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Under-$100 Roundup: HP PSC 1315 All-in-One

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HP PSC 1315

The HP PSC 1315 offers good quality printing at a low cost.

HP's compact all-in-one is nicely inexpensive for something that offers good-quality printing, scanning, and copying. Reviewers especially liked its text and photo printing when using the optional six-color cartridges.
Price: $99.99
Type: Color inkjet all-in-one
Max. Print Speed: 17ppm black, 12ppm color
Max. Print Resolution: 4800 x 1200 dpi (optimized)
Special Feature(s): Compact

Computer Buyer Review

Rating: 6 out of 6

Liked: It's one of the most affordable models on the market. Photos proved to be worth the wait, with smooth prints on photo paper with standard CMYK cartridges, while using the optional six-colour cartridges improved results even further.

Disliked: Paper has to do a U-turn as it passes through the printer, which makes it impractical to print on thick card. A4 photos took almost six minutes to appear at the Best setting.

In Short: There isn't much song and dance to HP's PSC 1315, but it manages to squeeze high-quality printing and respectable scanning and copying into a small space.

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HardwareCentral Review

Rating: 4 out of 5

Liked: Last year's most consumer-friendly printer/scanner/copier gets a price cut, performance boost, and PictBridge port. Very good print quality, even without extra-cost photo cartridge

Disliked: Don't expect high print speeds; do expect high consumable costs. Pushbutton copier function shaved the edge of some originals.

In Short: The PSC 1315 is probably meant for lighter duty as a family correspondence and book-report printer, scanner of holiday snapshots for e-mailing or Web-posting, and copier of report cards and the abovementioned snapshots. As such, it'd be a success even without the bonus of digital-camera photo printing.

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PC Magazine Review

Rating: 4 out of 5

Liked: Output quality ranges from just short of very good to just short of excellent. Faster than most AIOs in its price class.

Disliked: No built-in fax modem. No ADF..

In Short: The HP PSC 1315 All-in-One is one of the better AIO choices in its price range, with relatively fast print speed (with standard cartridge) and good print quality. It also handles scanning and copying reasonably well but is limited by the lack of a fax modem and ADF.

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