[SBE] HP Printers vs Canon

[Adrienne Abbott]

Ed-

I would disagree with you except.I love my HP 3550 color LaserJet. It has
been a workhorse for the past 5 years. Dependable, reliable, easy to use,
double-siding copy after copy of the Broadcast Checklists I use for station
inspections. Except.last year I invested in a new, space-ship of a computer,
a custom-built, gee-whiz monster that came complete with Windows 7. Isn't
learning new software and hooking up peripherals always a headache? My
little HP 6110 fax-copier-printer fit right in. No way could I make my HP
3550 work with Windows 7. When I went to the HP website to find a driver, I
found a note instead that said I was outta luck, there was no driver for the
3550 and they recommended that I buy one of their new LaserJet printers.Huh?
A 99$ combo printer works fine but the 799$ printer is on the shelf? What's
that about? Built-in obsolescence? I may have been blonde at one time, but
HSDYTIA? (How Stupid Do You Think I Am?) This is how I got gray hair.I
warned my Association staff that if they upgraded to Windows 7, the 3 3550's
in the main office would be useless. I can't believe there isn't a patch out
there to fix this, but my IT expert son doesn't have one and can't find one.
You are right, no way am I going to buy another HP product. Meg Whitman has
a lot of work to do. 

Stepping away from the soapbox now.

Adrienne

 

From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Edwin
Bukont
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 6:47 AM
To: sbe; broadcast list; pub tech
Subject: [SBE] HP Printers vs Canon

 


Rant mode.  After careful consideration, and many experiences, I can state
with some assurance that the HP Inket printers are the WORST value on the
market, exceeded only by Epson in poor TCO.  OTOH, I am supremely happy with
the Canon printers I have purchased over the years.  Between the ridiculous
software loads, the convoluted alignment process that wastes ink and
sometimes interrupts print jobs, the going off-line for no reason, the short
cords provided, or no cord at all, just a horrible experience.  HP typically
seems to cost $20 more than Canon and does less.  I have a Canon Pixma that
I use on the road and have no problems.  But the deskjets in the office are
just one issue after another.  I am done with HP printers and stopped buying
their PCs a long time ago.
 

Edwin Bukont CSRE, DRB, CBNT 
E2 Technical Services LLC
Tech-Knowledgy for When Sound Matters
Nashville, Baltimore, Wherever
V- 240.417.2475; F- 240.368.1265
ebukont at msn.com

 









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