Book Reading #1: Good Design #5

Good Design #5: Printer and Scanner

This is a printer and scanner that actually works! All I had to do was install the software on my computer and it works perfectly.  The software has a single button to begin scanning with advanced options being secondary.  I have never used them and never had to, but it is nice knowing they are there.  The printing has never failed on me over the three years I have had it which is saying a lot for a printer.  I have always heard or seen horror stories about printers which makes me very great full to have one that I can rely on.  It does require USB plugin, but it only takes seconds to plug it into my laptop and print or scan.  It does exactly what it should do with only a few clicks with the option to go into details.  Even the details are in easy to understand terminology or contain pictures to explain options.  All the buttons on the printer itself are clear and there is a display to display helpful feedback to the user.