Hewlett Packard HP Deskjet D1430 Review

We purchased a new Hewlett Packard Desktop Computer and received a HP Deskjet D1430 printer with it.

I do like this little printer, is simple, easy to load paper, requires simple print cartridges that easy to install. Has good print quality and produces work that one would not be ashamed to turn into teacher or to a potential employer with a resume. Print is clear, legible and not at all blurred.

Is not a pricey product, runs about $30 on a normal basis. Will definitely get your money out of it. The printer ink runs about $14 for Black ink and $23 for color ink.

Could you sense there was a but.... coming? I usually tend to doubt a product when it is given to me for purchasing something else. The need to prove the product drives me. I have put this product to the test and it has not always come out on top. Does produce a good document when it is aligned. Seems to somehow unalign itself more than I care for it to. If you take the printer ink cartridge out for some reason and put the same one back the printer will register that you have put a new cartridge in. Not something I care for! I don't want to go to use the printer and think I have ink when I don't.

Overall, I feel for the price you pay, you get what you pay for. A printer it is, most of the time. Would I buy another to replace it? I would weigh out my options, but I would not say no!