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RRTom
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Sep 29, 2019

Printer

We will soon be able to take our MH out for 2 to 4 weeks at a time, maybe 3 or 4 times a year. We will be taking a laptop, cell phones and IPad with us. Would one of the small portable printers be worth while for us? Does anyone use one in a scenario such as above?
  • We use a Brother 2700 All-In-One printer as we are in the coach 6 or 7 months a year. Earlier we used an HP ink jet but the cartridges constantly dried out with limited use. The B/W laser printer has worked flawlessly for several years now. Unless you plan on taking the printer into the house and using it there do not get an ink jet.
  • How often do you print things at home? Could you go a few weeks without printing something? If you don't get a printer, I would at least be sure to have a thumb drive so you could easily take files to another location for printing.
  • Yes I have a small portable HP printer that I carry all the time. It will print from my laptop, my cell phone, and my iPad. It does Wi-Fi direct. No cables involved. Since I am a full timer, I need one periodically and it works great.
  • in the early days if we needed to print something i’d put the document on a flash drive and take that to a local library or office supply store to print. sometimes the CG office would print it for me. then i found a small discontinued model of small b&w laser printer on closeout for ~$30. i bought it and now carry that with us.
  • Think about what you might “need” to print. We never seem to need to print anything while traveling, but if we do most campgrounds or libraries have a way for you to print.

    Dave

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