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Professional pigment-ink, A3+ photo printer with individual ink cartridges, precise colour accuracy and archivability. Superior colour management and controls for gallery-quality, instant-drying, durable photos on a wide range of media. The Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer is designed for professional photographers who need fast, durable printing up to A3+ on a variety of media types, plus the assurance of colour accuracy and consistent, print-to-print photo quality. Create professional photographs and ...
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Technical Details
- Printer Type - Colour Inkjet- Max Resolution (Mono/Colour) - 4800 x 1200 / 4800 x 1200 dpi
- Max Print Speed - 28ppm (Black Draft A4), 26ppm (Colour Draft)
- Interface - USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
- Monthly Duty Cycle - 1000 Pages
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By C. Cousins (Brighton, UK)
When it prints, this product is capable of stunning results, even if it does eat ink and take up half a desk - it's such a shame that the build quality is so awful, the paper trays are plastic-y and feel cheap, paper loading is clumsy through either tray and the worst part is the stupid paper jam sensor, which now stops 90% of my prints after getting a third of the way through, reporting a non-existent paper jam. After just over a year this printer is now effectively dead. Steer clear.
By Janman (UK)
Research on the Internet led me to this printer. As usual AFTER ordering it I found reviews that weren't so favourable. I plugged in it via Ethernet cable, installed the Photoshop plug-in and couldn't believe the quality of the print that came out. I would not know the difference between this printer's output and a photo lab, plus you can print at up to A3+ size! The plug-in makes printing a breeze, what you see on screen is what you get! Simply set the paper size, type of paper, whether you want a border or not and press Print, it's that easy. Superb printer.
By D. C. BROWN (West, west cornwall, on the very edge)
I have had this printer for about 6 months now. It is capable of very good results, both in colour and black and white. It does not seen particularly thirsty regarding ink, when compared to other printers.
But I am getting really annoyed by the printer's demand for 3 sheets of premium photo paper, every time it is switched off. I know, I know printers have to be kept on all of the time. But having to move the printer to retrieve a child's watch that had fallen behind it, turning of the house electric to fit a new light fitting, even a power outage of half a second during a thunder storm, results in the dam thing demanding 3 sheets of paper before it will accept a new print job. Can't there be simple override or something? I once ran out of the premium glossy A 4 paper over the weekend (it won't accept anything else, like a spoilt child) so could not print out any photos, even though I had plenty of A3 matt Harman warmtone, that I prefer for Black and white.
Oh come of HP write a software revision, or some patch to allow the user/owner to overriding this irritation.
By Mark Reid (Ayrshire, UK)
Let me first start by saying that I've not owned an HP printer since 1995 as I wasn't keen on the print quality, and so I ended up with Epson and stuck with them until very recently... so I'm far from being an HP "fanboy", and that's why I was reluctant to switch from Epson.
My reason for switching was because I wanted true black and white prints, and all of the review sites showed that this was the closest you could possibly get without using film and a darkroom. My Epson at the time, which was still great, don't get me wrong... printed black and white prints with a greenish hue and this hue would worsen over time.
The HP 9180 was expensive, considering I was only wanting to use them for printing out my own photography... but the reviews spoke for themselves and so I decided to take the plunge and spent almost £600 at the time. It really was a considerable gamble at the time.
It arrived in a HUGE box, and I went through the setup process which took just under 25 minutes from switching on, to the point where the closed loop calibration had finished the permanent setup. I printed off my first test print on Hahnemule Photo Rag Pearl A3 and was literally stunned by the quality and detail, as well as the colour accuracy. I stood looking at it, wondering how I ever managed before... and I didn't have to do anything at all. No setting up of colour profiles, no fancy driver manipulation... just a straight print from Photoshop using the Photosmart Pro print option.
To put it bluntly, this is the best quality printer I've ever owned. I've had it now since June 2008 and it's been used heavily, but the ink consumption is very low. I used to work in the print industry and was used to the extremely high quality of a chromalin proof, but this print surpassed that. I have printed 80 x A3 canvas prints (Hahnemule Monet Canvas A3) and around 60 x A3 art prints (Hahnemule Photo Rag Pearl A3) and I'm still on my second set of inks.
The black and white prints are incredible, with deep blacks, clear whites and a clear gamut in between. The detail is quite amazing - I took one particular shot of the gardens at Sanssouci in Potsdamm... looked great on the camera, looked great in Photoshop... but when it was printed out on the 9180 it opened up a whole new level of detail that I had never imagined was possible with what is essentially a home printer. Every blade of grass, every leaf... detailed to perfection. My colour prints are no different, with a realism that isn't tainted by undersaturated colours. The first black and white print from my test run is still exactly as it was when first printed - no changes in hue or contrast, while two Epson black and whites from the day before are now rusty in colour (printed on Fuji paper) and green/blue in colour (printed on Epson's own Premium Glossy Photo paper) so I was surprised to see that the HP print remained the same.
It's important to note that HP don't recommend switching the printer off because it performs routine maintenance on itself a few times per week, checking the alignment, checking the print heads and (where necessary) performing the closed loop calibration. The other reviewer who spoke of it taking an unnecessary amount of time to become ready after you switch it on is experiencing this because the printer it intelligent enough to recognise that it's been switched off for some time and would therefore be open to atmospheric changes which could shift alignment (temperature changes etc) so it's advisable to let the printer remain on at all times - the ink doesn't seem to deplete when it's inactive anyway and the power consumption is low.
One thing I would say is that I had always used Ilford Gallerie paper with my Epson printers, but it doesn't work well with the HP 9180 because of the type of pigment inks it uses. The colour accuracy is terrible with the Ilford paper but if you use HPs own or the Hahnemule range (which I have fallen in love with!) then you are guaranteed fine art quality prints every time.
Another reviewer mentioned the bad paper handling with skewed prints - I can't honestly say that I've ever found that with this printer. There are very clear guide marks on the speciality paper feed which allow you to align the paper/canvas perfectly and it doesn't move out of alignment. It could be that they have their printer too close to a back wall, in which case the print material bunched up behind and forced movement, but I've never experienced this.
To summarise.. I think it's an exceptional machine, and very much worth the money for someone who wants to produce professional quality prints at a reasonable cost.
By M. Cohen (Surrey UK)
This is our second printer the first having failed within two years and having constant software problems during that time. Both printers have had problems with the edge of areas of dark colour but the results are, on the whole, very good which is why we bought the same machine again despite the problems with the first. The printer always defaults to high quality photo paper which makes for very slow printing of general material if you forget to change the setting before each individual item. If you need an A3 photo quality printer printer that has to fit in a height limited space it is currently your only choice. A further plus is that it uses larger cartridges than the competition requiring fewer changes.
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