the number of pages you print (once the free trial finishes).- Although default settings encourage you to enrol in the Instant Ink Programme opting out is easy.- The two cartridges are easy to install and they come in two different sizes regular and XL - the quoted yields seem realistic at 200 pages for the regular sized black cartridge and 600 for the XL version, 165 pages for the regular colour and 415 for the XL version. Cartridges are reasonably priced.- Prints from PC, IOS or Android without fuss.- Easy to print from an SD card via the printer - no need to turn on your PC.- OCR software is supplied via download if you want it.Cons- Given the size of the machine the LCD touch display is a little small at 2.7".- No photo cartridge - this might upset purists but image quality still seems good.- The Tri-colour cartridge means if you use a lot of a particular colour the other colours might not be empty when the cartridge needs replacement although this will not be a concern if you use the Instant Ink Programme.- In operation the printer can sound a bit loud and clunky although there is a night setting but it slows printing down.Overall, I'm very pleased with the build, usability and performance of the HP Envy 7830 All-In-One and it has reduced in price considerably since its launch.

3.12.2017

Straight out of the box, this new HP all in one home top of the ‘Envy’ range printer impresses with a subtle but pleasing design combining a mix of glossy and flat finish good quality plastic. Not the smallest of home printers, the footplate with the 125 sheet paper tray needs consideration if you have restricted space. The 3.5 inch information panel has an adjustable viewing angle and is clear in all normal conditions.Connectivity is comprehensive with USB, wi-fi and ethernet. There is also support for Apple AirPrint which we used successfully with a variety of iPads and iPhones. Being an all-in-one, it also scans (35 sheet capacity feeder) as well as printing and, in case you still need it,can fax. Print speed (using Windows 10 PC and High Sierra iMac) was good...we managed about 11-12 pages/minute in black only, full colour creations were undrerstandably a lot slower at about 5 pages/minute. Postcard sized colour prints took under a minute,.Print quality (1200dpi) for documents was good over a variety of font sizes and typical home photo prints were also equal to or even slightly better than experienced with earlier models. The user of a tri-colour cartridge may also not prove popular with photographers who want the majority of their printing to be photo quality.Downsides? Well, again HP is using a twin cartridge system which means a separate black and tri-colour cartridge. Nothing wrong with the functional ability of these cartridges but the use of a tri-colour cartridge means that inevitably you will have to replace it as soon as one of the three colours runs out. Not the most economical arrangement. There are no individual photo inks.Set up was a mixed bag. Got there eventually with the Win 10 PC and the Mac but, inexplicably, the PC and the HP then decided they didn’t like each other and it took a few hours of dark muttering and veiled threats before they decided to be friends and all has been sweetness and light since then, The iMac and Apple IOS devices all obviously decided that the HP in a huff wasn’t worth experiencing and have happily worked since installation. What was a little frustrating was how difficult it was to find relevant support online which, when you need your printer working late at night on a weekend, is the main source of help. Thankfully, it sorted itself but a little concerning that the HP had a hissyfit so soon after initial installation.Other negative is, for me, the cost of cartridges. HP really want the user to use the HP Instant Ink Subscription service rather than buy individual cartridges just when you need them. The cartridges on an individual basis seem rather expensive and, compared to our other printers (Canon and HP) , running costs appear higher based on what we got from the dsstandard cartridges enclosed with the printer. If you buy the XL catridgers, running costs improve but I almost feel that HP want to make the Subscription service the natural companion supplier for the Envy 7830. Whether the subscription service works in one of its three options works out being cost effective is very much down to your personal requirements. I suspect that black and white printing may, however, not be particularly cheap whichever way you procure cartridges.All in all, this is a well built home printer that produces good results but I would suggest that you carefully assess running costs for your particular use and compare that to other models just to confirm your choice before purchasing.

18.11.2017

Printers. They are, especially since I started work in IT Support, very much the technological bane of my life. In these advance times of high speed broadband and Virtual Reality the humble home printer remains a likely source of much frustration and anger throughout its limited lifespan.So, is this latest effort from HP the exception to the rule? Was it smooth and painless to set up? Is it intuitive to use?Erm, well, not really to the first and “mostly” to the second.This is a pretty heavy printer, as you might expect for this price and it came in a very securely packed box making any transit related damage nigh on impossible. Once out it’s worth giving it a quick once over and lifting/twisting all the movable parts as most have been taped down.The blue tape is easy to spot and this doesn’t take long.Set up was almost simple but quickly turned painful. Turning the printer on lights up the small touchscreen and sets it through the usual whirring motions. The two supplied cartridges (one black, the other all colours) are easy to fit (this is something that HAS improved over the years).Once this is done, it’s just a matter of checking the WiFi light is on and going to your PC.The printer should be detected by the network leaving the drivers and software to be installed. HP give you a specific link for this but this failed about halfway through for me on two machines. I would recommend Googling the model number and “HP Driver” and just downloading it all that way. Much easier. It’s quite a long install and HP will try to enrol you in their Instant Ink program (which, if you a big printer user, is probably a good idea), otherwise you can skip that step and you still have a couple of weeks to sign up for the 4 month free trial if you wish.This was a rather annoying and time consuming blip but was easily worked around.The printer has many functions and I’m pleased to say they all appear to work pretty well. Straight prints of photos, to my eyes, replicate colour and detail very well. The scanner works well and did a decent job of copying anything placed against the glass bed. You can also scan to email, this works well but it’s quite fiddly as it involves tapping your email into the tiny touchscreen which was a bit of a frustrating process.Scanning to any wireless PC on the network was super easy, just select the right PC from the touchscreen list and press Scan. Job done.Having a touchscreen certainly takes a lot of the pain out of wondering if your pressing the right buttons, as has been the case in years gone by.The build of the printer feels robust and sturdy and it’s not massively noisy when running. If you wish there is a night mode which makes it run a little quieter.So, apart from a few teething issues during the set up, this wasn’t massively painful to install in the house. It seems pretty reliable so far and the Wifi reach seems good, we have the router downstairs and the printer upstairs.It’s also, thanks to the touchscreen, fairly intuitive to use (even if the onscreen keyboard is a little small). I would probably think carefully before buying this as it is a touch expensive and you can buy all in one printers very cheaply now. This will probably last longer, have more features but it’s still quite a mark up.

8.9.2018

The printer is very neat, and hooked up to my wifi with no problems. I was very impressed with the quality of the printing - even though it is a pretty cheap printer, it prints photos on photo paper which look pretty professional (certainly good enough for a photo frame when done on glossy photo paper - which has its own seperate convenient tray. It comes with 4 month free HP Instant Ink trial - which you should definitely do, but you can extend it to 7 months free ink with the following codes. 1st enter my refer a friend code for an extra month (I get an extra month too) lJm2m and then get an extra 2 months with the code 2MONTHSDJUK .They do all work together if you do them in that order.Having used HP Instant Ink for many months now I thought I would share my thoughts on the service. Initially I was very sceptical of a system whereby the printer automatically reorders ink for you. What I didn't realise is how it has transformed how we use the printer as a family (2 adults, and children aged 16 and 11 with lots of school projects/homework). It really does take the worry out of ink costs, as a full colour high quality page cost just the same as a draft black and white page - and with the online system it is very easy to keep track of how much we are using. I am currently on the 300 pages per month tariff of £7.99 - which works out at £96 a year. That may sound a lot but looking at my Amazon purchase history for ink with my old printer I was spending rough £60 a year on ink and using it like a miser - I was constantly astonished how quickly ink would run out even with virtually all printing being on low quality/B&W settings. Whilst we are paying more now we all can feel free to use the printer as much as we like, and I work from home a lot and also am involved in a charity which requires quite a lot of printing. Photos print fantastically as well (I have the HP ENVY Photo 6230 - which only cost c. £50 and the quality is brilliant). The cartridges come in plenty of time and it is amazing how long they last between changes - which was also a lot of hassle under the old system as even buying genuine cartridges the printer often refused to recognised the cartridges. So I am a complete convert to HP Instant Ink - so if you have just bought a printer with the free ink trial definitely use your code, then use my refer a friend code for another month free:lJm2mAnd then use 2MONTHSDJUK to get another 2 months free.Opt for the maximum package (300 pages) on your trial - but put in your diary the end of the trial - then look back on your usage on the HP website and work out which package works best for you. The fact that unused pages carry over is also great because you find that if you have been on holiday and had a light month, you get a bigger buffer of usage going forwards.

4.11.2017

There are a multitude of different printers available from several manufacturers, as production costs have fallen so have the prices of these machines. You can now pick up a fairly decent printer for about £20. So what makes this one worth paying the extra?Well the first benefit is the connectivity. You don’t need to connect this to any other device thanks to the wifi and Bluetooth capabilities. At first I thought this was a bit gimmicky but when you start using this all in one printer you realise how handy it is! No more firing up the pc to print photos or documents. You can simply connect your phone or iPad to the printer, via wifi or Bluetooth, and print directly from your phone.

21.1.2018

To begin with I found this printer very straight-forward to install (although the supplied instructions are minimal and direct you to downloading them and the necessary drivers etc from HP's website). From getting the printer out of the box, setting it up (cartridges/paper installed etc), syncing with our wi-fi newtwork, to doing the first trial (calibration) print took about 40 minutes.It's quite a large printer and seems sturdy. The touch-screen control panel on the front facia of the printer is easy to follow and use. One of the options is a 'quiet' printing mode that if chosen reduced the noise the printer maked while printing (noticeably so I found - but at the cost of slower prints).

20.11.2017

There are three models of printer listed on the same Amazon product page with this HP Envy Photo 7830 being the most expensive and best-featured – reviews for all three models are grouped together so check carefully which model is actually being reviewed! At around one hundred and fifty pounds this 7830 model is fairly expensive by current printer prices, but it is very well featured and comes with a four-month trial of HP's Instant Ink service. The Instant Ink offer is a bit of a marketing ploy by HP to sign you up to their service, but it may well suit regular users if not the more casual ones who prefer to shop around when ink is actually needed. This model uses the HP 303 ink cartridges which are tri-colour and black,

15.5.2018

I needed a family printer, where my daughter can print college work, my wife can print her stuff, and I can print work documents & emails. We're an Apple-family, so there are various iPhones, iPads and MacBooks on our network. This printer is a godsend. Each of us can print wirelessly from our iPhones and iPads (it's an AirPrint compatible printer), and it sets up easily on the MacBooks. It's also accessible over the internet too - the setup process creates an email address which, when you email documents to it, automatically prints off on the printer. Surprisingly useful feature.Print quality is very good, and the speed of the printer is spot-on. It's also remarkably quiet,

12.11.2017

The HP Envy Photo 7830 All-in-One Wi-Fi Photo Printer is a joy to use after experiencing an HP Officejet printer which did not want to print squarely on the page no matter how it was loaded.The printer arrived intact after being extremely well packed though with the minimum of packaging.Not being very technically-minded, I managed to set it up with only a few minor hiccups; so take it from me it must be a relatively simple process! The machine is very efficient, printing well and also squarely on the page. The paper-loading facilities (main paper and photo trays) are at the front which means it can sit farther back on the desk, thus taking up less room.

9.12.2017

My main issue with inkket printers is that they generally cost a fortune in ink (genuine ink cartridges are literally more expensive than gold when you work out the cost per gram of the ink and do the comparison), but my last HP inkjet (recently deceased) hadn't been too bad on ink, so I was looking forward to using this HP Envy 7830.I see that other reviewers have had an issue getting started with the printer, but all was fine here. Literally plug in, and follow the instructions, which include downloading drivers from the HP website. Connection to our wi-fi network worked first time, and all was good to go.The first thing to say is that this HP printer is a step up from our old one -- things have obviously moved on.

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