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While this all-in-one printer is not new it definitely looks like it and can handle it. Released back in late 2006, it was on the cusp of it’s time with Wi-Fi capabilities and is still being sold to this day. Capable of faxing, scanning, copying, and obviously printing photos and other types of projects. Pre-programmed into its hard drive are “Printable School Papers” which is an extremely nice touch for a family with kids in school. Things you can print out is graph paper, notebook paper and task checklist. The buttons are easy to read and press but the LCD screen is slow, which makes scrolling through many of your memory devices a bit of a hassle when printing off of them. With the way memory cards are going it would take ages to scroll through the whole thing.

A key disadvantage I found with this printer was the start-up time from being turned off to ready to print. I would almost peg it at 3 minutes. This might not mean anything to users who leave there printer on all the time but I myself like to turn it off as much as possible. Once up and running though, the printer will scan, copy, and print fairly fast. Obviously you won’t be getting office printer speeds, but for making copies here and there, it’s absolutely convenient. With quick buttons to push “Black Copy”, “Colour Copy” it makes tasks that much easier.
It also comes in an attractive package with unique and cool storage places for photo paper(seperate photo storage) and regular size paper. It is also able to connect to PictBridge capable cameras on top of the SD-MMC/CF/MS/DUO/XD cards supported.
Connecting the printer to your wireless network is very easy but it does require you to reconnect if for some reason the signal is lost for a second even after you’ve entered the password.
Why do we get a printer though? We get it for its reliability and for its convenience and quality for a quick photo print. It should by any means replace you going to the store and getting your digital photos or you going to Kinkos to get a professional print. A home printer should allow you flexibility to print quickly, efficiently, and make sure its done right. This printer does that and should be given a damn good chance when you look at purchasing a new printer.

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