Hewlett Packard HP Officejet 5610 All-In-One InkJet Printer Review

The HP PSC5610 All-in-One printer is no longer produced -- what you buy will be from stock. If that worries you, get a newer version. If it doesn't worry you, some now available in the $60 range are a steal.

 The scan lid isn't strong, but the document feed mitigates the need to use it for many items. It is easy to handle. If the paper fed is consistent, it will hold 25 pages easily.

Print is good enough for most uses. Photos can be tweaked  between paper used and resolution selected. Print is consistent. Previous generations of the printer required 24 pound paper -- this iteration works consistently with anything 20 pound or more.

 Overall, the printer holds its own. Use other software if you want to really tweak photos, but you would do that anyway.

August 2009 -- Updating to note a glitch with this model. Some people are reporting that the machine will start getting cartridge errors that cannot be rectified by putting in new cartridges. I came upon one recently. HP has no solution, it requires buying a new printer. As this is a discontinued model, I would be reluctant to buy a reconditioned one at this point because the cause of that error would not have been tested in the recondition process.

Because HP support is non-responsive to this, changing rating from 4 to 3.