Portable Printer
As we plan for a long winter trip we find we want a printer with us. What are your suggestions for one that is rugged and small. It doesn't have to run on 12v but should be easily storeable. Color ...
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Thunder Mountain wrote:
Over the years I've had really bad luck with ink printers that I use very infrequently in the RV. They clog up from disuse. Last winter I purchased a cheapo toner based printer. Can't remember the brand. It's packed away in the MH awaiting next winter.
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ALL inkjet printers suffer from the same lack of use problem, you MUST use them or risk loosing a set of extremely expensive ink cartridges.
Toner based printers do not suffer from this issue, toner will not go bad nor dry out, basically will outlast you, your children, grandchildren and beyond.
However toner based printers do have one quirk.. toner getting anywhere you don't want. Simply put, the bumping and banging around from traveling may cause some toner to spill on some of the internals of the printer. If that happens do not use air, nor standard sweeper to remove unless you want a cloud of black dust all over things. Otherwise a perfect choice for occasional printing.
