Brother MFC-290C Color Inkjet Multifunction Center Review

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(More customer reviews)So far so good. Absolutely no paper jams for the past year of use. Very good quality for black prints. Color printing on the other hand, is very dull. Even the black comes out looking gray.
Positive:
* Quick and easy setup. Software included does quick and simple scanning.
* Print time is decent for both color and black
* Very sturdy construction
* 4 separate print cartridges
* Printer cleans itself
* Auto feeder for copying multiple pages. (very useful while filing tax documents and making copies of it.)
* Also, has an open door option for manual feed scanning.
Negative:
* Black prints comes out looking dark gray. Not as rich as it should be.
* No USB cable provided (Like selling a car with no steering wheel)
* Printer uses INK to clean itself. 2-3 times a month. Even when the printer is OFF. ???
* Color photo prints on regular paper comes out dull. Very dull. haven't tried printing on photo paper yet.
* No envelope feed option on the paper tray. Very confusing at first, but after 2 attempts, I eventually figured it out.
* No WIFI connection
I still gave it a 4 because the majority of prints I do are black and white prints. (resumes, school work, labels, etc"). For Less than $100, you can't complain. Replacement cartrdiges are also very affordable.
For Photo printing, LOOK ELSEWHERE!
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UPDATE:
After using the inks until they were near empty, the colors seem to be more brighter for some reason and the blacks now looks black. I guess it needs some breaking in time?
Also, Printer will warn you that the cartridge are empty and must be replaced, even though there is a good amount of ink left. Enough for 30-50 more normal prints I would say. You can trick the printer into using it again just by removing the cartridge and reinserting them.
Looks like the printer is set to a certain amount of prints for each cartridge and just tells you to replace a cartridge after a certain amount of prints. It doesn't actually know when the cartridges are empty. There is a small window on the cartridges to let you see how much ink is left.
UPDATE 7/27/10
After updating the firmware from the Brothers site, you can now continue to print in (black only) if a color cartridge is empty. Before the update, if any of the color cartridges were empty, the printer would demand that you replace the color cartridge and would not allow you to print at all. Not even in black.

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Print, copy, scan or fax with ease! Unattended fax, copy and scan with 15-page auto document feeder. Direct photo printing from media card slots or USB direct/PictBridge Interface. 4-ink cartridge system replace only the cartridge that needs to be replaced. Fast print speeds at up to 30ppm black and 25ppm color. Print vibrant, borderless photos on demand at up to 6000 x 1200 dpi resolution. No PC required to print photos, fax or copy. Use the fax and phone on one line with the Auto Fax / Telephone switching feature. Up to 100 sheets in the paper tray.

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HP OfficeJet 7410 All-in-One Review

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(More customer reviews)When they say All In One they're not kidding with this device. I have owned this device for a little over 2 months now and have put it through its paces. First of all this beast is HUGE. Its about the size of a 17-19" monitor width wise.It will fit snugly on top of a standard filing cabinet. Its fairly easy to assemble and get up and running. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS as they're printed or you'll have issues with your computer recognizing the drivers, especially if you're not using XP.
The print quality is outstanding! I have never seen a printer print such vivid colors or such realistic fleshtones. Especially one not considered a photo printer. But this is where the device shines. WIth a photo cartridge and HPs photo paper, I cannot tell the difference between a photo printed on this device and a professionally printed photo. The media slots are a plus. You can use them to open photos on your computer as well so it does act as a card reading device for your computer rather than hooking up your digital camera directly to the computer. It will NOT print a document from a media card however. You must print from the opened document.
Its copying abilities are good with minimal jamming in the feeder tray. Plus its so easy to open and pull out a jammed paper. You can specify how many copies and what quality you want them from either your computer or from the LCD panel. Very nice!
Its scanning capabilities are average to very good. There is no notching or markings as to where the page is oriented so getting started is a little tricky, but once you get it, very easy and fast scanning. Make sure you have a decent sleep mode time set or you'll be blinded by the scanning light that is always on unless the whole device is off or sleeping. Minor annoyance at worst.
Its faxing is well... faxing. It does the job. Its easy to set up, its easy to program, and it sends faxes. Need I say more.
Now the device also comes with some photo editing software which for someone who's buying a device like this, you should already have Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro or other editing program. The HP photo editing program is non-intuitive and cumbersome. The software is a serious resource hog on your computer. I would not install the software if you have a 650MHz dinosaur like I originally installed this on. It severely slowed down my computer. On a 3GHz with 1Gb RAM computer, no issues with the software at all. You are not forced to install the photo editing software, you can choose minimal install and it'll only install the drivers and the HP updater
Overall, if you have the means and the need for a powerhouse like this, I'd recommend it highly. Its sturdy, big and professional in appearance. Its wireless capabilities are a nice plus even though I dont use that. The 2 paper trays and the duplexer make it even nicer. A small minus, no override paper tray. So printing a single envelope or a single odd size sheet of paper is annoying. I had hoped that HP would have added this feature on such a feature rich product


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HP OfficeJet 6210 All-in-One Printer Review

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(More customer reviews)We are a long-established, technology-based counsulting and services company. We have thirty computers and nine HP printers on the LAN. We bought two 6210s for use at work stations for light to medium use (5 - 30 pages per day).
We could not be more pleased with the quality of the printed pages and the operation, but avoid heavy use because of excessive ink cost per page. (This is the reason why the printer cost seems absurdly low.)
Scanner, printer, and fax all worked great. The unit is very, very compact and handsomely styled - a far cry from the earlier all-in-ones that these replaced. The paper feed tray could perhaps be improved. A small amount of care must be used to prevent stuffing the paper in too far.
Print cartidges have very little capacity. The color cartridge has a list price of $32.00 and yields 260 "standard" pages. That's 12 cents per page. For the same standard page our older HP R60 all-in-one delivers 690 pages for a list price of $40.00 or $0.06 per page. I have not investigated black printing costs; but the black cartridge is also small. Googling "cost per page" and printer model will get you the cost info from a third party.


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Interested in multitasking? It's possible with this HP multifunction office machine for your home. Put professional-quality printing, scanning, copying, and faxing into play with the superfunctional Officejet 6210. What can it do? Print your photos sent from a PictBridge enabled digital camera (never mind going through a PC), automatically complete jobs while you go get coffee, e-mail and receive photos, and produce documents in a flash. It can be used with a PC or Macintosh computer system for flexible compatibility. Package Contents - HP Officejet 6210 All-in-One Printer, Fax, Scanner, Copier; HP 94 Black Inkjet Print Cartridge, 11 ml (C8765W); HP 95 Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge, 7 ml (C8766W); HP Photo and Imaging software on CD-ROM; User's Guide and setup booklet; Power supply and power cord; Phone cord and network guide; HP Warranty. Optional ink cartridges (not included) - Tri-color Inkjet Print Cartridge (14 ml), HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge (13 ml). Let jobs run unattended with the 20-sheet automatic document feeder for copying, scanning, and faxing Annotate documents with the HP Document Viewer Share printing and scanning with up to five office PCs using the HP Jetdirect 175x External Print Server with basic image scanning (sold separately), which lets you check print status and save scans to your PC Get exceptional image quality and fade resistance for generations with HP's patented Vivera inks and Premium Plus Photo Paper Stay on top of ink replacement with HP SureSupply - receive alerts when a cartridge is low Supports Windows 98, 98 SE, 2000, Me, XP Home, XP Professional; Mac OS 9.1, 9.2; Mac OS X v 10.1.5, 10.2.3, 10.3 Letter, legal, executive, No. 10 envelopes, cards, borderless photo (4 x 6, 5 x 7, 8 x 10 in), borderless panoramic (4 x 10, 4 x 11, 4 x 12 in) Unit Size - 17.7 x 15.1 x 9.2

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HP Deskjet F380 All-in-One Printer/Scanner/Copier Review

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(More customer reviews)I got this free from HP when I bought a computer. I suspect HP sells these printers so cheaply because they make bigger money selling you ink.
I haven't had any problems with it - software or performance. But it's just adequate. After making 10 copies the ink indicator was at 2/3. It really only scans marginally well. If you want it for color scans or pictures take time to research better printers.
HP makes good moderate-use printers and this is one.

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