HP Officejet J6480 All-in-One Printer

Boost productivity with a wireless all-in-one printer with speeds up to 31 ppm black; 25 ppm color. Feature-rich all-in-one keeps cost per print low and includes automatic two-sided printing and auto document feeder.

HP Officejet J6480 All-in-One Printer Do more with one wireless machine that lets you print, copy, scan, and fax. Our Officejet J6480 All-in-One prints and copies at speeds of up to 31 pages per minute in black and 25 in color, and it has automatic double-sided printing.

Versatile time-saver

Do four tasks with one device: print, copy, scan, and fax

Print fast, at up to 31 pages per minute in black and 25 in color1, ##

Print photos without a PC using the memory card slots

Keep plenty of paper ready with the 250-sheet input tray

Use half as much paper and be more efficient with the automatic two-sided printing

Get sharp results with output resolution up to 4800 dpi2

Smart features

Print wirelessly3 using the built-in wireless 802.11g networking

Intervene less often with the 35-page automatic document feeder

Scan or fax to a computer, network folder, or memory card

Conserve paper and ink with the junk-fax blocker

Keep faxes stored in memory during power failures

Minimize misprints with the automatic paper-type sensor

Reduce your impact on the environment with this ENERGY STAR® qualified printer

Easy supplies and support

Save money with high-capacity HP cartridges4 that yield twice as many black-and-white pages

Get exclusive offers and discounts on supplies and get free next-day shipping with our “My Print Rewards” program

Recycle your cartridges—it’s free and easy5

Get peace of mind with the one-year limited warranty plus Total Care advice and

HP Officejet J6480 All-in-One Printer Reviews

I have an Intel Mac running OS-X 10.4 with WinXP running on Parallels. I love the fact this is a Network printer since Macs have heartburn if a USB device is powered off or unplugged while sleeping.

My philosophy is to never use the CD in the box – always download the latest software from the website. The software takes up over 400 meg and there are no checkboxes to disable some of the features. It was a clean install and I did not have to reboot the mac. I also didn’t mess with the wireless and just turned the radio off. I hard-wired the printer to the wireless router. The first gotcha is it won’t let you set the IP address unless it’s plugged into a live network. DHCP worked, but I overwrote it because I like to know where my peripherals are.

Some of the software I couldn’t figure out, like fax printing from the PC. Faxing into the PC requires Windows, which is not my primary OS. Some great features include a scan over Ethernet is simply amazing and doesn’t require any software. The document feeder appears sturdy and double sided printing works. Scans are crisp, but the software is too “helpful” so as to be confusing. It’s easier to simply load the pro scan software and select a target rather than going through the device manager and device chooser. Installation using TCP requires the printer to be on before you run it, not after – although, this may be contrary to USB. Try it first with the printer off and see if it works.

No less than 28 times (I counted), the manual says to use the included telephone cord which came in the box… which is too short for my setup. The secret to making it work may be to nudge the fax speed down from 33k to 14k, which worked like a champ. The printout was a bit fuzzy. The secret may be to nudge the quality up from Normal to Best. I am also using HP Bright White paper, for which there is a special paper setting for. I saved these as my defaults. The moral is, quality is better than speed.

For printing under Windows, I used the default generic postscript driver and it works fine. You may need to install Bonjour for Windows first if you’re on a Mac running Parallels. I just didn’t want to install another few hundred megabytes of drivers which I didn’t need. I just want it to print.

Only one complaint so far. Text on printed envelopes is a bit crooked and was upside down compared to diagram on the print tray. The paper path is not flat e.g. it comes out the same side it goes in. Any printer of this design will have problems with envelopes and thick stock. Considering the design, the price, and comparable models, I found this to be the best solution available.

My partner and I have a brokerage agency which generates 80 proposals a day requiring copying, printing and recently scanning. We finally broke down and admitted that we needed a better fax machine as well as a scanner as more and more requests came to email application forms. We did not have much counter space left so I looked at HP 4-in-one machines; my nephew once worked at HP and said all the models are good. I opened the HP website and reviewed the features, and prices, of the Officejets, and read the consumer reviews which were very helpful. Then I looked at the PC reviews which recommended 4 models — the J6480 was the size and price we wanted. Amazon is always my first choice because of reliability and value. The officejet arrived within a few days, with no shipping charges! It sat in our office for a few days because I was nervous about installing. When I finally got enough nerve (our fax machine collapsed!)I connected the officejet and got the fax operation to work without a hitch. Getting the printing and scanning functions to operate was another story, since we had to connect the officejet to 2 computers and did not want to disconnect the existing printer. I called Computer Geeks to complete the installation. Word to the wise: the officejet does not come with a manual of instructions — you have to download from the HP website and print 240 pages. Fortunately the consumer reviews I read provided the necessary information. Now that it is running, I cannot say enough about the HP Officejet J6480! Truly the best machine a small business needs. Priced and sized right, it sits next to my desk, sleek, quiet, and reliable. The print quality default uses up the ink cartridge, so set the print quality one notch below — looks the same — otherwise you can only get 200 pages per cartridge.