All for one

Advantages: Focuses on friendships
Disadvantages: Concepts may be difficult for very young children to understand

...All for one. Another book by Jill Murphy, who over the years has been quite a prolific children's story book writer This one focuses on friendships, and is a great book to read to children who might be going through problems with friends, and who may feel they are being left out of things. THE STORY AND ILLUSTRATIONS. The story begins with Marlon, who is a dragon, and also the main character in the story, running out of things to do. He had done all of his favourite things, like drawing and making secret caves, and goes to his granny to say that he wished he had someone to play with. Granny and mum get him to tidy up his mess,and he goes outside where he finds his friends hitting each other with swords. They are playing the Three Muskateers and when Marlon asks if h can join in, they won't let him, because there are of course...

danielalong 27.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of All For One - Jill Murphy

laser printer

Advantages: laser printer
Disadvantages: bit dark on photos

...printer for a reason, they tend to be too big and clumpy for a home printer, and also there a lot dearer and it was very hard to buy one cheaper than about £300 till recently. This also has network connectivity built in, so it is wireless. You would really expect this in an office printer anyway, but its simply enough to set up and even easier to use as it means you don’t ever have to worry about connecting the two things by wires all the time. To change the ink cartridge in this printer is pretty simple, you only have to press a button on the side of the printer which releases the front panel of the printer. You can then easily just put in the cartridge and your ready to go. A cartridge does come with this printer however this is only the standard one but still does 3000 pages. You can however buy the larger cartridge which is...

techno_man_37 04.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Dell Laser Printer 1720dn

Give your printer a proper clean

Advantages: Quick and easy, cleans well
Disadvantages: None

... Again, this should be done every 1000 prints, I usually do it at the same time as I have completed cleaning the printhead. # Open the front cover of the printer # Remove the ribbon (you can do this at the same time as cleaning the printhead) # Ensure you take all remaining cards out of the printers hopper # Remove the backing from both sides of the cleaning card (careful the card will now be sticky) # Insert the card into the manual feed input # Go into the printer driver (from printers and faxes) go into properties and click the Clean Printer button. # The printer will pull the card backwards and forwards and clean the rollers and Platen Cleaning the Interior and Exterior Occasionally you can use one of the cleaning pads contained within the kit to clean both the inside and outside of the printer. This will...

TheHairyGodmother 07.10.2009 · Read review
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A printer that really works!

Advantages: Quality of print, ease of use, compact, price
Disadvantages: Noisy, pricey cartridges, poor back up

...Printers, don't you just love them. Just as your multi page report for the boss comes to the last page, the ink runs dry or the paper jams. All the warning lamps are flashing like a demented Christmas tree & you haven't got the handbook handy. Yes, we all been there, trying to find a reliable printer is like trying to find an honest politician! My tried & trusted old portable HP Deskjet 340 printer had given me around nine years of fairly loyal service when it expired after printing its last page. It was small & portable, at the time this proved to be very handy as I had a small study & little space for a small printer let alone a bigger one. A new one was required but with so many people complaining about their printers which one do you buy? I wanted a printer with a built in scanner, I was now in a bigger house so the size...

ScottishWestie 21.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of HP PSC1215 Printer

One for all and all for one!!!

Advantages: 3 in 1 uses!!
Disadvantages: Size!

...Didn't want to mess about having loads of different machines hooked up to my laptop, (it is supposed to be portable, Ha!) so went to PC World on a mission to find a machine that did it all in one. We didn't get there till 5.15pm so only had 15mins to get what I was looking for, as I was determined to go home with a printer so I could have a play with it on the evening. (Saturday nites can be rubbish on tv!) There was a whole bunch of 3 in 1 printers on sale, at various prices. I ended up with HP psc all-in-one, printer. scanner. copier. It was on special offer aswell! This is a smart, looking, silver casing piece of kit. Printer, scanner and copier all included. With the bonus of photocard slots also, for printing off those much loved photos without the use of a computer. On opening the packaging, the printer is supplied with...

Luckyfriend 01.04.2005 (09.06.2005) · Read review
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Review of HP PSC1355 All in One Printer, Scanner & Copier

HP PSC 1215 All in one printer/scanner/photocopier

Advantages: Its 3 in 1 so you don't have loads of cables everywhere
Disadvantages: None

...About 2 years ago I decided it was time to update my printer and after scanning around for some bargains I decided that the HP PSC 1215 would be the one for me. It was just what I needed a printer/scanner and copier all in one with a free 3.1 MP camera chucked in to seal the deal. Style and Design ------------------------ The printer is a silvery-grey in colour and looks a bit like a breezeblock. The scanner copier is situated at the top and the paperfeeder is located at the front. There is also a LED display on the top with a group of buttons. Physical Specifications -------------------------------- Height - 6.68 in (16.97 cm) Width - 16.76 in (42.57 cm) Depth - 10.20 in (25.91 cm) Weight - 9.50 lbs (4.31 kg) Printing Quality --------------------- I find the quality quite good when printing out documents...

Kingkarliii 23.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of HP PSC1215 Printer

Dell 725 color printer

Advantages: fast
Disadvantages: does not print in true black ink color

...This printer has NEVER printed in true (or even close...) black "color". Contacting Dell support, I was told "your printer is no longer under warranty", so they would not even offer assistance. I never used it much (it was bundled with the laptop), so now when I needed it for a project, it is very disappointing that it does not work. I have downloaded and installed the "latest" driver (from 2006!) and that still did not help. I re-ran the printers test pattern and head cleaner, and no black ever printed. The test pattern is blue, pink, yellow and brownish-green. Given other's comments here about the black being a greenish-grey, I would never buy another single-cartridge printer again. I would definitely suggest you purchase a printer that has a dedicated black cartridge. Fast speed accounts for nothing if the colors are screwy!...

The2Woots 31.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dell Color Printer 725

Good quality bargian printer

Advantages: Cheap, reliable and works with Windows Vista
Disadvantages: Expensive ink if brought direct from Dell

...people who have previously owned a printer that required a USB cable will fit that they have one kicking around the house. As for speed of printing, to be honest, it's not too bad, it's not lightening fast like a laser printer, but it is faster than a lot of the older inkjet printers, and it's quite quiet as well. The only thing that can be a little disconcerting is that it prints upside down and last page first (although this can probably be changed in the settings somewhere, I haven't tried to change it). You just need to remember that when printing labels or envelopes, or they'll all come out upside down! The print quality of the printer is very good as well, even with a refilled cartridge. I have often put the printer on to it's photo printing setting and printed on to gloss printed paper. Occasionally it is a little liney, but this...

laurapipe01 09.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Dell Color Printer 725

All for one and one for all!

Advantages: Quiet, Good quality prints, Inexpensive cartridges,
Disadvantages: None I have found!

...price range (I didn't want to spend more than £50) The lady who helped me (some of the printers weren't visibly priced so had to ask for help) told me that they would price match any printer I saw anywhere else. To be honest I didn't see the point of this, better still if they beat the price instead of matching it? Anyway I popped across the street of my local retail park to Comet where there was more printers on display, each with the price clearly stated?I found three printers which were in my price range, an Epson and 2 HP's, Originally my plan was to buy a basic printer capable of coping with light domestic use. But when I saw the HP Deskjet F380 and the HP PSC 1410 all in one printer/copier and scanner for only £49.99 I was hooked! I called out to one of the sales assistants only to be asked to hold on and he'd get me another...

missy0303 20.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of HP Deskjet F380

INKJET PRINTERS

Advantages: can pick one up for £34
Disadvantages: price of carts

...ink jet printers seem to be the common solution to every home personal computers hard copy situation but buying a cheap printer can work out costlier in the long run. The problem is the cartrages. Even a cheap inkjet printer can be brought for about £40 squid and have quite a decent quality of print but cartrages range from £15 squid to up to £40 and if the whole family are using it on regualar basis they mightent last very long. There are also special paper to buy like glossy for photo's and options to put the printer into a different mode to specialize for photos so these can take up more ink then in draft mode, so its important to look at the whole perspective on what the printer is to be used for and cartridge price before getting one in....

zef 17.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of Inkjet Printers - Ink Jets