Need help getting a new printer

[LadyCalvinist]

My old printer has stopped working and I want a new one. However, I don't use it often and want one is easy to use as I am a tech moron, and not connected to the WIFI.

 

[SolaScriptura]

I don't know I just make pitiful whining noises and the office lady comes and makes my computer print.

 

[MyCrows]

We don't have broadband internet, but we have a cheap printer you can WiFi direct to and print from your phone. Once we worked the kinks out, it became pretty reliable.

It's an HP desk jet 3772.

 

[Theoretical]

Do NOT get a modern HP thanks to subscription-type headaches. The Honda Accord/Toyota Camry of printers is made by Brother.

If you just need a printer and don’t need color, https://www.brother-usa.com/products/hll2460dw - Brother Black & White laser printer. Easy to set up, reliable (this is version 20 or something of this model), and it automatically prints double sided. If you need copier/scanner functionality too, then go with this: https://www.brother-usa.com/products/mfcl2820dw

Epson Eco Tank printers are pretty good on the inkjet side, but the text quality is much worse. On the plus side, you do get color there, and the costs really are quite cheap - relatively speaking. $500 per gallon of ink is a lot better than $5-10,000+, but it’s still outrageous.

 

[Ed Walsh]

If you just need a printer and don’t need color, https://www.brother-usa.com/products/hll2460dw - Brother Black & White laser printer. Easy to set up, reliable (this is version 20 or something of this model), and it automatically prints double sided. If you need copier/scanner functionality too, then go with this: https://www.brother-usa.com/products/mfcl2820dw

I agree, BROTHER! pun intended, but I really do agree.

 

[jhcampbell]

My old printer has stopped working and I want a new one. However, I don't use it often and want one is easy to use as I am a tech moron, and not connected to the WIFI.

I would recommend one of the MegaTank printers, because it costs sooooo much less on the ink than those tiny $50 cartridges you get at a store, but if you don't use it often the ink can dry out so perhaps just go with something cheap from Costco or the like.

 

[Edward]

I just installed a very cheap Canon over the weekend. No printer cable connection available so it has to use WiFi. The first few documents I printed, it would disconnect from wifi after the job was complete, and it was a real hassle to set it up again - it wanted a full set up, not just a connection to the wifi. I do not recommend the Canon TR4720 - much more problematic to set up than just plugging a cable in the back. (Former printer was an older Canon that gave years of service without issue). Scanning is not as straightforward as on the old one. (It only wanted to pair with my phone, not the various computers on my network. I almost got the Brother, and didn't bother to look at the HPs although I have a handful of shares in HP.

I recommend following Scott's advice - look at the Brother.