On 09/10/2014 08:46 AM Bonno Bloksma wrote:

Hi,

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In need of a new printer, having done a bit or research, and considering either the Canon PIXMA mg5420 or the HP Photo Smart 7520.

Besides the Linux support there is one other thing to consider. The HP Photosmart 7520 was designed never to be turned off. It comes with a smart power brick that does not seem to work smart. I have been in contact with HP support and they claim never to have heard of the problem, eventhough a simple google search will show lots of complaints, and even supplied me with a second printer and powerbrick to "solve" the problem, but the problem is still there.

If you turn off the printer the powerbrick will turn itself off as well after 5 sec. It is supposed to turn itself on again if the printer asks for power, it doesn't. I need to pull the plug, reinsert is and switch on the printer within 5 sec. :-(

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Thanks for your knowledge and experience.

FWIW.

Bonno Bloksma

In the comments about the Photo Smart 7520 on Amazon I read about people (or maybe it was just one guy) who claimed he needed to repeated plug and unplug the power cord to get it to work. What you describe is probably that problem.

Another guy on Amazon said that his printer mysteriously turned itself off one day.

Thanks for the info! And the great clarification. I certainly don't want to buy a printer that's going to throw problems at me all the time. Sometimes I feel like the public has been turned into a bunch of beta testers for some of this new technology.