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Electronics : HP Photosmart D7160 Printer |
- I've been pleased.I've had this printer for over a year and have been very pleased with it. I admit, if I had read some of the reviews on here, I might not have purchased it. I have a Mac and had NO installation problems--just followed the directions and was up and running. I am NOT running wireless.
This is my only printer, so I use it for documents and photos. I'm picky about document quality and have not been disappointed. The photos are excellent quality. Some appear slightly darker than what appears on the screen.
I have not used the edit button on the printer. I use the software that came with the printer. It's a bit slow, but works fine. Having the different ports for the different types of memory cards is a big plus. I can load photos to my desktop from the printer easily.
I haven't had a big problem with jamming--once or twice that were easily fixed. It is a bit noisy at times, but for the price, I can live with that!
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- HP - What Happened to Quality?I ordered this printer as a GoldBox item for Christmas. Received it and spent weeks trying to get it installed. Finally, after spending an additonal $50 for tech support through Office Max, it is up and running. The photos are nothing to brag about but not awful either. The ink is somewhat blotchy and looks like it was embossed on the photo paper. Not smooth like I would expect. Normal copies are OK, but again not great. So far, I haven't had a problem with the ink cartridges running out so that's a good thing. All in all, I wish I had had another $100 to buy a better model.
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- Not quite Vista readyThis was a terrific printer for me, excellent pictures and good support for the occasional larger document.
Then I upgraded from Windows XP to Vista.
The D7160 still prints excellent pictures, but chokes on documents of large file size. I've done clean installs of the latest printer drivers and spent many hours with HP and Microsoft people to try to resolve the issue. At this point, it seems clear to me that HP has chosen not to support this line as standalone printers. HP salespeople have steered me away from the Photosmart line and the HP Home and Home Office site no longer lists duplexers for any of the Photosmart printers (after several months of identifying them as "out of stock").
I don't have room for two printers on my desk, don't want to maintain another set of mutually incompatible cartridges, and don't want to compromise on photo quality. If you need a printer that can produce high quality prints and the occasional document as well, you should probably look elsewhere.
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- Great printer, reliable, excellent outputI guess I got lucky as I got this printer from walmart.com for $79. Anyway, if I did pay full price I would still be happy.
This printer does not suck ink, contrary to what other people say. I have printed well over 50 4x6 photos, numerous reports, and many miscellaneous print jobs and I am not even half way through any of the many ink cartridges this thing has.
The 7160 is a little big so be prepared for that. The LCD and memory card slots I suppose are useful if you use them or if you don't have a computer.
While this thing is made for great photo printing, it does not print as fast as it says. Although I tend to print higher resolution pix anyway, which take longer no matter what, don't be discouraged.
Buy this printer, HP used to be renown for printers, then fell off the wagon for a while, but they are back with a great line of printers, the 7160 being one of them.
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- Very Good For the MoneyBought the D1760 in November 2006 and unit worked flawlessly at first. I was intrigued by the 1 black and 6 smaller color ink cartriges. This made sense when we bought as the small cartridges are only $10 each. Why replace a tri-color when only one color runs out, right? I am very pleased with this feature. It's been 14 months and the unit has been acting a little quirky of late. Keeps giving 'Ink System Failure' messages whenever a cartridge gets replaced, but once you get working, it prints quickly and has great color resolution. Very pleased with the $105 investment. Recommend the extended warranty, though.
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