I'm not sure how others have found replacing the black cartridge, which was not cheap but the printer doesn't work now. Turns on and all but flashes with a new cartridge out of the packet. So still doesn't work. I wouldn't buy this one again, it really is a large footprint of waste.I can't get a solution either.

does the trick no fuss printer

I've had mine for over 3 years and use it mainly for document scanning For that purpose alone it is what you would expect from a typical scanner; the higher the pixel rate, the slower it takes to scan per line. At 300dpi, its fast while 600dpi may take a little longer. .I've recently printed out in colour after all these years, and I must say, I am rather impressed at the end result.for a low cost printer and scanner.. I've never encountered any page bleeding or frequent updates at all as stated by other blogger. For a low cost budget multifuction printer, you are getting a real bargain.Would I recommend this printer? Yes, if you are not looking for all of the bells and whistles of modern equipment and want something simple and easy to use. If you want something of higher quality, its best to disregard this one and invest in something else.

This is a good entry level printer. I have had it around a year now and had no problems, and just use it for printing out invoices, quotes and scanning etc. The quality for that is perfect. If you are thinking of using it to print photographs you would be better to get them printed at a professional printing station than use a desktop type printer - this is not a photograph type printer. But for the price its perfect.

It went all right at first, even if the colour wasn't great. Then the colours became neon-like and distorted, which was the result of the printer needing updates which the buyer isn't told about.

Mine is now printing faintly and grainily, and the colour all but non-existent. The pages that I have printed have cost more than if I had had them printed elsewhere. Very poor value !