Printer

[monkey44]

Looking for a good home office color printer/scanner ... HP, Canon, etc.

Wife has bought several over a couple years, and it works for a few months, starts acting strange, won't print properly. She reboots, she shuts it down, reinstalls - still no luck.

We'd like a dependable reasonable cost ($200/$300) home printer - it's not full time commercial office, just work at home on projects.

Not looking for 'cheap' just dependable. Any suggestions? Thanks ... M44

[MNtundraRet]

I have 2 HP Neverstop Laser Printers. One with the scanner and one without They both only print shades of black but are fast and cheap to use. The scanner version would fit your budget. My daughter has the more expensive HP color Neverstop Laser Printer and is happy with it. It is more expensive.

I still have an HP Photosmart 7520 I use for color printing, fax, and scanning. I brought it back from the dead after I got the Nonstop Laser printers.

[rk911]

pianotuna wrote:
go to a laser printer.

Ink jets get clogs when not used often. Sometimes you can "steam" the print head over a kettle.

Laser avoids that problem.

this ^^^ and take a look at the line of Brother laser printers. our Brother B&W laser is going strong after 10-yrs. i never had that sort of longevity from any other printer.

[opnspaces]

Yes I want laser years ago and haven't looked back. But the downside is it's only black and white. Color laser is/was too expensive for my tasets

[pianotuna]

go to a laser printer.

Ink jets get clogs when not used often. Sometimes you can "steam" the print head over a kettle.

Laser avoids that problem.