Need a new printer

Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

Looks like my printer has finally given up the ghost. Will no longer print black. I cleaned the nozzles and even deep cleaned them and at least got yellow and PGBK back, but the black cartridge (which does grayscale) won't print when I do the test. Even changed out the black cartridge to a new one since I had one on hand. I'm almost out of PGBK ink and don't want to buy another one if the printer isn't going to work.

I have had other problems with it in the past that never really got resolved; I just worked around it.

What I had was a Canon Pixma 920 and would like something kinda comparable. Need a GOOD scanner and the ability to feed multiple pages. Being able to duplex print would be a plus. I hate the way Canon does their print cartridges though. They don't last long and cost a lot. But, they are easy to install and know when they were running low. The Lexmark I had before it had ink cartridges that were difficult to install and you couldn't tell the levels on them.

Also, it needs to work with both MAC & Windows. Doesn't matter where it comes from QVC, HSN, Amazon, Costco, etc. but I want a quality machine. Any recommendations are appreciated.

jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

dont get HP

jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

have had good luck with brother,

could not' get HP to play nice with Windows no matter what I did, and I think I can tweak the laptop quite a bit, My sister in law just got one HP that didn't work and got another same thing,

ValuSkr · ‎03-15-2014

If you don't need to print in color, I'd suggest a Brother laser printer and a separate scanner. I've had a Brother laser for a few years and it's been very good. The laser ink cartridges are much more economical than inkjet cartridges. Brother may also have color laser printers, but you'll be spending more. Scanners run the gamut, from very inexpensive to very expensive. If the scanner on your Canon still works, you can use it and save your printing for the Brother. That's what I do - I use the scanner on an old HP 3-in-1 printer.

Sunshine Kate · ‎03-10-2010

I had a Canon before I bought my Epson. The Canon was better in every aspect.

Epson doesn't print draft mode very well, does not print sheet labels -- at all. Uses a lot more ink than my Canon used.

If I had to buy a printer today it would be Canon.

I've heard HP is having trouble with their ink cartridges. If one can believe FB, they were being made of recycled water bottles in Haiti.

Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

@ValuSkr wrote:
If you don't need to print in color, I'd suggest a Brother laser printer and a separate scanner. I've had a Brother laser for a few years and it's been very good. The laser ink cartridges are much more economical than inkjet cartridges. Brother may also have color laser printers, but you'll be spending more. Scanners run the gamut, from very inexpensive to very expensive. If the scanner on your Canon still works, you can use it and save your printing for the Brother. That's what I do - I use the scanner on an old HP 3-in-1 printer.

@ValuSkr, I do want color. I am currently trying to print out a pattern and the lines are different colors depending on if it's a cutting line vs a seam line, etc. I might be able to print it all black but I'm not sure. It's a really quirky program. And, the scanner was one of the first things I started having trouble with. It started out with printing an increasingly darker bar in the margin of a large print job (like 15 or so pages). Then, that bar started showing up in scans. As long as the picture I was scanning wasn't large I was able to work around it.

OKPrincess · ‎03-10-2013

I bought my HP laserjet from Best Buy a few months ago. Love it!!

lovesrecess · ‎03-14-2010

We have a Canon Pixma but I don't recall the model number; they have about 40 different Pixma models. it is wireless and works great; bought at Costco on sale,..buy the ink at compusave,com....super cheap and no shipping.

Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

@lovesrecess, I have the Canon Pixma 920. Got it from Costco several years ago. However, Costco doesn't currently have any Canon printers. I am considereing the Pixma 922 which seems to have all of the same functionality, and it uses the exact same ink cartridges (since I just opened a new box). It's on sale for $99.99 right now at a couple of places. The other thing I have to consider is print drivers, so I don't want a printer that is so new it won't support Win 7 or so old that it won't support the latest Mac OS and this one fits that bill.