HP Photosmart C4280 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Priced at just £59, the PhotoSmart C4280 is far and away the cheapest multifunction printer reviewed here. In fact, it's quite remarkable that the C4280 can combine printing and scanning features at such a low price, let alone produce decent quality photo

Pros: Very low price, good performance and build quality, good print quality

Cons: Large photo prints suffer from some banding, small ink cartridges will prove costly when printing large volumes of photos

Verdict: At this price, the C4280 is certainly something of a bargain. However, it's probably best suited for use as a general-purpose office printer rather than specifically as a photo-printer.

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: An HP all-in-one with colour screen, at an incredible price - too good to be true? Simon finds out.

Verdict: The Photosmart C4280 has a lot going for it. It's compact, easy-to-use, doesn't cost that much to run and produces above-average print quality, relatively quickly. Where it scores over its main competitors, though, is in having a colour LCD display which

Review summary: This All In One product is small and when closed will probably be inoffensive enough to get past the lady of the houses "lounge patrol-.

Verdict: There are nine buttons in a row on the left edge and a small 3x2.5cm LCD screen is on the front edge, this however is fixed so you need to conform to it, however it is slightly tilted down at the front and is fine from most angles

Review summary: The HP PhotoSmart C4280 lives up to its moniker being both a smartly designed model in its clean-looking grey and white casing, as well as an adept photo printer.

Verdict: The PhotoSmart C4280 is slow to scan at 300dpi and 1,200dpi, but the quality of colour is most impressive. Only the lack of a PictBridge port made it just miss out on the Best Buy award.