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Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)

23. Yeah.

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #22)

Tue Mar 2, 2021, 02:55 AM

Mar 2021

I don't print a lot either. All I ask is for the printer to be attached by USB printer cable -- NO WIFI -- and to print when I send the command. It's nuts. And very bad for my blood pressure.

Tomorrow because my printer won't work and I need to send an important letter to a government agency, I have to put the document on a thumb drive and take it to UPS and have them print it (and then mail it from there). Ugh Ugh Ugh.

I tried every workaround I could think of today, including sending it by email to my daughter's tablet to print. Her android tablet and her HP printer actually print! But no. It didn't work.

If the public library only was open .... but pandemic still has it shut down.

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Fed up with dead HP printers. Any recommendations for something? [View all] Grasswire2 Mar 2021 OP

They are shit. pwb Mar 2021 #1

We've had an Epson for several years radical noodle Mar 2021 #2

Epson is not honest about built in obsolesence NotANeocon Mar 2021 #19

I have fortunately not experienced that radical noodle Mar 2021 #21

I worked for a company that tested consumer printers... targetpractice Mar 2021 #3

+1 I've had Epson and HP. But, by far, the best ink jets for me have been Canon. nt Earth-shine Mar 2021 #28

I have a very dependable b&w Brother printer. Haggard Celine Mar 2021 #4

I second Brother printers canetoad Mar 2021 #16

YES to this, especially the reference to generic cartridges. tableturner Mar 2021 #18

I have a brother Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #24

After going through any number of name brand printers, most of which I was not that happy with, NBachers Mar 2021 #5

I found Lexmark is great vercetti2021 Mar 2021 #6

Me too. The Lexmark seems to hold up well. Mine has and still is going strong. SWBTATTReg Mar 2021 #7

Awesome! vercetti2021 Mar 2021 #10

That's what I'm going to go for, I'm going to have to start looking again, the printer is getting SWBTATTReg Mar 2021 #12

My HP, b&w, has worked for years. empedocles Mar 2021 #8

My HP is going to be 7 years in September. jimfields33 Mar 2021 #15

I have a 2006 HP b&w laser bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #32

Have had good luck with Brother laser printers. YorkRd Mar 2021 #9

I bought a cheap Epson over 10 years ago CanonRay Mar 2021 #11

Brother has worked great for us! SheltieLover Mar 2021 #13

I cant get ink for mine it'll be a cold day in hell before I buy another Fullduplexxx Mar 2021 #14

Understood! Grasswire2 Mar 2021 #17

I just bought 2 cartridges for the fear of not able to buy another empedocles Mar 2021 #20

Almost all of my low tech experience has been with HP, with peaks of frustration & overall O.K. UTUSN Mar 2021 #22

Yeah. Grasswire2 Mar 2021 #23

Our HP LaserJet 4P from 1993 is still going strong Ron Obvious Mar 2021 #25

I don't know what a parallel cable is. Grasswire2 Mar 2021 #26

It's just a cable connected to an old parallel port Ron Obvious Mar 2021 #27

I had Brother lasers for 20 years! LeftInTX Mar 2021 #29

Had my old HP PSC for years, never a problem. It just wore out. Paper Roses Mar 2021 #30

Hi!!! nt Grasswire2 Mar 2021 #31