As others have said, this is an ink-hog!
I bought this printer primarily to print CDs and DVDs. I'd been using an Epson but it was starting to give me some trouble so I thought I'd go back and try HP again. Big mistake!
1. The software to create DVD labels is extremely poor with no flexibility. I ended up buying Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker but even that pales compared to the abilities of the Epson CD label creation software.
2. I cannot print more than 3 DVDs without the printer coming up with an error condition. The CD/DVD tray then needs to be closed and the printer will wurble away for a couple of minutes "preparing" (no doubt expelling copious quantities of ink) before you can resume DVD printing. When you want to print a few dozen it can be very frustrating and time consuming.
3. When printing black text, it is indeed black. When printing a black and white photo as a DVD label, it comes out sepia. I've tried all sorts of things to fix this but I cannot get black to print as black on a DVD label.
When this current batch of ink runs out I think I'll be back with Epson. I used to like HP so much (sigh).
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