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bullimiami

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5. i would suggest you get a laser printer if you dont print all the time

Reply to KentuckyWoman (Original post)

Fri Sep 8, 2023, 08:37 PM

Sep 2023

and especially if you dont need color.

it will just work when you need it.

inkjet printers are just failures waiting to happen.
ink drying, clogged printheads.

my wife found an older laser printer on next door for like 25 bucks. HP1006. Just works.

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Buying a printer at 80 yrs old is not for the weak. [View all] KentuckyWoman Sep 2023 OP

I feel your pain. I'm 78, and my printer is on its last legs. Glorfindel Sep 2023 #1

I replaced mine about 5 years ago with a low-mileage 2006 Laserjet bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #2

Some cable companies will provide a wi-fi router integrated in the cable modem Progressive dog Sep 2023 #8

If it comes down to it. Geek squad installs printers rot $39.99$ CentralMass Sep 2023 #3

Yeah, I'll probably end up with a geek in my house KentuckyWoman Sep 2023 #13

I just took an HP print/scanner back to Staples after one day. I'm good at setting things up brewens Sep 2023 #4

i would suggest you get a laser printer if you dont print all the time bullimiami Sep 2023 #5

My hubby, with his degree in Computer Science and 40 years Ilsa Sep 2023 #6

AFAIK You need a POTS line to fax Progressive dog Sep 2023 #9

My solution, after years of grief with printers. Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #7

The toner cartridges alone cost a fortune-- and don't last long ailsagirl Sep 2023 #11

oooooooooo. Me likey. KentuckyWoman Sep 2023 #14

you are welcome! Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #15

don't fix the old one Skittles Sep 2023 #10

If you have the ability, get a black and white laser printer MerryHolidays Sep 2023 #12

76 here, barely use mine, have HP cash in on me tons times, just do the minimum UTUSN Sep 2023 #16

The last one I bought, I told the guy Mr.Bill Sep 2023 #17

LOL Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #18

Printers have been sources of annoyance for as long as they have existed MichaelSoE Sep 2023 #19

I recently got rid of an HP with an ink subscription Nittersing Sep 2023 #20

About 2 weeks ago, I gave my all-in-one HP 8600 to my daughter who is geekish Prairie_Seagull Sep 2023 #21

"Smart" televisions and printers are frustrating. hunter Sep 2023 #22

I'm 70. It's easy peasy you can do this and not pay alot justaprogressive Sep 2023 #23