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1.0 out of 5 starsDo Not Buy This Printer
Reviewed in Canada on March 6, 2024
Unless there is some compelling reason why you can't buy any other printer, don't buy this printer. If you do, here are a few tips for using it: 1) Purchase a USB cable to go with the printer; the wireless connection can't be established without it and vice versa. In other words: You cannot establish a USB connection without a wireless network; 2) Plan to use it only on occasions when you don't actually need to print something, but think you might benefit from fighting with technology WHICH WILL NOT WORK until you are ready to give up and find some other pass-time, and; 3) Be sure to check the ports periodically, because they are too big and both the USB cable and the power cord fall out on a regular basis.
As for the setup, it's straightforward but doesn't work. I had intended to just use the printer with a USB cable in order to by-pass the torture of establishing a wireless connection, but found that neither the cable nor the wireless could be used to install the printer. After alternating between trying first one and then the other, on two different computers, for 1/2 a day, I finally decided to try both at once, and this did the trick. That is, I plugged in the USB cable while attempting to establish a wireless connection, and was finally successful in installing the printer on my computer. It wouldn't print, but it was at least acknowledged, and by downloading a scan app, I got the appliance to scan without any problem. As for printing, it usually just generates random, incorrect error messages, like "Document will not print because the output door is closed." It isn't closed, of course, but for the most part, no amount of trying and re-trying, turning the unit on and off, cancelling the print job and starting over, etc., will make the error message go away, or get it to print.
By doing these things for periods of 5 hours per session, over 2 days -- with a week in between to recover from rage -- I managed to extract 2 prints of 1 page each. The documents look fine, and the printer is small enough to hide somewhere when you aren't using it, so you won't be as tempted to throw it out of a window. But for the most part, the printer should be approached only on days when you don't really need to print anything, and it isn't attractive enough to qualify as an object d'art, so unless there is some compelling reason why you can't buy any other printer, buy any other printer.