
Yes, if I ever need to replace my current 720, I will certainly consider another just like it when doing my pre-purchase research. However, my main disappointment is the price that Dell charges for replacement cartridges luckily, you can now pick up a third-party cartridge for much less cost, and they last just as long and print with the same quality results. My only negative concerns the ink cartridges life of the black and white cartridge is good, but that of the color cartridge is below my expectations. The printer is user friendly easily put into service from right out of the box print quality is clear and crisp with very few paper jams. After several hours research, I decided that the best replacement was one of like kind! This printer is used both for personal and business printing in black and white and on rare occasion, printing photos using colored ink. I recently had the need to replace my Dell 720 printer that was purchased five years ago with my computer. I think Canon ink would be a little bit better, but it costs about three times as much. I have a link to the store where I order ink at /ink I personally use a Canon Pixma pri nter (love it) and buy third-party ink for it. The quality might be a tad bit lower than the real stuff, but it's a whole lot cheaper. The problem continues within the printer.
#Dell photo printer 720 power light flashing update
I just now re-downloaded the 720 driver to update it, in case the driver was the problem. The data area passed to a system call is too small. Even less expensive are third-party "compatible" ink cartridges that sell for $3 or so. I need help quickly My Dell 720 photo printer suddenly only prints every other doesnt matter if Im in Word or Excel or Access. When I print with my Dell 720 in Quicken I keep getting the message Problems communicating to printer: Dell Photo Printer 720.


These manufacturers sell replacement ink that doesn't include a new print head, making the ink cheaper to buy. In the next window, accept the printer name or type in a new name.

Mine were found in the list inlcuded with Vista. If you print a lot, look into getting a Canon or Epson. Select the 'Use an existing port' radio button, and select LPT1: (Printer Port). I don't actually own this printer, but as far as I know its print quality is just fine. If you don't print much, that's probably OK. All of Dell's printers are made by Lexmark, and like Lexmark printers they tend to require very expensive ink. Why? Dell hopes to make money off the very profitable ink cartridges. Dell Photo Printer 720 : Create impressive-looking documents in color or black and. Try this: Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes > RtClick Your Printer ( default) > Properties > Advanced (on mine) > Check 'Print Directly to Printer' 1 - 6 of 6 Posts Not open for further replies. Dell gives this printer away with a lot of the computers it sells. The flashing green light probably means communication error, it is not normal.
