I have a printer/scanner/copier that has been giving me fits for about the last year. I am not sure when I purchased this printer, I think sometime between 2003 and 2005. So, it is well used and has done its due.
Finally, it stopped copying and scanning. The last color cartridge I had did not seem to have any blue in it. I cannot tell that the current color cartridge has anything in it, buy all I tried to print today was brown. I researched getting it repaired, which involved sending it off to Hewlett Packard in an original carton(I can order a carton if need be) and waiting for the repair.
A few weeks ago, I saw a Hewlett Packard printer/scanner/copier at Wal-Mart. The cost of the printer was less than what it costs me to replace the ink cartridges of my current printer. I did not buy it at the time, but after the most recent round of printing problems, I purchased one this weekend. I will use the printer I have as long as I can, until the ink runs out. Then, I will switch. I wanted this printer because, although I have a wireless network in my home, I am not sure I have the secure code for the network. The printer I purchased has a hard-wired hook up. I do not know if the wireless printers allow for a hard-wired hook up, but now, I do not need to worry about that.
The other things is the new printer will use ink cartridges that cost about $33, or about half what I had been paying for my current printer. So, it seems like a good move. I had struggled with not having a copier for small things. I do not do much scanning to the hard drive, but as I understand the copying process, scanning is involved.
I do not recall how much I paid for the old printer. I am thinking it was in the $350 range, but it may have been more. It is amazing how much technology has improved and how much the prices have decreased!
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