


The text prints were overly dark and the characters too thick. Unfortunately, the C4280's print quality left a lot to be desired. You can, however, share the photo or document from the HP software. Unfortunately, there's no way to convert the file to a different format (it's automatically saved as a GIF). Here, you can edit the picture in a variety of ways.
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When doing the latter, the HP Photosmart Essential software pops up. If you're scanning documents or images, you can initiate them from your PC or the printer itself. You can't scale manually or make image-repeat or N-up copies. When it comes to resizing, your options are limited to original size, resizing to fit the intended paper, and borderless copy. When photocopying, you can, again, change the output quality and make up to nine copies. Comparably priced all-in-one photo printers like the Canon Pixma MP180 and the Lexmark X5470 offer the ability to print scannable proof sheets that make batch printing a cinch. The screen's small size also makes the preview images difficult to see, which could annoy you when trying to pick the better of two versions of the same picture before printing. We noticed that the preview LCD can be slow to display the next image as you're clicking through, which was mildly frustrating. You can change the image quality (from one star to three stars), choose the borderless option, and change the number of copies (up to nine). You can't do a select-all or sort by date range, nor can you edit the photos. When printing photos from a memory card, your only option is to step through the contents of your card manually to choose images.

The Photosmart C4280 offers very basic features for an all-in-one printer. The XL costs are reasonable for a printer at this price point. Obviously, if you print even somewhat regularly, you should opt for the XL versions. The XL color cartridge costs $35 for 520 pages, or 10.7 cents per page.
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The regular color cartridge costs $18 and prints roughly 170 pages for a per-page cost of 18.1 cents for full color (tricolor plus black). The XL version costs $30 and prints about 750 pages, at 4 cents per page. The standard black costs $15 and is estimated to produce 200 pages, for a per-page cost of 7.5 cents. Both the black and tricolor cartridges are offered in standard and high-capacity (XL) versions. When printing photos, you can swap out the black cartridge for a second tricolor photo cartridge for six-color photo prints. For regular printing, you use the black-only cartridge and a tricolor cartridge. The Photosmart C4280 uses a two-tank system.
