Printer Reviews

This will not work for the Epson C-80 printer. It will fit but is not the correct cartridge.

Do not get this one if you have an Epson C-80 printer. This will not work. It fits but it is the wrong item.

I own a Epson Stylus Photo 2200 and finished the original ink cartridges that came with the printer. I was shopping online for replacement and initially thought I could save some money by using compatible ink cartridges. I tried so with cartridges from www.123inkjets.com. Though I order all 7 cartridges, I tried replacing only the Lt. Magenta one first since I still had a little ink in the originals to play with.

Initial print outs were ok, however, when I was trying to put the printed photo into a particular tight photo frame, the photo was smeared and magenta related colour came off.

I tried with various photos and long drying time but still encountered the same problem. Had to return the cartridges, but I must say www.123inkjets.com had great return service. Perhaps I'll switch my company inkjets to them since we don't print photos.

The bottom line is this: If you have a Stylus Photo 2200, go with the original Epson ink cartridges if you value the print outs. Save those "compatible" type cartridges for non-photo printing (which you shouldn't be using the 2200 to do in the first place) or for photos that aren't very important and you don't mind smearing if touched.

This will not work for the Epson C-80 printer. It will fit but is not the correct cartridge.

Do not get this one if you have an Epson C-80 printer. This will not work. It fits but it is the wrong item.

I own a Epson Stylus Photo 2200 and finished the original ink cartridges that came with the printer. I was shopping online for replacement and initially thought I could save some money by using compatible ink cartridges. I tried so with cartridges from www.123inkjets.com. Though I order all 7 cartridges, I tried replacing only the Lt. Magenta one first since I still had a little ink in the originals to play with.

Initial print outs were ok, however, when I was trying to put the printed photo into a particular tight photo frame, the photo was smeared and magenta related colour came off.

I tried with various photos and long drying time but still encountered the same problem. Had to return the cartridges, but I must say www.123inkjets.com had great return service. Perhaps I'll switch my company inkjets to them since we don't print photos.

The bottom line is this: If you have a Stylus Photo 2200, go with the original Epson ink cartridges if you value the print outs. Save those "compatible" type cartridges for non-photo printing (which you shouldn't be using the 2200 to do in the first place) or for photos that aren't very important and you don't mind smearing if touched.

This will not work for the Epson C-80 printer. It will fit but is not the correct cartridge.

Do not get this one if you have an Epson C-80 printer. This will not work. It fits but it is the wrong item.

I own a Epson Stylus Photo 2200 and finished the original ink cartridges that came with the printer. I was shopping online for replacement and initially thought I could save some money by using compatible ink cartridges. I tried so with cartridges from www.123inkjets.com. Though I order all 7 cartridges, I tried replacing only the Lt. Magenta one first since I still had a little ink in the originals to play with.

Initial print outs were ok, however, when I was trying to put the printed photo into a particular tight photo frame, the photo was smeared and magenta related colour came off.

I tried with various photos and long drying time but still encountered the same problem. Had to return the cartridges, but I must say www.123inkjets.com had great return service. Perhaps I'll switch my company inkjets to them since we don't print photos.

The bottom line is this: If you have a Stylus Photo 2200, go with the original Epson ink cartridges if you value the print outs. Save those "compatible" type cartridges for non-photo printing (which you shouldn't be using the 2200 to do in the first place) or for photos that aren't very important and you don't mind smearing if touched.

I have been trying to set up this printer/copier/scanner combo from HP on my Mac off and on for four months, and thus far the copy/scan features are completely useless to me, the printing is slow, and it often fails to work completely. Just installing the included software caused my mac to crash unexplainably over and over until I turned all the extensions off and went through them painstakingly one at a time to figure out which ones it didn't like. HP's support is so clandestine and difficult to navigate it may as well not exist. They have online chat support for plenty of their other products, but not for this one, probably because they know what a mountainous pain it is to set up. Their phone support number is long-distance! They do not have drivers for mac on their website. If you own a mac, DO NOT buy this product!

This printer scanner is great for the busy professional who wants to scan Multi paged documents into pdf files. This machine is as simple as using a fax machine.

This is an amazingly fast machine for printing and scanning for a great price. I have been scanning all of my personal and business documents for two years. This allows me to avoid filing and storing paper. This machine allows you to scan documents quickly and then laser print them quickly when you need them. I use my 1220 with Scansoft's PaperPort document management software. If you want to work with documents, forget color printers and flatbed scanners, get the HP LJ1220.

Here are a few items to consider.

1) The free HP Document/Image Management software does not yet work with Windows XP, so I recommend using Scansoft's PaperPort Deluxe.

2) If you were to purchase a Visioneer scanner with an ADF (automatic document feeder), you would pay more than you would for the entire HP LJ1220. It is like getting the laser printer for free.

3) There is no difference between the HP LJ1220 and the HP LJ1220cse. The HP LJ1220 is for HP's business resellers, where the LJ1220cse is for the consumer outlets. Again, they are the same.

Seriously, this is great ink if you have a Lexmark printer - especially since nothing else will work (in my printer anyway). Lexmark has a reputation that seems deserved from my limited (one year) experience. Basically they are known to sell cheap printers (they do) and charge high prices for ink for those printers (which of course you need great quantities of). Moreover this ink does not last very long. Ok, that's just my experience, decide for yourself, and if you are already owned by Lexmark (I mean you own a Lexmark printer) then you have to buy this ink, so there you go. Enjoy it, it's fine ink.

I recently got a Lexmark Z23 printer when I bought my new iMac. The printer works very well. However, you should know that in order to get a good solid black, you need to have the black cartridge (10N0016) as well. The color cartridge will provide a nice black, combining the magenta, cyan and yellow. But the black cartridge is almost mandatory for any real depth to your graphics. Or a clean type treatment.

I've owned my Lex'Mark all in one printer X75 for some time now & the Ink cartridges I get from Target are the best! I've tried others in my printer & they don't work. Buy them from Target!The price is great! I've paid alot more for Ink cartridges in the past & their not worth it. Targets are!!!

My department placed about 15 of these and the newer E312 model on user's desks over the past 9 months or so. We've been very happy with them thus far. Our goal was to displace as many inkjets in the department as possible (inkjets cost a small fortune on a per page basis) and the E310 has been excellent in this role.

Since this printer's "little brother", the Optra E210, came out we have standardized on it. It is a bit cheaper and is actually rated slightly faster at 12ppm. The E210 also seems a bit smaller if desktop space is a concern.

I have not had the noise concerns that another reviewer has expressed.. perhaps I should get my hearing checked!

I bought this unit to replace the HP LaserJet 3150 that simply refused to work with one of our two computers. The Optra turned out to be much noisier than the HP, and in a small room, it's just uncomfortable. I'm returning it and will be trying to get the HP to work; I now feel a little more respectful of the LaserJet--I needed the comparison to realize how quiet it is. The noise is not too bad and may not be a problem for you if the printer is not right next to you or you're not as particular about the background hum. Again, the printing is fast and crisp and the installation was a breeze (on Win2000, I simply plugged it in, and the system recognized the printer automatically and installed the driver).

I bought this printer because my I print alot of b/w text material. My inket ink was very expensive.

I love this laser printer! It has extremely sharp text. I've owned it for a few years and i'm still using the original cartridge. The Lexmark name for quality holds true with this one.

I've spent numerous hours messing with this printer. I do TCP/IP networking all of the time but getting this printer to work on the network required calling NEC technical support because the information was poorly presented and vague. When you first call, their first line of support are junior techs who don't know about networking. Then they put me into their queue to have a senior tech call. TWO WEEKS later (and making several more calls to tech support) someone finally got back to me. Fortunately he was very helpful and my issue was finally resolved. HOWEVER, this printer misfeeds all of the time and requires constant attention making it extremely difficult and time consuming to actually get any real work done with it.

I got a nec 4550N on an auction(got replaced by this model) and it was made by Hitachi. It has teriffic prints I thought that it would be a laser type print. It tourns out that the prints are "shiney" and bold what you would expect out of a professional copy place.

I highly recommend this printer!

NEC Technologies' SS4650N not only prints 1200dpi ( twice the HP res.) but delivers it anywhere in the world with it's Internet capability. I own one and send color documents via the Internet simply by typing in the 10 digit URL of the other printer that I want to send to. It supports TRUE ADOBE PostScript too, not an emulation like HP's. The price is right too! I use to send color proofs by FedEx and now the money I save by printing directly to California from NY will eventually pay for the printer over and over again throughout the years.

My employer provided me with a new HP Officejet 630. I work out of my home.It worked for the first 3 months, then began the continueing problems with receiving faxes, printing, copying. HP tech support worked with me for many hours, unable to solve problem of blotching faxes, faxed letters would print only the letterhead, printingwas smeared, faint, non existant. HP finally sent a replacement, it worked for 2 days before it's problems became worse than the original. Tech personnel can not overcome the design problems with this machine. I am buying a replacement from another manufacturer.

great integrated system for the price. color printing a little slow but H-P quality is still the best for printing and overall workmanship. set up was very easy and fast. faxing is easy to do and receive.

I recently puchased and installed the HP 630 multi-function unit in my home office. The set-up went fine--with all set-up prompts clear and straight forward. However, I did have significant difficulty loading paper for the first time. The guides on the back are very tight and at first would not allow letter size paper to fit. It took about 10 minutes to figure out how to load paper by squeezing the guides to open them up which surprised me a little. The unit works great now though--I have printed checks from Quicken and other routine stuff without a hitch. One key thing: once you have it set up be sure to call the HP 800 number and they will send you a test fax right away--a great feature. All in all--looks like it will be a terrific machine for the price.

Nowhere does this product or Amazon's description of it say 'not for Mac', and I bought and found out the hard way, so please let others avoid my mistake!

(why won't these people realize that we who are interested in graphics have Macs, they are losing sales)

I like this set a lot. I just reordered a bunch of new paper sets. I'ld like the SW improved in two areas: - I'ld like to change the size of the calender field relative to the photo space - the automated double sided printing process didn't work for me. After messing up two pages I decided to print each page separatly (takes time).

The rest is great, especially the editing capabilities of photos (crop, brightness corrections and color corrections) make this approach far superior to conventional photo prints.

Photo Calendar Plus, like all of the Invent It! products I've tried, is an excellent piece of software. It does exactly what is says it is going to do. The software is easy to use, and the end product is well worth the time you put into the project. Also, I like the Invent It! paper better than HP paper or Avery. Whether you are new to doing calendar-type crafts or you have been doing it for a while, this software is a good choice.

After 3 weeks with helpful Minolta tech support staff I have discovered that it is normal and OK for this printer to take 12 minutes to print one 8' x 8' regular photograph at 300 dpi at the printer's lowest resolution. That is way too long to be practical in a business environment. I regret the purchase.

I can't say what occurred with the previous reviewer. My guess
is he was referring to the 2200 (a much slower color printer)
or was driving the 3100 via a parallel cable.

I got the printer today and have printed just about everything
in sight, including 8.5x11 inch pictures (1536x2048x16 million
color digital camera images) in regular and fine quality mode.
Certainly it takes the printer longer to print these images,
but thats 15 seconds verses instantaineous. Note that I use
a 100bps ethernet to drive it.

The image quality looks great to me. I picked this printer
because if you add duplexing and a 500 sheet tray to their
lower end printer(the 2200), both options I need, you get
approximately the same total price as well as a printer that
is MUCH slower in color, has a fraction of the CPU speed and
does not do Postscript 3.

The 3100 DN is a win, and gives both a better price and smaller
size than the equivalent HP printer. The other printers in this
class all seemed to have 500 sheets, duplexing or networking
as various options.

Again I would ask the first reviewer to check if he has the
right printer and retract that if not. This printer does not
deserve that writeup at all.

1/2003 postscript:

Have been using this printer for 2 weeks now. This printer has
several features that are apparent only after examining the
unit, and deserve mention. First, it is very quick to come
online from a full energy save mode, about 1 minute. Second,
you can get full status on the printer by accessing the
built in web server (mentioned nowhere I could find in the
documentation), which gives an amazing number of statistics
on the printer, including bar graphs telling you how much
toner remains in each of the colors, how much life (in pages)
are left on each printer component, etc.
Finally, each of the parts that wear out in the printer, the
toner, transfer unit, imaging unit, fuser and feed roller are
user servicable units that can be simply unlatched and
replaced.
The local store discontinued this unit, but is still selling
a certain major brand name printer that is both more expensive
(if you include the same options), larger and, IMHO, uglier
than this printer.

I bought this for home office use, and am more than impressed with the output quality. Photographs look as good as the originals, and the autmatic duplexing is terrific.