HP OfficeJet 4650 All-in-One Wireless Printer with Mobile Printing, Instant Ink Ready (F1J03A)

Edit: It randomly died 5 years later. Not bad for a printer under $100 I guess. It started flashing all kinds of weird error codes. I couldn't find anything helpful online. One of the error codes might have meant something about a power issue. I could get it to work for a little while by unplugging and powering on and off. Eventually it just died and wouldn't turn back on. I even tried ordering a replacement power cord but that didn't do anything. I did really like this printer. So far so good! I've only had this printer about a week but I don't really have any complaints. I bought this to replace my old one after I dropped a rice cooker on it and shattered the glass panel. I've printed from my laptop and phone without problem. It was really easy to set up, took me maybe 10 or 15 minutes. Having to take out the paper if a different size is needed is not that much of annoyance. I had to do it with my old one and isn't needed often. I haven't had an issue with the speed at which it prints. Didn't seem particularly slow, definitely faster than my old one. The black + color replacement ink bundle is around the same price as my old one so it wasn't a deterrent. My one complaint is about the 'arm' that catches printouts. It's a piece of plastic about 2.5-3 inches wide. I wonder how sturdy this is, how much paper can it really hold? The nice thing is that you can push into the printer so it's not sticking out and it will pop out when printing. Issue solutions/advice: 1. 'Instant Ink'. Make sure you are purchasing the printer bundle you want. Apparently the Instant Ink choice isn't for everyone and cancelling it means your ink cartridges won't work. I followed another reviewer's advice and didn't put the CD into my computer. I connected the printer to the Wifi on the printer itself, very easy to do on the touchscreen. My computer was able to find the printer on the network and 'add' it. I was able to print from my laptop and phone without a problem. No installation of software or signing up at the HP site as it asks you to do in the instructions. Which saves me from being harassed by the instant ink thing apparently. 2. You can still connect directly from the printer to computer with a USB cable cord for this model printer (as found by another reviewer). Just search for HP 4650 and it should pop up in search results. I tried to do a product link but it comes up as a book (weird). It was $10 last I looked. One could argue that it should be included at this price but sadly that's no longer standard with wireless printers. 3. Watch the price. A week later and the price has dropped $10 (for my bundle). I also saw this model on sale in store ads ($55-$60) for less/same as it's priced on here. It might even go cheaper with school starting up. I purchased the printer + standard ink bundle. The ink was the same price as it would be if I purchased it separately so I just went ahead to have it on hand. Overall, it's a nice printer with good capabilities for a competitive price. The print quality seems good, at least for my general household purposes. It was a little more than I wanted to spend but hopefully it'll prove it's worth. Update: It's been nearly a year and I still like this printer. I've printed photos and they've come out great. Copying works fine. I've scanned documents and they've automatically popped up on my computer. It's a big improvement on my old one so I don't have much to complain about. Still would recommend.

Because of all the negative review regarding the InstantInk program, I almost didn't buy this printer. I'm not one to leave a lot of product review (only left one before and that was for a candle lol) but I feel I need to inject some sane analysis of this program for those who are on the fence like I was. Purchasing this printer only made sense to me if I was going to join the InstantInk program. I'm not proud to admit it, but I've habitually purchased printers in the $30-40 range and then simply thrown them away once the ink ran out - as the actual printer was cheaper than the refills. This is obviously extremely wasteful and, again, I'm ashamed to admit this was my MO. For a $70 investment, I needed to know that I could refill the ink at a reasonable price and InstantInk seemed to answer this need. But all the negativity regarding InstantInk gave me pause. After a lot of research and testing the program myself, I'm convinced the negative reviews of this program are from people who can't comprehend the subscription program, or were simply expecting to receive one shipment from InstantInk, then cancel their subscription, and continue to use the "free" ink...which is not what happens...because that would be scamming HP and I don't blame HP for putting controls in place to avoid blatant theft of their ink. You can EITHER use InstantInk cartridges, provided to you on a subscription basis (which means if you cancel your plan, they cancel THEIR ink cartridges) OR you can purchase your own cartridges and use those as freely as you like - after paying the $40+ for them. First the printer. It's amazing and we love it! No wireless glitches, fast 'n quiet, great printing jobs for full color photos and BW docs, many options for pre-formatted pages and a Stamps.com app. Not too shabby! Secondly, InstantInk. I signed up for the $2.99/month plan as we really don't do much printing here. It came with three free months during which time I can print up to 300 pages (full color photos if I'd like) and they provide ink refills for free during these three months. Setup was super easy and within two weeks, well before my initial ink has run out, I've already received replacement cartridges...and I haven't paid them a dime yet. So what's the scam? How are they trying to "own" you? I just don't get it. I love the printer, love the service (and it will save us money!) and highly recommend this to anyone who's willing to read the plan's terms and has the capacity to understand a subscription-based service.

Ok, this printer has been available since August, 2015 and it has many good to excellent reviews. You would think that if it had any software conflicts or printing "bugs" they would be worked out by now, right??.........WRONG!!! I'm a HP printer guy and since 1999 I've had 4 altogether. The last 3 in the last 7 years, it seems quality and sustainability has gone by the wayside. My 2010 printer, similar to this model, suffered a fatal printing head jam in December, 2012 and was replaced by HP model # 3056A, a "no frills" model but it fit my needs at the time. Unfortunately this printer recently started to literally fall apart. First the folding paper door, then the control panel broke off and so on. So searching for a new printer, I found this one. I did the comparisons, checked the user ratings, ink costs, features I wanted, price and it seemed like a good fit. Amazon Prime was fantastic, it was delivered a day early. That was 11/24/2017.......today I'm ready to pack it up and return it. Set up was breeze, by far the easiest one I've had to date. All the advertised functions work well........ so what could be wrong you ask?? I'm doing my holiday card mailing and to save time I always use mail labels for the addresses. I use "industry standard" Avery labels along with Microsoft Word. It's a very simple process a few clicks of the mouse and your mailing list is printed and ready for use............THAT IS UNLESS YOUR USING THIS PRINTER!! After numerous attempts to print the mailing labels and checking the "available' settings I went to the HP Support web site. There I couldn't find my problem listed so I clicked the "Virtual Agent" icon BECAUSE I've always had trouble understanding the customer service representatives on the HP help line. The virtual agent immediately understood my problem, typed in a link to the HP answer and then the "did this help" box popped up all within a micro-second. So I scroll back to read the "fix", the answer is something like "we know about the problem and are working to fix it" with a link to the support blog. Just GREAT and if I was drowning and asked the virtual agent for help, I'd probably get an anchor instead of a life ring!! YOU WOULD THINK THAT IN 28 MONTHS THEY WOULD HAVE CRACKED THE CODE ON THIS ISSUE. I'M VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THIS PRODUCT AND WITH HP's INABILITY AND/OR UNWILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM!! B.T.W. I use this with my HP Pavilion Desktop 510-p114 which I bought a year ago that suffered a fatal crash after 3 weeks and cost me over $200.00 more to have Windows 10 re-installed to the "wiped" hard drive. How did it get wiped you ask??......using the HP recovery tools installed in the desktop. To this day, it occasionally crashes but not fatally.

I wasn't sure how to rate this printer, because I do like it. It's faster than my previous printer and I like that it is wireless, etc. However, 9 times out of 10 the document feeder jams when scanning. I'm not exaggerating. The primary reason I purchased this model as opposed to the cheaper one was because it featured a document feeder for scanning. It's a nice feature to have when scanning multi-page documents, because then I don't have each page as a seperate file and I don't have to pay extra for a program than combines pages into a single file. It does work (and beautifully), but I have to give it multiple tries due to the constant jamming. I've only had it a few weeks and it's not dirty or damaged that I can tell. Other than the feeder jamming, it's a wonderful printer and has a good price point. Update: It's been over a year now and I just upgraded my wireless network router. While updating the wireless setup on the printer I received an error code. After resetting the printer per HP recommendation, the error persists. I cannot clear it. Apparantly, my only recourse is to have it serviced or buy a new one. If you take the plunge with this printer, I recommend spending the extra few dollars on the warranty.

HP OfficeJet 4650 Wireless All-in-One Photo Printer with Mobile Printing, Instant Ink ready (F1J03A) Got this to replace a 3-year old HP all-in-one printer which I killed by spilling a glass of wine into it (turned the rubber rollers to sticky mush). My bad. Anyway, here's my review. 90% of my work with this printer involves the scanner. I like the feeder but wish it worked two-sided. In scanning to PDF using the feeder (which is what I normally do) It's very slow compared to putting the paper on the glass directly. However if the item you're scanning is normally one-sided you can put in a stack, kick it off and go do other work while it chugs away. When scanning from the glass it's quite fast and gives good quality scans. Print is good quality and relatively fast. I don't do photos so can't comment there. Also can't comment on the FAX feature since in the days of PDF and email I never use FAX. But it came with the printer, so - oh well. The ink is expensive, even if you use the "Instant Ink" but that doesn't bother me since I never buy OEM ink. I get it from aftermarket sources and pay a fraction of the cost. I've never had a problem with ink bought this way. The printer is attractive and has a nice small footprint. I like the touch screen and the wireless. I use Linux and had no problem setting up using HPLIP. Can't comment on setup with Windows but it's probably easy Plug&Play. At any rate, go into your router and set the printer for a static IP address. This isn't mentioned anywhere I can find, but at least with Linux you'll lose wireless connectivity whenever the printer renews its lease if you leave it as dynamic and the IP changes. One last thing, unrelated to this particular product. Any time you write a review on Amazon, be sure to use the "Insert Product Link" button when writing your review. Very often Amazon will include multiple similar products in a single review thread. Including the link lets the reader know exactly which product you're reviewing.

I had an epson and HATED IT, wanted something easy to use, and easy to set up. I sat down to an entire night of preparing myself for a nightmare new electronic set up, and to my wonderful suprise had this thing printing in 20 minutes! I couldn't believe it. My smart phone did everything, loaded the APP, and started printing. I can print from home or away and just love how easy it is. ANOTHER PLUS: The INK. As some of you may know, when other printers run low on one stinking color the whole machine will not print. My Epson was like that. I would be out of magenta ( i didnt care) but I couldnt even print out a plain black darn paper) I threw the whole thing in the garbage and bought this awesome HP. I'm so happy I researched all the reviews. I HATE AMAZON people that are gifted things to review...they all say how great the items are. I was so afraid to spend money on another printer, and so happy I did this time. Alot of us don't make a ton of money and this was a larger purchase for me. ONE DOWNFALL and maybe small but.....The printing arm automatically POPS OUT on it own when you print anything, I am already worried it will get broke off soon, as you have to manually push it back in when done. So anyway- that's not a huge deal, but I know it will be busted off in no time. GREAT, EASY TO SET UP, EASY TO USE, if you're not into fancy, extra stuff and just want a PRINTER that can print....buy HP. All the HP stuff I've bought has always been top quality. Anyway- hope it helped :) Happy New Year

I had a lot of issues with this printer losing network connectivity all the time. I had to do back flips (cycle printer, cycle router, cycle PC etc.) to get it to connect, then it would fart out half a page and lose connectivity again. I read HP's FAQ several times which told me to disable windows firewall and security software!!! After several weeks of frustration (I do heavy printing maybe once a week), I did some extra research and found that HP sets the printer to roaming or "auto" IP by default. By setting the printer to a static or "manual" IP address, I've had no more issues with printing via WiFi. HP publishes nothing about roaming vs static IP addresses in the users guide but does state "temporarily disable your firewall and check if the problem goes away." This is horrible advice to give any user as it opens their network to any cut rate hacker with half a brain. I'm surprised that statement even got by HP's lawyers. To set a static IP is very simple, go into the printer's network menu and print out the network config sheet. This will tell you the printer's IP address as assigned by your router, the subnet mask and default gateway and all other pertinent info you might want to know. In a new browser window, type your printer's IP address in the address bar and press enter, you should get your printer's config "site" click over to the network page and click "wireless (802.11)" then click "IPv4" witch will load the network config page you need. Click the radio button for "manual IP" and the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway will auto populate. Change the last group of numbers in the IP address to what ever is in there (a low number like 3 or 4) to a relatively high number like 250. Also make sure the radio button for "manual DNS server" is selected and make sure the address matches the default gateway. Don't change anything else. Click "apply" and then close the window. Cycle your printer and router and you should be good to go. I suspect that HP assumes most people have only a few wifi enabled devises and doesn't want us messing around with the IP address, but to suggest users disable their firewall or security software is playing with matches. I bought this printer for work, and get a liberal budget for ink and paper, so I don''t really mind that it is a hog on ink. As with any modern printer, be sure to get licensed ink and spend the little extra and get the XL or high capacity cartridges for better economy. Other than that it is a great printer. I have yet to try out all the other features, but I like printing photos from my phone, it's like having a Polaroid again! I needed crisp color print outs of floor plans for my work and this does just the job and much better than my older USB only HP printer. It is a little slow, but that's ok for me, I just budget the time I need for my print days and that's that.

I love this printer!! Easy to set up and nice to look at! The product works good too. This is my third printer in 10 years. First was a Lexmark, it worked ok for a while but always needed to have the heads cleaned and always need ink all the time and I also had troubles when I upgraded my computer. My next printer was a simple desk jet! Worked whenever I upgraded computers and ink seems to last a long time. I still have the desk jet and it still works four computer upgrades later. I decided I wanted to upgrade to wireless since it seems that everything else in my house is. This printer is amazing. It has good scan quality prints like a dream. I signed up for the instant ink. 2.99 a month to start with. Ink was sent right after I signed up! I get to finish the ink that came with the printer. I usually buy ink once a year so I consider this interest free financing on the ink! LOL! I am now able to print with out pulling out my little printer and hooking up the cables. Then putting it all away until the next time I print. Keep in mind I print maybe 50 pages a month. Now I print from my laptop and my cell phone!!! The only feature I have not tried is the fax feature. I do not have a land line in my home. I love the look and style of this device. It is a heavy sturdy device. So far I have no issues. Very happy and satisfied. This was a very affordable item. I compared many products before deciding on this device! All my computing products are HP. Very happy to have them in my home.

Wireless printing from your phone/device/laptop! Embarassingly I will admit I don’t use many of the great features that come with this printer. I was interested in the wireless printing feature and this was the most reliable brand with the best price! This printer would be fantastic for a small business or home office as it has its own wifi signal, can setup fax as well as create its own email to send files to! It has an easy to use well lit touch screen built onto it that allows quick access to the different menu options! I have never had any issues with paper jams or ink cartridges! It uses standard sized printer paper and HP ink cartridges that can be found pretty much at any store that sells ink or more conveniently here on Amazon which is where I purchased mine! Easy to install in under a minute and great quality print!

The new machine installed software is problematic. Disappointed with the automatic install software. Our cell phones and Ipads now dont even recognise the new printer. Also you use to be able to scan in Mulipage PDF format, now you cant. The old problem is they trying to get too clever with their upgrades. Particularly every other week there is a new software upgrade. Try contacting HP by phone, near impossible. I replaced old HP printer with supposed to be exactly the same, but it is not ?? Received a HP office-jet 4650 instead of the HP office -jet 4651. There is apparently a difference. Yet what you receive and what you get. There is no difference. Only reason I have kept it, because the unit size will fit into my office desk shelving.

IL DISCHETTO DI INSTALLAZIONE NON FUNZIONA, MI SPIEGATE COME CAVOLO FACCIO IO A CONFICIRATR LA STAMPANTE CON IL COMPUTER CHE FINO AD AGOSTO NON HO INTERNET? A ME LA STAMPANTE SERVE DEVO LAVORARE.

I just received this today and set it up within 5 minutes (the printer itself and Wi-Fi settings). I got worried over nothing using my MacBook to print. My MacBook found it effortlessly (literally) and printed without a problem. I printed my first set of document and was surprised about the printed tray popping out by itself haha. I thought that was a bonus feature. I haven't set up the fax option as the sole purpose of getting this printer is for home/personal use only. I thought that the price was excellent with the features you get. Yes, it prints both sides without manually re-loading the pages. My family has been using HP printers for years now and the only disadvantage is the price point of the ink cartridges. I advice that you set up your printer step-by-step and then the printer will prompt you to download an app (I tried but I was too impatient). I then set up the Network settings and omitted the app it prompted me to set up. Also, before anything else check all the drawers of the printer before plugging it in. There's a piece of carton in the ink cartridge drawer (it's very obvious btw).

I needed a new printer for my home office with a few small requirements. Wireless, some simple features, scanner, and a decent price. This printer ticked all the right boxes. PROS: • Decently feature rich printer for the price. Has a scanner, wi-fi print, air print, Multiple Format Printing, Cloud Printing and Automatic Document Feeder • Photo print quality is pretty good for an inkjet • Good printer for home Office • being able to print anywhere you have internet with the cloud printing is actually more handy than you would think at first. I've used it a few times now CONS • Text print quality was not as good as it should have been • Slower printing compared to some other printers I've used • I found the paper tray awkward to open, not a major problem just annoying • when printing a small plastic paper catch slides out from the front. I could see this getting broken off in a busy environment, so maybe pay attention to where you place it TIPS AND TRICKS: • Like most print companies now, HP makes their money through selling ink not the printers. By default the printer will print rich black, (meaning it lays down all the colours to make the black instead of using just black) which of course means a heck of a lot more ink being used. When printing plain text be sure to select black only to save yourself some money. • The other feature with this printer is the instant ink program. If you sign up to this your printer will automatically order new ink when it gets low for a bit of a discount. The problem is HP ink is way over priced and you can get much better cost savings purchasing your own. FINAL: All in its a pretty decent printer. Print quality is decent, and the extra features come in handy. Print speed can be a bit slow but acceptable for its price range. A good fit for a home office or small business.