HP DeskJet 1010 Printer (CX015A)

I ordered 3 of these printers, 1 for a friend of mine and 2 for myself. I have a shipping room in my home and I sell items on eBay. I use one printer to print out the invoices and the other to print out my labels for the package. When I set up the printers, I named them INVOICE and the other LABELS. So this way, I knew which printer I was sending which item to. They work just like a charm. No biggie that you have to turn them on -- stand up and click on and you are in business. I put shelves on my wall and put both printers up there and fill them with what they need and I am off and running. I got a USB hub and a 12 plug surge protector and put them on the bottom of shelf and I print and do everything right from my lap top. What a breeze it is to get an item ready for shipment. The price of the cartridges are nominal and for the price of the printer, you can't go wrong. Less than $13 for black and less than $20 for color and you can get both for like $30 bucks. This is just a printer, NOT a scanner, copier, phone or anything else, just a printer. You will need a printer cord unless you have one from your previous printer. If you don't they are inexpensive enough to get. Great printer and you won't be sorry on this purchase.

Still working good but black ink only - color not working

Got the HP 1000 from Walmart on a closeout a few months back. My husband wanted one too so I was glad to see this model on special a few weeks ago..When we got the unit I took the new one and gave husband my old one, mainly because I print a lot more than he does. **READ THIS** Do NOT install the USB cord connecting the printer to the computer until you are done with everything else..follow the instructions and connect the USB cord LAST !! Also, you will save ink if you don't install any software that communicates with HP over the internet. As other posters mentioned, you need to buy a USB cord separately..the unit doesn't include the cord.. but that's OK.. The printer and the $5 cord add up to free shipping. Another thing I found different from the HP 1000 unit was the ink was harder to get into the machine. Just make sure you hear the "click" when you push the ink cartridge into the unit.The HP 1000 had a better graphic on a sticker showing how to do that.. I don't print color very often so I set the option on Black Ink Grayscale. You can change this when you want to print color but mostly I print text and when I purchase something off the internet. This is a good basic stand alone printer..it doesn't hold much paper but it's easy enough to refill the paper slot. My daughter ordered one too and we are all happy with it.

This printer so far works well for the moderate amount of printing that I will be using it for.(strictly at home personal use) Of course the true test for a product as inexpensive as this will be the test of time. Come back a year later and we will really know how well it holds up. I intend to follow all the recommended maintenence procedures which will be spelled out to the buyer once you download the software into your computer. These products no longer come with a hardcopy manual which is still irritating to me. Overall I am satisfied at this point.

Received the product today and am in the process of installing it. The program prompted me to search for any updates to the software on the web and I did have to install .NETframework. The install process is taking a while because of this. I was surprised to see the package contained both a color and BW cartridge b/c I thought this was not included but perhaps I misread. I had the cord from my last HP and it fits. The unit itself is not robust. I would recommend it only for light printing such as a few pages at a time. I would not test it by printing that e-text you downloaded for free off the web. I have not used it yet but from the feel of the unit I would say it is good for home use. I will update after I actually print a few documents. 9/12: it took me several tries to load the software, about an hour's worth of time. Once I got it printing, it did print a nice copy. There is a delay in it's taking the command to print and it prints slowly. Let's see how long it lasts with moderate use. 11/8: a little tough on ink, adjust your settings accordingly. 1/6/2015: after several tries, I cannot install the recommended updates from HP. 1/11/2015: I am fed up with this printer. After a week of trying, I cannot install the required updates. I get an error message that the .exe files "have encountered an error". I have tried to to download and install from the HP website and manually. Nothing works. Now I just put in a new printer cartridge and I cannot get a page to print. The printer is receiving the message to print but I get these ghost like images on the paper. I have cleaned the cartridge three times. I have tried to align the printer and reinstall the software but the software won't proceed to the next step. I have no idea if it is the cartridge or the printer that is the problem but then that would be a quality control issue. This could have been a nice, affordable printer for light home use but it is too unstable. Don't buy this printer.