The HP 6180 All-In-One
Back in 2006, my employers purchased me an HP 6180 All-in-one printer/fax/copier/scanner/money pit. It printed incredible 4x6 photos on HP glossy photo paper, but other brand papers didn't fair so well. This machine rocks Bluetooth, Photobridge, an 802.11g wifi card, and USB capabilities. On the downside ink is expensive and its always requesting new ink.
The HP 6180 was fairly easy to setup, at least with Windows 7. Older Operating Systems may require the latest HP Solution center which, in my experience, consumes too much CPU to keep running all the time. Installing the printer on a home network via the wifi card with Windows 7 only took a couple minutes and doesn't require software that will choke your processor. Recently the some-in-one solution has begun to show its age. Every now and again the printer refuses to boot and just display a little loading graphic on the 2" LCD screen. Usually unplugging the machine completely and restoring power will wake it back up. Glitches aside,
I couldn't recommend this printer simply because of the cost of ink. At around $10 a color cartridge, its take a bit out of your wallet to keep this thing loaded. The HP 6180 uses 5 color cartridges (pink, magenta, cyan, light blue, and yellow) and a slightly larger black ink cartridge. It wouldn't be so bad if you could use that extra black ink by itself, however the machine flat out refuses to print without fresh color ink. Most older and other brand printers I've used will allow gray scale printing when you've depleted the colors carts, not this HP gem.
UPDATE
Its the holidays and I'm just trying to print a rebate coupon from Best Buy because they inverted their rewards program - instead of sending you the rebates you earn, now you have to use your crappy Best Buy home office equipment to print it. Smart though. This way nobody will ever be able to redeem their rebates. This printer will not cooperate long enough to even print the rebate coupon that will enable me to buy the new printer. This is sad and frustrating. Printing with HP products on Windows 7 OS's is not a pleasant experience at all. I wouldn't wish this experience on my enemies.
Why did I buy this HP 6180 Multifunction printer? Whew, thats right... I didn't.
Purchased at: CompUSA [site]