HP DeskJet 1430 Printer Manual, Inkjet Cartridge List, Troubleshooting and FAQ
Features
Up to 30 ppm black, 20 ppm in color
Up to 1,200 dpi black resolution, 4,800 optimized dpi color
HP PhotoREtIII technology, PhotoREt IV with optional photo cartridge
Optional printer server and wireless port, optional duplexing
2 USB ports including 1 in front; PC and Mac compatible
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Price Range:
Amazon: $70.00
Price Range: $189.00 - $253.50 from 2 Sellers
Review 1
Header: Uneven performance, considering price
Reviewed By: W. Paul
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2005
It is great for printing text; the quality of the text output is certainly very good, and the printer is remarkably fast. In addition, economny is acceptable--it's not bad, but not outstanding either. Further, the printer is both attractive (a minor consideration) and sturdy (major consideration). You can realistically expect speedy printing of almost anything; photos, graphics, text, what have. It'll be a fast printer, and with the text and graphics, output ranges from acceptable to great.
Also, you can do duplex (that is, two sided) printing, which can be nice to have in some limited circumstances.
However, the photos are simply atrocious, particularly for the price of the printer. My three+ year old Epson C84 (which was a hundred dollar printer three years ago--that's 30 bucks cheaper folks) prints far better photos.
The issue isn't so much the color; there are actually some good color management features in the software. It's just that it doesn't seem to produce sharp photos; details are fuzzy, the picture pixilated, etc. It's truly dissapointing, particularly because I'd wanted to like this printer, given it's capabilities at printing documents. But honestly, it looks like someone used to much digital zoom when they took a photo if you print it off on this printer. The ONLY exeptions are really simply photos; ones without detail.
Photos aside, the software is ghastly, in true HP fashion. Changing all the settings anytime you want to print something else (labels, photos, different paper sizes, etc.) is a real pain in the butt.
Supplies:
Remanufactured HP C8765WN (HP 94) Premium High Yield Ink Cartridge (Black)
Remanufactured HP C8766WN (HP 95) Premium Ink Cartridge (Color)
Refill Kit VALUE PACK to refill C8765/C8766 (HP 94/HP 95) Cartridges
Premium Refill Kit (Black) to Refill C8765 (HP 94)
Premium Refill Kit (Black) to Refill C8765 (HP 94)
Premium Refill Kit (Color) to Refill C8766 (HP 95) and C9363 (HP 97)
Premium Refill Kit (Black) to Refill C8767 (HP 96)
Premium Refill Kit (Gray) to Refill C9368 (HP 100)
Premium Refill Kit (Photo) to Refill C9369 (HP 99)
Original New OEM HP 97 Tricolor Ink Cartridge TwinPack (C9349BN)
Remanufactured HP C8765WN (HP 94) Premium High Yield Ink Cartridge (Black)
Remanufactured HP C8766WN (HP 95) Premium Ink Cartridge (Color)
Remanufactured HP C8767WN (HP 96) Premium High Yield Ink Cartridge (Black)
Remanufactured HP C9363WN (HP 97) Premium High Yield Ink Cartridge (Color)
Remanufactured HP C9368AN (HP 100) Premium Ink Cartridge (Photo Gray)
Remanufactured HP C9369WN (HP 99) Premium Ink Cartridge (Photo Color)
Original New OEM HP C8765WN (HP 94) Premium Ink Cartridge (Black)
Original New OEM HP C8766WN (HP 95) Premium Ink Cartridge (Color)
Original New OEM HP C8767WN (HP 96) Premium Ink Cartridge (Black)
Original New OEM HP C9363WN (HP 97) Premium Ink Cartridge (Color)
Original New OEM HP C9368AN (HP 100) Premium Ink Cartridge (Gray)
Original New OEM HP C9369WN (HP 99) Premium Ink Cartridge (Photo Color)
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Review 2
Header: Ink prices aren't too bad,
Reviewed By: E.L. Green
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2005
As long as you buy your cartridges mail-order rather than locally, it's not too bad. Black cartridges cost me about 3.5 cents per page, and the color cartridges about 7 cents per page. By comparison, my Samsung ML6060 laser printer costs about 1.7 cents per page for toner, about half the per-page cost (which is typical for a laser printer).
We put this thing onto a factory floor because the HP flatbed feed mechanism is bullet-proof and it's fast. We did not put a laser printer there because we are feeding glossy pre-printed sheets into the thing and a laser printer would have melted the coating on the glossy sheets (this thing basically is printing serial numbers and activation keys onto jumped up warranty cards). I looked at buying one for my house, but I'm not sure that the low quality of the photo printing will be acceptable to me. I need to replace my (basically disposable) Epson C84 printer because it's started spewing black ink everywhere, and while I tried to clean out all the various sponges and wipers and such that are supposed to wipe the black print head's nose, it's still dropping globs of ink at random on my pages. I've never had any problem of that sort with an HP inkjet printer. They're solid and bulletproof. So if I can't manage to get my C84 working again, I may end up getting an HP inkjet after all, despite my reservations about their photo printing.
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