HP Deskjet 1220C Reviews

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HP Deskjet 1220C
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Average Ratings for HP Deskjet 1220C

  • Print Quality3.6 stars
  • Ease of Set Up3.6 stars
  • Value for Money2.4 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings2.3 stars
  • Overall Rating2.4 stars

21 Reviews For HP Deskjet 1220C

  • Guest 6th Oct 2009

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    At time of purchase (2002?) the 1220C offered value for money as a postscript compatible A3(+) printer. I suppose it has lasted well and image quality is potentially great, but otherwise this printer has been very frustrating! Firstly, postscript compatibility was only available using the bundled OS9 Press Ready software, which was excellent but soon became redundant. Secondly, print quality is let down by streaks on every single printout, caused because the machine frequently fails to load photo paper yet continues to print the whole job, coating the mechanism in swathes of wasted ink which cannot be cleaned. Over the years I've complained and returned so much jammed photo paper on the basis the manufacturer said it was HPDJ1220C compatible - reading this I finally realise it was in fact a common fault with the 1220C itself!

  • richardviled Rank: Lieutenant 4th Oct 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    I don't have any complains about this printer, it is working very fine for me. The print quality is good, fast and efficient. I only have trouble setting it up at first but when got hold of the manual, then it would be alright.

    The ink was quite good, but sometimes when printing photographs with vivid images, it tends to consume a lot of ink

  • stevan 9th Jul 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The HP Deskjet 1220C printer is very good, because have big cartridges and easy to refill them.

  • Guest 11th May 2009

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    Recently the photopapers get stuck during feeding and the printer continues wasting the ink without recognizing that the paper is stuck. Also, it does not pick 180gsm photo papers. I havent tried other thickness.

    We have been using this HP Deskjet 1220C printer for a longtime (3 yrs) now and it prints excellent on normal papers (both A4/A3) and it used to print excellent copies on photopaper.

  • Guest 4th Mar 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Everything in my experience.. for me it doesn't even switch on.. manual feed doesn't work.. doesn't print well.. doesn't pick up paper.. not very accurate... I have personally much more aswell but cant be bothered to go into it as I find this HP Deskjet Printer very agitating. Therefore I do not recommend the Deskjet 1220D, generally...don't buy one.. I've lost too much time to keep trying to make it work.

  • ColMacf 18th Nov 2007

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Don't buy a HP Deskjet 1220C printer unless you only want to print on standard paper - and if that's all you want to do then, in my opinion, there are cheaper and better.
    I have found that with my printer, the rear feed doesn't work, it won't handle photographic paper - and I find it to be even unreliable with the thinnest non-glossy paper.
    This is a hair tearing out machine and I wish I had never bought it.

  • Kemal 14th Mar 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    HP has designed a rear manual feed which does not work, and we customers paid for it. It is very interesting that such a big company feels no responsibility for deceiving customers.

  • Bill181 19th Sep 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Owned 1100 prior for 5 years doing the same kind of printing. Too bad HP decided to discontinue. Excellent printer.

  • Leni 2nd Jan 2006

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    For the first six months or so after purchase, the HP Deskjet 1220C inkjet printer seemed like an excellent choice. The print quality (on photo paper) was glossy and rich, and if it occasionally had problems picking up sheets from the paper tray, then that was a small flaw.

    Since then (I've had it just over a year now) it has gone rapidly downhill. Virtually every print has been produced with heavy vertical streaks that no amount of diligent cleaning seems to get rid of, and its performance ...

  • Tom Donaghy 25th Nov 2005

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    I have had this HP Deskjet 1220C in use for 3 years and for what I bought it for it is fine. It goes through a lot of cartridges (I guess they all do) now I am trying to use it to print digital photographs and the paper feed is hopeless manual feed is all OK the results, when you set it up for photos, are spectacular. It is a big machine all right but then it will take a 13x19 sheet of paper.

  • Gale 5th Sep 2005

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    My HP Deskjet 1220C will only except lightweight paper.

    I have wasted so much photo paper trying to get this thing to print. Next time I will buy an Epson!

  • gtweeks 8th Apr 2005

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    I have had an HP Deskjet 1220C for a bit less than a year. For the first 3-4 months I loved it. It will now print only on light weight paper, forget heavy photo paper, the rear manual feed never worked. It has now begun clattering and groaning with death sounds. It has not had heavy usage at all -- even when it worked. This was a $400 machine and I expected much more than I got. I now have an Epson 1280 which is great albeit not as fast.

  • sharelle 9th Sep 2004

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    HP Deskjet 1220C - Good price for a large format printer - the quality is good - especially on coated papers.... have found it totally reliable - the only downside being that the Adobe press-ready software it came with which enables postscript printing (very important for a graphic designer!) doesn't come Mac OSX compatible as they stopped press ready in 2002! Any advice on postscript software that will run with the HP Deskjet 1220c would be much appreciated!!

  • ejthorn 17th Mar 2004

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I wouldn't buy one of these Hewlett Packard Deskjet 1220C Inkjet Printer if you held a gun to my head. This has been the most unreliable piece of equipment I have ever used. The drivers fail occasionaly during a print job. It doesn't interface with Adobe acrobat reader very well. I had to send it out for repair after only 2 months of light usage and got a refurb unit back in its place. For the $500 we paid for it we got robbed and jobbed. HP suck!

  • frelexis 25th Feb 2004

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    As a graphic designer running my own buisiness from home I needed a top quality printer. At the time this Hewlett Packard Deskjet 1220C inkjet printer cost me £250!! Daylight robbery if you ask me!! I now have a £35 printer that copes better with my needs. I can't even print photos on it as the photopaper refuses point blank to go through the machine.
    If you're thinking of getting one my advice is simple - DON'T!!!!

  • roboreeves 9th Feb 2004

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Got a bit fed up with two previous Epsons, the print heads always seem to get clogged. I just thought all modern printer had a decent quality output but the Hewlett Packard Deskjet 1220C has been a complete waste of money. I feel done! Whats the point of spending all that extra money for the cartriges.

  • Scaglione 6th Sep 2003

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    All in all, if its normal paper, I only have the occasional hick up. But it's that 15 minutes trying to print out a single envelope that makes me want to beat it up. Rear feed, I can see why some of the newer ones don't have them. Photo paper won't even pick up any more.

    If the printer's pickups would be more reliable, then half my problems would be solved. Updated drivers seems logical....but that would keep customers from buying new printers. Rear feed needs a tray.

    Print out the samp ...

  • tony the mad designer. 10th Jun 2003

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    We recently purchased the Hewlett Packard Deskjet 1220c for our office. Up until then we were using a great epson wide format printer. This HP piece of junk doesn't even compare. Sure it works fine if you plan on using it with plain paper, but if you want to do photo prints on somewhat thick paper, forget it. Using HP's own photo paper, the friction feed can't handle it. It gets stuck getting through, but to make it worse the printer doesn't even recognize there is a problem, and continues ...

  • Judy. 18th Feb 2003

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    I purchased a high-end printer because I hoped that I would be purchasing reliability and good after-sales service. How wrong I was! From day 1, the printer was erratic, and after numerous problems I returned it to HP within the guarantee period, hoping for a new printer in exchange. Instead, it was sent for repair, and came back in much the same condition - when it worked, the quality was excellent, but it was unreliable. Eight months later, it has packed up altogether, and HP tells me that I w ...

  • RUFFIAN. 20th Jun 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    After searching for quite a while I tracked down a no longer manufactured Canon BJ5100. I wanted a machine that was affordable and that printed 11x17. The Canon was so slow that I could leave for 15 minutes and come back as the plot was finishing (Autocad files can be large). An architect friend told me about the HP DeskJet 1220c inkjet printer and raved about it so I went out and found one. It was costlier than the Canon (which still worked so to speak) but I was just starting my own business a ...

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Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard Wide-format printer11 ppm black printing, 9.5 ppm color printing2,400 x 1,200 dpi color resolution on photo paperUSB and parallel interfaces, Mac and PC compatible the more details...