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Summary: NOT Fast, Outstanding text,Excellent Images
Review: ...........~ ~ ~ ~ * * * * ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ When I was shopping for a new printer, I purposely looked for an HP. The Epson I was replacing had given me headaches from the start, with every thing from loading paper, to big lines across printed images. I had had good luck before with an HP series 500 DeskWriter that I used with my Mac. ~ ~The first sign was not promising. I got an e-mail 1 day after my purchase notifying me of a safety recall. I could have screamed. But, as I read more carefully, I saw that all I had to do was see if the power cord was made by a certain subcontractor, and if so, get a free replacement.
When I got the printer, yes, it was the faulty type, but I ordered the free replacement online and got it quickly. ~ ~Since then, everything has been smooth sailing. Set up was very easy. Loading the software onto Windows 98 was easy. (I don't usually even try, I have my brother do it, but this looked like something I could handle myself). Loading paper was easy. Praise the Lord; no more paper jams! ~ ~The disadvantage is that the printer is slow. Even just black and white text documents, and even using just draft quality. The advantage is that the print Quality is great. Even at normal, text documents are crisp and clear. Choosing "best" quality is great for sharp text on transparencies. But where it is really counts for me is on my cherished edited photographs. They are excellent quality. I definitely recommend this printer enthusiastically* * * *, unless you need fast print jobs.It's Outstanding for crisp, clear documents, and beautiful graphics, but it won't win any races.
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Summary: Good printer, so so on photos, crap for envelopes.
Review: I have just spent 5 minutes trying to get this damn printer to print an envelope without mangling it. Wonderful.
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Summary: Don't do it!
Review: I've had HP printers for years and have always liked them. However, this printer is a real headache. We've had 3 --taking the time for returns was a hassle. With each of these HP printers, the paper feed mechanism has been defective. With every document I printed, the feeder malfunctioned and the paper was torn or badly misaligned. I found out on the HP website that others have had similar problems with a number of HP printers--malfunctioning paper feeds. HP has done nothing to correct this problem. I've now become a Canon printer owner am quite happy with Canon printers--excellent quality and no problems. I'll never buy another HP printer.
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Summary: TERRIBLE PRINTER
Review: I've had this printer for a while now, and i rarely can get it to work properly. When it is not taking 2 pieces of paper at a time, it is printing in some strange code. The quality of the picture is alright, but nothing special. I would highly recommend not to buy this printer
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Summary: color ink cartridge
Review: I've had this printer for about a year. About every 3 months I need to change the color ink cartridge when I don't even use it. I've called support and they didn't help me at all. I changed the black ink and when I print something, nothing comes out on the paper. On the printer it shows 3 circles on top and 4 on the bottom. I can't keep buying color ink cartriges every 3 months. What do I need to do?
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Summary: Don't do it!
Review: Setup was easy enough, but this printer routinely goes haywire, spitting out a whole cartridge load of paper and refusing to print. I have tried it with several different PCs, with this same intermittent weird behavior. Only a reset of both the printer
and the computer seem to fix everything. I'm off to buy an Epson!
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Summary: Goes "Haywire" Regularly
Review: Setup was easy enough, but this printer routinely goes haywire, spitting out a whole cartridge load of paper and refusing to print. I have tried it with several different PCs, with this same intermittent weird behavior. Only a reset of both the printer
and the computer seem to fix everything. I'm off to buy an Epson!
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Summary: TERRIBLE PRINTER
Review: This printer worked like a champion. I retired it for a 2230 and later for a cp1700. I made countless prints off it. Never had it fail me, misfeed or so much as tell me no. I bought the duplexer and loved that thing too! I wish I had one for this CP1700. The ink prices and refilling the carts are the only complant I have. But it is what it is. All desktop printers are designed to make there bosses money. When you buy a printer you are buying a subscription to ink. Though compared to everything else on the market in it's class the 960 is the champion. If I had to estimate the page count I put on that little machine I'd have to say about 12,000 pages in color over a 1 year period, at least 1,000 pages per month. Most everything I print is full page color. It sucks that HP doesn't make them like the 900 series anymore.
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Summary: Flawless.
Review: This printer worked like a champion. I retired it for a 2230 and later for a cp1700. I made countless prints off it. Never had it fail me, misfeed or so much as tell me no. I bought the duplexer and loved that thing too! I wish I had one for this CP1700. The ink prices and refilling the carts are the only complant I have. But it is what it is. All desktop printers are designed to make there bosses money. When you buy a printer you are buying a subscription to ink. Though compared to everything else on the market in it's class the 960 is the champion. If I had to estimate the page count I put on that little machine I'd have to say about 12,000 pages in color over a 1 year period, at least 1,000 pages per month. Most everything I print is full page color. It sucks that HP doesn't make them like the 900 series anymore.
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Summary: Excellent print quality, expensive ink
Review: While shopping for a new printer, I knew that image quality was very important to me. After reading some reviews of this printer, I learned that some people had problems with tram lines appearing on photo paper. That is a problem I have yet to see, and thus far I have been completely satisfied with this printer. The automatic paper type sensor is annoying at times, but it does what it is supposed to do. Also, having a "print cancel" button is something someone should have thought of about ten years ago, when printers were more prone to spit out random ASCII characters, but it is still a nice thing to have now.
My only caveat about this product is the high price of ink, where a regular-sized black ink cartridge can cost [a lot], and a color one even more. I am willing to pay that since my last printer died because I had been using generic ink cartridges, but think about long-run costs if you plan on doing a lot of printing with this printer.
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