All in One Printer recommendations?

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Hello Everyone,

I'm looking for a new All in One (printer, copier, scanner) for home use. It will be used for light duty work, maybe scan 3-5 pages and print about 10-15 pages a month, and strictly documents, no pictures and anything involving high detail..

Any recommendations? Priced under $200.00

Thanks!

BTW, if it helps, I've went through countless HP products and I've had enough.
 
I'm not sure of a specific one, but I suggest to look up the cost of replacement ink cartridges before purchasing the printer.

I bought a Canon Pixma for $50 on black friday a couple years ago and it's now sold for over $200 because replacement ink is dirt cheap. For all 3 colors and the 2 black cartridges its $5. For 9 black cartidges it's $10. Otherwise most canon pixma printers replacement ink is around $30 or so.
 
I've owned a few printers and AIO and the Cannon Pixma printer worked perfect. Now I'm using an Epson and its fine 99.8% of the time. Whatever you do, don't get a Lexmark or a Brother. They were garbage.
 
Thanks guys, i've been researching on Newegg and microcenter.com for ones with good rating. Canon and Kodak printers are said to be good.

I have a printer that i got for free from work when my AIO broke, i'd keep the printer except that it takes 4 cartridges and they are $80.00 each!
 
I have to frequently recommend (and take care of) printers at all levels of usage for my customers.

For a low usage A-I-O, I always recommend the Canon PIXMA family. The various models come with different features, including auto-feeders for scanning or faxing.

You should be able to find what you are looking for in that family well under your target price.

HP has made great laser printers forever, but they've never gotten the feeders right on the low end models. They generally start jamming after just a few months of use.

The most important factor is having individual ink cartridges for each color. Most people use up one color more frequently than the others, and the models with ink cartridges that have multiple colors in one cartridge will be a lot more expensive to operate. Most (if not all) HP and Lexmark models include all of the colors in a single cartridge. When you use up one color, you have to replace the entire cartridge.

You will end up with a scanner that can do photographs no matter what you select.

Jim
 
Robert:

Kodak is getting out of the printer business. Supplies will probably disappear not long after that.

Don't get a Kodak.

Jim
 
If you dont need color I would suggest going with a laser printer. I'd shy away from any ink cartridge printer as they tend to dry up and you wont get your moneys worth especially with light printing.

I have this brother printer:
Amazon.com: Brother Printer Wireless Monochrome Printer, Dark Grey (HL2280DW): Electronics
and its the best ive ever used. I shopped around and found it on sale for $90. It only prints in black and white but scans in color.

Toner for the printer is cheap as well. ~$45 for a genuine replacement from Brother but you can get them as low as $15 for a generic one by a third party company. Theyre rated for 2600 pages I believe and toner is dry to begin with so you dont have the same drying issues as ink cartridges have, you only need to shake it if you havent used it in a while.

You can also get a lower end Brother ink cartridge printer for about $80. Amazon has replacement ink cartridges for SUPER cheap, but theyre generic.
Amazon.com: 12 Pack Compatible Brother LC-61 Cartridges - 3 each of Black/ Cyan/ Magenta/Yellow: Electronics
^ Just an example.

Im not a shill for Brother or anything but theyre a good brand that has served me well. I use my printer quite heavily and finally decided one day to do my research and buy me ONE that would last and this post is a short accumulation of my research! Hope it helps you.
 
vman said:
If you dont need color I would suggest going with a laser printer. I'd shy away from any ink cartridge printer as they tend to dry up and you wont get your moneys worth especially with light printing.

I have this brother printer:
Amazon.com: Brother Printer Wireless Monochrome Printer, Dark Grey (HL2280DW): Electronics
and its the best ive ever used. I shopped around and found it on sale for $90. It only prints in black and white but scans in color.

Toner for the printer is cheap as well. ~$45 for a genuine replacement from Brother but you can get them as low as $15 for a generic one by a third party company. Theyre rated for 2600 pages I believe and toner is dry to begin with so you dont have the same drying issues as ink cartridges have, you only need to shake it if you havent used it in a while.

You can also get a lower end Brother ink cartridge printer for about $80. Amazon has replacement ink cartridges for SUPER cheap, but theyre generic.
Amazon.com: 12 Pack Compatible Brother LC-61 Cartridges - 3 each of Black/ Cyan/ Magenta/Yellow: Electronics
^ Just an example.

Im not a shill for Brother or anything but theyre a good brand that has served me well. I use my printer quite heavily and finally decided one day to do my research and buy me ONE that would last and this post is a short accumulation of my research! Hope it helps you.
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I believe the op is using it very lightly, 10-15 pages per month or so as stated above. He also needs a scanner as well so a laser wouldn't work unless he bought them seperatelely and that can be a hassle when trying to copy sometimes.

Do a search on craigslist for any canon pixma aio printers. Then do an amazon search to find out ink prices. The pixma mp series printers off brand ink is very reliable and dirt cheap.
 
BradsDetailing said:
I believe the op is using it very lightly, 10-15 pages per month or so as stated above. He also needs a scanner as well so a laser wouldn't work unless he bought them seperatelely and that can be a hassle when trying to copy sometimes.

Do a search on craigslist for any canon pixma aio printers. Then do an amazon search to find out ink prices. The pixma mp series printers off brand ink is very reliable and dirt cheap.
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The laser printer in the first amazon link has a scanner :xyxthumbs:
 
Thanks for all the help guys, jgg85234 i read your comment and wont be getting a Kodak printer, thank you!

I have always been an HP guy but recently I've been having too many problems.

I will look into all provided and make a decision probably by tomorrow.
 
I've used a Canon Pixma MX860 for several years without a problem. The cartridges are refillable too.
 
I have a Canon Pixma wireless, scanner, printer.

But now i wish i would have bought the Kodak to save money on ink.

Go wireless too...
 
I have an HP office pro 8600. It prints double sided, scans, copies, fax and is wireless. I think I paid around 200$ for it here in Canada so it may be cheaper in the US.

Be careful of printers that use little ink "pooling" as the ink supply. These printers drain the pool into a diaper if the printer is not used often. This drains your cartridges even though you have not printed often because the pool needs to fill before you can print. The HP I have does not do this and each color is separate.
 
In 2007 I bought a HP Photosmart C6180 All-In-One. Aside from the colors (5 of them not including the black) being expensive I've had zero issues. I buy the larger color and black cartridges from Sams' Club which run about $120 for all of them total, but they do last for a good while since I don't print many pictures or color pages.

I bet I've run 5000 pages...that's right, five thousand pages...through this all-in-one and all have been without fail. I couldn't be happier with my purchase. I'm going to buy a new computer soon and I'll be keeping this all-in-one printer, scanner, copier, fax machine until it quits.
 
Wow, what a coincidence. I was also an HP guy, one day the printer stopped working so I called for help after exhausting all how to's on the web. It had passed it's one year warranty by about 30 days. They refused to give me any help whats so ever unless I bought an extended warranty for a high price. I insisted strongly and they still refused! I told them I was done with them right then and there and now boycott their brand.

So, now I had to find a new printer. I saw all the brands mentioned above but they weren't that nice to me. Then I found EPSON! What an amazing brand, with a lifetime help warranty!! I got the All in one Artisan which is for pictures, but I'm sure their workforce one is the one you would prefer. Check them out!

Epson Printers - All-in-One Printers, Wide Format Printers, Photo Printers & Label Printers - Epson America, Inc.

here's the direct link to the all in one's, seems like the artisan I bought are now called expressions, mine was $99
Printers and All-in-Ones - Epson America, Inc.
 
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