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HP OfficeJet 7410 July 5th, 2006 | by Brandon King

Initially, we were worried about purchasing an HP Officejet 7410 due to the dismal performance of the Officejet 7100. On three different units, the 7100 would regularly crash, lose settings, jam, and induce sheer dread whenever we were forced to print a document. Scan? Yeah right. If you were lucky, you could squeeze out a fax before it choked on a cryptic memory error. So when our ‘trusty' 7100 went ten toes up to the sky, we were forced to find a replacement quickly.

With the recommendation of another former 7100 owner, and a lack of multifunction inkjets with sheet feeders and duplex printing, we reluctantly snagged an Officejet 7410, on the promise that the experience was “like night and day” compared to the 7100. Overall, this turned out to be very true. The Officejet 7410 is technically better, while also offering more features, better drivers, and improved software.

What we found surprising during our search was the lack of true multifunction devices on the market. Some would print and copy, but not fax, while others would scan, fax and print, but not copy. Still others lacked a document feeder. There are a few laser-based options, but prices start at nearly double the price of the 7410. Also, color laser printers generally fare worse than inkjets when it comes to picture quality. This unique niche is part of the lure of HP's All-In-One (or simply AiO) line of printers, and they have remained largely unchallenged for several years.

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