$ Pentax PocketJet 3 Plus Mobile Printer Black

I got the Pentax Pocketjet 3 plus with Bluetooth for my Mac OSX 10.5. Keep in mind, this product is advertised to be compatible with Mac OSX...period, no ifs, ands, or buts. Well, not so much...here is the story:



I got one originally without bluetooth, thought it worked OK, but wanted the bluetooth, so returned it and ordered the bluetooth model. I reconfirmed with Brother (who now owns and supports these printers) that it would be compatible with my computer, and they said yes (I have saved the email conversations to prove it). So the bluetooth model came, and it didn't work. So I asked the CSR, he gave me a file to upload into the printer and a user guide (since a mac one didn't come with it) and it worked. So I started printing documents with Preview (for .pdf), Pages, and Word. Well, not only did the printer only decide to actually print when it felt like it (which was about half the time), but when it was printing multiple documents, say 6 pages, it would print part of each page over two pages on the perforated roll, ruining the whole print job and wasting tons of paper. The CSR was on and off helpful, would sometimes take days to get a response from him. We went back and forth, trying this and uploading that, and at the end of it, the bluetooth was still finicky and the printer still printed one page over multiple pages. For what I paid for the printer, it was not worth all this hassle, so I returned it, promising to write this review so that you don't have to go through what I went through.



Virtues of what the printer should and can be: light, small, simple, low-maintenance and road-worthy. That's what I got it for, and I only went through all the hassle with the CSR because I really wanted this to work. Bummer.



Downsides: well, you already know the downsides.



If you do end up getting this printer after reading my review, good luck to you, cause you're probably in for a frustrating time.
(4 customers reviews)
Customers Rating=3.0 / 5.0

More Detail For Pentax PocketJet 3 Plus Mobile Printer Black

• Fast full page portable printing…up to 3 pages per minute
• Smuge free direct thermal printing. High quality paper available in letter, legal, A4 in single cut sheet, continuous or perforated rolls or fanfold.
• Prints over 100 pages per full 100% charge
• Compatible with Windows, Symbian EPOC, Palm*, Pocket PC, Blackberry, Psion Workabout and Linux. *Most Palm & Pocket PC requires third party software.
• USB or Bluetooth connectivity .