HP Psc 1510 All-in-one Printer

What a piece of crap. It wants to allign your cartridges every time you turn the computer on, you have to hand feed the paper, endless paper jams...my current problem is that it wont recognize its own ink cartridges so I cant print anything. I dont know what Im going to do when I start having to print MA papers & my masters thesis b/c even w/hand feeding paper, it will only print a 10 page document. I didnt realize it installed another user onto my computer until I started having problems w/my virus software & it started to kill the running time on my computer. The customer service stinks too. I will never buy anything from HP again.

After only a few uses, the paper feeder stopped working, so now I have to manually feed each sheet at just the right moment or else start all over again. I would not buy this printer again.

Got this printer in Nov, and its been nothing but trouble. Ink goes way too fast. This printer is incapable of picking up a sheet of paper. It will pick up the whole stack, or pick up one and jam. The only way to get one sheet out whole is to manually feed it in. As thats the reason I bought a new one (the old HP) had to be hand-fed, Im not a happy camper. This piece of junk is going back to the store tomorrow.

I spent more than a week trying to get the HP PSC 1510 installed on my Win98SE system without success. My computer is a P3-866 with 128MB RAM, which does meet the system requirements. I made many attempts at installing the software and uninstalling, re-installing, etc. The install of the software always appeared to go OK and the All-in-One was detected by Windows and several drivers were loaded. However, after everything was done and Windows was restarted the 1510 was not listed as an available printer when either printing a document or under Settings / Control Pannel / Printers. HP email tech support tried to help and even wrote back once asking if earlier tips they had given had worked. But I eventually just got fed up and decided to return the PSC 1510 to Amazon. At least the return to Amazon was quick and without hassle. UPS even came direct to my door to pick up the package at no charge. I was pleased with the results of the test scans I made. The no-PC color copying was also quick and of good quality. However, since I could not print, I decided to give this printer one star. I will now be trying a Lexmark, probably a X6150. From the specs at least, the X6150 sounds to be more system friendly, requiring only a P200 and 64 MB RAM for Windows 98. ----- UPDATE: 12/10/05: After returning the HP and getting the Lexmark I found I still had the same installation problems. Only after doing a fresh install of Windows, rather than an upgrade, was I able to install the Lexmark printer. It is likely that doing the same fresh install would have allowed me to install this HP printer. It would be nice if the install programs for these printers told you exactly what was wrong or would even offer to fix the problem, instead of forcing you to reinstall your OS. I am happier with the Lexmark (X6150) though. The scans I was able to make on the HP (never could print) do not look as good as scans of same material made on the Lexmark at the same dpi setting. The HP-1510 was faster though at doing no-PC copying, even at the higher quality settings. Scan speed is about the same, the best I can reemember.

Both are great units. 1510 has an upgraded scan resolution, BUT the ink cartridge volumes are larger in the 1310 (twice ±!). Check it out. Software works great, including the OCR. I switched from Epson CX6600 (also a great all-in-one) as the ink nozzles are replaced with a new cartridge in the HP, whereas the Epson nozzles are built in to the print head, and when they become clogged it is a $$$ shop repair. Mac OSX 10.4.2

This printer/scanner works flawlessly. The software installed no problemo, and the scan controller is good and simple. The only gripe is that it doesnt tie directly to iPhoto (a Scan to iPhoto option would be obvious and beneficial). Printing is fast and easy via the normal print dialog box.

This a very good printer for girls, so i bought for my honey, she like it very much. Thanks Amazon give me a nice price.

It does not empty cartridges, and it starts developing feed problems after a while. would not buy it again

I was really surprised to find that I could get an all-in-one printer for such a low price. Thats because the people at HP are making up for the price in ink cartridges. I noticed another user mention that if you are printing more than 1000 pages a month it wont work - dream on! I print probably less than 50 pages per ink cartridge. I have paid for this printer 3 times over in ink. While the quality of the printer itself is good for the price, I am going to get a different printer that is more economical with ink - this thing guzzles ink worse than an SUV guzzles gas!

Ive owned this for some time and quit using it as a printer. The ink ran out after only a few dozen or so pictures were printed. Given the cost of replacement ink, its unacceptable. The scanner spends a lot of time thinking and slowly scanning the picture. Some of this possibly could be resolved through settings, but Im not that technically advanced. Personally, I would not buy again.