HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Printer

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HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Printer

Get precise, long-lasting colors with HP Vivera pigment inks and HP scaleable printing technology. The latter is ideal for professional photographers, graphic artists and others whose livelihood and interests depend on superior color management and control, as well as durable and consistent quality. Produce waterproof, gallery-quality color and black-and-white photos that resist fading for over 200 years, plus fine art prints on an impressive range of photo and fine art media up to B+ size prints.The HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer delivers exceptional image quality and the best photo permanence on the market. HP Vivera pigment ink technology, combined with the printer's professional colors, enables accurate and consistent color reproduction. HP's third-generation gray ink is more neutral than ever before, allowing for exceptionally smooth transitions and detail. Eight individual high-capacity ink cartridges enable high-volume printing with efficient printing speeds - producing 4 x 6- inch photos in as fast as 10 seconds and 13 x 19-inch photos as fast as 1.5 minutes - ideal for professional photographers and advanced amateurs. Users can print exceptional photos on digital fine art media including canvas, photo rag, watercolor, stiff pre-matte and film up to 1.5-mm thick, as well as improved HP Advanced Photo Paper.

The HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer is an ideal solution for the amateur or professional who demands exceptional image quality. Utilizing HP Vivera pigment ink technology, combined with the printer's professional color selection, the printer provides for accurate and consistent color reproduction. HP's third-generation gray ink is more neutral than ever before, allowing for exceptionally smooth transitions and detail. Eight individual high-capacity ink cartridges enable high-volume printing with efficient printing speeds producing 4-x-6-inch photos in as fast as 10 seconds and 13-x-19-inch photos as fast as 1.5 minutes. Users can print exceptional photos on digital fine art media including canvas, photo rag, watercolor, stiff pre-matte, and film up to 1.5-mm thick, as well as improved HP Advanced Photo Paper. Compatible with Windows 2000 Professional and later and Mac OS X v. 10.2 and later operating systems, the printer features a speedy USB 2.0 data connection and is backed by a 1-year manufacturer's limited warranty. Measuring 26.6 x 16.9 x 9.2 inches, the printer weighs only 37.7 pounds.

What's in the Box
HP Photosmart Pro B9180 printer, HP 38 ink cartridges (including black, matte black, gray, cyan, magenta, yellow, light cyan, and light magenta), HP Photosmart Premier software CD, quick start booklet, user's guide, and power cord

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HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Printer Reviews

I also did not like the default setting of maintenance software coming on to tell you buy more ink while that ink cart still had 20% ink left in it. The other thing I did not like was that you have to leave the printer on all the time for the printer to maintain its health so everyday printer shoots some more ink through its print heads and that expensive ink just gets wasted again, on the top of it since printer does not have user replaceable waste tank sooner or later you get your sponge pads saturated with ink and that will cause a premature print head failure. each time you disconnect power from printer it looses its color calibration so you have to that again and that means more ink gets wasted.

but the fact is. The other thing I did not like was power cycling of the printer which I never figured why it was happening. I owned HP B9180 for a year before I got tired of power cycling and ink usage so I replaced it with cheaper but equally nice if not better Epson Photo 1400. This printer produces acceptable quality prints but I did not like the gloss differential it created on semi-matte and glossy finish also printer sharpness was not as good as Epson printers.

each time it happened I had to disconnect the printer from power and wait 30 second then connect the power cord back to the printer, well you might think that is not a big deal.

I purchased the B9180 less than one year ago and also purchased the NEXT BUSINESS DAY customer care package. The only troubleshooting consisted of asking me to cycle the unit off and on. Then ownership of this printer led to the worst customer service experience I have ever encountered. The unit did make good prints during that time but failed mechanically under fairly light usage. A Customer Service Order was finally issued for replacement of the defective unit, but the actual replacement unit was shipped for delivery several days later, not for NEXT BUSINESS DAY as the care pack contract states. A call to the support line (call center in India) led to one and a half hours of excruciating pointless documentation of irrelevant details such as the lot number and product number from all 8 color cartridges. When I called to ask about the delay in violation of my contract, the customer service rep just told me "not to worry" and to wait or to "call the corporate number" to complain.

I'll be researching the current Epson and Canon printers, because I cannot afford to feed this beast. Other cartridges are also significantly depleted during all this malfunctioning. I've left it on continuously, as recommended, and replaced all the inks as they ran out about 2 or 3 months ago. I called HP support (which is absolutely fantastic) and we went through various tests while the printer claimed a variety of printhead malfunctions (the errors it reported changed frequently). Given the $30+ per cartridge, I spent ~$250 several months ago in replacing all the cartridges then, and NOW need to replace several right away due to this printhead problem (it probably consumed about $100 worth of ink this week trying to find its brain).the others will likely need replacing before the printer hits its one-year-old mark. As a self-employed small businessperson, that cost hit is significant and prohibitive. A week ago, the printer indicated problems with faulty printheads. I'm an artist; I need to print documents and, occasionally, small prints of my work.

That means $500+ spent on ink in just one year, for VERY light use. After my Epson 1280 died, I did loads of research comparing Epson to Canon to this printer, and bought the HP Pro B9180. I've had it about 9 months, and in that time the printer has seen very light use - about one document a week, and some color photo/art prints once a month or less. HP sent me out two new printheads, which I replaced yesterday; after half an hour of making lots of noise - presumably initializing and calibrating - the printer is showing 1% ink left in the Matte Black cartridge, which had more than 50% ink at the beginning of the week.

Overall, I'm very pleased with the printer and highly recommend it. I notice this particularly on 13x19 prints of astronomical images with a predominantly dark sky. The HP drivers all work well and there's even a widget available that will provide a quick ink status check. I'd be out of town for a week or two, come home, try to print some photos and find that I needed to replace print heads, or get more ink, or both. For the majority of work, however, you're never going to see this. All my previous color inkjets clogged.

I've printed from iPhoto and PhotoShop without problems. This is the first printer I've used where I've regularly looked at my prints and found them at least comparable to lab prints from Kodachromes. This is one of the primary reasons I picked this printer in the first place. If the light gray runs out, I put in the spare and order another light gray using Amazon Prime. A direct comparison of pricing shows that this unit isn't out of line. Not going to print for a month.

1) I use the 9180 with a Mac running OS X. On extremely close inspection, you'll see only one minor flaw - the paper is pulled through with very tiny spiked metal washers. No shipping charge and it arrives in two days, long before I'll need it again. Others have said that this wastes ink. On dark areas of the print, you'll see remnants of where the metal touched the paper. 2) I've followed HP's recommendation to leave the printer turned on 24/7 to avoid ink nozzle clogs. 4) Monochrome black & white prints look as neutral and pristine as a darkroom developed print. Maybe that will be in the 9190.

6) HP knows how to include wireless in their printers and should have done so here since the printer is too large to conveniently be located on your desktop. I'd rather waste a little ink than lose time and money on photo paper only to find that red isn't working today. No problems there at all. 5) No question that ink is expensive. No problem at all with this HP.

I've been using the B9180 for 10 months. I haven't lost any paper during my months with the unit due to misfeeds. Yeah, well, printing full color in a darkroom wasn't inexpensive either, so if you want prints that are comparable, don't expect to get away inexpensively.

I've waited this long to write a review because, frankly, problems with photo printers typically take a while to show up. 3) Prints are beautiful. My technique is to always have a spare of each ink color. You can still tell this is a digital B&W print by the glare from the print if lighting is at just the right angle, but side-by-side prints of a scanned Pan-X negative printed on the 9180 vs a darkroom print from the original negative are quite similar.

There are pros and cons to both but I prefer the print here on the 9180. 7) The paper path setup works well, and I've had much better luck here than with Kodak's dye-subs.

I moved a year ago from NY state to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. It was then shipped cross-country in January. Compared to the high-end Epsons & Canons I've had it is more reliable (no constant nozzle clogs & deep cleanings), more accurate (side by side the prints from this printer make the others look like cartoon colors) & more rugged. Best printer I've ever owned. When it arrived & I put it back together, it only needed 2 cartridges replaced (they had had low ink) & it runs beautifully & gives me gallery-quality prints every time. The black & white prints it produces are outstanding. I removed the ink cartridges and print heads from the B9180, packed it in its original box & put it in storage with our furniture for 3 months (in the fall & winter) while we looked for a house. I've had this printer since it was first introduced.

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