<p>My trusty HP printer has just died. What printer would you recommend? I’d love an all in one (printer/scanner/fax) but several years ago I had an Epson all-in-one and hated it so I’m hesitant to get an all-in-one. I print a lot of text, some photos and want a printer I can use for art protects as well (printing on fabric, etc).</p>
<p>My Dell all-in-one A960 is stellar. Can do all of the above. Probably not the one for you if you’re not using a Dell (and it’s now a couple years old, so the model #s would have changed, I expect); was not expensive. My impression is that all the printers have gotten cheaper and better over the years. I’d just get an HP all-in-one, if I were you.</p>
<p>I have an HP PSC 1315 all-in-one I’m quite happy with. I do a lot of printing and copying, as well as scanning. I have found, however, that for really sharp resolution, I have to use a dedicated scanner. I use an HP scanjet 4370, especially when I want to copy slides (of which I have many).</p>
<p>I’ve been using HP PSC 1315 too, with no complaints.</p>
<p>Whatever OS you are using- I would research to see if the company has updated drivers- some printers aren’t updated for Vista and newest Mac OS</p>
<p>Thank you all! I settled on the HP 1315. I’d forgotten about needing to worry about the operating system (I have a Mac).</p>
<p>I’m thinking about buying one of the new Kodak printers. The person next door was in charge of their development - he says they are truly amazing quality, and they are cheap to run - the cartridges are inexpensive.</p>
<p>The HP Office Jet 5610 works like a charm unless you get a “remanufactured” one, in which it may come up with annoying Error Lights and Error messages which are interminable & make the machine dysfunctional. For the price, you get color printer, color <em>copier</em>, scanner, and fax. I’ve tried all those functions, and the price can’t be beat. (Employer pays for it.) And HP replaces it if those malfunctioning error lights appear & won’t go away.</p>
<p>Given that it eliminates the need to buy a separate color copier, you save money & space together.</p>
<p>I have the same one as Epiphany. I like it a lot. Only complaint is that cartridges are expensive, but I really don’t know how they compare to others. Scan quality is amazing. We use everything - copier, fax, scanner, printer. Only trouble we had was installing it. H spent something like three or four hours on the phone with tech support (in India) while they tried to figure out the problems. Turns out our last Epson printer left some hidden software on the computer (even after we uninstalled it) that was preventing the HP from running. But Tech support was very patient, and thorough.</p>
<p>I have an Epson CX6000 all in one but I wouldn’t recommend it. This printer drinks ink like a camel at the oasis. I’ve had a couple of other Epsons and they usually die after a couple of years - not good quality at all. The only reason I buy them is because of the type of ink they use (long-lasting, fade and moisture resistant). The HPs I’ve purchased (both D’s have them) have fared better. </p>
<p>I have a low-end HP Laser printer at work that works well. I think I’ll consider a laser instead of an ink jet next time.</p>
<p>We like the Canon brand- just to confuse you. Check the online comparisons/ratings.</p>
<p>I had to dump my Epson all-in-one last year after it was only 2 or 3 years old. The printer heads failed. I nearly bought an HP but the store was out of the model I liked which allowed me to take time to read opinions online about low-end, all-in-one printers. I ended up with a Canon pixma MP460 and am very happy with it. But it is too early to judge whether it will last longer than the Epson. I didn’t compare ink prices though.</p>
<p>I agree; anything but Epson. We had one with our first computer and it was horrible. We rarely printed anything (like took us a year to go through one standard pack of paper) and it seemed like we were constantly buying new ink for the stupid thing :mad: </p>
<p>We currently have an HP that we like. It says All-in-One but it doesn’t fax, which we don’t need/have anyway. It prints, scans, copies.</p>
<p>Ihave to admit that most of our printers over a 19 yr period have been epson, except for my first personal printer which was a Apple Laserwriter ( but I couldn’t find cartridges after a while- it still worked fine)
Epsons have had better operating software for Macs
I currently have a three in one- but would like something a little smaller
am considering another laser ( yes I know it won’t be smaller)</p>
<p>We got the Canon MP 600 a few months ago and love it. Prints really fast. H actually donated a perfectly good all-in-one HP and replaced it with the Canon because the HP ink cartridges are really hard to refill (and new ones are really expensive). Canon is two seconds to refill and the cost savings for ink alone will pay for the Canon in a few months. Just some food for thought for penny pinchers like us.</p>
<p>just a suggestion for when checking out printers, check how much the ink costs. that was a HUGE selling point for me. I wound up buying an HP where color/black two pack is like 20-30 bucks. I know some printers are like 30 bucks each.</p>
<p>and stay away from Lexmark.</p>
<p>Brother MFC, hands down. Multi-function, all-in-1, dependable, and reasonably priced.</p>
<p>If anybody is looking at this thread who uses a printer to print merge documents, be aware that not all printers perform that task well, if at all. </p>
<p>One of the printers I use is an HP 1020 laser printer. It simply refuses to print out a merged document without pressing the paper feed button between each page (!). After talking with HP support, they acknowledged that this is a shortcoming. So, if you buy a laser for office use, you might want to check that out. It’s a really annoying “feature.”</p>
<p>Also, beware Staples brand labels. They nearly wrecked my inkjet printer (an HP Deskjet 6540) by getting sticky stuff inside of it, and when I was talking to someone at Staples, they told me that they hear this often! I’m buying Avery now.</p>
<p>Third thing, I find HP printers very poor at printing anything that isn’t a regular 8 1/2"x11" sheet of paper. Envelopes, post cards, cover stock - all feed poorly. I have no idea if other printers have the same problem - I always seem to be using HPs.</p>