Does anyone know if scanning also counts towards the monthly paper quota or not? Thanks.

Been using it to print and its a fab printer - shame on the speed of printing though - color takes ages and even black isn't fast by any means. Guess that's expected for a budget printer though. Outside of this been very impressed with it and the ink offer is a massive sweetener - makes the printer virtually free if you manage to use the monthly quota - which I am doing so far :smiley:

This is OK for a cheap all in one, but photocopying is slow and scanning is slow.
It is OK if you are doing one copy but if you are doing lots then it is a pain and you notice the difference.

Can't find it anywhere in Berkshire or around London. Out of stock in both currys and PC world.

Looks like out of stock everywhere

Thanks for the reply & DM - will be setting up for my Dad so will probably do the same thing!

To complete the setup you will need to fill in some card details, although you wont be billed until the end of the trial. You can change the card details at any point.

I setup my mums in her absence with my card details temporarily, then when with her we logged in to her Instant ink account and changed them to her card details. Check your PM.

You don't need an enrolment card. When activating the printer you will be offered the free trial

As far as I know, there will be an option to start the trial when setting up the printer. The option for the trial will be displayed on the printer's LCD display.

I usually refill cartridges, been refilling my HP364​ for past 3 yrs.
Planning on doing same with these so not sure whether to try out instant ink if the cartridges that came with it won't work at all in the end.

Thankyou, your explanation makes more sense to me than any of the others xx :smiley:

Great printer. Voted hot.

The best part is 5 months free ink!!! I'm on the 300 pages per month! All free!

Also if you recommend a friend or know someone who uses hp instant ink then you both gain a free month of the instant ink service with each others code and there is no limit on this :smiley: due to this I have extended my 5 months! My family and friends are well chuffed.

Looks great, easy setup and you can create its own email address so you can send stuff straight to the printer while at work!

​Always the way , hope you don't lose out. :smirk:

About a year ago I posted a deal myself went hot and I never got :disappointed: but at least others got the benefit :smile:

Hehe I know, talk about good karma -:smiley: m sure my printer will come, matter of time( I hope so :d)

​ :smiley: and to think it was you that posted this deal :neutral_face:

Anyone know how to get the 5 month trial? Created a HP connected account but it only lets you select paid plans ?

Thanks in advance

Audin is correct

Ah, thanks for explaining :smiley:

Edit - Figured it out

Is the print quality really so bad?

Left it too late and all sold out in my area but I picked up the other one that's £59. I think I understand the instant ink thanks to you lovely lot but I still don't quite get what the referral means?

PM'd you the code enjoy :wink:

Thanks

When you sign up it will give you the 5 months, plus the extra month with a referral code

Collected the printer today and box says 2 months additional months supply. Confused as website says 5 months? Anyone else got the similar box?

​if you go over 300 they charge £1 per 15 pages on the 1.99 plan, £1 per 20 pages on the 3.49 plan and £1 for 25 pages on the 7.99 plan. They just send you as much ink as your printer needs, it literally is just the pages they count. Hope that helps :smile:

Edit: sorry just spotted that you've had a look. Having problems with the app not updating so didn't see your previous comment :smiley:

ah yes it says you get charged an extra £1 for extra 15, 20 and 25 pages on each respective plan. not bad at all.

None near me either :disappointed:

It costs you extra money. Can't remember specifics but its in the t&c's

If you never run out of ink, what happens if you go over 300 pages in a month?

Plenty of stores where reserve and collect are available - especially in the bigger cities - good luck.

​You could always try reserve and collect :wink:

No Stock for Delivery :disappointed:

Me :disappointed:

6x4 on normal paper will be ok. Obviously it's never going to be photo quality but for the price you couldn't expect more

Thanks
does it mean that for normal size photos(6 X 4), I can use normal paper and get away.

I used Kodak photo paper and the quality when blown up to A4 was acceptable. If you want to print out photographs at the normal size then you are ok, but it is not going to be as sharp as the model that someone posted earlier due to the capabilities of the printer.

For colour prints (other than photographs) it is excellent.

for those of you that have used for printing photos, please advise do you need to buy photo paper to do this and which one is best?

That was me. They just offered me the cover for £5 at the time of paying. I felt I couldn't go wrong at that price.

Especially if it is accidentally broken in 2 years time. New printer and ink trial.

​you get 5 months free trial with the printer, using a referral code just gives you an additional month free. I have this printer and instant ink for that reason, got sick of either running out of ink or it drying up and having to go out and buy new ones... Usually when I needed the printer urgently.

Yes you'd just buy the standard cartridges, I think they take the 302 ones :smiley: ​

What do you get with athe referral code? I have a hp printer but fed up with it running out of ink as my dd is printing for uni often, intrested in this for her to use.

What happens after the fre trial if you don't want to take up a plan. Can you just buy your own ink?

Is anyone having any trouble buying this, keeps coming up with an error at the final payment stage (tried with a couple of debit cards). Any help much appreciated

Can activate up to Dec 17 from what I had read on the t and c of the voucher.

​PMd you

Very helpful - many thanks. I'd probably go hammer and tongs in the first 6 months to make the most out of the trial (as most are suggesting :smile: ) and then slow down and start with the 1.99 a month and then see how it goes.

​Haha I was gonna say, you'll end up inundated with them unless you mention in the thread you no longer need one :smile:

​Nope, you pay nothing until your trial runs out. It will state your trial end date on your HP Connected account.

50 prints is £1.99 a month (£1 per 15 pages over plan) and ​100 prints is £3.49 a month (£1 per 20 pages over plan). You can roll over 50 pages per month too. If you think you'd definitely use more than 50 per month then the £3.49 plan would suit you best :smiley:

​PMd you :smiley:

Thanks a lot - the printer is really for occasional use for my daughter's school work prints and some prints I might need from time to time - tops 100 prints a month is what I am looking at. Considering that sort of usage what sort of ink cost am I staring at in your opinion post the trial ending?

​this is what I have done. You can move freely between plans with no notice I believe. Also, I dont think you have to sign up to 7.99 a month to get the 300 pages per month trial. When you sign up it automatically covers you for up to 300 pages per month despite what plan your on. Might be worth double checking this and signing up to the lower plan in case you forget and get charged when the time comes. Also don't forget to use a referral code for an extra month free :smiley:

You get a 5 month trial when you set up the printer (6 months with a referral code :-) ) and they send ink out when your printer tells them you are running low

​PMd you :wink:

​about an average of £20 for the pair depending on where you go :wink: genuine of course :smiley:

​There is a free plan though, at least I believe it's still available, maybe someone can let us know. But the free plan allows you to print 15 pages per month for free. They will still send cartridges as and when. Obviously if you go over one month you will get charged the £1 for 10 prints or whatever. But HP can pull the deal at any time I suppose, though I'd expect you'd get a month's notice. Might be worth checking out :smiley:

so is it true that I will get 5-months worth of instant ink - free of any charge, or will I have take up a plan from day one and so will have to pay min 1.99 per month etc. ??

I've ordered. I am considering signing up for the £7.99 a month trial, getting 5 months Ink for free and dropping down to a lower tariff if it turns out that my usage is lower. If I understand this correctly though I could really hammer the ink deal and print out 1500 colour A4 photos between now and May for no ink cost. (less than 1500 when you allow for waste age)

​I think they take the 302 cartridges (HP Genuine). My previous printer took them and it cost me £20 a pop for standard size black and tri-colour. Which is why I went for this deal on the £1.99 a month plan (after the trial I will) it's £24 for the year... Never run out of ink again or have it dry up and buy more?! That'll do me :sunglasses:

​Oh right, i see, that's no use for my father who'll print a few pages month then! thank you for the explanation :smiley:

poor quality prints.
we bought one last week for £45 from John Lewis the photo print quality was the worst I've seen in years.
returned it straight away.
I won't even pay £20 for it.

How much does the standard ink cartridges for this thing cost? I haven't yet got to that point of course so no clue.

​Afraid not. It's all done via the Internet as the data is collected remotely. The printer won't order ink until it reaches a certain low level. So you'd need to be using the ink in order to be sent more. Besides which, with them being instant ink cartridges, being different to standard ones, apparently if you cancel your subscription the printer won't allow you to use the instant ones. It just won't print. You'd need to buy standard ones at that point.
The printer itself will allow so many prints "offline", it needs to be on the network. :smiley:

It doesn't work like that.

The Instant Ink cartridges require your printer to be actively connected to the internet and should you cease to be subscribed to an Instant Ink plan, the cartridges will stop working even if they're full. They will print again once a new plan is commenced.

Inks are only sent out when the last cartridge(s) start to run low. You aren't sent a stockpile to use over five months. The printer tells HP when the Instant Ink cartridges are running low, and they then send out a replacement for the respective colour(s) as well as recycling envelopes to send the old ones back.

Is it possible to rack up the inks even if you don't use them all in each month? i.e can i request for more ink as part of the trial, essentially 5 months of ink (of the 300pages package) free to use at any later date with this product? Thanks

sorry to sound d.. , but what exactly is the ink trial?

I got this deal last time round. Cannot fault it, it's brilliant.

what is the ink trial and how do u get in in the basket.
please advise

While this is considered a budget entry level printer by many, I purchased this one a few months ago and is excellent, compared to my old Epson wireless printer!
It is so easy to set-up over WiFi and can print directly from my Android phone, tablet, PC and Mac!

The print quality is very good for the average user, quite quick, like the design and the small footprint, how there is a paper drawer which keeps the paper dust free and also how you can print on both sides and the printer turns the paper for you!

The scanner is a little slow, but good quality on the higher setting, but there no paper feed.

If you print lots, you probably want to go for a professional office model, designed for high usage, but if you just print a few pages, excellent option!

ordered - thanks OP.

what is a referral code?

yes a years guarantee :smiley:

It's more a photo resolution/quality thing. A download of Facebook for example will never be a good photo print

Got this on deal few weeks ago on here. Very happy with it. Does the job well.
Already received next batch of ink when others still have some left.
Printing from iphone works perfect also. Heat added!

Yes for the 5 month trial it is worth doing the highest price and, then change it towards end, when you are due to start paying lol

Does this come with a year or so guarantee,warranty?

Can someone explain the instant ink for me please never heard of it. I assume they send you the ink as stocks are running low. Is the 70% off real or are they inflated prices that you can match anywhere. Anyone any idea how much the inks would be. Just trying to make sure I'm not buying a pig in a poke lol.

Can u print from android phones on this printer or is it just with iPhones?

Can u print from windows phones as well on this printer?

​I agree with you some photos it prints excellent and others it doesn't. I thought maybe it was something I was doing wrong. :smiley:

When this printer was in a deal for Black Friday along posted regards photos and the quality not being up to standard. Personally I think it's down too personal view. Allot of people myself included thought it was decent and certainly fine enough unless you want to look at your photos three inches from your eyes!

When this printer was in a deal for Black Friday along posted regards photos and the quality not being up to standard. Personally I think it's down too personal view. Allot of people myself included thought it was decent and certainly fine enough unless you want to look at your photos three inches from your eyes!

£10 instant replacement cover for 3 years

​OK thanks will give it a go when I print some more . I was sure I was doing something wrong :wink:

You get another month free if you use a referral code :wink:

We've printed loads of photos with this printer for Xmas. All turned out fine, just made sure it was set up for 3rd Party Photo paper and worked a treat

​No code should work straight out the box as it is linked to the printer hope that helps you :wink:

Cracking little unit. Bought one on Black Friday and surprisingly quick and not too loud either compared to my Canon all in one. Chose the £7.99 instant ink option and already had one ink delivered even though still on original cartridges. The voucher is valid through 2017 so may get another and activate it when 5 months are up on this one :wink:

​have you tried to print photos from this printer ?

will this print photos to lab quality on the correct paper?

Apparently they can, I got conned by the sales assistant in currys who sold me a instant ink card for £1.99 when I purchased this printer in the Black Friday deals, some top guy who I presume works for currys told me by pm that although the sales assistant should not have sold me it, when I set up the printer not only will I get the 5 month free trial I can also activate the card I was sold and it would give me a extra month on too, I,e 7 months!!

Does anyone know if instant ink vouchers can be stacked?

Will the higher resolution of the next model up offer any discernable difference in print quality?

(4800 x 1200 as opposed to 1200 x 1200)

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/printers-scanners-and-ink/printers/hp-envy-5546-home-photo-all-in-one-wireless-inkjet-printer-10143742-pdt.html

Very easy to install and use even without the laptop. Prints from iPhone without a problem. Though that little screen is a touch screen and the printer looks fab.

i see the 5546 has 9 months trial of instant ink - is that a better shout? I'm needing ink for my old HP printer but it might be a better option getting a whole new unit....