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(More customer reviews)Sorry, HP, you need to finish this product.
I went ahead and ordered this product despite the numerous negative (one-star) reviews I saw here beforehand. Mistake. I had faith in the robust design of HP printers and figured my engineering background and years of experience working with printers and networking products, including wireless, would overcome any shoddy documentation. And the documentation was shoddy-- well below what I have come to expect from HP. Despite the documentation, I did get it to work-- sort of.
It "sort of" works because the killer flaw with this product is the way communication with the printer would mysteriously hang and ruin multi-page printouts. I love the HP 460 printer driver's support for two-sided printing, but when you're in the middle of the back sides of 12 pages and the job hangs, there's nothing to do but start over-- lots of wasted paper, ink, and time. Life's too short for this kind of time-eating hassle. (I did a fairly sophisticated Wi-Fi site survey to make sure the 802.11 channels used in the ad-hoc connection were clear; regardless, with a reliable link such as TCP/IP supports, a well-designed product would simply wait for any RF interference to clear and then resume printing. This product would repeatedly hang--just stop printing-- at random points during various print jobs.) Please, HP, do everyone a favor and finish this product's software/firmware.
Once I stopped using this wireless card and went back to using the alternative (hard-wired) USB connection, I couldn't believe how much I liked the printer again. (I am an admitted longtime fan of HP printers.) Using the USB cable, the printer shoots out pages 2-3 times faster than when using this Wi-Fi card, and best of all, it NEVER hangs. Ahhhhh.
I don't know if the Bluetooth card works reliably, but this Wi-Fi card doesn't. The Bluetooth wireless option is almost certainly slower than this Wireless-G card, so the USB cable may still be a better option unless you really *need* a wireless connection (or don't have a free USB port). Also, note that if you use the USB cable, you can keep your laptop's Wi-Fi (Wireless-B/G) linked to an Internet access point instead of devoting it to the printer link.
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Use the HP 802.11g Wireless Printer Card when you want simple mobile printing with your HP Deskjet 460 series printers. The tiny HP 802.11g Wireless Printer Card slides into the CompactFlash card slot and you're ready to roll.
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