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 Electronics : Lexmark X4550 Wireless All-in-One Photo Printing/Scan/Copy/Print (1410600) |
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Rating:  - I bought 4 of these blasted things.
I was very happy with the first one of these I bought. I used it with a Windows XP desktop PC that uses a wireless USB card,and it worked perfectly for me, both scanning and printing. Then I bought a second one for use at my girlfriend's house to use with her WinXP laptop. It works perfectly as far as printing, but it will not scan. Instead of scanning it gives the error message, "Cannot load application list". Oddly, it scanned the first time I tried scanning but never again. I didn't know about the scanning problem and went ahead and bought two more of these printers for two relatives who had Vista laptops. The printer is not printing to either of those Vista laptops, even though Vista printed okay for the first week or so. I think this is more an indictment of Vista than of the printers. At one of my two relatives the printer works fine with his desktop Windows XP pc using a USB network card, yet the same printer does not print to the Vista laptop.
I really do like this printer. But the problem with "scan" is kind of show stopper until I can find a way to fix it. There seem to be a lot of people having that problem based on googling it. As for the problems printing from Vista, it's very disappointing. I do think it's a good printer despite all these troubles. Sadly though, I have not yet found solutions.
Postcript: I just wasted an entire morning uninstalling and then reinstalling from scratch all the printer's software from my girlfriend's laptop and my own laptop as well. Now the printer works okay (both printing and scanning) on my girlfriends XP laptop; however, on my laptop connecting to that same printer, I can print but it is impossible for me to scan because the message "cannot download application list" appears.
When it works, this printer is great. But right now I have more of them that don't work than that do work. I would never have bought this printer(s) if I'd had any hint of the problems I'd have.
Rating:  - Kinda Cheap
First one broke the very first day. replaced for free, second one jams up alot. poor paper handler...wifi is cool tho.
Rating: - TOO SLOW AND COMPLICATED/ IT'S A PAIN IN THE XXXX
PRINTS FROM THE COMPUTER SCREEN WITH NO PROBLEM. THEIR SCAN AND VIEW AND PRINT,LEAVES ME GLAD THAT I GOT A LOW PRICE ON AMAZON. IT PRINTS VERY WELL BUT SOFTWARE SHOULD BE MORE FRIENDLY. BESIDES ALL THAT, I STILL LIKE IT AND MAYBE I NEED TO GET MORE USE TO IT. HAS GREAT FEATURES AND I SHOULDN,T COMPLAIN, AND WILL KEEP IT TILL IT BREAKS DOWN. ONE MORE THING. SOMETIMES I NEED TO SHUT IT DOWN AND PULL THE PLUG OUT AND START OVER WHEN USING MY SD CARD FROM MY CAMERA, AND THEN IT WORKS FINE..???
Rating: - Ink cartrige not recognized????
I don't exactly know how to review this item, alas, the ink cartruiges weren't recognized by the printer so I haven't gotton new ones yet. Thus, no product review yet. I read another review by someone who had the same problem. Maybe I should contact man. get recompense?? for the new cartriges I'll need???
Rating:  - Excellent Wi-fi Printer
I purchased this printer for the wi-fi feature. I did not have any problems setting this up on my network and it was quick. The 4550 replaces a Canon i860, that I was very happy with but as other reviewers explained you needed your computer on to use over the network. This also replaces a U-Max scanner. I agree with most on the ink being more expensive due to not being able to use refillable cartridges. That is why I give it four stars.
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