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[chickenbutt]

I also would recommend the Canon brand. I know a lot of people don't like Lexmark, but I did well with that brand also.

Both of the printers that I currently have in service are Canons (my house is kind of big, so I have one upstairs and one downstairs). I have never had a complaint with either of them. Canon is a very good brand.

Two years seems like an awful short life for a printer, though. Do you just do basic home-level printing, or are you really putting it through heavy, more office-type, printing? Home printers probably have a little bit of limitation vs office printers.

Also, do you use generic or refilled cartridges? That will also shorten the life of a printer. I always use EOM printer cartridges and get many years out of my printers. I've actually never had one die on me - they seem to last many years until I decide to upgrade and I either sell or donate the previous ones.

HTH

[Nikalette]

I have an Epson workhorse 3540... Great price on Amazon, free shipping, easy returns, very reasonable cartridges , separate color cartridges so you only need to buy what you need. It is Air print and cloud print ready, so you can easily print wirelessly from Kindle and iPad. It is an all in one printer, scanner, copier and fax. My favorite printer EVER. It is not tiny, kind of tall but an attractive black color. I think I paid about $150. Amazon will pay for return shipping also. I have had several printers and this is the best...quiet and super fast.my first Epson, I bought it based on Amazon reviews. Even if you buy elsewhere, it is super helpful to read the reviews. Also, I have learned only to buy when the seller is Amazon or it is fulfilled by Amazon, even if other sellers may have a lower price . You just don't get the service. I had a bad experience with a product from a vendor, and she. I complained Amazon immediately gave me a full gift pending resolution, which never happened. Amazon wasn't at all involved in the sale either. They are the best

[Nightowlz]

DH bought a Canon MG5520 All in One Printer for $80 on sale regular $150 from Staples. It's on sale now for $100. It's WiFi, has separate ink cartridges. It has Google Cloud Print which prints from many cloud services online such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Dropbox etc. using the free PPS App. It also has AirPrint so you can print from iPad, iPhone & iPod. I like that it's not as large as some of the All In One printers out there. We were using a Canon printer that we got free when we bought something & I really liked that printer buy DH wanted an All In One. He took that printer to work to use in his office instead of printing from a printer located in a different office at work.

[nannycakes]

I print a lot of recipes and everyday scanning of household properties. I wouldn't say I print and scan tons. I do have my ink refilled at Costco. I was wondering about that, but at the time it was working well. I thought it would slowly give me some kind of a sign, not just stop completely. You know like fading or blotting.

If that is what caused the problem, lesson learned.

Nannycakes

[cuddlesmama]

I bought a printer this year and I got a Cannon MG6320 and love it! I did a lot of searching before purchasing.

[nannycakes]

I have had many printers also, and I really did like the Canon. I need something easy for set up too. This time I am going to try wireless.

With the separate ink cartridges it doesn't hurt the pocket book as much.

Even though I was having them filled at Costco, it wasn't that cheap and they have gone up on their prices. So if this is what messed up my printer, what was I saving , right?

[nannycakes]

I may have to go to Staples again, and this time decide to buy one. I miss my printing. DH wanted an article printed out for tires. So I had to have my Son print it out for him.

I am writing these numbers down and I will decide what one comes home with me.

Easy set up right? Not that handy with that stuff. But I will give it a try.

Thanks

[nannycakes]

So in order to set up my new printer, I will have to uninstall the one that no longer works.

My neighbor installed that one. Not sure how to do that either

[Nikalette]

If you use windows, it's pretty easy. Just go to control panel, then to printers, it will show all your printers. You don't actually have to uninstall it. Just connect your new printer, using CDROM, or download, follow the on screen directions, and it will show up on up your printers page. Just click it when it shows, and make it your primary printer. You can easily just delete your old printer. To get rid of unnecessary stuff, go again to control panel, click install/uninstall programs, and scroll down till you find the software for your old printer drivers, then click uninstall. It 's easy. If you get stuck, click on help, enter a search for new printer, and Windows will tKe you through it, of course, on an iPad or Kindle, if you get an AirPrint, Cloud print enabled printer, it pretty much does it for you.

On 3/21/2014 nannycakes said:

So in order to set up my new printer, I will have to uninstall the one that no longer works.

My neighbor installed that one. Not sure how to do that either

[nannycakes]

Yes I have windows 7. Thanks for the step by step. Went to staples and looked but they didn't have what I was looking for in that store. Maybe another staples would stock more.

Maybe minor but I was looking for an sd slot and most of them don't have it. No big deal but it would be a bonus. So confusing trying to find the right printer and easy installation too.