Our printer has issues. It is very attention-demanding and high-maintenance. It tends to print with weird shifts and breaks on the paper - unless you have the settings on the highest quality printing (but it will periodically "forget" the quality settings and revert to fast-print that misses half the lines). The lid does not close right because the kids made copies of something years and years ago, and did not realize that the lid, when making copies, should be lowered gently, and not just dropped down.
On the positive side, it rarely has paper jams.
On the other hand, in order to print a page, one needs to stand right next to the printer, slowly - slowly - feeding a sheet of paper into the proper receptacle. If not done right, the printer chirps a concerned tune and shows that there is no paper, even if there is a whole stack in the tray. Press "OK" and try again. Printing a single page is an ordeal. Printing multiple pages requires heroic patience and resilience. It's frustrating, but it didn't seem dire enough to warrant getting a new printer.
I suppose we could take it to be repaired.... but I suspect the repairs would cost more than a new printer.
So we made do, exercising patience, and treating the printer like a spoiled princess.
After our desktop died (see Kill Switch Part I), the printer has been unable to connect to our backup laptop - so... no printer at all.
Turns out... we absolutely need a printer. We need to print schoolwork, calendars, grade reports, and random kids projects. We are at a point when buying a new printer seems perfectly reasonable.
Now here is the problem: which printer??? We were never entirely happy with our Cannon printer. But what should we buy instead? We need 3 things in a printer: color, reliability, and scanner capabilities. Inexpensive ink refills would be nice.
Any suggestions?
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