The HP Deskjet 3055Ae can print, scan and copy. He has no fax function (if required, there are other, more expensive models). The printer comes first of all on very well packaged. The printer is packed in two cardboard shaped half-shells and thus well protected. The material is like an egg carton, so recycled cardboard. Thus, it does not become environmentally friendly, is all in a transparent large plastic carrying case "finally packed". The printer is so unpacked and set up quickly. When first enabling one needs a power supply and a USB cable to the next computer. The included CD with the installation program into the drive and off you go. The printer is installed in a few minutes. If the printer is now integrated into the in-house Wi-Fi, so you can then talk to him with the other PCs or notebooks from the private network. Something, but not much more complicated is the inclusion of Android devices. To use the printer with a tablet, such as the Nexus 7 or an Android phone, you must download and install a small app (HPE-print) from the PlayStore. The app is free. Then you have to activate the app and enter a signal generated by HP code word and you can already from his smartphone just fine print (in my Nexus 4 and Samsung Galaxy S) or a tablet. This obviously works with older Android versions as Gingerbread (2.3) as well as with the latest ICS (4.2). The printer will go after a short standby time in a low power mode, from which it is but awakened over the network as soon as you sends a print job. There is also the option to adjust the printer so that he completely shuts down after a preset time when he does nothing to save even more electricity. In this case you have to turn on the printer but the next print command before manually again! He then does not jump automatically by sending a print command. Print quality: Adequate. The printer has a decent quality on white paper. But he is not a photo printer! Neither he dominated borderless printing, the print quality is still (with original cartridges from HP) as well as in a specially designed photo printer! That can not be expected at the price well. The cartridges are black and three colors. Both are available from HP and some third-party suppliers in "normal" for about 180 pages and in "XL" for approximately twice the number of pages. Pricewise it has naturally been achieved with three cartridges buying the original price of the printer, that is a well-known phenomenon in inkjet printers. The cartridges are easy to change, just shut up and the carriage with the printhead and the cartridges runs low maintenance centers. The paper is set up (see picture), there is no other paper trays. Since the paper is compressed in this way, if it waits long unused in the paper tray, you should load only as much paper as is needed. Shrink paper easily warps and affects the print result. In extreme cases, the sites are not just afterwards printed. The printer has a folding operation display, but you'd never actually needed. At best for the pure copying (place template on the glass plate, copy Select) you can use it, then you do not need PC to. Otherwise, you can do all the control operations involved in an in-house network PC or a notebook, even scanning. Printing and scanning go very quiet on the stage, you can hear when you print the printer hardly. When pre-scanning the document, the printer makes this typical scanning noise. But during the subsequent actual scanning process it is also hardly audible. Who prints a lot, often have to spend more, large documents and / or want to print a lot of photos, you should grab a little deeper into their pockets and buy another printer. As a printer for a small office, he is in my opinion no longer adequately dimensioned. The prints were then relatively expensive. But he's just right for home use. The device is just so compact that I could accommodate him a sideboard relatively inconspicuous in the living room. Because the printer so other than electricity needs no further cable connections, you can hide it beautifully. It is best suited, while inexpensive for the absolute pressure or opportunity scan. Let's see how long does the printer. His 9 year old predecessor, I have given away still fully functional after the initial purchase. Whether the small HP that also creates?
