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Summary: Zero for Two...
Review: About a year ago I bought two of these units from Tiger...(...) was too good to pass up. Neither unit ever jammed when new, but both started jamming incessantly after the very first use of the manual feed. They seem to be a little better if I keep only about 50 sheets max in the tray. They never actually jam... the printer just thinks its jammed and shuts down. I suspect that there is probably some dust or dirt on one of the sensors but you can't get to them unless you rip open the printer.
Print quality has been good but not great. The duplex feature works just fine. I've had absolutely no problem sharing either printer in mixed WinXPPro/Win2k environments. The printers are both attached to Win2k LPT ports in both networks. Never had any software or driver problems, either (always used latest drivers from web site.)
The printer at work has gone through 3 toner refills and is already in need of a new drum... print is getting dark and streaky. Seems kinda soon to me. The cheapest price I've found for a new drum is $189... nearly twice what I paid for the printer in the first place. With the constant paper jams I think I'll just look for a new printer and save this one for parts for the home machine.
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Summary: Worst printer I ever bought bar none!!
Review: As everyone else has generally said, the printer seemed a good price for the spec and for about the first week using it, it was fine, but oh how short lived this was. It decides it has a paper jam when it does'nt, goes offline when the monitor says it's online & ready. You have to keep opening the thing up re-seating the toner etc and re-printing only to find it has 'jammed' again. There are some XP issues sharing via the usb port on a network, although these seem to have been ironed out. Buy an H/P Laserjet or an entry level Brother, but not this RUBBISH!! Mine is now a door stop!! Panasonic stick to making TV's, because you sure as hell can't make printers..!
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Summary: cheap and easy duplex printing
Review: For a duplex printer it is very compact and doesn't need access around it or behind it. It prints duplex flawlessly and has a great feature that shrinks the pages down to 4 pages on a side or with the duplex 8 pages total on each page. It's a great way to save paper to review rough drafts. I did have an initially bad start when the printer was jamming all the time with 28lb laser paper; but after switching to cheaper 20lb copy paper it hasn't jammed once (after 6 months of heavy use). A great value -- I considered the cheapest HP duplex printer but it was almost twice as much and a lot bigger in size and I don't think it has the great shrink-down-to-4-pages-on-a-side feature. A better purchase might be the kx-p7305 which can be set up on a print server (unlike this one).
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Summary: Sharing DOES NOT WORK!!!
Review: I am really dissatisfied with the purchase of this printer. Sharing does NOT work and that is exactly what we needed it for. What is the use of having a duplexing printer if you are using it for ONE single user?? Usually duplexing is a feature needed most when you are working with a network. This printer also does not like to work with print servers, making it completely useless.
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Summary: Not a bad printer... eventually
Review: I bought my KX-P7100 about 1 year ago. I tried to install it on my wife's XP home machine with disastrous results. The drivers didn't work and caused blue screens. I tried downloading new drivers, but had the same results. After cleaning up the mess on my wife's computer, I threw the machine in the corner. About a month ago, I checked the Panasonic site for updated drivers. I found them and tried the install again. I wasn't able to get USB to work, but parallel worked like a champ. Now that the machine works, I'm quite happy with it. I've run a ream of paper through and have had only one jam (don't leave stuff sitting on the top of the printer if you expect it to work right). Duplexing works quite well (I've turned it on by default to save paper). It's currently shared by all of the computers in the house and is now the most used printer in the house. It definitely had a late and frustrating start, but it looks like Panasonic finally resolved my initial installation issues. I'm feeling good enough about the printer that I'm considering replacing another printer in the house with its sibling (KX-P7105). I'd give the printer 5 stars considering it's great value for the price, however I'm still a bit grumpy at the initial problems.
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Summary: Doesn't work with Windows 2000, can't be shared
Review: I bought this printer to share between two Windows 2000 PC's in my office. Installed the driver that came with the printer and the computer crashed. Downloaded the new driver from website in Japan; it installed OK and printer will now print one or two pages at a time--but it freezes if I try to print larger documents. Called tech support (toll-free number refers you to a toll line) and they said it "has issues" with Windows 2000 SP4 and it doesn't work with Windows print sharing. They advised me to return it. Since it's a GDI printer, it also doesn't work in non-Windows environments, so what good is it? And what kind of company considers "take it back" to be tech support?
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Summary: Don't listen to the Neg Reviews.. This printer is awsome!
Review: I don't know what everyone is talking about when they say the printer jams or can't be shared. Mine is shared and only jammed once. Thats because I screwed up and put a envelope that was sticky in the manual feed tray and it got screwed. I have gone through a whole box of paper on this thing thats 10 reams or 5000 peices of paper. I have used it over a year now and love it. I will have to replace the toner soon because the light is flashing but have found the toner for around 50 bucks on the net. Like I said before don't listen to these people that have had it a day and complain cause they don't know enough about what they are doing to hook it up. Listen to someone who has had this thing for over a year and is more happy with this than a HP LJ 4. Buy this printer! You wont be sorry!
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Summary: Can NOT be Networked/Shared
Review: I got one of these. The install process was a little rocky, but I got it going after several reboots. This printer actually works fairly well for a single PC user, except for repeated envelope jams. If you work alone and don't use envelopes - its very nice. The printer performs absolutely unpredictably when shared on a Windows XP Lan. I contacted Panasonic tech support. They say it can NOT be used as a shared printer! I asked and they said they have no plans to fix this bug. 15 ppm with duplex is great! But for a single user??? I would return it ... if I could...!!
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Summary: Reply to wtb56
Review: I have or had the same problem; It Will print 4 or 5 pages then jam. I sent it twice to Panasonic and every time they say we found no problem with it.
A week ago I thought may be it jam because I leave it on all time, I started to switch it off every time I finish printing. Since a week I have no problem, SO FAR! Well, I dont like to be obliged to switch it off many times a day, but it is far better than clearing the jam every time.
Hope this helps you.
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Summary: Read Your Specs
Review: I read with interest the previous 7 reviews for the KX-P7100. Apparently no one reads their spec sheets where it expressly stated that the KX-P7100 can NOT be shared. Given this, why would one complain when they determine on their own, that indeed it can not be networked? I have owned the KX-P7100 for several months and have had no problems at all. Print quality is quite good and the auto duplex feature works flawlessly. And, I have had no problems with the unit jamming up w/ paper, either. In conclusion, I feel people would be well advised to read the specs on any peripheal they might consider purchasing PRIOR to the purchase...would save them a lot of grief!!
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