Very good for the money, mine has reliability issues (HP PSC 1317)

Member Name: mrbigdiscus

Product:	HP PSC 1317
Date:	23/11/05 (649 review reads)
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Advantages: Good B&W print speed, Colour prints are vibrant. Very Easy to use

Disadvantages: Poor photo prints, expensive colour cartridges, unreliable

I only chose an all-in-one because I didn't have the space for a seperate printer and scanner. Fortunately it didn't stand up to the old adage "If it does two jobs it won't do either properly"

The qulaity of the Black and white prints cannot be faulted. If you are looking for a printer to print charts and graphs, then again, this is OK. DO NOT buy a 1317 if you want to print photos. I have tried and even with top quality paper and a 5 megapixel camera, it still produces grainy prints.

Having run the 1317 for 18 months now it is starting to show itself up. The print head keeps jamming, which is a real pain in the backside. Also the scanner has now become erratic and will not always scan a picture. Of course this all happens just outside of the 1 year guarantee period.

I have just replaced mine with an Epson dx3800 - Spend another tenner and get one of those!

Summary: Ok for the price, now out dated and wearing out

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