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Model number: C4580 | SKU: 8931454

This multifunction printer supports 802.11b/g wireless connectivity for easy integration into your computer network. Print, scan and copy with ease from a wide variety of sources.

Average Customer Rating:

3.7 out of 5

16 of 22 (73%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Customer Reviews for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Review 1 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

2.0 5

would not buy again 01/04/2009
By dtobin from ohio

Value for Price

2.0 5

Print quality

4.0 5

Features

4.0 5

Speed

4.0 5

What's great about it: nothing
What's not so great: bad wirless never worked right

"i bought this printer because i had 3 other hp's and all were great. i wanted an all in one wireless to go with my myt macbook. apple sells the non wireless version so i assumed this would work well. it does not. i have had to constantly re configure the wireless. even bought a new "n" router thinking that would help. it didn't. have gotten no help from hp. am trying to send it back to them.
would not recommend this and advise staying away from it."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No
Is this product used primarily for business?: No

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Review 2 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

4.0 5

Good Printer! No Complaints! 12/28/2008
By Krista88 from LBC, CA

Value for Price

5.0 5

Print quality

4.0 5

Features

5.0 5

Speed

4.0 5

What's great about it: Wireless!!!
What's not so great: Prints a lil Slow...

"I just bought this printer with a new laptop & got it $50 off with the laptop!!! I don't know about these other reviewers but I so far have not had any problems! Set-up was a breeze & Printing is a breeze! & yes I have Vista!! Compared to our other HP printer in the house this one has a little bit less of a print quality & prints a little bit slower overall it works great!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
Is this product used primarily for business?: No

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Review 3 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

4.0 5

This review could really help you out 12/03/2008
By dabt216 from Minnesota

Value for Price

5.0 5

Print quality

4.0 5

Features

4.0 5

Speed

4.0 5

What's great about it: Wireless Printing, Easy Setup w/ Software
What's not so great: 'Sleep' Issue, Long (but easy) Setup

"Bought this printer because of a recent laptop purchase. This printer worked great upon purchase although after a certain amount of time (around 24 hours) of idling, the printer would go into a sleep mode. Once that happened I had to unplug the power source to get it to respond. I contacted HP about the issue and they said that they have heard of the issue and are 'working' on a firmware update that has yet TBA. He gave me two options, wait or send it in. I ended up sending it in and received a new one very quickly and the new one does not have this issue. Great printer when it works so you decide if it is worth the hassle if you get a bad one. BTW, I noticed the problem after the return policy because i didn't set up the wireless right away. Best Buy's return policy is really nice, especially during the holidays so if the issue presents itself early, that should help avoid a lot of hassle."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
Is this product used primarily for business?: No

2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

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Review 4 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Great Printer 12/01/2008
By matthew0319 from san diego

Value for Price

5.0 5

Print quality

4.0 5

Features

4.0 5

Speed

4.0 5

What's great about it: Small footprint, cheap inks, good price, overall good printer
What's not so great: hp software creates long install process

"FIRST OFF....THE USB CABLE IS INCLUDED IN THE BOX.

Also...of the top, I have not had the "printer not printing" issue that some have had. When my printer goes to sleep, and I select print from my computer, the printer prints just like its supposed to. Sounds like the others might have had some hardware, software, or probably user error issues.

Install was lengthy, thanks to all the HP software nonsense that gets downloaded when you install the printer drivers, but overall it's pretty easy. Make sure you follow the directions step by step so you don't mess anything up. I didn't run into any problems, but I'm sure this is important.

I have the printer set up wirelessly, with two computers connected, and I haven't ran into any major problems at all yet. I did run into some printing orrientation issues last night. Told the printer to print in landscape, and it kept printing portrait. All I did was go into the preference settings, set it back to portrait, back to landscape, and it worked just fine. I don't think this issue was specific to this model. Probably just some glitch thing. (Hasn't come back yet).

For the money/quality comparison, this model is definitely worth it. It also looks like the inks for this printer are cheaper than most of the other HP models."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
Is this product used primarily for business?: No

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Review 5 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

4.0 5

Works fine 12/01/2008
By NYCustomer from Western NY

Value for Price

5.0 5

Print quality

4.0 5

Features

4.0 5

Speed

3.0 5

What's great about it: Easy set up
What's not so great: Small control panel

"Set up easily and works fine on our wireless network with 4 Macs (one Tiger, 3 Leopards). It also worked fine with a Dell laptop (Windows XP) from my last job.

It's very convenient to be able to do a quick copy when needed without having to scan to and print from a computer as with our old printer."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
Is this product used primarily for business?: No

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Review 6 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

1.0 5

Very disappointing experience 11/28/2008
By f12345 from Park Ridge, NJ

Value for Price

1.0 5

Print quality

1.0 5

Features

1.0 5

Speed

1.0 5

What's great about it: Maybe the price
What's not so great: Set up and installation

"Bought this item because I always had good experiences with HP products.
I am not really a computer geek, but I get around.
After trying for 5 hours to install the printer to my wireless network, I was only able to do so on 1 of my 3 computers at home.
I never actually got so far to use the product and to check out the printing quality.
I have now packed the product up and will return it back to the store tomorrow."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No
Is this product used primarily for business?: No

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Review 7 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

1.0 5

Buyer Beware Defective 11/08/2008
By jayb2000 from NY, NY

Value for Price

1.0 5

Print quality

1.0 5

Features

1.0 5

Speed

1.0 5

What's great about it: small, wifi
What's not so great: once goes to sleep mode, have to unplug power, reboot to print again

"bought the C4580 all-in-one HP printer after mostly positive reviews, wifi and small size was perfect for out of the way printing. WHAT A BIG MISTAKE!!!! Once unit goes to sleep mode, will no longer print. Must manually unplug power and reinstall to network -- why even have the printer at that point? HP troubleshoot was worthless. Finally found a gazillion similar frustrated reviews at Apple Store (http://store.apple.com/us/reviews/TS420LL/A?), sure wish had read these reviews before waisting $130!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No
Is this product used primarily for business?: No

1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

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Review 8 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

1.0 5

Won't work with Vista 10/30/2008
By suzii85 from Dearborn, MI

Value for Price

1.0 5

Print quality

3.0 5

Features

3.0 5

Speed

3.0 5

What's great about it: It's ok for scanning and printing,
What's not so great: Won't work with Vista

"Waste of money unless you want to print photos only"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No
Is this product used primarily for business?: No

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Review 9 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

1.0 5

Won't work with Vista 10/29/2008
By flossem2 from Swansea, IL

Value for Price

1.0 5

Print quality

1.0 5

Features

1.0 5

Speed

1.0 5

What's great about it: Nothing
What's not so great: Doesn't work if you have windows vista

"Well after 2 days of trying to ge this printer to work...i realize that is will not work with windows vista. I can't even connect it through the usb cable, it won't recognize it. It's going back to the store...very disappointed. :("

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 10 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

4.0 5

Good Buy 10/21/2008
By Raygun602 from Phoenix

Value for Price

5.0 5

Print quality

5.0 5

Features

4.0 5

Speed

4.0 5

What's great about it: Easy setup, good print quality
What's not so great: Uses ink quickly

"Easy setup to be used by 4 PC's on home network. Good quality color,BW, and photos. Does seem to use ink cartridges quickly."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 11 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

4.0 5

great home printer 10/20/2008
By wanshark

Value for Price

5.0 5

Print quality

4.0 5

Features

4.0 5

Speed

4.0 5

What's great about it: Easy, fast, good quality
What's not so great: Nothing I have noticed

"This has been a solid wireless printer for the last few months. It was easy to link to multiple computers and does a nice job of general printing needs."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 12 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Good bang for the buck 10/20/2008
By tanker from Wisconsin

Value for Price

5.0 5

Print quality

5.0 5

Features

4.0 5

Speed

5.0 5

What's great about it: Overall cost of printing so far beats Lexmark
What's not so great: Small screen but usable

"So far print quality and easy of use is on a par with Lexmark, but I've found I'm spending less on ink with this than on my Lexmark 5150. The foot print is small, too, making it an excellent choice for a home office."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 13 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

4.0 5

Best One I have Ever bought 10/19/2008
By andy96865968

Value for Price

5.0 5

Print quality

5.0 5

Features

4.0 5

Speed

5.0 5

What's great about it: All in one
What's not so great: small screen

"I love this product it works great with me and i would recomend this to a friend, but the bad thing about it i would like it to have a bigger screen, but it will do."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 14 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

5.0 5

worthwhile 10/16/2008
By judgedredd from santa clarita, ca

Value for Price

5.0 5

Print quality

5.0 5

Features

5.0 5

Speed

4.0 5

What's great about it: has lots to offer for a such a small package
What's not so great: the photo prints do not size right. my pictures were trimmed on the edges.

"this is a pretty good printer. I like it. it's easy to use, simple set up regaurdless of what you've read about it. all you have to do is follow the prompt. great wireless printer."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 15 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Great printer 10/14/2008
By Hcha from Madison, WI

Value for Price

5.0 5

Print quality

5.0 5

Features

5.0 5

Speed

4.0 5

What's great about it: Great quality, prints photos just like professionals
What's not so great: It's on the slow side, but it's not expensive, if you want speed, spend the money.

"This printer will have everything you need. You can print, copy and scan anything. It is great for photos. The speed is a little on the slow side but like I said, you're not really going to find a lightning fast printer unless you spend a lot of money and will still get the same quality.

Don't forget, until further notice, as a reward zone member you get free 4X4 photo paper everytime you buy new cartridges."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 16 for HP Photosmart Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner

Customer Rating

5.0 5

An Awsome Buy!!! Highly Recommend it!! 09/29/2008
By FrequentBuyer from St. Paul, MN

Value for Price

5.0 5

Print quality

4.0 5

Features

4.0 5

Speed

5.0 5

What's great about it: Wi-Fi, Small and Compact, Easy to use and set up, Multiple computers can use it at the same time, etc.
What's not so great: Colored picture quality on regular paper is not the best

"It was the best possible buy for a printer. I got it for $50 and it was well worth it. I even got the warranty on it because it was so cheap. It works great with my Sony Laptop, and works great with Vista for me. It was an easy set up and I can use it with my laptop and desktop at the same time. Great Buy!!!!!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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