Sharp EL-1611V Handheld Portable Cordless 12 Digit Large LCD Display Two-Color Printing Calculator with Tax Functions, 191 x 99 x 42 mm

PRO1. Needed a hand held, battery operated, print on paper, small desk calculator. Measurements of said calcuator fitted my hand. Check!2. Give feed back from finger press of keys. The correct entry is on me. Check!3. Uses easy-to-find replacement adding machine paper and ink roller. Check!4. Has sticky glides on bottom of calculator so item doesn't slide all over my desktop. (I wax mine to shine level--very slippy) Check!5. Has just the right amount of functions which I am likely to use. Check!NEG1. Print-out is very small, but dark black. Need glasses to see!2. In my opinion, paper slot to get paper onto feed rollers is too small and difficult to get going. (I had to use my pointy finger nail file to move the paper into the slit and contact the rollers). Young fingers would probably have no problem.3. Ink roller detached in my loading of paper and got black, really black, ink all over my fingers! Best way to remove ink from all over my fingers: USE ACETONE NAIL POLISH REMOVER! Nothing else worked. I didn't have my go-to-remover of stains on carpet : LACQUER THINNER.Tax time is coming, so you need this calculator so you don't pay one cent over to the IRS

Great size and very portable. I wish it had a switch to simply shut off the machine from printing. You can shut it off from printing, but I have to look at the manual to remember how lol. The design is simple which is all I needed for this calculator. Does not come with a power cord so you will need to purchase that if you don’t want to use batteries. Works well!

Very nice and easy to use. I didn't like it didn't come with any kind of instructions for setting up and doing things. Learned on my own or thru going to YouTube.

Don't assume the "OFF" button is the "ON" button. It's not. The "On" button is the "C-CE" button! Yep. Its role as an "ON" button is a secret that can be discovered by randomly pressing all the buttons until you hit the "C-CE" button, or by looking at the beige plastic surface between the "OFF" button and the "C-CE" button. That is where you'll discover the word "ON" and you'll see that it refers to the "C-CE" button. Next, I read the instructions and found the on function is the first thing listed. lol. But it is not very logical, IMO.I almost returned the device because I could not turn it on! Other than that, this seems like a fine instrument.

Got temperamental with the print paper feed after 2 months. Started turning off randomly after 3 months.At 4 months turning off randomly and showing error code. Lightly used o1/2 times a week and completelyBroken at 4.5 months.

My wife likes its manueability. It's size allows my wife carry it out almost anywhere. This is the second I bought for her. The previous one lasted way over 10 years and we expect this to have a long utility life as well. Very good product.

This is a very compact, highly engineered printing calculator. BUT, I received NO instructions with the calculator and had to find them online. The PDF file has microscopic print that is cut off on both sides of the page (2 pages long)! Finally on a European Union Domain I found the manual large enough to actually read. BUT, the layout was in "pages" that were 8" wide and about 4" tall - MEH! I had to screenshot the pages I needed (10) and got them to fit 4 - 8-1/2 x 11" sheets in an MS Word file. That was tedious and very, very irritating. If you need the manual because you too did not get it, this is the best, most readable version I found: file:///C:/Users/Customer/Downloads/libble-eu.pdf.AND, as other reviewers stated, the "display window" is at a bad angle and reflects overhead light - necessitating making a shim to put under the calculator on my desk.Having groused about those things, once you learn all the ways to set the computer up, it is powerful. However, as a result of compactness you have to reset the functions you want every time you turn the unit on IF you turn it OFF - or leave it on (which should not drain the battery very fast since the display turns off automatically in 12 minutes saving function choices and the last answer if not cleared).I wanted a print function but will only need it very rarely, so the fact it prints in 2 colors - and takes either the "encased in the unit" small paper rolls (for portability) or full size paper rolls (a great flexible feature), is not of great importance to me. I just mainly needed a simple "arithmetic machine" for my desk that could run an occasional tape. This will do that. I believe that all the additional features would be more usable on a conventionally sized desk calculator with dedicated feature keys - but if you need to be able to print and to do complex functions with PORTABILITY (using the small encased paper rolls) I believe this is a very good unit for the price.IF I find any issues with the calculator as I use it, I will update this review.