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Summary: Buggy drivers, sloooow printing when it does feel like it.
Review: This printer was a waste of my valuable time and money. I ended up scrapping it in favor of an Epson.First of all, the manual was clearly not written with the intention of documenting the so-called support for USB. One of the big reasons I purchased this printer was that it reputedly supported USB. The manual made just a passing mention to USB, and I followed the terse instructions to the letter, but I could not get the printer's driver software to install correctly on a fairly recent install of Windows 98 (first edition). After numerous failed attempts at installing drivers, swapping out USB cables and hubs, I gave up and installed it on a standard LPT port. This also required a few extra installation attempts before it magically decided to work. The problem was, that even then, color printing was so slow I had to go take a shower or cook dinner while it printed. Don't buy this piece of junk -- instead, have a look at an Epson Stylus or a Hewlett-Packard.
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Summary: After a few months of use...
Review: We like this printer using USB & W98SE. It is my first printer going outside of the HP models. After putting in second cartridges for both color and black, I'm beginning to have mixed feelings, because we are getting streaks and smudges in both black and color? Don't know why, but am looking forward to the third cartridges to see if it goes away. Maybe it is just two bad carts. I have done cartridge testing, aligning and cleaning. We'll see... don't let this change your mind, just keep it in mind for future reference. Other longer time users should review the Z51 if this is also their problem. RON in CA
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Summary: After a few months of use...
Review: We like this printer using USB & W98SE. It is my first printer going outside of the HP models. After putting in second cartridges for both color and black, I'm beginning to have mixed feelings, because we are getting streaks and smudges in both black and color? Don't know why, but am looking forward to the third cartridges to see if it goes away. Maybe it is just two bad carts. I have done cartridge testing, aligning and cleaning. We'll see... don't let this change your mind, just keep it in mind for future reference. Other longer time users should review the Z51 if this is also their problem. RON in CA
Rating:
Summary: After a few months of use...
Review: We like this printer using USB & W98SE. It is my first printer going outside of the HP models. After putting in second cartridges for both color and black, I'm beginning to have mixed feelings, because we are getting streaks and smudges in both black and color? Don't know why, but am looking forward to the third cartridges to see if it goes away. Maybe it is just two bad carts. I have done cartridge testing, aligning and cleaning. We'll see... don't let this change your mind, just keep it in mind for future reference. Other longer time users should review the Z51 if this is also their problem. RON in CA
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