The HP Deskjet F4280 All-in-One Printer offers: Ability to print, copy, and scan with one device. Print speeds up to 26 ppm. High-quality color prints at up to 4800 x 1200 dpi resolution. Copier can enlarge and reduce photos.

The F4280 is compatible with both Macs and PCs. View larger.

Ideal for students and home offices, the printer also features a versatile paper tray that can handle several types of media and paper--including plain, inkjet, and photo paper, envelopes, transparencies, labels, cards, HP premium media, and iron-on transfers. Print your borderless photos in 4-by-6-inch and panorama formats, and get laser-quality black text plus vivid color graphics and photos using HP Vivera inks. Compatible with both PC and Mac operating systems, this printer comes backed by a manufacturer's 1-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
Printer, black ink cartridge, tri-color ink cartridge, HP Photosmart Essential software, setup poster, reference guide, power supply, and power cord.


Customer Reviews Average rating - 4.0

Rating - 3 Date: 2008-11-22
Content: We picked up the HP F4280 for it's multifunction and compactness. It prints well and doesn't take up much room. We read other reviews about the poor quality in scanning and we would have to agree. It is a decent scanner for documents but not so much for pictures. For the money we are not disappointed, but we are also not impressed.
Summary: Good for the money

Rating - 3 Date: 2008-11-19
Content: I was very disappointed to discover upon opening the package that the setup guide tells you that if the USB cable is not included in the package (which you have to have to use this) that you MUST BUY ONE SEPARATELY. WTF? No USB cable was included, and that makes me quite upset.
Summary: USB cable MISSING

Rating - 5 Date: 2008-11-16
Content: The printer works very well. It has a short start-up time and prints the pages quickly. Very good quality. The scan-directly-to-print feature is really nice and works flawlessly.
Summary: Very good multi-function

Rating - 5 Date: 2008-11-09
Content: Ive had this printer a few months and no problems at all.
It is a basic printer/scanner that is very well layed out and compact. Hey, for about 50 bucks or under, you cant go wrong on this one.
Summary: Basic but sufficient

Rating - 4 Date: 2008-11-03
Content: The first thing to say is that this machine is not for heavy use printing/copying. It is designed for occasional and brief use. Also, if you do not set it up correctly then you will have problems with it.

I've used it for small use since I bought it a few days ago and so far it operates properly. It scans a brilliant image of even smaller images and makes them transferrable to the internet as jpeg type files, or just about any other type of file that you want to save.

The printing time is slow but the actual print is nice and functional for the black and white. I haven't tried to print in color yet but I'd bet that it is even slower. That's fine for me, though, because I don't plan to use that function of this unit all that often or very much when I do use it.

Remember that when you buy a product to think carefully about why you are purchasing that product. Machines aren't all alike and if you count on $500 quality for $80 then you will not meet your expectations most of the time. That's not the manufacturer's fault. But, consider this product for the sake of the kind of use to which I will put it.

This is a good machine. It's nicely setup physically with intuitive controls. The software takes a bit of time to load onto the computer, but otherwise I see no problems developing from this machine in the foreseable future. The only thing I'm actually angry about is having to buy my own separate USB cable to hook it to the computer (it does not come with one). Otherwise, I am fully satisfied with this product.

If you are interested in finding a workhorse printer I suggest that you go with an inexpensive laser type. But, if you want multi-functionality for a good price that you won't overwork then this is your machine. I have two printers now. This one for the occasional scan, copy, or color print, and a laser for the harder work of punching out multiple pages of documents.

For the price you cannot beat this HP F4280.
Summary: Well functioning 3-in-1 unit.