Printer Reviews

Xerox copy drums, cartridges, and copiers produce high quality copies for the home and small business. We use ours for Cub Scouts. Every month we reproduce hundreds of handouts for the Pack. Our Xerox copier is fast and easy to use, and the Ink cartridges and drums last a long time.

The print quality is excellent. The cartridge delivers about 40 pages of photographic prints.

I have had this machine for two years. I purchased it as a back-up for my laser printer. I also use it to print color photos, as a fax machine, and a copier. There is software that somehow allows you to use it as a scanner to. I never looked into it because I already had a stand-alone page scanner. My only criticisms of this machine is that it is slow in comparison to my laser printer, and that ink-jet cartridges, link laser toner, are expensive. However, I don't think you will be dissapointed with this machine.

Basically the Lexmark Z45se printer performs competently at basic tasks, such as black text/graphics, and basic color applications. The black text I've printed out is equivalent or even better in clarity and depth of color to other printers costing much more, and if one is using this printer primarily for text, then it is definately a solid buy. Color grapics that aren't too complex (i.e. non-photo graphics) also print out clear and bright on normal inkjet paper, equivalent to outputs of comparable printers in this price range. The photo quality isn't spectacular, that is, if one wanted a printer for printing out high-quality photos, this one would not be a top choice. I haven't yet used any of the ultra-top-high-gloss-crazy-bright photo papers with this particular printer, so the choice of paper might make a difference. The only real gripe I have with this printer is the fact that the ink cartriges seem to run out rather quickly, at around 150-200 pages black, and 20 pages color. So caveat emptor if you're a heavy printer user. For the average household, though, I'd recommend it highly.

this is my first epson product and I am more than happy with my purchase. The price for what you get is excellent. Scanning was simple. Basicly you put in a picture or face down book and press scan and the software takes care of the rest.

Compared to my last scanner (microtek) this is a dream. The software is intuitive and didnt require my going thru help menus to figure out. The unit, being multi function integrates with printing and that makes it easy too. Not to mention *not* needing extra cables and space to connect separate units.

The printing is quicker than my last printer (HP) especially in black and white. The printing speed isnt what I would call lightening fast, but it works well for me as a home user. Color printing is somewat slower. You can set preferences to do more *draft quality* prints as a preference. Something that saves ink and makes the print jobs go quicker.

The epson software comes up when you are printing and shows you how much ink you have left. In black, and the three colors... very nice. That you can buy the cartridges (the colors separately) is wonderful. No more waste.

The one drawback Ihave found is that I find it fairly noisy. Not necessarily much noisier than my last one but still I was surprised.

I have found that you can vary the print quality based on your needs. Rough drafts to presentation modes. I think a flat bed scanner is essential as you can not sheet feed things to copy that are from books.

This is a wonderful, and so far, trouble free unit. Well, worth the money (I paid a bit more than the current price) and it suits my purposes very well

As a PC & Mac User, I haved used the Epson CX5200 for 6 months now and here's the info every ready needs to know about this printer....

1. Ease of Setup and Use. Just follow the instruction (yes fellow men, that means follow them to the tee!) and you'll be up in no time.

2. Print Quality. 9 out of 10. Good printing for Photo's but get the photo paper if you want to take advantage of the great pictures for home or friends.

3. Copy / Scan / Print & Fax (yes, you can fax). Copying a document is too easy as well as scanning. Faxing, is just as easy. If you have an internal modem (pc or mac), then you too can fax. Just push the scan button on the CX5200 and the software automatically takes you through the rest.

Overall, you can network this printer as well and this out performs most of the HP series (PSC 2100 2200 7150 7350 7550). Avoid the CX3200 and get this one...5280 x 1440 print quality, who can go wrong.

I've had this printer for about 3 weeks and am extremely pleased. I've used it for text printing, copying, scanning and, more recently, photo printing. The performance has been terrific - I printed out an 8x10 photo that looks comparable to one produced by a portrait studio. For photo printing, it is critical to take the picture at high resolution, and to ensure that the printer is set to the proper settings (e.g. the "best photo" setting, photo paper setting, and several others.). While I've read reviews on other sites that complain about photo quality printing on this model, I think that following these guidelines and using good photo quality paper ensures good quality printing. Also, the printer does not seem to drink up ink cartidges the way others are reputed to, and has the convenience (and economy) of allowing you to replace separate color ink cartridges.

This is the second epson printer I have owned. Both printers have the same problem. The extremely annoying problem is printer head clog if you don't use it in 7 days. Then you need to clean it. Each clean cycle will use about 1/10th of ink. I usually can print seven 7x10 photos per set of cartrige. Rest of the ink is used for printer head cleaning. It is also very slow for photo printing. I don't know if all of the inkjet printers have the same problem!

This is a terrible printer. I've never seen any piece of equipment that takes so long to get going - anytime you do ANYTHING (even just changing the cartridge), it rolls the cartridges back and forth multiple times, rolls the paper bar, etc. etc. until you finally turn it off and try again. It takes a good 5 minutes for the stupid cartridges to center and stop rolling so you can change them. Plus, it goes through a color cartridge before you've even printed what would be a roll of film. To top if off - the quality is poor - the colors are NEVER right. Look elsewhere for a better printer

This printer produces great photo prints if you use good photo paper. However, the installation and product have some warts. I had two big installation problems: 1) the Epson install changed the USB control protocol which blew away my other USB devices (the system wouldn't recognize them, even after uninstalling them and attempting to reinstall them), and 2) accessing the Epson on my IPX-based home network was flakey. Epson Technical Support was clueless and had no advice other than attempting reinstallation (which I had already tried several times in various ways). They were also unaware of an obscure little piece of documentation I found after purchase that said the printer should not be installed on a network using IPX protocol. Also, the print quality as a normal inkjet color printer was not as good as my old cheapsie HP812C inkjet. However, I got the printer for its photo capabilities -- which are great, but I have been unable to realize the flexibility I had hoped for (access from other home PCs, use as regular inkjet).

*** I am editing this previous review due to the fact this printer has become complete junk within two years. To confirm what everyone else is saying, this printer has a very limited shelf-life and prints grey pages after a certain period of time. The toner cartridge is still half-full, and cleaning the drum unit has no effect. In essence, this is not a product you should be spending your hard-earned money on.

To reaffirm this opinion, please look at the other Amazon reviews and pay attention to who has posted a review after six months of use. While I have not contacted Brother's Technical Support, I don't feel this would be useful anyway since everyone else is affirming they are no help at all. Please look elsewhere and avoid the modest reviews for this printer because it deserves nothing but harsh criticism.

(My old review is below:)

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After my new archaic (and plain pathetic) HP inkjet printers died, I knew I had to move on to laser. This is my first laser printer and I can proudly say I made a wise choice with this purchase. Everything about this product is amazing!

The HL-1440 model and the Samsung ML1210 are probably the two most popular newly-released models, after all the research I've done. I suggest checking out reviews from zdnet.com, pcworld.com, and cnet.com if you're choosing between these two models. I saw both at CompUSA but the Brother to me had a more appealing design and sharper, crisper pictures and texts at low fonts. I definitely suggest test printing out a local retailer before committing to any model.

As for specifics, the Brother model was EXTREMELY easy to install and setup. However (and this is becoming more commonplace with the computer stuff I buy), there were no cords!
The AC adapter was there, but no parallel cable or USB cable to connect to the PC. I wished I could have been saved the hassle of going out and buying a USB cable myself.

The specs say that the printer is guaranteed to work with Windows 2000, and then when you open up the software CD inside, it says "final drivers for Windows 2000 are available at brother.com" so I was really uncertain if this would work well for my home setup. Fortunately, the printer works absolutely perfectly under Windows 2000 with the provided drivers so I didn't have to go to the manufacturer website.

One caveat that may not be apparent in pictures (which is why I recommend checking the printer out at a store before you buy). Unlike the Samsung ML-1210, the Brother printer has its own tray that handles up to 250 sheets. However, the tray is oversized and sticks out from the back of the printer! Hence, the tray is so big that dust and sunlight can get in from behind to sneak into the paper supply and possibly fade or diminish the paper quality through time. I've solved this by taping a sheet of plastic over the opening, but I think customers should know about this anyway, especially considering the pictures you find on the net won't reveal this design flaw.

But in terms of raw performance, I'm more than pleased with the product. Various test prints show that resolution is indeed super sharp at 1200dpi, and it spits out sheets at 15 ppm! There is no manual included with the printer; other than a simple quick installation guide, all of the documentation and in-depth installation procedures are included on a CD-ROM that includes drivers for all versions of Windows and the Mac!

..., as for another very minute design flaw, the bottom of the printer came a little warped, because I can slightly rock the printer from side to side (it's extremely minor and won't affect printing at all). Just something I figured people might want to know.

I was concerned because of some negative comments about compatibility with XP. I installed the 1440 on XP home without a hitch using the driver disk included with the printer. The XP driver version on the installation CD was 1.42, which is the most current version available on Brother's website, as of 25 Nov 2002. I was also able to install the 1440 as a network printer on two other computers on my home network. One machine uses Win 98SE and the other Win ME. Everything worked exactly as the Setup Guide described it. So far, print quality and speed seem very good. I did add 16 meg of memory using a 72 pin EDO simm. Brothers recommends that the 1440 have 10 meg of memory to print at 1200 dpi. I almost bought the Minolta 1250W, but I liked the enclosed paper tray and the memory expandability on the 1440. I am very pleased so far, but have not done extensive graphics or very small fonts. ...

PROS:
-Best price/performance ratio.
-Good image quality and beautiful text output.
-Economical to use; only $ .02 per page.
-Small size and compact footprint--fits nicely under my desk.
-FAST & QUIET, No more inkjet hassels.

CONS:
-2 megabytes of memory is not enough. (However, upgrading to 10 megabytes is very easy and costs less than $10.00).
-Separate toner and drum cartridge may be cheaper, but is more annoying to change.

I have used HP Laserjets for the past 15 years and I was very leary of switching to Brother.

However, I can now say that I am glad that I made the switch. This is one of the fastest printers I have owned, and, for the price, it beats HP flat-out.

The text and image quality is great. I have not found that the 1200dpi resolution makes a big difference in print quality and it takes much longer to print than at 600dpi.

I added an additional 8 megabytes of RAM to the printer because the initial 2 was insufficient for printing large images. It was very easy to do and cost less than $10.00 on ebay.

Finally, this printer is very economical to use. If you buy the high capacity toner refill it is only .02 per page for the life of the toner cartridge and drum.

The features on the hp psc 2200 series all-in-one are really wonderful, when they work. After about 6 months, problems started to arise. The first was the photo card getting stuck and not releasing. Called support and went through all kinds of instructions to no avail. Got cut off from India somehow and immediately called back. I think I got someone in the USA because there was no accent and was immediately put through to a technician who argreed that the machine was faulty and to please return it when the "reconditioned" replacement arrived.

The next machine worked for about 3 months and then started having problems, all lights flashing, refusing to do anything.
Talked to India again, after trying all sorts of things, nothing worked and I was told that they would replace it, BUT then they said that the machine was out of warranty and was registered to someone else (from the serial # info). I explained that it was a reconditioned replacement and still couldn't get any satisfaction. I finally asked for a supervisor and got the same song and dance, finally he asked for my receipt to be forwarded to them, I explained that I didn't have the receipt, they said get it over the internet and print it out, I said, "HOW" The printer won't work. Finally, after me going into hysterics, they agreed to send ANOTHER replacement. I ended up returning it unopened as my son came and found the problem and fixed it.
Since then, I have had more problems with the FAX, but now they
have mysteriously cleared up! My warrenty will be up in about a week or so and after reading about how one consumer was told that he would be charged $58 to talk to a technician, I am getting nervous. As I said, great machine, but lots of problems and lousy support. I would suggest that HP consider getting their support back to the good old USA. I would never buy one again.

It all started out when I wanted a nice flatbed scanner that would work with my GNU/Linux desktop computer. I quickly found that a decent scanner was going to cost me. It was at this point that I realized that since my printer had been on the fritz, I might as well get a MFD so that I would have two devices in less space.

The PSC 2210 is everything I wanted and more. It works nicely as a copier, and the scanner seems to be really top notch. Likewise the printer produces sharp, crisp text and life-like photos very quickly using the drivers HP developed for Linux. The built in photo card reader with index prints and easy print selection make this device even better. Oh, and as an added bonus, you can mount the memory sticks or other photo cards through the PSC 2210 under Linux for convenient access!

If you are looking for a high quality printer and/or scanner, I highly recommend this unit. HP officially supports it under GNU/Linux, which is a big plus for those of us who prefer something other than Windows. So what are you waiting for? Click that order button...

I've owned my HP2210 now for about two weeks and I love it. I've used almost all of the photo print capabilities and find them to be excellent. This is particularly unusual since I am a 35MM photo buff. The quality on the 2210, using the 58 print cartridge and HP photo paper is consistant with my 35MM prints. I've enlarged existing 3.5 X 5 prints to 8 X 10, printed digital shots and printed shots E-mailed to me. They are absolutely beautiful. The install went without a hitch following HP's install poster. I run Win XP and had no problems with the software. The unit does have a large footprint on my desk but with this kind of capability...who cares. The black printing is comparable to other inkjet printers, just fine of home use. The copy capability is very good for our light useage. I've used the scanner and it's output is very good, like other HP top quality scanners. I haven't faxed anything yet. we are not heavy fax users. I wanted the capability just in case. Overall, I see this unit lasting us for years and giving us a home capability comparable to any small office.

I agree with most of the other reviews here. This printer does a really sharp job with text. Graphics are not quite as superb, but for a personal laser printer it's quite acceptable.

One note about the front-feed slot. If you like feeding envelopes or nonstandard-sized paper into your printer, you should know that the adjustable guides can get moved out of position with little effort, and it's easy for your paper to get crooked while going through. You have to pay close attention when feeding the paper to make sure it goes in straight. Other than that, it works fine, and I have had no problems at all so far using the tray.

One tip for buying a USB cable: DO NOT buy your cable at Best Buy, Circuit City, or CompUSA. You will pay between $20 and $30 for a 6' Belkin cable. If you go to Wal-Mart or Target you can get a name brand cable (in not-as-fancy packaging) for less than $15.

ML-1710 is an excellent printer for use with a single PC at home or office.

Pro's,
1. Excellent print quality, much better than any inkjet would ever reach.
2. Drum and toner are a single unit. So there are no drum replacement costs like in Minolta 1250W or Brother HL-1440.
3. Toner/drum costs are very low, can be refilled at home easily atleast 2-3 times (just pull out the small round cap & pour in the powder).
4. Very fast print speeds, again much more than inkjets.
5. Small, good looking and light weight.
6. Has an internal paper tray (250 pages) like a real laser.
7. Low printer price after rebate and deals at local stores.

Con's,
1. It makes a lot of noise, more than an inkjet.
2. The included toner is a starter one. (1000 pages instead of 3000 on a standard one)
3. Paper curls more than one would like.
4. Takes 30 secs to come out of sleep mode.
5. Seems to consume a lot of power, house lights flicker when printer turns on (but I read this happens even with other lasers).

Overall this a great printer with excellent print quality. Dump your inkjet and get this laser now. Thanks Samsung!

Prior reviewer is dead on. This is a really cool little laser...

I've just set mine up. It took longer to unravel the old parallel cable than setting up the entire new printer. I'm retiring an NEC 860 laser 8ppm that has been good to me since 1996.

what you need to know:
rated at 17ppm. screams to me compared to what i had.
doesn't include usb cable. you must buy one.
doesn't support parallel. that's one reason it screams.
toner cartridge included is rated for 1000 pages
new toner cartridge rated for 3000 pages about $79 local retail.
cartridge includes drum which is good
it has a tiny footprint
everything load from the front which is great
holds 250 pages
also can front load envelopes, legal etc on manual basis
drivers were loaded in seconds (i'm on dell running win2000 pro)
print quality is exceptional for text and business graphics
toner save button (claimed 40% savings) produces great results
side by side against full toner, draft version is a hair lighter.

buy it, i bet you'll love it.

I have owned the HP 6110 All-In-One for over a year now and have experienced numerous problems with the product. First the machine has a propensity to "disconnect" from the PC for no reason, forcing a reboot of the PC to reconnect. The HP "Customer Service" people and I use that term loosely indicated that they had never had anyone report this problem. I told the Customer Service Manager that this was an obvious software issue, which he denied was the case. Yet, a few months later there was a software patch on their website to fix this problem. (The patch cut the frequency of this problem somewhat, but did not fix the problem.) Second, the paper handler picks up two pieces of paper frequently when performing double sided printing (which was the primary reason I bought the product in the first place), resulting in pages for a two sided document. Third, the ink cartridges are of small capacity and have to refilled or changed often, which is expensive. The scan and copy functions work satisfactorily, but the printer function is of very poor reliability.

I almost didnt buy this MFD because of the negative reviews but boy am I glad that I threw caution to the wind. After a year of printing regular docs on my LExmark X73, I bought a digital camera and found that the X73 would lock up about 3 inches into printing a picture. After two weeks of trading emails with LExmark Tech Support, they copped out and blamed it on the application I was using. Pretty weak argument given that I couldnt print using 4 different photo applications! Do yourself a favor, stay away for Lexmark products. So, I bought the 6110 last night, had it hooked up in less than 15 minutes following the installation poster to load the software on a Windows XP system, hook up the printer, and print my first test photos. Thats when I was left in awe. This was a "test print" so I didnt massage the photos at all from my Fuji 3800 (Great Camera by the way) or use HP's photo paper or even swap to the photo ink cartridge. I used some old glossy photo paper and printed two 5x7's on one 8.5x11 sheet. When I grabbed the print as it popped out of the printer, I couldnt believe my eyes. I cant find any dot patterns at all, the colors are as true as when I was standing there taking the picture and overall is every bit as good as a print from a photo processor. I Highly recommend this product.

Pros:

You can't beat the price for this multi-function printer. Does a great job scanning (with options to email, imaging, word, etc.). The print quality is better than I expected (I really didn't buy it for the printer, but the other "functions"). And the Auto-document feeder is great for copying and faxing.

CONS:
*Can't Network - Only supports USB (and parallel). I wanted to connect this printer to another computer but "operate" it from another...couldn't do it (you can share the printer through the network, but you can only use the software on the connected computer).

*No Fax Software. You can't send a fax from your computer using the printer, nor can you store faxes for viewing before printing. Bummer. I get fax spammed so much, I would have loved to preview and delete if I didn't want the fax (without printing). Even my 4 year old HP all-in-one did that!

Overall a good product, but falls short of totally satisfying me. Then again, I can't argue much due to the price.