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I only use this printer to print documents now. I hope to replace it with a much better quality photo printer soon. And I have been having the same smearing problem that another reviewer commented on. It printed decent photos for the first few months we had it, but now all the photos we print come out looking horribly. As a few other people have mentioned this printer is expensive to maintain. I have had this printer for a few years now and I wish I had bought something else. The ink costs a fortune. The pictures are of such bad quality that I don't bother to print photos anymore.
The cost of new cartridges is just about the same price as buying a new printer. I printed about 50 4x6 pictures and the cartridges ran low. The iP6210D is not worth the money, a poor value.
If you have this printer and run Linux, please contact tech support about the problem. I've had the printer over a year, and no sign of drivers. There are no Linux drivers for this printer. They might get some sense, and produce drivers at some point.
If you replace both ink cartridges it is less expensive to buy a new printer. This product is not recommended (if you can afford the ink you should be able to afford a printer with more features). The photos are nice (that is the only reason I give it two stars), but it uses ink like its going out of style and the cartrdiges are very expensive. That's exactly what I did.
The picture quality on photos is enough for my uses, but it is not quite as good as a more expensive printer would give, but good enough for framing a picture of our son to give grandpa, etc.I enjoy the fact that you can plug a memory card directly into the printer to print pictures.Overall, I am happy with the printer, especially since it was free for me. For text, I have a B&W laser printer, but I kept this one for the occasional color document and for photos. This printer came free with a digital camera I purchased from Amazon, and I have not been disappointed with the printer. The printer came with everything I needed in the box to connect it to the computer, and it came with ink and software as well.It prints about average speed, and has various print quality settings to choose from when printing photos. If I were looking for a photo printer, this one would not be my main choice, but it does a decent job for the occasional family photos.
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