Hello Everyone,My husband and I are about to start our full-time journey and we are wondering what to do about a printer for our motor home. We want a really small printer that works well. We saw one in Best Buy, it was an HP Officejet Mobile Printer,model OJ100.Does anyone use this? If yes, what is your opinion.Can anyone recommend something else? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.Thanks.Leslie

Hi,My guess is that your RV will have a modified sign wave inverter, and any ink jet printer will work fine, including what you showed. However a laser printer should only be run from a generator, shore power or pure sign wave inverter. When the RV is parked in a really warm area, the ink might dry out. Make sure that you take time to print something in color every 2-4 weeks. It can be difficult while full timing, but if you do not keep using it every once in a while, the ink in the print head can start to dry out, and might require cleaning or purging to make it print right again. Another thought. There is no Office Depot or Costco near the National Parks. If you have a habit of printing photos, they will use a LOT of ink, and require frequent changes of ink cartridges. So you might want to pick up 2 refills of each color before hitting the road. Fred.

Check on how much ink it uses and cost of same. And check reviews online.

Check out the Canon iP100.I needed portability and convenience. This printer is very small and the big bonus is that it is also battery operated. So you can print anywhere, with or without shore power.For my work I do a lot of "blueprinting" of houses. I show up at the house, take a bunch of pictures, launch the laptop, run them through the old MS Photo Editor to edge the photos, print them from the front seat of my truck, and then go measure the house and write down all the dimensions right on the pics I just edited and printed. Very slick little printer. I love it!With the battery attached, it measures 12 3/4" X 8" X 2 1/2"

Just purchased a Canon iP100 from Canon. It was a refurbished unit and was priced pretty low with free print in. It works well for routine tasks. I haven't tried it for photos as I have a good photo printer for photos. I bought the iP100 for use when we are on the road.

HP Deskjet D1500 series from Walmart. Fits on a shelf in our closet until I need it.

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Golden_HVAC
Explorer
Apr 28, 2014
Hi,

My guess is that your RV will have a modified sign wave inverter, and any ink jet printer will work fine, including what you showed. However a laser printer should only be run from a generator, shore power or pure sign wave inverter.

When the RV is parked in a really warm area, the ink might dry out. Make sure that you take time to print something in color every 2-4 weeks. It can be difficult while full timing, but if you do not keep using it every once in a while, the ink in the print head can start to dry out, and might require cleaning or purging to make it print right again.

Another thought. There is no Office Depot or Costco near the National Parks. If you have a habit of printing photos, they will use a LOT of ink, and require frequent changes of ink cartridges. So you might want to pick up 2 refills of each color before hitting the road.

Fred.

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