[SBE] HP Printers vs Canon

[Edwin Bukont]

I had generally been happy with HP Lasers, but my comments were directed at HP INKjet (Officejet etc whatever).  However, thanks for the warning on the LJ!  Incidentally, what torgued me for the last time was that I bought the HP FancyStuff PC with CD, DVD, ports galore and Deskjet AT THE SAME TIME...AND they do not seem to play well with each other, never have.  After 5 years, I am done with this crap.  I have had much better luck with Canon and Powerspec computers.  Done all the updates, and still, half the time I go to print a simple page, the printer makes more noise doing nothing and going to wait state than a strowger switcher looking for ground.  

I don't think Meg is the answer.  Her track record is well known and is not going to attract the sort of talent HP needs, unless it wants to be an on-line store selling 'discount' hype with pay in advance and no return policy.  She will however attract plenty of HR lawsuits!!  HP needs to go back to what made it and America great.  The descent of HP began with Carly Fiorina.  I have a good friend who was a senior PMP for HP.  To say that HP under Carly pushed Agilent out the door as not core and underperforming is an understatement.  HP spun off its proffessional division and has been consumer crap ever since.  

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

 








 



From: weathertop at charter.net
To: sbe at sbe.org
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:47:51 -0700
Subject: Re: [SBE] HP Printers vs Canon






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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