cheeseliz
12-09-2007, 09:56 PM
I hope I can gather a few suggestions here from the digi scrapping community. I started digiscrapping about nine months ago, and I'm hooked. I especially enjoy printing out my 8.5 x 11 LOs. My problem, however, is my printer. When I strated scrapping, I researched printers and bought the HP Photosmart D7160 for about $140.00. Reviews were good, hubby likes HP, and in fact it was the only one of three I was considering that the two different stores I visited could get working! So, I bought my HP printer and LOVED printing out borderless 8.5 x 11 LOs.
Problems arose, however, when I started printing pretty intensively. I was making a Disney album for several family members and was beginning to print about 6 LOs a day (1 two pager, three times). Then my printer started printing with a red cast to everything. I called HP to troubleshoot, and after about an hour of test copies, they concluded it was a hardware problem, and sent me a new printer. Great! But that one developed the same problem. So, I called, they troubleshooted, and ultimately sent me a second new printer. So, this is actually my third HP Photosmart D7160 I've used, which ... surprise, surprise ... is now printing with a red cast again!
Needless to say, I'm pulling my hair out, and for Christmas I'm asking Santa to save my sanity and give me a new - different brand- printer. Santa (aka hubby) is willing to oblige, as he no longer wants to be my frustration sounding board. I've concluded that I print (in one sitting) more than the HP can handle, it overheats, and shorts out, resulting in the red cast. That's my theory - not HPs (they don't know why this keeps happening!). Too bad, cause when it was printing right, the photos were great - I loved everything about that HP printer!
So, after this long rant of mine - does anyone have any suggestions? I don't need an all in one, I don't need a large format printer, but apparently I do need a work horse that will print borderless 8.5 x 11 in mass without giving everyone a sunburn!
Problems arose, however, when I started printing pretty intensively. I was making a Disney album for several family members and was beginning to print about 6 LOs a day (1 two pager, three times). Then my printer started printing with a red cast to everything. I called HP to troubleshoot, and after about an hour of test copies, they concluded it was a hardware problem, and sent me a new printer. Great! But that one developed the same problem. So, I called, they troubleshooted, and ultimately sent me a second new printer. So, this is actually my third HP Photosmart D7160 I've used, which ... surprise, surprise ... is now printing with a red cast again!
Needless to say, I'm pulling my hair out, and for Christmas I'm asking Santa to save my sanity and give me a new - different brand- printer. Santa (aka hubby) is willing to oblige, as he no longer wants to be my frustration sounding board. I've concluded that I print (in one sitting) more than the HP can handle, it overheats, and shorts out, resulting in the red cast. That's my theory - not HPs (they don't know why this keeps happening!). Too bad, cause when it was printing right, the photos were great - I loved everything about that HP printer!
So, after this long rant of mine - does anyone have any suggestions? I don't need an all in one, I don't need a large format printer, but apparently I do need a work horse that will print borderless 8.5 x 11 in mass without giving everyone a sunburn!