Quality is iffy, as well. On our tests, the text prints on cheap copy paper showed a lot of wicking, as evidenced by jagged edges, and switching to higher-quality inkjet paper helped only slightly. Text that was in bold or italics was shrouded with a slight shadow, and its edges weren't as clean as they could be.
The color graphics prints also suffered from poor quality. We saw a lot of blurring and smudged ink, and the text on this page looked even worse than the text on text-only pages. The color gradients showed banding, and the grayscale gradient was grainy. The photo elements were also grainy, though they showed decent color handling (flesh tones are a bit washed-out). And the printer couldn't handle bar code-type graphics, turning the distinct lines into a muddled mess. The 4x6 photos looked grainy to the naked eye, and colors were flat and washed-out.
The grayscale scan revealed compression in the extremes of the grayscale: details were lost in both the highlights and shadows. The OfficeJet 4315 did its best work with the color scan, surprisingly: it showed good detail and was decently sharp, but again, compression in the white end of the grayscale resulted in some lost detail.
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