Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

1. This was a little bigger and heavier than I thought it would be. It’s not a problem for me, but just check the numbers before you buy. 2. I was a little concerned about the quality of a “digital laser color” printer. I bought this at the last minute because I wanted better resolution for pictures in our Christmas letter. I am happy with the printing. There are two modes, 600x600 dpi and “2400-class” dpi. Frankly, I didn’t see much better resolution for the higher dpi setting, if at all, and the color in the pictures on plain paper was definitely darker with the higher resolution. I stuck with the 600 dpi setting. 3. After I printed 210 pages, I got “replace black toner” message. I took the cartridge out and carefully shook it, but that didn’t clear the message. This unit will not print with that message. I recycled on/off. I took the cartridge out again and shook it. I could hear what sounded like remaining toner. I still couldn’t clear the message. It wouldn’t print. I used my Canon ink jet to finish my printing. So I got 210 pages from the “starter” toner cartridges. I know the printer companies make money from toner. I just wish they didn’t make it so brutal and obvious. (Btw, you might also get a message to clean the corona wires. To do this, you have to move a plastic tab back and forth over the corona wire a couple of times. If subsequent printouts have a stripe down the left side of the page, you probably didn’t return the plastic tab all the way to the left. It happened to me.) 4. I checked online for toner. Holy smokes, more than $80 each for OEM toner. I found compatible toner for about $25 (SuppliesGuys). I can live with that. 5. I used a USB cable, so have not tried the wireless part. 6. The next day on YouTube, I found out how to clear the “replace toner” message and get the printer to print again. 7. Update: The compatible toner (SuppliesGuys) came in along with two mints. The toner works fine. Yay! 8. I’m happy with the printer.