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Seriously, this is an incredibly ridiculous printer. They are simply drained slowly with every black and white printing job I send to the machine.
First ever. This printer is a complete waste of money.
Here it goes - my first negative review for a consumer product. This printer will NOT let you print in b/w if your color levels are down, but, again, I NEVER USE the colors.
I NEVER print in color, and yet the various color always seem to exhaust themselves as if by magic. So, now, with a one page printing job on my hand, I can't use my printer because it ran out of the light blue.
Besides, it's extraordinarily slow - it takes forever to come online, it asks a whole bunch of unnecessary questions before proceeding with the printing job, and, get this, it SHAKES on my desk in a way I've never seen an appliance do. No one should buy it.
I like the way it has 6 cartridges that are easily replaceable and seem to be low cost. Having the replacement 7450 (refurbished)end up with the same problem after the warranty period ran out, I was going to purchase another brand. After using a HP Photosmart 7450 that quit working properly from an internal problem while still under warranty. The cartridges and 4x6 paper can be purchased together for less than the cost of just the replacement cartridge package. After comparing the cost of other brands I decided to purchased the D7360 from HP on 1/3/2008 for less than $100. Later HP had it on sale for less than $75. The D7360 does make noise when it is first turned on but this is not a problem for me. For a few dollars more it is better to get the D7460 printer as it has Wi-Fi capability with the use of the same color cartridges.
I'm ready to take a sledgehammer to it. However, it's very difficult to use and wastes lots of paper and expensive ink. When it works, it gives gorgeous prints. Look around before buying this printer.they can't all be this frustrating, can they. I've just spent the better part of an hour, and several test prints, trying to get it to use the 4x6 paper feeder, but it keeps printing on 8 1/2 x 11 or printing one line on the 4x6 paper or delivering a beautifully rendered abstract version of the picture or, well, it's doing everything but what I WANT it to do. I've tried to find info in the online manual to no avail. Can they. I'm going to take my photos to Costco to print; this isn't worth it.
This printer is the biggest piece of poop I've ever owned. When it works it prints beautifully which is a real shame. More than half the time it does not detect paper in the tray (I have to force feed each photo sheet manually), it will randomly print garbage and waste paper when starting the computer with the printer connected, the trays don't hold much paper at ALL, the ink is very expensive, the drivers are weak (they killed services.exe the first time I tried to install them causing my computer to reboot). It's just terrible. I'm paying the price for not doing my own research prior to purchase. Do what you want but I highly recommend exploring ALL other options before deciding on this mind-numbingly lousy piece of junk.
I received this as a gift from my husband last christmas and I must say I love it. I get great photo prints at home. Ink is cheap and the HP paper is as well. A great alternative to sending pictures on line and waiting for them to come in the mail.
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