HP Photosmart C4388 All-in-One

HP Photosmart C4388 All-in-One

Jayesh Limaye, Mar 20, 2008 1146 hrs IST

This MFD (or All-in-One) is packed to the brim with features. It's priced well. Now, what about performance?

Good text prints, fast speeds, Wi-Fi 802.11g, memory card reader, good price.

Grainy photo prints, no ADF.

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We've said it before, and we'll say it again: MFDs are not just for office use anymore. You might recall that the last MFD we tested could also be used at home as well as office. We have yet another such one, this time from the stables of Hewlett-Packard -- the HP Photosmart C4388 All-in-One. It has a hell of a lot of features, so we couldn't wait to get our hands dirty using it and find whether it delivers what it promises to.



The MFD: The HP Photosmart C4388


The Bundle

HP Photosmart C4388 All-in-One
1 black and 1 tri-colour cartridge
USB 2.0 cable
Power adapter and cable
Application and driver CD
User manual and Quick Start Guide
4" x 6" photo paper packet


The HP Photosmart C4388 All-in-One with the bundle


As you can see above, HP also provides a packet of 4" x 6" photo papers to get you started with printing photographs, so you can sample the photo-printing attributes of the device.

Specifications



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USER COMMENTS

Very good Mfd at such a price...colour reproduction is very good and the photo prints are closest to professional lab prints...scanner also performes good for home or home office users.

Raghvendra | Delhi | 18/08/08 05:07 PM | Report abuse Reply

I own one of these. But though it is mentioned that there is on site warranty, when i had a problem they told me it does not have an on site. and that i will have to carry it to the service centre.i did argue that its mentioned that it has on site warranty but the lady at call centre told me that I am mistaken.

shivkumar | mumbai | 22/03/08 12:37 AM | Report abuse Reply

HP Service is like that only !!!

PeterGr8st | Mumbai | 23/03/08 12:34 PM | Report abuse

I have bought an Epson All-in-One recently and the photo quality of these printers are excellent. It is as good as lab quality photos. Unlike HP or other brands, interesting feature in All epson All-in-Ones and printers is that it comes with separate ink cartridge for each colour. With other brands you need to change the entire colour cartridge (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) when just one colour like yellow is empty. With epson you just need to change the yellow cartridge and not the entire colour cartridge set. Oops! thats a lot of saving to buy another Epson All-in-one for my sister.

Somanna | Bangalore | 21/03/08 11:56 AM | Report abuse Reply

HP also has such type of printers in the market which have 6 ink tanks (Photosmart 3200). These are all better printers than any of their counterparts..

Rajesh | Mumbai | 21/03/08 04:46 PM | Report abuse

Good,Price should be At Lower Side.

Vijendra | Mumbai | 21/03/08 12:22 PM | Report abuse Reply

And also the Mac software that is bundles with the device is just great. The Photosmart Studio photo editing software just works great. Installation experiance was just too good and smooth. Great software!!

Ballal | Bangalore | 21/03/08 11:30 AM | Report abuse Reply

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