If you are looking for a printer embedded with elegance and efficiency, the All-in-one HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2545 is your best bet.
The HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2545 All-in-one printer is an ideal printer for home and even office use by many standards.
It comes in an elegant design and fine finish with foldable operational parts making it tidy and neat when not in use. The color (white) is suitable for office equipment.
The adapter fitted to its power cable is ideal since it will help keep in check fluctuating electric currents.
The strength of the power pack at 100-240v ~50/60Hz 300MA is a plus, as it allows the printer to function even with seemingly low electric currents.
In addition, the power socket is fitted with a fuse as another step at minimising electrical damage to the unit. It comes with a resilient electric cable that can withstand pressure and prevents easy breakage when packaged or muddled up.
The colour and black print output is top-notch. It is devoid of any skid-marks or watermarks causable by the printing mechanism.
This means that the printing mechanism is quite efficient. But of course, users must always check and replace ink cartridges when low to keep performance in top level.
The DeskJet unit is not weighty. At 3.60kg, its light-weightiness allows for easy carriage and with a dimension of 425.23 x 552.19 x 252.19 mm (w x d x h), it consumes less space with its sleek shape.
Printers are often noisy when the printing process is activated. This DeskJet Advantage is no different from earlier versions or contemporaries in this regard.
Perhaps manufacturers should be looking in the noise control direction which will be a welcome development for consumers. The ink compartment is however well placed and covered to prevent dust interference or being mishandled.
Apart from printing, the printer embeds scan and copy functions. Scanning with the device is quite easy and straightforward.
After loading your document onto the scan board, the scanning takes just fifteen seconds to replicate on the monitor.
In addition, one can tweak scanned documents before printing to suit preference by reducing or increasing the size and editing the contrast and colour sharpness desired. Copying takes ten seconds – making a coloured copy adds about five seconds to the timing. The replicated copy is an exact clone of the original, both in black and colored modes.
Printing can be done by wireless network which is a great deal of improvement in document production.
However, the Wi-Fi network is seemingly compatible with only Apple devices. Other non-Apple devices find it hard in executing the printing command or do not have the print option on them.
The device sports a thumb size display screen where operational instructions are displayed. This feature is however a downside to the unit. It would be more ideal to have a larger display screen that gives more explicit operational information. Having a touch screen display would also have been more preferable.
Overall, the DeskJet Advantage 2545 All-in-one printer is an excellent printer suitable for office and home use, especially for users desirous of a printer with multiple functions. It is user friendly with simple instructions to follow while carrying out any of the three tasks it is manufactured for.