Need help choosing Printer

[offspringfan23]

The printer I have right now doesn't work with Windows 7, these are the printers I would like:

http://www1.lexmark.com/products/vi...5/catId=cat10004-category&prodId=5257-product

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Wireless...324893&sr=1-28

I'd prefer an all-in-one, but if you have a suggestion for something $100 or less, let me know.

 

[offspringfan23]

please help, I need a new printer ASAP

 

[Vincent]

Your question is not well posed because no one can give you useful recommendations without knowing what you will use your printer for.

If it were me I would get duplex laser printer because I print mostly B&W text.

 

[Lemon law]

I can see both viewpoints, but we have a situation where the OP wants a printer now now now for a new new new OS. The point being, if the OP is patient, some waiting may see drivers written for his existing printer.

But missing in action is the assumption, that we should have one and only one printer, maybe more true for someone who lives alone, but far less true for a family of PC users who have varied printing needs.

And maybe I am a poster child for such a mini famdamily, its just my wife and I.

And years ago I got flat out lucky when my old Lexmark inkjet crapped out. After doing an inordinate amount of research, I bought a non chipped canon inkjet for my wife, we first used third party prefilled cartridges and later switched to refilling. I thus avoided the typical bug a boo of inkjets being a huge rip off. Sadly, that non chipped inkjet option no longer exists, ink jets can still be refilled, but its much harder now.

Later on, we had multifuctional scanning, copying, and faxing needs so I bought a used multifuctional monochrome laser for really cheap. With bigger bucks I could have bought a new color laser, but when its comes to photoprinting, it takes an refillable inkjet to do the photoprinting without being totally ripped off.

As it is, we network both printers, meaning I can print using the B/W laser or her inkjet if I need color, she can do the same, very handy when she needs to bang out a large number of copies fast because an inkjet is slow at that.
But believe it or not, in terms of consumables, I can print color on the inkjet cheaper than I can print on the B/W on the laser.

Were I the OP, I would reverse my strategy, get a single function cheap monochrome laser that is windows 7 ready for now, and later add a multifunctional inkjet if you really need color. And with a little luck, a driver will come out for the existing inkjet.

 

[offspringfan23]

I can see both viewpoints, but we have a situation where the OP wants a printer now now now for a new new new OS. The point being, if the OP is patient, some waiting may see drivers written for his existing printer.

But missing in action is the assumption, that we should have one and only one printer, maybe more true for someone who lives alone, but far less true for a family of PC users who have varied printing needs.

And maybe I am a poster child for such a mini famdamily, its just my wife and I.

And years ago I got flat out lucky when my old Lexmark inkjet crapped out. After doing an inordinate amount of research, I bought a non chipped canon inkjet for my wife, we first used third party prefilled cartridges and later switched to refilling. I thus avoided the typical bug a boo of inkjets being a huge rip off. Sadly, that non chipped inkjet option no longer exists, ink jets can still be refilled, but its much harder now.

Later on, we had multifuctional scanning, copying, and faxing needs so I bought a used multifuctional monochrome laser for really cheap. With bigger bucks I could have bought a new color laser, but when its comes to photoprinting, it takes an refillable inkjet to do the photoprinting without being totally ripped off.

As it is, we network both printers, meaning I can print using the B/W laser or her inkjet if I need color, she can do the same, very handy when she needs to bang out a large number of copies fast because an inkjet is slow at that.
But believe it or not, in terms of consumables, I can print color on the inkjet cheaper than I can print on the B/W on the laser.

Were I the OP, I would reverse my strategy, get a single function cheap monochrome laser that is windows 7 ready for now, and later add a multifunctional inkjet if you really need color. And with a little luck, a driver will come out for the existing inkjet.

I'll take any suggestions, I print mainly text, but occasionally printers, and sometimes I make copies. Like I said I will take suggestions, but I do need it ASAP, just give me a link to a good printer around $100. I would also like wireless

 

[offspringfan23]

I think I'm going to buy that Canon, it's gotten some good reviews, and maybe in the future I'll get a laser printer

 

[Lemon law]

I think I'm going to buy that Canon, it's gotten some good reviews, and maybe in the future I'll get a laser printer

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In terms of function, you will not go all that wrong with the Canon. And in terms of printing economy, you may run rings around the Lexmark, but you are definitely not in the best inkjet class of printing economy.

In terms of inkjets, IMHO, Canon rules the roost for printing economy. But not with your printer choice, the better Canons have five or more large separate ink tanks, and you have one small text black cartridge plus one four very small integrated multicolor cartridge.

Chipped or non chipped, the Canon's with large and separate ink tanks are able to offer consumable costs of three cents per copy for B/W and eight cents per copy mixed color on plain paper using OEM cartridges and steady printing.

In short, your printing costs will be far higher and I would urge you spend a few more bucks to get a Canon with larger ink tanks. Especially if you can still find multifuctional canons that use the the PGI-5 and PGI-8 cartridges. Those chips are now cracked and offer superb printing economy for the refiller. And still decent printing economy for those using OEM cartridges.

In terms of ink jet technology there have been few advances in the last decade, just bigger and better ways to rip the consumer off with chipped cartridges. If you are unwilling to pay for bigger cartridges, you will pay and pay and pay for cartridges.