Customer Rating: 
Summary: An expensive cheap printer that doesn't work well with Macs...
Comment: This printer is a bargain, especially if you get it on sale, with a coupon, AND a rebate. However, Mac users beware. It's Mac support is minimal. I couldn't get it to print as a networked printer and ONLY could use it from my Intel iMac connected directly by USB. Thankfully, you can have it networked AND USB connected to a computer. The Internet reviews all point out the Mac support (even OS9/Classic), but I doubt any of them actually tested it.
The documentation is nonexistent. The CD has the manuals on it, but you have to dig for them. However, you might as well not bother as the manuals don't give much useful technical information. There are HTML web pages on the CD that tell you to refer to non-existent manuals and provide info only for windows users. I guess there is also some other software that isn't on the CD that you must download. Still looking for it.
One review I read online said this printer will not work with Intel Macs. This is not true. To use it on your Intel Mac you must connect via USB directly. Install the printer drivers for Mac OSX from the CD. Then you must open Printer Setup Utility using Rosetta (select PSU in the Finder, hit CMD-I and check the box). Once you open PSU, add the printer and select it via USB (not Appletalk, the network config that I couldn't get to work to save my life). Then print away.
Printouts look great, especially for black which is very sharp. Colors can be fuzzy, at least on default settings.
Be warned! Toner is expensive. Each color will run you $100 apiece and the high capacity cartridges cost even more. The printer comes with "starter" cartridges only good for 1000 pages at 5% coverage. A regular toner cart can print 2,500 pages and the HC ones 5,000 pages.
Windows users will have a far easier time setting it up and getting the first printout. If you network the printer, you can access its setting via your web browser by typing the IP address into the address bar. Slick!
Summary: An expensive cheap printer that doesn't work well with Macs...
Comment: This printer is a bargain, especially if you get it on sale, with a coupon, AND a rebate. However, Mac users beware. It's Mac support is minimal. I couldn't get it to print as a networked printer and ONLY could use it from my Intel iMac connected directly by USB. Thankfully, you can have it networked AND USB connected to a computer. The Internet reviews all point out the Mac support (even OS9/Classic), but I doubt any of them actually tested it.
The documentation is nonexistent. The CD has the manuals on it, but you have to dig for them. However, you might as well not bother as the manuals don't give much useful technical information. There are HTML web pages on the CD that tell you to refer to non-existent manuals and provide info only for windows users. I guess there is also some other software that isn't on the CD that you must download. Still looking for it.
One review I read online said this printer will not work with Intel Macs. This is not true. To use it on your Intel Mac you must connect via USB directly. Install the printer drivers for Mac OSX from the CD. Then you must open Printer Setup Utility using Rosetta (select PSU in the Finder, hit CMD-I and check the box). Once you open PSU, add the printer and select it via USB (not Appletalk, the network config that I couldn't get to work to save my life). Then print away.
Printouts look great, especially for black which is very sharp. Colors can be fuzzy, at least on default settings.
Be warned! Toner is expensive. Each color will run you $100 apiece and the high capacity cartridges cost even more. The printer comes with "starter" cartridges only good for 1000 pages at 5% coverage. A regular toner cart can print 2,500 pages and the HC ones 5,000 pages.
Windows users will have a far easier time setting it up and getting the first printout. If you network the printer, you can access its setting via your web browser by typing the IP address into the address bar. Slick!