HP DeskJet 5650 Color Inkjet Printer

Average customer rating: 3.0

This printer is a work horse! A+
Very Good Printer
problematic right out of the box
Regional Coding
terrible printer

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HP DeskJet 5650 Color Inkjet Printer

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00009VQ7Y
2003-07-26

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Amazon.com Product Description

Note: The HP DeskJet 5650 is no longer being manufactured. You may want to consider purchasing instead the newer HP DeskJet 6540 color inkjet printer.

HP's DeskJet 5650 color inkjet printer offers high resolution output, fast print speeds, and time saving features that you won't want to be without. Delivering color prints at 15 ppm and black text at up to 21 ppm, you can select print modes via buttons on the front of the printer. Resolutions of up to 4,800 dpi are achieved on a variety of media types and sizes, and optional 6-ink color printing can achieve prints that will resist fading, and last for years to come.

Connectivity is offered through your choice or parallel or USB ports, and optional wireless and networking accessories are available to expand versatility. The 5650 allows you to monitor ink-levels on-screen and ink backup printing completes the current print job, even if one cartridge runs out of ink. Other convenient features include a print cancel button, one touch screen shot printing, and an optional duplexing unit. The DeskJet 5650 comes with a handy bundle of photo and imaging software, and a one-year warranty.

<B>What's in the Box</B>
HP DeskJet 5650 color inkjet printer, HP no. 56 (C6656A) black inkjet print cartridge, HP no. 57 (C6657A) tri-color inkjet print cartridge, power supply, power cord, software on CD-ROM (PC and Mac), reference guide, set-up poster, media pack

Product Description

Get all-around professional performance with the HP Deskjet 5650 color inkjet printer. With photo quality in up to 4800-optimized dpi or optional 6-ink color and fast print speeds - up to 21 pages per minute in laser-quality black, up to 15 in color. And the new print quality selector button offers control of quality and speed from the front of the printer. With a range of paper-handling options like the optional automatic two-sided printing accessory and the 250-sheet paper tray you will save time and money. Photo printing is so flexible - print any size photos with borders and up to 8.5 x 11-inch photos without borders.

Customer Reviews:

This printer is a work horse! A+.......2007-05-08

I found this printer in "storage" at my work, and decided to hook it up to my PC. I couldn't tell you how old it was when I started using it, and it didn't even have a CD to install when I found it, but I just went online and downloaded an install driver package called "HP Deskjet 5600 Series" and it works perfectly.

This printer is FAST, on "FastDraft" it prints very quickly (for example, 60 page PDF documents in just a couple of minutes), and has very user-friendly settings to adjust print quality (from "FastDraft" to "Maximum DPI"), though I would never use the Maximum DPI setting because it's a waste of ink and is pretty slow (use the next best setting, called "Best," instead, if printing high quality photos or color documents).

I've never had problems running it with WinXP, unlike some other reviewers, but again, I used the software downloaded from HP's website rather than an install CD. I've used this printer to make labels of all sorts, print onto envelopes, make two sided print outs of large PDFs to save on paper, and even make a book layout using the accompanying print wizard. All have worked pretty well.

The only weird things about this printer? For one, while printing larger documents, it will occasionally spit out blank sheets of paper...I haven't a clue why. Second, the top printer cover won't close properly all the time. Since it won't print if the cover isn't fully closed, I find it annoying to have to open and close it repeatedly until it's finally shut correctly.

Besides those two mysterious issues, this printer is a work horse! It's been going strong for some time now and I don't foresee any problems with it in the future...hopefully :)

Very Good Printer.......2006-12-27

This is an awesome printer at a very cheap price. I've had this for a couple of years and it works great. My daughters use it constantly for school and we've never had a problem . It prints very quickly and doesn't smudge, looks as good as a laser printer. Images are crystal clear too. I was going to go out and buy a new photo printer to print from our digital kodak camera but when I loaded it with 4x6" hp premium plus photo paper, high gloss, they looked as good or better as anything I've ever gotten developed. Anyone who gives this a bad review must have no clue as to what they're doing.

problematic right out of the box.......2006-06-25

Followed the printed instructions for the setup of this printer. Seemed straight-forward, but was not impressed with some flimsy plastics and the retention "clips" for the ink cartridges... Well, try as I might, this unit seemed insistent on not recognizing the black ink cartridge. At least the software with the unit identified the black cartridge as the culprit. But this was the brand new cartridge that came with the printer... and the expiration date on it was within spec... And, yes, I did remember to remove the protective tape. So is the problem actually the cartridge or the bay that it goes into (in other words, is the problem with the printer itself?) Do I waste $19 on a new cartidge possible to only find out that isn't the problem? Or do I give this printer back and buy a Canon? For the record, I wasn't impressed with the old days of Canon BubbleJets, but lately have been happy with the Canon's I've set up for others. Sorry, but I cannot recommend this unit.

Regional Coding.......2005-10-23

I cannot recommend HP to anybody anymore. The company introduced regional coding, which means printer cartridges from one region cannot be used in another. For most this is probably not an issue, for those busily traveling around it is. Also, it is an issue of principle, its bad enough for DVD, but printer cartridges? HP has introduced this rather secretely and if you don't read the box cover etc very carefully, you may not notice. The main issue is in Europe. I got caught out. I bought a 3 catridges overseas - I could not use them on my HP printer. I asked for a refund, HP Email Support (US) was nice but ineffective. HP Customer Support (Europe) was snotty and very rude. I think HP does not care about its customers and this cost me over US$75, almost 50% of my printer (my sixth and last HP). Don't buy HP.

terrible printer.......2005-07-08

Lots of problems installing (Windows 2000 Pro) - eventually paid for an in-home service call. Technician managed to get it to work, but could not get it (HP software) from trying to reload each and every time the computer started.

Noisy - clangs and bangs. Slow. Eats lots of ink. Poor quality photos - lines visible, bad color.

Finally gave up, and have bought a Canon. Love it! Staying away from HP now (have tried other products in past, very disappointed with every one).

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