Weighing in at 34-plus pounds, it's not the most svelte AIO around, but it has plenty of features. It can print from your Mac, or print from memory cards and PictBridge-enabled cameras (allowing you to preview photos on a 2.4-inch color LCD before printing). It can copy, scan and fax. It can scan and save directly to a USB key or external drive. It can scan and store documents and photos directly to a network folder. And it sports a built-in connector for network sharing and a 50-page automatic document feeder.
Getting it up and running is relatively easy, though a bit time consuming. The initial setup takes 30 minutes or more when you include automatic configuration and diagnostics. The L7680 (why is it that only Apple comes up with cool product names?) comes with four ink cartridges (one each for cyan, yellow, magenta, and black inks) and two print heads, which each handle two ink colors. But they're easy to install. The software is Mac friendly and Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") compatible.
The HP all-in-one has impressive print quality. Its text output isn't laser printer sharp, but it's crisp. Print speeds are fast: up to 35 pages per minute (ppm) in black-and-white and 34 ppm in color at standard speed. If you want the highest quality (say for photos), expect around 12 ppm in black-and-white and 10 ppm in color. Plus, the L7680 supports automatic two-sided printing.
The color output was impressive -- close to photo quality if not quite matching it. To get the best color output, you'll want to use HP's specialized papers. You can also print borderless photos in various sizes up to 8.5 x 24 inch panorama from memory cards and proof sheets. What's more, the HP SureSupply alerts you when a cartridge is low.
The L7680 also sports solid scan features, offering up to 2400 x 4800 optimized dpi (dots per inch) color (when printing from a computer and with 1200 dpi input). One advantage of the L7680 HP is the size of its flatbed, which is roomy enough for legal size pages. When it comes to faxing with the L7680, incoming documents are stored when the power is off.
HP offers an optional 350-sheet (for a total of 600 sheets) if you'd like to expand the AIO's capabilities. The device is also flexible. For example, I have it set up as a wireless network printer via a router. HP also sells a Bluetooth option for use without a router.
Compared to some all-in-ones, the HP L7680 is a bit noisy, though that's probably to be expected with its zippy performance. It seems to cut off a small bit of the margins due to the way it "picks up" the paper. Also, the document feeder doesn't always load paper straight.
If you have specific, very stringent, needs, such as pro photo color printing, you'll probably go for a more specialized device (such as the [url=http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/mwsf_hp_expands_pro_photo_printer_offerings]HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Photo Printer[/url], an excellent printer for serious amateur photographers). But for high-quality, all-around SOHO office work, the HP Officejet Pro L7680 is a great choice.

Macsimum rating: 8 out of 10