 | Epson Artisan 50 Color Inkjet Printer (C11CA45201)
Printer Hard drive failure after only 6 months! -- 2010-08-26
I have owned the Epson Artisan 50 for about 6 months and have had problems with the CD/DVD label making tray not feeding into the printer properly. It is very touchy and requires playing around with it in order for it to work properly. Today I got an error message stating the tray was not in the correct position but I knew IT WAS! I tried the trouble shooting guide and was prompted to contact Epson Support. I could not email them on the site I was directed to because an error message kept coming up about the model information not being properly supplied, but there was no box to supply that information to begin with. I called customer support and was directed to try several steps and still no luck at getting the CD label to print. The tech concluded that the printer hard drive had failed after only 6 months! The unit was still under warranty and the tech said another (refurbished model) would be shipped to me and I could just throw out the bad unit. I no longer have much faith in Epson printers. The Epson R380 I owned before the Artisan lasted barely over a year and that printer hard drive failed as well. It seems as though a printer should be built to last longer than 6 months to a year. When the unit was working properly it did turn out some nice quality prints, however, the ink is costly and this model guzzles a large quantity of ink! When the refurbished model they are sending me dies, I am done investing in Epson.
no two-sided printing for Mac OSX -- 2010-08-23
The printer itself seems OK. Set up with no major problems and print quality is comparable with other ink jets. However, if two-sided printing is a factor in your decision, it is supported for the windows print driver, but not with the current latest version of the Mac printer driver downloaded from the Epson support site.
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 | Kodak ESP 7250 All-in-One Printer
Kodak ESP 7250 -- 2010-09-05
Relpaced my old ESP7 with the New ESP 7250
Nicer looking
Prints are Better and Faster
Same Ink Refills as before
Great Price
WiFi connectivity issues cloud performance. -- 2010-09-05
The Kodak ESP 7250 All-In-One wireless printer is very affordable and has the best prices for print cartidges on the market. This silver and black printer seems to be solid and well made, however the printer return tray is too flexible and flimsy giving it an otherwise cheap appearance.
Print quality and speed, while not market leading, are certainly satisfactory for home use. Photographic printing is capable; as one would expect from Kodak.
This printer, however, fails to measurement up with its WiFi wireless connectivity. The printer will successfully detect our Netgear RangeMax Wireless N Router, but actually getting it to print wirelessly is another matter altogether. Sometimes there is a delay of 5 minutes or more and at other times the connection will be lost entirely even when the router is placed within 3 feet of the printer. Many times we will receive a random error message (we aren't even printing) that the "Kodak ESP7250 spooler has experienced a problem and is shutting down". I am sure it is not an issue of our home network as all of our other WiFi devices and laptops connect flawlessly. After spending 2 hours with Kodak tech support (offshore, India?)and a very patient and helpful tech rep, the connectivity problems persist. Rate of successful, no problem printing, 10%.
If Kodak can solve the connectivity issues with this AIO WiFi Printer then they will indeed have a winner. For now, though, it falls short of expectations and is a disappointment.
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 | Canon PIXMA iP2702 Inkjet Photo Printer (4103B002) with PP-201 Photo Paper
Nice small printer -- 2010-09-02
This is a great small printer. I replaced an older Canon Pixma that died, and this one prints out much nicer pictures. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the picture print quality. Overall, I really like it.
A simple printer that works great -- 2010-07-28
I bought this for s simple printer that I may use once a day, I am still on the original cartage.. I got a outrageous price of 29.00.. Excellent buy with free shipping.
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 | Lexmark Pinnacle Pro901 All-In-One Printer (2668725)
Easy to Use and Feature Rich Printer - Highly Recommended! -- 2010-09-06
We bought this Lexmark Pro901 printer to replace my excellent, but fried (power surge), HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-In-One Printer. This has all of the main features we needed for use at home, and then some, including:
* Wireless Networking, Wired Ethernet and USB Printing (did not test either), FAX, Duplex Printing (2-Sided), Standalone Copy and Scanning, included OCR (for converting scans to text), and an Automatic Document Feeder (50 page)
The setup for my wireless network was fairly easy and took about 15 minutes. The installation software worked fine on both Windows 7 and Vista, stepping through every stage of the procedure. After installing the print cartridges (Black and three individual colors), the printer self-aligned, and reported ready. From the menu, I selected the Network option, selected Wireless, it scanned and found my home network SSID and asked for my Security Key. The printer came up on the network and the PC software found it right away.
Printing from the PC was straight forward and worked exactly like it should. Using the scanner (TWAIN) from within applications like Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate worked perfectly as well.
All of the advanced features I tried (PC FAX, Scanning to PDF and Email, OCR) worked perfectly and were easy to figure out. The included OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is provided from a program called "ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint" and is surprising accurate. An interesting feature that I did not try is the ability to add "apps" to the printer, like RSS feeds and scripts. These can be downloaded from the Lexmark site. If these prove to be difficult or cause issues, I'll update this review.
To summarize:
Pros -
+ Easy Setup
+ Nice Touch Screen
+ Feature Rich
+ Inexpensive Black Ink
+ Good Text Print Quality
+ Fast "Standard" Print Speed
Cons -
- Pricey Color Inks
- Marginal Photo Print Quality
Misc -
* Supports Additional "Apps" on Console (RSS, etc)
This is a very advanced printer that works well for all of the functions I need and the low ink cost (at least for the black) is a huge plus for us.
Highly Recommended!
CFH
Great value and features in a printer -- 2010-09-01
Pros
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$4.99 for a 500 page black ink cart
Easy to disable color printing
Once setup, wireless printing and scanning is fast and easy
Energy Star
Great dynamic touchscreen controls
5 year warranty
Cons
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Color ink still expensive (but can be disabled)
Wireless setup lacks good instructions for some setups
On my Cradlepoint router I had to disable the User Login page. Not a huge deal, but added an extra 15 minutes of trial and error to the setup and removes one additional layer of security from my home wifi.
To disable color printing on a per-computer basis in Windows:
1. Open printers folder under Control Panel.
2. Right click on the Lexmark printer then choose printing preferences.
3. Check the box for "print only in black".
I do not use the fax function on this device, but everything else works great. Got it for $175, but it's worth the $199 price I'm seeing now.
Summary
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Great value (best around) for black ink. Wireless adds crazy feng shui possibilities. (I have mine hanging from the ceiling.)
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 | Samsung ML-2851ND Network-Ready Monochrome Laser Printer
Cheap, functional, and easy to set up -- 2010-08-26
I just got it yesterday and as a college student it's just what I needed for printing all the lecture material for my classes. I love the duplex feature because it'll save me paper. It's also pretty compact for a laser printer. The only downside is it only prints in black and white, but it's price evens that out. If I needed to print in color I guess I'd just use my old inkjet printer.
Samsung ML-2851ND Laser Printer -- 2010-05-06
This is a very good printer. It's fast and the output looks great. The built-in duplexing is terrific and has saved me a great deal of paper. There's one problem - it goes to sleep after a period of idleness and I can't wake it up without turning it off and back on again, which is inconvenient. I posted a question to Samsung about this but haven't heard back. Other than that, I recommend it.
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 | HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless Printer
Do not purchase this printer. -- 2010-08-30
First, setting this printer up is difficult. The third or fourth time you call customer service you will probably find someone who can tell you what no other person before them did, but with a snide and condescending tone that you don't need in your life. Setting it up to run in wireless mode is especially challenging.
Second, the daily use directions are woefully inadequate. Try to find out what a blinking power light means. You can't. the printer just doesn't work.
Third, this printer grinds away for minutes at a time, making all sorts of strange noises, but not printing. You'll spend more time standing around wondering if your printer will work or if it's malfunctioned again. And then you'll get something useless like a "Wireless Network Test Report" that tells you everything is fine. But your printer still isn't printing.
Fourth, the printer jams all the time. How a printer in the 21st century can regularly jam paper in such a way that the printer carriage can't move is beyond me. Fortunately, it is NOT beyond the capability of other companies that make printers. This is my last HP printer ever!!!!!
Breaks, then HP won't stand behind their product -- 2010-08-21
After only a few months, the print head got jammed and the printer quit working. I called technical support, and they informed me they wouldn't help me because I was "out of warranty." But it was only a few months into the 1-year period. Thankfully, I kept the receipt, and after weeks of fighting HP acknowledged that they owed me a replacement. Unfortunately, they sent me the cheaper version that wasn't a wireless printer. When I called to point out the switch, HP told me they would not replace it with a wireless model because the latest version was more expensive than the one I had purchased. They wouldn't give me a full or even partial refund either. So after hours on the phone and weeks of fighting, I'm stuck with a printer I don't want because it's not wireless. I will never ever buy an HP product again. Not only do their products break easily, but their "customer service" is a nightmare.
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 | HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One Inkjet Printer (CC335A#ABA)
Five years, nearly zero technological advancement -- 2010-09-06
HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One Inkjet Printer (CC335A#ABA)
HP Photosmart Premium C309a All-in-One - Multifunction Printer
My trusty HP Photosmart 2610 recently gave up the ghost (actually broke a spring in the cartridge compartment that rendered the whole printer useless) after five faithful years. I used that thing pretty heavily, and it owed me nothing. So, naturally, I ran right out, looked at nothing but HP all-in-ones (meaning 4-in-1s, by the way; "all-in-ones" that don't fax are NOT all-in-ones), found a great deal on the Photosmart Premium C309a, and brought it home, excited not only for a brand new piece of HP equipment, but eager to see how they've improved the technology in the last five years.
Answer: a big fat goose egg. The C309a is a decent, versatile product overall, but any positive steps HP has taken have been counteracted by lack of quality and extreme lack of support. I've used all four features over the few weeks since I've purchased it. The only improvement that is useful to me is the automatic feed tray on top. Bring able to print on printable CDs or CD labels is a nice-to-have, but not a big deal and not worth the retail price (thankfully I got it at Costco).
The quality of the cabinet is okay so far, but mostly plastic, and no better than my old 2610. The only functional "improvements" I've seen are literal bells and whistles that tell you when a page is printed (a bright, flourishy sound, as if the machine is saying "Tada! Look what I did!") and two beeps that literally sound like "Uh oh" when something goes wrong, which has been several times. I've noticed a very marginal increase in speed over my five-year-old former printer (the speeds advertised are on fastest draft settings and don't include the time the machine seems to take to whirr and swish and finally START printing). All the noises it makes after printing are pretty annoying, too. I feel like I've got flippin' R2-D2 on my desk, only not as cute.
I've had the copy function hang on me several times, then hang again when I press cancel, and again when I try to turn the power off and back on. I've ended up having to unplug it and plug it back in.
Technical support? Don't get me started. I'll never call them again. Apparently, Carly Fiorina, before she bolted for the campaign trail where she promises to create and protect American jobs, outsourced the entire tech support department to India. I wasted the better part of an hour with a guy who couldn't even understand the problems I was having setting the thing up. It turned out the problem was with my phone line, but did he help me figure that out? Nooooooo!
An aside: The "Basics Guide" that is included in the box is largely useless except to an advanced user. It's heavy on technical jargon and light on...well...BASICS! You have to download the FULL user guide from [...] to get any simple answers. Seems bass-ackwards to me!
Another non-improvement: the ink cost per page for my new printer is higher than for my old printer; the photo quality is good, but again no better than my old one. I'll spend my time printing photos via Costco for 13 cents per 4 x 6 rather than waste precious ink printing more expensive photos at home.
The bottom line: I don't know what the R&D folks at HP have been doing for the past five years, but they'd better step it up big time in the next five (assuming my new all-in-one even lasts that long) or I'm bolting straight to Epson.
another great all in one from hp -- 2010-09-01
love the all in one it is my second one first one lasted 5 yrs if i get 5 out of this one i will be a happy man
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 | Samsung ML-2525W Wireless Mono Laser Printer
Great little printer, I just wish the wireless stayed on -- 2010-09-09
The short: This is a really nice, compact, laser printer with an attractive housing and a decent speed, but the wireless connectivity is flaky and unreliable.
There are other reviews complaining about wireless issues, etc. I am in a mixed-operating-system household (2 macs and 1 windows laptop). I was able to get the printer to connect to my wireless network (with WPA2 encryption) without trouble.
The printer always gives me an "Excellent" status for the signal strength (it's about 6 feet away from the router); however, if I don't print anything for a few minutes, it disappears from the network. Power-cycling the printer brings it back online again.
My guess is it's an issue with WOL (Wake On LAN) or some sort of power-saving state that the printer gets stuck in.
I'm giving it 4 stars. If I figure out the wireless issues, it will be 5.
Awesome printer but wifi MAC set up is easier said than done sometimes -- 2010-09-03
The printer itself is impressive, quick and quiet. I couldn't have asked for more in a mono laserjet. The only bummer is that most reviewers are right, setting up the wifi printing on a MAC is a little difficult. The Samsung software never actually gets it done and you're forced to use some of their other weird apps on the CD.
Long story short: set up the MAC using the software, use the troubleshooter information to find out how you determine the printer's IP address, then go to System Preferences --> Print & Fax --> Add Printer
Protocol: HP Jetdirect - Socket
Address: IP address of the printer (you can set it's IP address using an app on the CD, read the troubleshooter)
Queue: (Leave blank)
Name: Automatic but you can change it
Location: (Leave blank)
Print Using: "Select printer software" and find Samsung ML-2525W
Enjoy!
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 | HP P2035 LaserJet Printer Monochrome
Anti-Apple (Snow) Great Printer -- 2010-08-24
Just as the title says: It's a great printer, but I have absolutely NO support from HP when it comes to controlling the settings. If I want to utilize the ECONO or QUIET mode, adjust the resolution, jam settings... None of this standard control is available for Mac Users. You're essentially stuck using the printer with its default settings. Regardless of who is to blame, if you're a current Apple user and you're in the market for a new LaserJet, this printer should not be on your list.
Great Printer -- 2010-07-04
Ordered this Printer through Amazon from one of its preferred vendors. The printer came on time and has worked great. Its print speed is amazing. It begins spitting out the paper as soon as you hit the print button. It is that fast! I would recommend it to anyone.
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 | HP Deskjet 6940 Color Printer (C8970A#B1H)
Like an Old Friend -- 2010-08-19
I had an HP 6540 for over five years when it quit working. Cost me approximately $20 per year including the first set of cartridges.
I found the HP 6940, discovered it was nearly identical, and bought it. I connected it to my Windows 7 PC and before I could check on anything a box popped up telling me my printer was ready to go. And it really was. I print documents and some photos and am satisfied with the quality.
Great Little Workhorse -- 2010-08-10
For a very low price this is a Great Little Workhorse for everyday office (or personal) use! Currently, I have 4 printers (1 Epson Artisan 800 for photos & scanning; 2 HP LaserJet printers for B/W printing & this HP DeskJest 6940 Inkjet Color Printer). I chose this unit to replace an HP Printer we ran nearly 7 days a week for 5 years, and the space allocated for it was too small for most printers, but this one fit right in. The ink lasts a very long time as well. It also came with an ethernet cable so printing from the Mac it's connected to is quite fast. Of course you can still connect it with a USB cable if desired. I did not get the quick start up installation guide that was supposed to be in the box, but after years of installing printers, we all pretty much know what to do. I bought it through Amazon.com and as always when making a purchase from Amazon, it was a breeze to buy, shipping was very fast & it was exactly as featured. Overall, I would highly recommend this product to anyone.
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