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Negatives: expensive ink cartridges, color ink cartridges poorly designed so they clog after a short period of time (before the ink is actually gone), terrible TWAIN plug in for scanning (no descreen for magazines, for example), flaky s/w (sometimes hangs on printing and computer needs to be rebooted to exit out), poorly written manual
Ink cartridges for this unit are about ~$35 to $40 each, and they don't last long before clogging. I have a Win98SE and WinXP computer on a network, both have problems with this printer (both via the network and directly connected to the client PC). The ADF and flatbed scanner are nice, but I'm sure there are better printers out there. The scanner is slow, but this really depends on the resolution you want (it does up to 1200dpi. I'm in the copier business, unless you are spending big bucks for a MFP (multi-function printer), scanning can be slow). Anyway, my advice is to spend a little more money and get a much better printer.
The AJ 5030 was purchased for use in our home for copying and faxing. A major consideration was the ability to copy pages from books so we were limited to flatbed scanners instead of pass through. A second telephone number was added to our main line so the machine would be able to receive faxes unattended.
The AJ 5030 was easy to set up as a stand-alone machine and the test pages all looked good. The copy/fax function was very slow!...
We ran into the first problem when the fax machine would not answer incoming calls. After multiple conversations with customer service people, we were instructed to contact the telephone company and have the ring pattern changed. This worked for a few months but then the machine stopped answering again. After multiple telephone calls to the Sharp service group, a manager said that problem was incompatibility with the local telephone company and they don't guarantee connectivity with all companies. When I attempted to get information about compatibility so I could talk to the telephone people, I was told that it was not available and they were not going to help me. It seems that Verizion (formerly Bell Atlantic) is not big enough for Sharp compatibility.
So buyer be-ware, there are better low cost MFP's that have good support people. Stay away from the Sharp AJ machines.
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