HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer
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.
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Overview
The B9180 offers Gallery-quality, durable photos on a wide range of media using pigment inks. HP colour controls make it easy to get accurate and consistent prints – every time.
Specifications:
Printing system
- Print technology: HP Thermal Inkjet
- Colour printing technology: Colorsmart /sRGB, Adobe RGB, ICM, Managed by application
- Print head nozzles: 1056 ink nozzles per colour, 24 kHz maximum firing frequency
- Print quality (colour, best quality): Up to 4800 optimised dpi colour (up to 4800 x 1200 dpi colour when printing from a computer and 1200 input dpi)
- Print quality (black, best quality): Up to 4800 x 1200 optimised dpi and 1200 x 1200 input dpi when printing from a computer in gray only in maximum-dpi-mode
- Print speed (black, normal quality, A4): Up to 4.5 ppm
- Print speed (colour, normal quality, A4): Up to 4 ppm
- Print speed (colour photo, best quality on photo paper, 10x15): As fast as 90 sec
Photo printing and smart features
- Standard paper trays: 2
- Recommended media: Photo paper (glossy, satin, matte, digital fine art media), plain paper, coated paper, brochure paper and film, transparencies, banners, iron-on transfer media
- Custom media sizes
- Main tray: 89 x 127 mm to 330 x 482 mm
- Specialty Media Tray: 100 x 150 mm to 330 x 482 mm - Standard media sizes
- Paper: A3 297 x 420 mm, A4 210 x 297 mm, B5 176 x 250 mm
- Envelopes: DL 220 x 110 mm, C6 114 x 162 mm
- Photo paper: A4 210 x 297 mm, 10 x 15 cm (with or without tear-off/cut-off tab) - Recommended media weigh: 80 to 800 g/m2 (1,5 mm thickness)
- Standard memory: 64 MB
- Pages per month: Up to 1000 pages per month
Other technical information
- Standard connectivity: Hi-Speed USB - compatible with USB 2.0 specifications, Ethernet 802.3 10/100 Base-TX
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 673 x 429 x 241 mm
- Weight: 17.1 kg
- Power consumption: 35 watts maximum
- Power requirements: Input voltage: 100- to 240-VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 5 Hz), 1 amp
- Warranty: Standard one-year limited hardware warranty. Warranty and support options vary by product, country and local legal requirements.
What's in the box?
- HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer
- HP 38 Pigment Ink Cartridges with Vivera Inks (8 individual ink cartridges)
- HP 70 Printheads (x4)
- HP ProPrint plug-in for Adobe Photoshop
- HP Photosmart Premier Software on CD-ROM
- Quick start booklet,
- User's guide
- Power cord
System requirements
Mac
- Mac OS X v10.2.8 (web download only), v10.3, v10.4 and higher
- 256MB RAM (1GB recommended)
- 200MB free hard disk space (450MB recommended)
- SVGA monitor 800 x 600, 16-bit colour (SVGA monitor 1024 x 768, 32-bit colour recommended)
- 4x CD-ROM drive
- USB port and USB cable (not included)
- Internet Explorer 5.01 with SP2 and higher
- Adobe Acrobat 5 and higher recommended
- Internet access recommended
- Networking features require a working Ethernet or wireless 802.11b/g network (cable not included)
PC
- Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Professional, x64 Edition (x64 Edition only supports USB direct connect)
- Pentium II 233 MHz (or equivalent) or higher (Pentium® 4 or higher recommended)
- 256MB RAM (1GB recommended)
- 200MB free hard disk space (450MB recommended)
- SVGA monitor 800 x 600, 16-bit colour (SVGA monitor 1024 x 768, 32-bit colour recommended)
- 4x CD-ROM drive
- USB port and USB cable (not included)
- Internet Explorer 5.01 with SP2 and higher
- Adobe Acrobat 5 and higher recommended
- Internet access recommended
- Networking features require a working Ethernet or wireless 802.11b/g network (cable not included)
Most Recent Reviews
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HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer
Superb!
Written by PM from PULBOROUGH
Mar 20, 2008
I've owned one of these fine machines for about six months now and all I can say is it is an amazing printer, it can print borderl…Read moreess at 13x19" (that's A3+) and providing you tell the printer the correct type of paper the output is simply glorious.
I have had more 'wow' moments from people looking at the rich colours and precise detail than I ever got from my epson r2400 (which I traded-in as the ink usage was so extreme). So I have no hesitation recommending this superb printer.(24 of 27 people found this review useful)
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HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer
Great prints, if you use the right paper
Written by RB from FARNHAM
Jan 30, 2008
This printer does what it is advertised to do, that's the good news. However this is only the case if you use paper compatible wit…Read moreh its pigment based inks. To get the advertised results you must use HPs Advanced Photo Papers, or equivalents from the likes of Ilford, Kodax etc. Ilford Matte and Semi Gloss worked well for me.
If you use HPs Premium Plus Photo paper, which are designed for dye based inks, you will be upset at the output. Images print flat, with no gloss sheen or lustre and you are left wondering what the **** to do, especially if you compare the output with the same photo printed on an HP dye based printer e.g. HPC7280!
HP uses its Vivera brand for both Dye and Pigment based inks. Its Premium Plus Photo paper specifically claims to be Vivera compatible, I believe this claim is causing a misunderstanding amongst photographers who wish to print their own photos.
HP could make this easier to understand if they were to explain this clearly in the literature.
Happy printing!
(29 of 31 people found this review useful)
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HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer
A super printer for high end use
Written by GG from ENFIELD
Aug 27, 2007
While the print quality is superb and it comes highly recommended, buyers should be aware that it takes ages to set up and is inte…Read morended to be left switched on all the time. It uses ink on self-tests regularly, and a full set of cartridges costs about £150 (but they run out seperately). But if you want larger than A3 glossy or other media photographic posters, this printer is brilliant.
(24 of 25 people found this review useful)
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Most Useful Reviews
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HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer
Great for photos, not for other software
Written by CC from Brighton
Jul 11, 2007
This printer produces stunning photo prints up to 13x19", is fairly quick for the quality produced and is pretty light on ink usag…Read moree. Colours are vivid and show no discernible dots or banding. Setup is simple if a little fiddly, and reliability is excellent.
This would have been five stars except for the lack of support from other apps than Photoshop and its own print software (which handles most bitmap formats). Printing from Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat works but is not handled at all well; the colours vary wildly and type edges show heavy jagged lines. When asked about this, HP support replied saying the only 3rd party app it supports printing from PS.(34 of 37 people found this review useful)
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HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer
Great prints, if you use the right paper
Written by RB from FARNHAM
Jan 30, 2008
This printer does what it is advertised to do, that's the good news. However this is only the case if you use paper compatible wit…Read moreh its pigment based inks. To get the advertised results you must use HPs Advanced Photo Papers, or equivalents from the likes of Ilford, Kodax etc. Ilford Matte and Semi Gloss worked well for me.
If you use HPs Premium Plus Photo paper, which are designed for dye based inks, you will be upset at the output. Images print flat, with no gloss sheen or lustre and you are left wondering what the **** to do, especially if you compare the output with the same photo printed on an HP dye based printer e.g. HPC7280!
HP uses its Vivera brand for both Dye and Pigment based inks. Its Premium Plus Photo paper specifically claims to be Vivera compatible, I believe this claim is causing a misunderstanding amongst photographers who wish to print their own photos.
HP could make this easier to understand if they were to explain this clearly in the literature.
Happy printing!
(29 of 31 people found this review useful)
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HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer
A super printer for high end use
Written by GG from ENFIELD
Aug 27, 2007
While the print quality is superb and it comes highly recommended, buyers should be aware that it takes ages to set up and is inte…Read morended to be left switched on all the time. It uses ink on self-tests regularly, and a full set of cartridges costs about £150 (but they run out seperately). But if you want larger than A3 glossy or other media photographic posters, this printer is brilliant.
(24 of 25 people found this review useful)
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