On Dec 24, 9:58 am, Jeff Bequette <[email protected]> wrote:
> As a johnny-come-lately to this discussion, I come down on the HP
> side with caveats. I currently run two printers, a HP Photosmart
> 2610 5-in-1 (print/fax/scan/copy/photo and a Canon i860 which was
> purchased first, to go along with a new digital camera in 04. The HP
> came home when the better half wanted some copying and fax
> capability. Little did we know what a journey we embarked on. the
> Canon is now hooked up to the airport and works flawlessly, as long
> as it is fed. The HP is now hooked up straight to main computer,
> dual G5 1.8 (june '04, running 10.4.11). What took almost 6 months
> to discover was the inability of the 2610 to work its multiple
> functions on a family computer set up for fast user switching. That
> is when it came off the Airport and was plugged in directly. Then
> last time I tried to scan/OCR some data in, hp wanted me to
> deinstall, reload and reinstall the drivers-EACH & EVERY time someone
> else used the computer.(on the 4 users who wasn't the main guy) That
> was about 6 months ago and I haven't seen lately if they have
> upgraded the support/driver. It boils down to failure of my
> researching the product and the salesman's level of knowledge when I
> described what I wanted to do.
>
> I realize both my printers are aged things now, but until I know
> things will change for the better that is where I am stuck. Enjoy
> the quality of both and the ability to print to photo paper.
>
> Jeff Bequette
> [email protected]
>
>
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My parents use a PSC 1315 at their house on windows. It is indeed a
pita. They've had constant trouble with it's drivers not loading for
everybody. I've had no trouble with it when I used it on my iBook, but
then I only had one user account.
IF ... and only IF you can get the drivers installed and you only have
yourself, the PCS works very well.
However the printers I've had myself I never had any problems. My
first printer was a Deskjet 550. then up to 613C. then to 850c.
I now have a Deskjet 990cxi and a Deskjet 5650. The only real problem
that I have is the 990 leaks. Otherwise the 990 works wonders from an
airport express. The 5650 I keep connected directly to my main
computer. I have a doublesided printing module installed, and I keep a
photo ink cartridge so that I can print off scans from my flatbed
scanner.
Obviously there can be chances that you could get an equally bad HP as
with a Canon or Epson. I have a Stylewriter 1200 that is still
chugging along.
Really depends on the quality of the materials used to make the
printer and how well they develop the driver. As with the previous
posters Photosmart and my parents PSC, HP's all-in-one software for
these two models is nothing to write home about.
Curious question: How does Epsons or Canons AIO software and drivers
compare to HP's?
Bucky
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