I bought the HP PSC 1410 version of 1210 3in1 series for a cost of Rs.4800.
Bought this because it had three functions in one unit - Printer, Xerox and Scan.
Well the name actually pulled me in to buy it but I never was told or knew wat the problem I am going to face!
The Printer works with 2 ink jets - one color and one black. And the printer's printing was working fine for almost first 15 months.
In actual(as per service center manual), these types of Ink jet printers should be used regularly, atleast 1 print per day in essential. Otherwise the Cartridge might get clogged and printer will go out dead unusable ever. OR u could remove the cartridge from the printer and keep it in fridge and use when u want to take print out.
We did't knew this and after 15 months we kept the print unused for 1.5 months. And it happened wat should not have. Yes, The Inkjet got Clogged and printer got jammed.
We took it to the HP Service center and they returned back saying "Sorry, we cant do anything, If we could do, it would cost almost the price of a new printer!".
From then onward(for almost 4 yrs now), we r not able to use the Print and xerox option BUT only use the scan option as does't require printing. Now for the past yr the connectivity(USB) is also not working good. It got some recognition problem with PC and its cumbersome.
Even the Installtion of the product is hectic. Its not a easy plug in and use product. Without intallation CDs u cannot use this product in XP. (works in Vista without CD Installation for Scanning only).
Here are the pros and Cons -
PROS -
1) 3 in 1 one facility - Printing(Both B/W and color), Xerox and Scanning.
2) one button Xerox.
3) Nominal Price.
4) Better Scanning quality
CONS -
1) The printer will go dead and you will have to throw way into dust bin if the Ink jet jams.
2) Printing speeds and very slow.
3) Installation process is a hectic.
4) Printer is very bulky and not compact.
5) Paper gets jammed many time while printing. U will have to put only one paper on the loading bay and put only clean and unfolded papers to prevent this jamming. If u keep a bunch of papers on the tray, while printing, sometimes 2 paper get inside and gets jammed.
6) The Ink Cartridge is very costly. Since refilling is not advisable, u have to go on for buying new cartridges every time!
7) Service of the product is not that good(With HP). They dont help. they just say "Get out".
8) When the Printer gets old, The USB connectivity get worst. U will get connectivity problem and OS would offen display connection disputes and msgs like "USB not recognized".
9) Scanning quality is best but very slow scanning.
Overall, this product is good only for offices, where they use printer in Daily basis but no limited basis. NOT suitable for private home using. Not cost effective.
Only Scanning is good in the product nothing else.
Though this product is Discontinued now and is not available in the market(Not even spare parts) Not Recommended to buy any similar kind of products like 3 in 1.

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