HP OfficeJet Pro L7590 All In One Printer

• Full-color All-in-One inkjet prints, scans, faxes, and copies
• Print and copy at speeds up to 35 ppm black and 34 ppm color
• Scan documents at 48-bit depth up to 19,200 dpi resolution
• Memory card and PictBridge-enabled camera support
• Network-ready Ethernet interface

This is my third HP All-In-One Officejet printer. The first was the r80xi, the second the 6110. I had not been particularly enthused about the HP 6110, which after 5 years broke down with constant jamming. Every other brand that I looked at, however, also seemed to have their own flaws and potential reliability problems, and so I decided to stick with the HP series, mainly because the cartridges are so readily available at Costco. I have not had good luck with remanufactured ink cartridges. I strongly considered the Canon Pixma printers since a lot of people seemed to like them, but the constant complaint that the Canon printers are designed to not print when a single ink color runs low stopped me. This printer, like all other previous HP printers I have owned, continues to print when one color runs low, so you don''t have to replace the cartridge right away if you don''t need it. (The low ink indicators tend to come on well before the cartridges actually run out of ink, which would be another knock against Canon''s systems).

The printer that I actually have is the HP L7555, which I purchased from Costco. From the specifications, the L7555 is the same printer as the L7590. HP has historically given large volume discounts to sell printers at Costco and then re-named the discounted printers sold at Costco (e.g. the r80 became the r80xi) so as to appease its other retailers. The L7555/L7590 come with the optional two-sided printing attachment, which is not included with the L7580. All three of these printers have wired network capability only (wireless is an optional accessory).

I would note that there are multiple separate listings on Amazon.com right now for the L7680 and L7780, and the photos and specs are quite confusing as to what the differences are, but it appears that these other models come with wireless networking, two sided printing, additional paper trays, and other features like Direct Digital Filing, etc. The L7600 and L7700 series come with legal size scanner glass instead of the letter/A4 size scanner glass for the L7500 series and so have a slightly larger upper body frame (legal size scanning/faxing on the L7500 series is done by feeding through the ADF). The L7780 has a color display instead of a black and white LCD display.

I use this printer as a common family/home office printer/scanner for four home computers. So some of the complaints of other people in the many printer reviews on Amazon.com don''t apply to me. The computers all run Windows XP, and so Vista or Mac compatibility are not issues (drivers for Vista and Mac OS are included).

Initially, I set this printer up with my old USB 4-port switch (I have four computers at home on a home network). The L7590/7555 did not recognize the USB 1.0 switch that I had been using, so I got a new 4-port USB 2.0 switch (software switchable), which did work to switch printing and scanning between the computers. The only problem was that the computer that was "on" with the printer would freeze up during the boot process unless the USB port was unplugged or shut off.

So, I decided to put this Ethernet-capable printer on my home network. To do this, I had to expand beyond the four-port MN-100 router that I had. I got a D-Link DGL-4100 4-port gigabit router and DGS-2205 5-port switch. These hooked up easily with the Ethernet port on the L7590/7555. You have to put the HP setup CD back into every single computer on the network and re-install this printer for the network again even though the drivers have been loaded for the USB connection.

I am not using this printer to print high quality photos, although the three color cartridge system does look capable of doing decent photo color printing similar to previous Officejets.

Unlike the previous Officejets, this one comes with two replaceable inkjet heads. Previously, HP had built the inkjet heads into the disposable ink cartridges, which undoubtedly increased the cost of the cartridges. However, it is not entirely clear how long these replaceable printheads are designed to last. A search of the Internet suggested that the HP printheads are not designed to last for the life of the printer as the Canon printheads are, and possibly last only for every tenth ink cartridge or so. Stay tuned for an update on this issue.

The printer uses the 88 series of color cartridges (4 total yellow, magenta, cyan, and black cartridges), and the 88 printheads (black-yellow, and magenta-cyan).

Pros:

1. Much more economical ink usage than the 6110. HOWEVER, you have to manually reset the default Windows printer parameters on every computer attached to this printer to take full advantage of this feature. The "Normal" default print setting gulps color ink at a prodigious rate the color prints come out with the same depth of color as the "Best" setting for the 6110. So I am not at all sure that if you intend to use this printer to print a lot of photo quality prints how economical it will turn out to be. The "Draft" mode uses less ink but the color prints are not photo quality.

2. The printer does have a full range of manually adjustable settings in the "Advanced" tab for Printer Preferences in Windows that allow you to really dial down the ink usage and also presumably allows you to tweak the color ink usage for photos to acceptable levels. Black and white documents come out looking very usable with the ink settings at the very lowest levels.

3. Much faster than the 6110 for printing, scanning, etc. ADF works pretty good for scanning multiple documents.

4. Wired network setup fairly easy on Windows XP.

Cons:

1. The very first time the L7555/L7590 powers up, it takes 20 minutes to fully initialize. Later, if you turn off or unplug this printer, it takes about two minutes to initialize. Don''t ever turn this baby off!

2. Installation of the driver software is also really slow, with a lot of popups requiring user interaction to continue the installation. If you have to load this software into several computers, it takes a while.

3. It only recognizes USB 2.0. It will not recognize USB 1.0 plugs. A USB 2.0 4-port switch that I used initially created hangups during the boot process for the compute that was "on".

4. The ADF feeder tray is still attached by way of two flimsy tabs. This is similar to the HP 6110 one of the tabs on the 6110 ADF tray broke off after somebody set a heavy pile of stuff on top of it.

5. Loud. Probably the loudest of the three Officejets that I have owned. But this is probably because it is also the fastest of the three.

6. Footprint is 65% larger than the 6110 in square inches. It still fits on the same desktop space, just a tighter squeeze.

7. The wired (and wireless) networking only work for up to five computers, according to the manual. I have not tested this.

All in all, the Cons are minor complaints. This is a good quality printer, priced cheaper than the 6110 had been five years ago, but MUCH BETTER. Printer prices have dropped dramatically, as manufacturers have discovered that the money is in the selling of printer cartridges, and so the best part of this printer is its much more economical use of ink. But you have to make sure to adjust the default settings for ink usage. And I am still waiting to see how long these replaceable printheads last, to see if they contribute to the cost of printing.

Addendum: I liked this All-In-One printer so much that I recently bought another one. Unfortunately, after a week or so of use, this one started having frequent paper feed jams, especially with two sided printing. And the auto-feed tray fed the papers in crooked. Fortunately, following my own advice, I''d gotten this printer at Costco like the first one (Costco rebrands this as the model L7555), and I returned it well within Costco''s generous 90 day return period, and got another one, which so far is working fine. Remember, the price points are so important nowadays that quality control has really gone downhill and EVERY electronics manufacturer ships out some lemons. So strongly consider the return policy of any place that you buy your electronics from.

I''ve discovered another annoying aspect of the printer software when used on a network instead of a straight USB hookup if you change routers or exchange printers, because each printer has its own unique network ID burned into its chips, you have to re-install the entire HP software package on every computer on your network. Simply re-installing the software on top of an existing installation doesn''t work you have to manually uninstall it first (the quickest way is to use the "Uninstall" option on the HP CD startup menu this will uninstall all of the software in one sweep). This of course deletes all the special Windows Printer settings to reduce ink use, etc., that you have set up in your Printer Preferences, so you have to re-do all of that again also for each computer on your network. I have gone through this rigamarole three times now, changing from a D-link to a 2-Wire router/modem, exchanging printers, and then changing to an Actiontec router-modem.

With the Actiontec router/modem, the HP installation disc for some reason did not automatically detect the printer during installation for two of our computers, even though the Actiontec network browser page showed it was active. I had to manually identify the printer and input the printer IP address/MAC address. I tried using HP''s latest update software, v.8, hoping it would work better, and it wouldn''t identify or allow me to manually install this printer at all. So back to the v.7.0.0 CD at least it works with manual installation. HP doesn''t list this version on their website, so don''t lose your installation CD!

HP sure could make this re-installation process a WHOLE LOT better and easier!

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This is our 5th and 6th (we bought 2) HP printers. The printer was packaged very well, all items were included as advertised. Setup was very straight forward. We set the first one up as a network printer and had no problems at all. The software installed easily (we installed it on 2 XP and 2 Vista machines, and HP includes separate CD''s for each, as well as a Mac OS CD), although it took about 20-30 minutes to get through the process. This is the only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. I think HP needs to re-think the install of their software. It should only take a few minutes, not a half-an-hour! Other than this minor complaint, the software did install without problems.

The printer took nearly 20 minutes to initialize the first time, which seems a very long time. The good news is that since it isn''t hooked to the network or to a computer, you can install the software at the same time. The printer automatically printed an instruction sheet about the initialization.

The printer output is very sharp and clean, and rivals a laser printer. It is also very fast for an inkjet printer.

Scanning works flawlessly, although we haven''t set up the direct scan to file yet.

Copying is very simple, one-touch.

Faxing is easy, and is much faster than the HP d-series we had before.

Overall, a great value, and HP seems to have fixed a lot of the problems that they had with previous, similar models.

Based upon the short time we''ve had this printer, I would recommend it without reservation. Just be prepared to spend a half-hour or more going through the setup.

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I have been buying printers since 96 and they have all been HP. This is the 6th HP, number 5 was not that good, but I thought I would give HP another chance. I am glad that I gave them another chance, this printer is better than any inkjet I have ever seen. It prints photos super quick and I can print a large document double sided very fast. The ADF is also great, it can scan double sided. The ADF is not that quick, but I do not scan or copy that much. I scanned a double sided 25 page document and it took about 5 min. The paper tray holds half of a ream of paper, so I do have to keep putting paper in the tray. The print heads are easy to change and they should last about 4k pages. The ink is suppost to have a large page count, but I will have to wait and see.

For $150 from Staples ($199-$50 for old printer) this is an excellent buy. If you are thinking about buying a new printer this is the best deal right now.

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I was very excited to get such a good deal on the HP Officeject Pro L7590, $199 at OfficeMax. I had looked at more than enough reviews to realize that this printer may not be the easiest thing to install. But, I figured I was up for the challenge. After all, in my life as an office manager, I''ve installed at least 10 printers on different computers!

Ugh! Was I wrong.

Day one: First, I did exactly what all the reviews said to do.... Ignore the installation CD and go straight to the updated drivers on the HP website. Well, after installing and reinstalling at least 5 times because it wouldn''t recognize my printer (even though it said it was installed!), I thought I would give those wonderful HP technicians a try. Several times, I told the first tech I spoke with that the printer didn''t connect unless I unplugged the USB from the computer and then reconnected. THEN, and only then, would the installation recognize the device. Of course, at one point, the technician gave me a long list of things to do and said, "You will have to restart your computer and you will lose connection with me. If you have any other additional problems, here is your trouble ticket number and you can call back." Famous last words.

So, I did the 4 different things the instructions told me to do and they didn''t work. Surprise. So, I tried using the installation CD. This time it worked (though it still did not recognize the device until I unplugged the USB cable from computer). However, I could not get anything to print. Now, when I first purchased the printer, the salesperson asked if I had a printer that used a USB cable. I said `yes'' and he said, "Okay, then you won''t need a new one." But, because of the way it was acting with connection during installation, I decided to try a new USB anyway. Voile! Now I could print... but, I couldn''t scan!

Day two: After speaking with 3 more technicians (who, at the end of the conversation said, "You will have to restart your computer and you will lose connection with me. If you have any other additional problems, here is your trouble ticket number and you can call back.") who gave me no solution at all, the 4th technician said, "Let''s try installing the updated driver from the HP website, again. But, first let''s make sure you aren''t already currently updated." So, he asks me to click on a link he provided and then click on the "Check if you are up to date" link on the page. I tell him I don''t see the link. He says, "It is there." Well, after 30 minutes of trying to get me to see the link, *I* realize that I am not using Internet Explorer but Mozilla and I cannot view these links with Mozilla. Hmmmmm, shouldn''t the tech have asked, at some time, what browser I was using? I''m not the tech, he is. Also, I told the tech I had HP folders/files on both my C and D drive. He kept trying to delete them in a multitude of ways with no success. After I disconnected from HP for the last time ("You will have to restart your computer and you will lose connection with me. If you have any other additional problems, here is your trouble ticket number and you can call back.") I decided to right click on all the folders/files and delete.

To make a long story even longer, I installed the driver from the HP site and now the printer works perfectly. All in all, it took 16 hours to install this `puppy'' (more than 6 of those hours were wasted talking to HP techs)... which translates to an additional $280 this printer cost me!

The printer is loud and `jerky'' but fast. The print and copy jobs, even in the draft mode, come out looking great. It seems the ink *is* lasting longer, too. Blank paper capacity is three times the amount of the 6110xi I previously owned. Note: Print heads and ink are separate. Don''t know how long the print heads will last.

Summary: Like the printer, hate the install (which, btw, the actual installation, without problems, takes a loooong time). Get a new USB and download driver from website. HP techs good for only helping you eliminate the obvious.

This is the worst printer I have ever bought. The print heads contantly need to be cleaned in order for it to print right. It prints with blank spaces every inch, all the way up and down the page. cleaning the printheads fixes the problem most of the time, but if you aren''t CONSTANTLY printing something, the problem will return after a while. Best Buy replaced the whole unit once for me, but the second unit did the same thing, and since more time had gone buy now they are pointing their finger at HP, and refusing to exchange it again. Printheads have been replaced twice by HP, temporarily fixing the problem, but the problem is still rears its ugly head. HP won''t exchange it for another model. And Best Buy will keep dodging you around with quick fixes until their 90 days is up and then tell you they can''t do anything. Buy something else, this thing sucks.

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HEWLETT-PACKARD Laserjet Pro M1212NF Multifunction Laser Printer Save 46% off

• LaserJet Pro M1212NF Multifunction Laser Printer with Copy/Fax/Print/Scan.
• Tackle your everyday office tasks with this network-ready multifunction printer.
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printer works great no issue does exactly what i needed it to do. use it for my home office and love the fact i can scan over the network

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This was definitely as easy to install and said to be. Though it did not provide me with a USB cord I was able to use the CD to complete the installation. Printing looks fabulous.

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HP Premium Plus Photo Paper Save 9% off

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• Great when used for reprints, photo albums and business applications
• Ideal for high-resolution digital photos
• Dimension: 8.5 X 11 Inches
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This is the thickest of the hp paper, and honestly the best I''ve ever seen used for photos. I would highly recommend it for use in picture frames. I would not recommend using it for regular photo albums, because of cost. PLus the fact that regular photos are better glossy. I used this paper with my HP photosmart 8750, and got the museum photo quality it suggest. Hope I helped your decision.

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Excellent heavyweight paper. It has just the right amount of satin matte finish to diffuse reflections. On my HP Photosmart printer it gives me fantastic images, with much better color rendition and contrast than regular warehouse brand gloss paper. I now use this for all my prints that I like to frame.

One of the nice things about this paper is the coating on the back side of the paper that prevents papers from sticking together when stacked.

One caution if you use pigment based inkjet printers, this paper is not for you. Use this for all dye based inkjet printers, which a vast majority are. In the HP Photosmart range, as of this writing, only the Pro B9180 and Pro B8850 are pigment based inkjet printers.

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This paper can be hard to find. It''s just the best of the best, even though the cost is high. I prefer it to glossy paper for any use. I can''t stand glossy paper. All it does is reflect the light. Give me the matte stuff any day. I''m ordering quite a bit of this paper, in case it disappears again.

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I print out hundreds of pictures each year and I only use this paper in the soft gloss. It has such a nice feel and the colors are brilliant. It''s the best!

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BIG BIG BIG MISTAKE by HP to do away with this paper and call the new paper "BETTER"??? By whos standards??? This is the BEST paper out there and HP says they will not be making it anymore. I hope HP listens to the customer and change things back. The "NEW" paper is not worth $34 a box!!!

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HP DESKJET 3051A ALL-IN-ONE PRINTER J611H-WIRELESS

• HP DeskJet 3051A Inkjet Multifunction Printer/Copier/Scanner

I bought this printer at a Walmart on Black Friday and have had problems with it ever since. Most of the time, I can''t get it to print I get an error message that the printer is not connected. If I get over that hurdle, then I have problems getting the printer to recognize that there is paper available it keeps telling me I am out of paper. I keep taking out and putting back in the stack of paper. Very frustrating process and usually after working through all the problems it takes me at least an hour to get something printed. I think if it would print out now the way it is supposed to I would probably fall off my chair in shock!! I am now surfing Amazon for a new printer and am only going to buy one with good reviews!!!

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My old (non-wireless) Canon PCS (printer/copier/scanner) needed new ink cartridges for about $38. I figured why not get a new WIRELESS PCS (with the ink) for a few $''s more. (I bought the "Value Bundle with Bonus Paper" for $49.98 at Walmart.com.)

Shipping was FREE and it arrived in 3 days.

I''m somewhat PC-challenged but open box => ready to use took about 20 minutes ("Start Here" instructions in box => insert CD => click on "Setup" [near bottom of list] => download stuff => follow popup instructions to establish wireless signal from PC to PCS => DONE).

Printed sheets look GREAT...as do copies!!! What more could one want for 50 guacamoles???

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If you need to make plain copies of anything black and white, this is a decent printer. It is small, light weight and relatively easy to use. The scan quality is decent. I print from my iphone often. Do not waste your ink, paper or time by printing photos on glossy photo paper with this printer. It is HORRIBLE for that. We have had the printer for a few months now and that is the only problem I really have. It is a pretty loud printer. It has awakened our daughter more than once and she is 3 closed bedroom doors away. Hope this helps.

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I got this as a printer for my college dorm, and it''s nice and small, folds up nicely, has decent print quality. Having a scan option readily available is a new thing for me, quite handy.

However, my major issue is that the printer, when left plugged in, will consistently cause my computer to blue screen (cause it to crash). I''ll still use it, it works, it prints color, it scans but ever since I installed the software and started using it, my computer has crashed more times than I can keep count. Also, another guy down the hall mentioned he has the same printer and it also makes his computer crash. I don''t know how widespread the issue is, but it''s a pain.

Well, I wish I had just read the review about this not being for photo printing because it isn''t, not like my old HP 1210v printer. The highest setting it has for photo paper that I could find was 600x300 DPI, although its advertised at colour resolution of 4800x1200. It does NOT have the HP Photo Ret technology that allows printing of photos without increasing the resolution. It does print photos and they look "okay" but not for anything serious. The wireless feature is a plus for those without all the USB ports available and its nice to sit it across the room and not have cabling. Those cables supplied with the printer are very short which means that using the supplied USB cable essentially means that the printer has to sit right next to the PC or laptop area.

The construction is very cheap especially the front paper shelf.

Be careful of the installation package because it has user statistics enabled which you have to disable by clicking on the blue text at setup. Failure to disable the user statistics will send data back to HP. I didn''t like the setup of the wireless portion where it "attempts to discover network and password." How is it doing this? I set up everything manually.

Its an okay printer for text documents and photos for reports or papers but not for family album photos.

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Dymo Rhinopro 6000 Label Printer (1734519) Save 64% off

• Labeling Tool

I''m not even going to bother to cite the myriad of annoyances and shortcomings with this product; other reviewers have already eloquently done so. Instead, I''m going to assume that this product functions as one would expect and is comparable to the Brother (which IMO they are much inferior), and just focus on the TCO (total cost of ownership). Assuming one is shopping for a handheld industrial label printer, there are really only two players Brother and Dymo. Brother offers the PT-1650 ($159 MSRP) and the PT-7600 ($199 MSRP). Dymo offers the Rhino "Pro" 5200 ($219 MSRP) and Rhino "Pro" 6000 ($299 MSRP). Actual street prices are lower with the Brother products about $50-100 less. Or stated another way, if you purchase the Brother WITH the hard case, you''ll still have some change in your pocket as compared to buying the Dymo WITHOUT the hard case.

Both label printers are extremely wasteful of label tape out of the box. I think this is by design as they really make their money on labels. In both cases there are settings that can dramatically reduce the waste if you READ THE MANUAL and learn how to properly use the product. But the P-Touch is ultimately more efficient because not only do you waste less material per cut but you can print larger fonts on the smaller sized labels. Again my personal experience aside, if we strictly look at the cost of supplies, the difference in cost is startling. Rhino Nylon Tape MSRP is $18.99 (1/2"), 20.99 (3/4"), and 22.99 (1") for 11.5 feet or $1.65-2.00/ft. P-Touch Flexible ID Tape MSRP is $19.99 (1/2"), 23.49 (3/4"), 27.99 (1") for 26.2 feet or $.763-1.07/ft. I can purchase the Brother 1/2" tape online for $9.93 whereas the Dymo tape is $11.80 online. In other words, the Dymo 1/2" tape costs me 2.7x as much as the Brother tape. If that''s not highway robbery I don''t know what is...

Now, I also believe it is worthwhile mentioning that the Rhino label printers can only use Rhino industrial tape and is strictly NOT COMPATIBLE with any of the Dymo home or office labeling products. So if one wants to use the Rhino to print labels for home and office environments, you are forced to use the overpriced and poorly suited Nylon tape or purchase a second Dymo (non-Rhino) label printer! Trust me nylon tape labels don''t look right on file folders!

As for warranty, the Brother has a 2-year exchange whereas the Dymo has a 1-year warranty. Honestly, I never even considered warranty when originally shopping these products as I assumed we''d replace them with a newer more full featured unit before they broke. We are an AV/IT company and print a lot of labels and thus spend much more on the supplies than the actual printers. BUT we''ve now owned 2 Brother and 3 Dymo units and two of the three Rhinos now have broken cutters. Neither showed signs of major wear and tear so I can''t attribute it to abuse in the field. As a matter of fact, ironically the most beat up Rhino is the one that is still functioning. That leads me to believe it is a rugged product but has a design flaw in the cutter that has nothing to do with how my installers handle the product. Also the cutter is part of the unit and cannot be replaced the entire unit has to be replaced or in our case thrown away. Brilliant engineering there Dymo!

In summary, let''s assume you purchase both products, use 500 ft of 1/2" tape annually, and the unit fails 1-year after the warranty period. Your total annual cost for each product would be:

Rhino Pro 5200, $160 up front cost, $1026.09 recurring, 2 years, $593.05/year.

Rhino Pro 6000, $250 up front cost, $1026.09 recurring, 2 years, or $638.05/year.

P-Touch PT-1650, $125 up front cost, $379.01 recurring, 2 years, or $252.01/year.

P-Touch PT-7600 $140 up front cost, $379.01 recurring, 2 years, or $259.51/year.

Over a 5 year span, the RhinoPro 6000 would cost $2000 more than a P-Touch PT-7600. OUCH!!!

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I install data cabling for a living and frequently have to label patch panels requiring multiple serialized labels of the same size. Such labels are easy to setup on the printer and you can see the entire series of labels on screen before printing, so you know exactly what you''re going to end up with when you print. Unfortunately, when pausing to cut between labels, the printer advances the label to the appropriate position for cutting before starting to print the next label. The result is that each label must be manually trimmed before it can be applied.

I confirmed with Dymo/Rhino tech support that this is the way the printer is designed to work and that there are no plans to change it. In fact, I have had this printer for almost two years, and complained about this issue immediately after purchase, and they have yet to release a firmware update to correct the issue. Even the newer model 5200, released over 1 year after my original complaint, works the same way.

In contrast, my Brother P-Touch 1600 supports a cut mode that cuts consecutively printed labels in the proper place, requiring only that the first label be manually trimmed.

The tech support people I''ve talked to, as well as Dymo reps at trade shows, all understand the issue and have agreed that this is not a desirable way for the printer to work. Apparently the engineers behind the product haven''t used the finished product, haven''t been made aware of the issue, or don''t think it''s a problem.

When compared to my P-Touch, the maximum print size on the same label width is smaller on the Rhino, which leaves a much larger margin above and below the text. The printing seems to be at a lower resolution than the P-Touch, but maybe it just looks that way because of the font that the Rhino uses. Finally, the finished labels, regardless of the material used (permanent polyester, vinyl, etc) have a lower quality appearance than the P-Touch TZ tapes.

I think a combination of the Rhino firmware and Brother hardware would make for ultimate label printer for my needs, but that will never happen.

Comparing the Rhino 6000 with the Brother P-Touch 7600, I would have a hard time deciding between the two if the prices were the same, but since the Brother comes in at about 1/2 the cost of the Rhino, I think the Brother P-Touch 7600 is the clear winner.

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The 6000 is the latest in the line of Rhinopro label printers. While this is the most expensive, it seems to answer all of the criticisms I have seen of the earlier versions, and is an incredibly versatile machine.

The printer takes tapes from 1/4 inch to a full 1 inch wide. It is not clear from the literature, but a call to Dymo confirmed that the 6000 takes the D1 tapes as well as the specialized Rhino tapes, so there is a wide range of sizes and colors available, and you can use tapes you might already own for one of the other Dymo printers.

Earlier models were criticized for the way the rubber cover made tape changing difficult. On this model, the rubber is built in, and tape changing is as simple as opening a flap at the bottom. Another plus is that the tape width is now entered on the keyboard when a tape is changed, and not with a switch in the tape compartment.

The label printer is easy to use as a standalone device, but can also be driven from a PC. As a Mac user, I haven''t yet been able to try this. There is currently no Mac version of the software.

Operation through the keyboard is relatively straightforward, given the number of different options that are available, and is made easier by the dedicated function keys that allow you to select the type of label you want to produce. I bought the unit primarily so that I could label light switches at our new home, and to label the myriad of cables and power bricks that come with every new piece of electronics these days. The flexible nylon tape and the multiple wire labeling formats (including the "flag" format that automatically prints the text twice on the label with a gap between so you can wrap the unprinted center part around the cable and have the printed sections stuck back to back to themselves as a flag) make the latter job very easy.

Build quality seems reasonable for the price, and the print quality even on the 1" tape is excellent.

The unit comes with a great range of graphic symbols that would be of use to industrial users, as well as lots of symbols that are great for home. You can download the manual at the dymo site (http://download.dymo.com/media/UserGuides/R6000_UserGuide.pdf) and see them all.

Storing labels in the internal memory isn''t as intuitive as I would have liked, but it is a minor niggle. More than offset by the attention to user friendliness that is shown by the fact that although there is a lithium rechargeable battery pack that fits in the unit, they have designed the battery compartment to also take AA batteries in an emergency, which means that you''ll never get stranded with a flat battery, and won''t necessarily need to be held hostage to buy a new lithium pack from Dymo when the original one fails!

When I ordered mine, Amazon didn''t have them, so I got mine from Labelcity.com and was very very pleased with their service and knowledge. They stock pretty much all of the tapes, and their price is very competitive.

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Having fought with nearly every model of P-Touch labeler over the years mostly for cable labeling, which it''s simply not designed for I broke down and bought the Rhino 6000 last week, thinking I was going pro.

As the previous reviewer mentions, it solves a lot of the design flaws of the previous top-of-the-line Rhino model. However, I''m still finding it incredibly annoying for the following reasons:

* The built-in symbol library is tiny and a pain to access (multi-level menus for every single symbol). Ditto for the text library.

* There''s allegedly a way to create your own symbols using Rhino Connect software, but that software is nowhere to be found on Rhino''s web site. The product page for that software is an expired coupon from 2007 for a free CD ($199 value!); that sounds, to me, like they didn''t have the software ready yet and wanted to market it anyway. Presumably, if it existed, they''d be selling it by now.

* The "wrap" modes, which should be great for cables, leave a wide margin at the edge of the label, so you don''t really get the wrap effect on thinner cables (e.g. 18 AWG).

* The print quality is spotty; sometimes the label looks good, sometimes there are pixels missing. This is with several different types of label cartridges (heat shrink, flexible nylon.)

* Hitting a wrong key at any point results in the whole LED display momentarily flashing at you.

* The UI is clunky; there are separate keys for "CLR", "ESC", "OK", "backspace", and "enter", and each of them is used in different ways at different points to select menu items.

* No auto-detection of cartridge size. Even my P-Touch has this.

* Cut labels don''t fall out of the machine; you have to wave it around or lightly tap it upside-down to shake them out.

* The backing is very difficult to peel, at least on the 1/2-inch nylon labels, because it''s cut in half lengthwise along the entire label. Brother''s P-Touch models will do a "half cut" they''ll cut the label at the edge, and then cut only the backing a little ways in, so that you can peel off most of the backing in one step.

* You can''t mix type styles or sizes within a label. So I can''t, for instance, label my terminals as [1] [2] [3] (with boxes around the numbers), and then create a label showing "24 VAC -> [1]"; either the whole label is boxed, or nothing at all.

* You can''t change fonts, period. One font.

* The color selection is very limited compared to P-Touch.

* You can''t print on the back of the heat-shrink tubing. I guess I can''t expect this from a handheld; it''d take twice the printing machinery. Still, it''s something I hadn''t thought about before, and I''m sure I''ve seen heat-shring labels with true wrap-around capability, so somebody somewhere does it. Otherwise, again, "wraparound" on a thin wire isn''t very wraparound.

Most importantly:

* The thing can''t auto-cut! Again, my (relatively) cheapo P-touch has been able to do that for six years. There is a cut button, but you can''t tell the machine to cut after each printing. At best, you can tell it to pause printing between labels, so YOU can press the cut button. Clearly, they know we want to auto-cut, but the auto-pause was the best they were able to do for some reason...

Given that, I don''t see any reason to buy this over a nicer P-Touch model. As for me, I''m going to think about splurging on a Brady although it seems that they can''t auto-cut either. WTF?

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We have used Brother P-Touch labels for years for custom calibration labels for our clients and products that we make. When Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) finally broke P-Touch Editor, I thought it would be worthwhile to evaluate a portable printer and picked the Rhinopro 6000 because it advertises the capability to develop labels on a computer.

The printer was delivered without the software. Somehow I missed this fine distinction in the description. As is, the function of the 6000 is rudimentary at best. It seems to be primarily designed to print sequences of information equally spaced on a label, perhaps for labeling switches or circuit breakers. This works quite well if you have no ambition to format your labels, or use a variety of fonts.

The cutter on the unit we got will not cut a straight line, nor are the cuts perpendicular to the edges of the label. This means you will have to use scissors if you want your labels to look clean and professional.

I sent off the required documentation for the otherwise $200 software package and three weeks later the CD arrived. Expecting a reasonably full featured label design and layout application similar to P-Touch Editor, I was amazed to find a PC version of the software resident in the printer itself. The Rhinopro software is overpriced at free. I can''t imagine paying $20 for it, much less $200.

I have gotten P-Touch Editor to print a reasonably good-looking label with the Rhinopro 6000, but every label has to be redesigned to print correctly, and there is no way to store the designed labels on the printer for on-site use, or to add new data from the printer itself, making this a useless work-around.

I suppose this would be marginally adequate for an electrician or installer wanting a solution one step up from writing on a panel with a Sharpie marker. Otherwise, if you want to create clean, professional labels, this printer is not ready for prime time.

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Canon PIDHV Printing Calculator (9493A001AC) Save 37% off

• Decimal Point Selector Switch
• Rate Set Item Count Print On & Off
• Round Up, Off & Down Switch
• Tax & Business Keys
• Calendar & Clock Function

I purchased this calculator a week ago at Office Depot. I had a lot of difficulty loading the printer paper (just where exactly am I supposed to insert the paper?...) The most irritating thing for me about this calculator is that the decimal point is very tiny and tends to get lost (and hence very easy to overlook) among the otherwise large and very clear display numerals. Also the Print indicator is much too tiny for my liking.

As for the instructions they left me wondering what Canon was thinking when they designed the layout of the instructions. The instructions begin with calculation examples, then explain what the different keys are used for. Next is the list of specifications. Then follow instructions for loading and replacing the batteries. At this point, if you''re wondering how to load the paper, you''ll find them on the backside of the instructions rather than toward the beginning of the instructions where you might logically expect them to be. As for loading the paper, it took me several guesses before I finally figured out exactly where to insert the paper. Otherwise, I basically like the features of the calculator except for, in my honest opinion, the inadequately tiny decimal point.

In summary, the seemingly illogical order in which the instructions are laid out, an unsatisfactory decimal point size, and the unnecessary difficulty in loading the paper detract from an otherwise easy to use compact calculator with a very clear display and a nice printout. In conclusion, I would suggest checking out other calculators before purchasing this one to make sure you''re satisfied with all of its features.

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Cannon PIDHV-9493A001AC Calculator

The paper tape is difficult to install and the instructions are not a bit clear.

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This calculator was fine until the paper roll ran out. It was impossible to load a new roll. I''ve used many other calculators and never had this problem. I threw it away.

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[ASIN:B001HA6JLQ Canon P1DHV 12-Digit Portable Printer,Display Calculator]

OMG! unless you want to spend 90% of your time trying to get the paper in this unit DON''T BUY IT! OR if you already have one of them, save the whole world a lot of aggravation and THROW IT OUT! Believe me! for the sake of your peace of mind, stay as far away from this unit as you can! Or if you simply can''t bring yourself to throw it out...don''t give it to anyone you care about or want to be friends with!! the paper gets really loose, slips off and out of the unit and it can take days...

weeks..endless tricks to get it in place....cheap yes...once the paper is in place works great...but over all....it is the most annoying little piece of equipment I have ever owned! Mine is going in the trash! [ASIN:B001HA6JLQ Canon P1DHV 12-Digit Portable Printer,Display Calculator]]

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This calculator looked like exactly what I wanted small, portable, simple. But, as some others said, loading the paper is impossible and the instructions are not at all helpful. I never figured out how to feed the paper through and am planning to return it. This is a disappointment because any of the other paper-print calculators I''ve seen are about twice as big.

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Epson T088120 DURABrite Ultra 88 Moderate-use Inkjet Cartridge Save $0.02 off

• Better quality than lab-processed prints
• Worry-free handling-smudge, fade and water resistant
• Convenient individual cartridges
• Excellent for double-sided printing, because DURABrite Ultra ink doesn''t bleed through
• Acid-free Ink

The confusing thing about Epson ink is that some printers will take multiple kinds of ink cartridges. The Epson Stylus NX415 for instance will take black series 68, 69, or 88 ink (T068120, T069120, and T088120). They''ll all print the same quality, but how long they last and the price/page are dramatically different.

Pages per cartridge:

T068120: 370 pages

T069120: 245 pages

T088120: 170 pages

Prices per page based on current Amazon prices (including shipping)

T068120: 5.9 cents/page

T069120: 6.8 cents/page

T088120: 7.5 cents/page

So this cartridge is among the more expensive per page that Epson makes, and if your printer supports another cartridge you should probably buy that one.

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Paid price almost equal to that for brand name for black ink cartridge, Epson. Didn''t realize it was a generic cartridge until I recieved it. Went back to order site and saw fact it was generic was noted below main write-up and was shaded to make it less obvious. Title used Epson number without reference to generic number.

Works OK, but won''t order any further items from Amazon unless it''s known vendor. Price difference was too slight, $1.00, from brand name (just bought several color Epson cartridges for less than half price, which were clearly labeled at another site).

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I guess the 88s are not a great substitute for original the 69s called for by the manual. Empties fast. Will stick with the recommended 69 from now on.

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I ran out of black and color ink which happened all too soon. This ink does not last at all. So, I bought a new cartridge of black since that was all I needed. However, I could not get my Epson printer to print in black ink only since it demanded I refill the color ink also. This meant paying 40 bucks for ink for a 60-dollar printer. Okay, everyone knows ink is a ripoff. But this ink went lightning fast and the printer uses the ink to clean the print heads every time the printer turns on. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. Added to this, try to find these cartridges at discount websites at discount prices... It ain''t happening!!!

TOTAL RIPOFF AND EPSON IS TERRIBLE ANYWAY. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

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The ink cartridge is reasonably priced, but it doesn''t last very long, most of that is from my epson printer.

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HP Q2438B 75 Sheet Envelope Feeder for LJ4250 Series Printers

• Envelope printing made effortless
• Save time and effort with this HP accessory
• Print LaserJet-quality envelopes

Great adapter. If you print a lot of envelopes at once(we do a lot of mail-merges, this is a great addition to your 4250/4350 printer.

Actually very heavy unit. Attaches to the front (remove that little plastic cover strip) above Tray 1, and has its own locking attachment arm, power connector, and its own feeder/rollers. The middle (the flat piece in the center) is a locking up/floating down weight to ensure the envelopes feed well.

Believe it or not, it actually prints envelopes about twice as fast as using the built-in tray 1, and is about 1/2 as loud too. The feeder unit on this is much quieter than the pickups on tray one, which makes sense since this is completely dedicated.

Very well designed unit, and very helpful for envelope printing. 4 out of 5 stars, simply becuase its SO much money for what it does. $200+ for the attachement is a little outrageous. Still not sorry I bought it.

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It is easy to put is on my printer, easy to use, save a lot of my printing time.

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HP LaserJet Pro P1606dn Printer (CE749A#BGJ) Save 34% off

• 250-sheet input tray
• Automatic Duplex Printing
• Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port, 10/100 Ethernet networking
• 4 LED indicator lights, 2 buttons
• 150-sheet face-down bin, Up to 150 sheets output tray

I have owned many different laser printers from HP, Dell, Lexmark, Brother and Samsung. This printer beats them all for three reasons:

1. Quick. When you hit print, the first page is out of the printer in less than 7 seconds. That is fast!

2. Quiet. You will hear the printer while it is printing, but when it is finished or in standby mode, it is quiet. If not silent. It sits right next to me and I don''t notice it.

3. Small and good looking. When compared to older laser printers, this one is a model of good design. It sits compactly in the corner out of the way, but ready to serve at the touch of Ctrl P or the printer button.

4. Duplex perfection. First of all, watching this printer spit out a piece of paper and then inhale it to print the other side is really really neat. It is just plain fun to watch. Secondly, both sides come out printed perfectly.

5. Network Functionality. The printer was found without problem by my Windows 7 machine as well as my Mac. It just works.

6. Crisp Text. We purchase lasers because we want crisp text. This laser will make you proud.

This is a good printer and the price point is amazing for what it delivers.

Quick, Quiet, Fast, Good Looking, Duplex Perfection in a network printer with Crisp Text Output. What else do you need? HP engineers and designers hit a homerun on this one.

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I previously owned a LaserJet 6L which was a reliable printer in its day. Since then, I''ve purchased several color printers from other manufacturers. I went back to HP for their reliability.

This printer quickly prints documents, especially with the built-in duplexer. I can send a print job to it and the first page (one sided) is coming out of the printer in two seconds.

The down side is the cost of toner. Normally, I have the print density set at 2 out of 5, which is on the light side. Using Econo mode does save toner, but the text is more difficult to read in low light conditions, so I rarely use that mode.

The sample toner (allegedly 1000 pages) included with the printer printed less than 400 pages before white streaks in the text began appearing. After installing a new cartridge (78A) just 4 days ago and printing 760 pages, the printer is reporting that 30% (or 300 pages) is left. At over $83 per cartridge, including tax, that comes out to 8 cents per page. I just purchased 2 toners at $49 to help save money.

But to call this a "green" printer, when one has to replace the toner cartridge after only 1060 pages, is silly.

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I''ve owned two HP LaserJet printers over the last 22 years. A LaserJet IIP and a LaserJet 5L. Bought the IIP in 1989, and it was great. When the 5L came out in 1995, I chose to upgrade. That 5L lasted until 2 days ago -a bit more than 15 years! I figure 15+ years out of any piece of computing equipment means I got way more than my money''s worth, thus I chose to purchase another HP LaserJet.

The good stuff:

This new LaserJet P1606dn Pro printer is so amazingly FAST! I''ve been used to 4 pages-per-minute (PPM) for so long, that this printer''s 26-PPM speed just blows me away! And the fact that it''s got a built-in duplexer (prints on both sides automatically, if you tell it to) is just icing on the cake -no more printing every other page, then flipping the stack of paper and re-feeding it through to get the back sides of the pages. Fantastic! (I printed a 12-page document with duplex-printing enabled, and it did the job in about 35 seconds from start to finish. Very impressive! Turn duplex off, and it will print a bit faster -but you''re not saving money on paper that way.)

Setup of the P1606dn Pro was incredibly easy. I simply plugged it into my computer''s USB port, turned on the printer, and got a pop-up-window from the printer''s built-in software saying that it wanted to install the driver. Boom. Done. Easy. (I''m running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, but I''d imagine your experience would be the same with any version of Windows 7 or Vista or XP.)

The paper try holds about 3 times what the paper tray on my old LaserJet 5L held -re-loading a lot less often is a nice thing as well. And the "auxiliary" feed (where you feed envelopes, for example) can hold about 10 of ''em, instead of the one-at-a-time thing that I had on the 5L -another very nice feature.

I did not try to enable the printer''s built-in network features. I plugged it into a computer and then shared the printer with my network that way. So I cannot comment at all on the ease (or lack thereof) of the Ethernet setup on this printer.

Now the bad stuff:

They didn''t include ANY cables to attach this to the computer! Are you kidding me?! Just the power cable. So you absolutely MUST buy yourself a USB cable or an Ethernet cable if you don''t want it to be a $200 paperweight. It *does* say on the outside of the box that there isn''t a USB cable included, but it''s not immediately clear on Amazon''s web-site. So here''s your warning: BUY A USB CABLE OR AN ETHERNET CABLE WITH THIS PRINTER BECAUSE IT DOESN''T INCLUDE EITHER IN THE BOX!

The toner-cartridge that is included with the printer is only about half-full. (Maybe a little less). It''s designed to print about 1,000 pages, whereas a new toner-cartridge is designed to print around 2,100 pages. Please... I''d be willing to pay a few $$ extra to have a full toner-cartridge included with the printer... That''s just ridiculous... So, you''ll probably want to buy a new toner cartridge when you buy this printer. And, yes, new toner cartridges are expensive -but HP toner cartridges have *always* been expensive for every HP LaserJet I''ve owned. It''s the price you pay for the high-quality printing you get out of these printers. And it still beats the cost-per-page of an InkJet.

Summary:

I would''ve given this printer a 5-star rating, if they''d included a USB cable and a full toner-cartridge. Instead I bumped it down to 4 stars. The printer itself gets 5-stars -fantastic speed, reliability, quality of the printed document, etc -everything I''ve come to expect from an HP LaserJet over the many years that I''ve owned them. But not including a USB cable or a full toner-cartridge -that means you don''t get a perfect score. Sorry, HP. Love the printer itself, dislike the fact that you cut a couple of corners with the accessories that *should* have come with the printer.

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Disclaimer: I just bought this printer. I have only printed about 300 pages with it. I bought this printer to replace an aging HP Laserjet Model 4P.

Initial thoughts: WOW! This thing is super-fast. The double-sided printing is AMAZING. The text is crisp and clean. It''s easy on toner, and has an economy mode (although I haven''t tested it yet).

I can''t say enough about how fast and smooth this printer is. I cued up a 300 page service manual I had in PDF form. The whole thing was printed and ready for reading in under 5 minutes.

One of the neatest features is that it goes completely silent and in low-power mode when not in use: you don''t have to turn it on, it senses when you want to print, turns itself on, prints, and then shuts itself off.

It''s a bit on the noisy side but I really don''t care about that.

Overall, money well spent.

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After a few hours of playing tittly-winks with HP Technical Support, having them go on and on about how I can''t use this in a "business environment" and how "it doesn''t support printing via ethernet" (I really wish I was joking about that one, but the technician actually said that), I was just about to throw my hands up in the air Until I happened to try the PCL version of the HP Universal Print Driver And then it started working like a champ!

I generally make a habbit of only using HP Universal Drivers and installing both PCL and PS versions on my Windows 2003 print server so I:

A) Don''t have to worry about maintaining individual drivers for all of the HP C/LJ''s around my office.

and

B) If someone needs to use PCL or Post Script, each of them are there as seperate printer instances so my users can connect to them any time they need either version.

My issue was when testing to make sure I could print to this device before maping a user to this printer I was only testing with the Post Script instance of the printer. I suppose I should also mention that when I told HP I had a print server handling jobs (good practice when you have an office full of printers and prefer keeping your hair on your head rather than between your fingers as you pull them out), and that I had established a DHCP reservation so the printer would obtain IP information dynamically, but always be given the same address let''s just say that drove HP technical support up a wall; almost to the point where they just about put the kibosh on the entire support call. I suppose the kind of training that goes into those that support these is different than those that support, say, LJ 8150s.

The end result was after being told:

A) I had a bad toner cartridge (at which point jumped through the proverbial hoop and went out to buy a spare)

B) There were "multiple" bad ports on my Extreme Networks Summit X450-48p switch (yeah right, pretty sure I would have noticed that)

C) That ethernet printing was either "not supported entirely" or that at most it was "only supported being connected to a home Linksys router"

D) Not having enough paper loaded into the device (even when it was full)

We finally came to find that when a print job is sent via the Post Script driver this printer TANKS.

And when I say "tanks", I mean:

A) Web interface stops working

B) Ping requests time out

C) The NIC completly shuts down (link light drops offline)

D) The printer appears to restart / re-initialize (yellow lights flicker on the top)

E) You have to wait 15-20 seconds for it to come back up

Worse yet, after being sent a job via PS (and it subsequently goes into it''s fit of rage), it usually requires a restart to remain stable. I found this out because while testing I had a continuous ping going throughout all of this, and it would randomly time out long after the restart / reinitializing sequence was complete even when no job was being sent. The only way to get it to remain stable again was to completely shut it off and reboot. WOW What a joke!

Moral of the story, I''m rating this a 4 because if you don''t even think Post Script, it''s actually a good light-duty (all I''m planning on using it for) printer that absolutly WILL work in a network environment (in a business or otherwise). Just make sure you don''t try to use a Post Script driver, unless you enjoy making your brain hurt watching your printer act a fool for no apparent reason.

PS: I generally NEVER write reviews about things (even though, full disclosure, I read them all the time). That said, the wasted afternoon I spent troubleshooting this was SUCH A PAIN IN THE REAR that I couldn''t resist the temptation to share my experiance with those of you wanting to pick this puppy up. Hope it''s helpful for you!

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Navigator Premium Copy/Laser/Inkjet Paper (NMP1124) Save 52% off

• Ideal for everyday printing in virtually all office equipment.
• Specially engineered to deliver high-quality results.
• Resists paper jams.
• Carton of 5,000 sheets

Paper seems to be going up and up and up in price. When I spotted this 5000 sheet bargain, I jumped on it. The paper is nice and heavy. It is also some of the whitest paper I have ever seen. It prints perfectly through my Dell Laser printer, no jams to date.

Price, quality and no jams, that just about sums up what I seek in paper and this Navigator Premium delivers.

The box arrived a little banged up, and some of the ream covers were even tore, but not one sheet was bent or disfigured.

Try it.

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Despite reading all the words of shipping woes about this product, I thought I''d roll the dice and see if the Paper Gods were smiling. I figured for the price even if a few reams were lost on the voyage it would still potentially be a nice cargo. The packaging held and every sheet and ream was intact. And top quality to boot! And price is great -$4.80 per ream, free shipping. Thanks, Amazon!!

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I always bought the cheap staples brand paper before, but seeing as this was pretty cheap I thought I''d go for it. It comes in a brown box with the reams well packaged. Some of the covers on the reams were damaged, but the paper inside was fine.

I have printed lots of things on it, and they look very good. The paper holds up even when you print double sided, in fact there is almost no color bleed through, as in you won''t see shadows of the color on the other side of the page.

When you get it, remember that this thing weighs about 60 pounds, I had lots of fun carrying it from my mail services building back home.

All in all, it was an excellent purchase, cheap and very high quality, and of course Amazon sent it very quickly via Prime!

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This is an excellent high-quality paper at a great price. HOWEVER when they ship it they just toss individual reams of paper into a bigger box. So during shipping the packages bounce around, and needless to say some of them split open. The big box was sturdy, but some amount of the paper was damaged (and the blue wrapper ink rubs off on the paper as well.) I could use 95% of the paper so I didn''t bother complaining or asking to ship it back. But depending on what happens during shipment, the damage could have been more extensive. What they ought to do is ship a CARTON of paper in its original box as shown in the product illustration, and then place that full carton inside the sturdy outer shipping box.

So it''s 5 stars for the paper and 1 star for the shipping, giving a 3 star rating.

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This product is better then most of the paper you find in local retailers but judging from other reviews and personal experience, it is definitely a gamble if you are to receive a 100% box of usable paper! My carton arrived in shambles, and instead of the normal heavy duty plastic reinforcements to secure the box, it only had clear packaging tape! 8 out of 10 reams were damaged dented or dirty (blue stains from packaging or black from the dirt accumulated during shipping). The lid to my box was broken and one side of it was torn off. Buyer beware! Most of the products in this category is shipped in a unsafe manner. Something to consider when you buy paper products from Amazon :( .

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