I'm in the market for a color laser printer for my home office and this looks like a decent choice but I'm concerned about all the negative reviews regarding networking &amp; wireless connectivity; but some are over a year old. Have these issues been...
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I was able to resolve connectivity issue with wired connection. My printer connected to my router using ethernet cable. I couldn't connect printer to router wireless even after two hours with Samsung support. Also I have to use Samsung Easy printer manager on each of my computers every time I turn off/on my router. I know it is problem with router, not with a printer. I still recommend this printer for anyone who consider it.
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I have not had any problems with this printer. Have printed seveal dvd's and pictures... so far all is well... Sorry you are having a problem. I did buy the extended warranty...
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Excellent choice. I have the wireless version of this printer at home and the wired version (shown here) at work. But use same toner, drum, etc. Never had one second of problem, good crisp documents, and even upgrades of firmware periodically to keep it in really good shape. Good value - would recommend.
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Hi Lucia, I bought this printer a couple of months ago to use for my home business and college work. It was easy to set up and I haven't had any problems with it. I print a lot of color labels and they come out great. The haven't used the scan feature yet or the fax but am going to be setting that up shortly. I am pretty happy with it.
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I have printed both color and black and white. I find both to be of quality. I have found no streaks in color prints. I have printed return address stick-on with no problems and the prints in all cases were clear. I was using a NEC 4650 color laser proir to this printer and it is superior to the ricoh but there is a large cost difference.
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Yes, I am working with it and had no problems. I just installed it a few weeks ago, following the procedure in the manual, then the firmware was automatically updated and then connected to the computer with the drivers and apps previously installed from the cd. I printed from word, open office, gimp, illustrator, chrome, adobe reader, and all of them worked fine, I am using it with a usb cable but because I need to test large heavy graphics, but the speed when printing wireless was as fast as usb for letter size documents. The drivers are current. No compatibility problems or popups.
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Affirming the HP praise here, I've worked with Lexmark and Epson "all-in-one's" with some success but the most head-ache-free experiences have been with an HP Laserjet and an HP All-in-one, both of which are currently connected as network printers from Linux machines that my wife and I use at home. Aside from most-favorable Linux compatibility experience with HP, service and durability have also been much better, thus far, than with my throw-away Epson and Lexmark printers. I don't work for HP but I admire their corporate stance in support of Linux compatibility.
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This won't be much help to you unless you are in a position to get a refund. I have an office/house full of It & other tech. I have 3 business printers and gone through over a dozen in the past 5 years. I have also helped numerous other people set up and troubleshoot their printer wi-fi set ups. By a country mile the Kodak 5.1 is the most troublesome piece of wi-fi kit I have ever encountered. Not just the set up - it kept dropping the connection when nothing else seemed to. I also ignored the warnings of other users on other forums. I gave my printer away last year to someone I didn't like very much. Good luck. This won't be much help to you unless you are in a position to get a refund. I have an office/house full of It & other tech. I have 3 business printers and gone through over a dozen in the past 5 years. I have also helped numerous other people set up and troubleshoot their printer wi-fi set ups. By a country mile the Kodak 5.1 is the most troublesome piece of wi-fi kit I have ever encountered. Not just the set up - it kept dropping the connection when nothing else seemed to. I also ignored the warnings of other users on other forums. I gave my printer away last year to someone I didn't like... » Read More This won't be much help to you unless you are in a position to get a refund. I have an office/house full of It & other tech. I have 3 business printers and gone through over a dozen in the past 5 years. I have also helped numerous other people set up and troubleshoot their printer wi-fi set ups. By a country mile the Kodak 5.1 is the most troublesome piece of wi-fi kit I have ever encountered. Not just the set up - it kept dropping the connection when nothing else seemed to. I also ignored the warnings of other users on other forums. I gave my printer away last year to someone I didn't like very much. Good luck. « Show Less
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I am satisfied with the scanning, although I do not scan a great deal. The quality, color and clarity seem fine to me. I have not been able to scan over the network, I have to be direct connect (USB) to get it to work. I am sure there is a fix for this but I have a small network and it is not an issue, otherwise I would have figured it out by now. Hope this helps.
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Like any printer it depends on your usage. I've found that 'regular' printing has been very reasonable.High res photo printing on 'best' setting used more than my last printer but the result was worth it.All in all I recommend getting the printer.
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It has been working fine for me. I have printed photos also. No issues. The color quality on paper is not as brilliant, but it is a small price to pay with the savings you get
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I've owned my printer about 5-6 months so far & not had any problems with it. It's small sits on a small table beside my desk. It's fast printing, clear type, no smears,uses a USB port to hookup to the PC. I'd recommend buying it, I'm sure you'll like it as much as I do..
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I have it for about a year and don't have any problems. I am not a heavy user though. Some times I don't use the printer for a couple of weeks. But when I use it after that gap, it prints fine. I have not kept track of the total pages I have printed.
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Thanks for responding! In spite of the lack of reviews, I've decided to give this printer a try ... I'll let you know how that choice turns out!
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I think it will be a good document printer, I love the wireless feature. A Canon printers print head goes bad, but a HP print head is built into each cartridge so HP is a better device.
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Thats debatable, though they do offer a good value in b&w; laser multifunctions. Some of their software has been dodgy, but thats been the case for others as well, especially HP. Its a crap shoot with anything these days. Buy from somewhere that will take returns (not very common for printers) or wait until unbiased reviews are available.FYI, HP also has new machines just released. They are more $$ than Brother but thought you should know. Look at the higher end 3390 or the entry level 3055 or 3052 if you don't need fax.
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Hi Mary! Well, the printer arrived today and I was quite pleased with how easy it was to set up. I've only printed a copy of an old photograph (on cheap paper ... you're not suppose to do that but that's all I had available) and it turned out well. It's much quieter than the HP printer I have but don't use, simple to load and $200 less expensive. Once I get a chance to play around with it more I'll update my opinion on it ... wish I could help you more, but I haven't had it long enough. Lia