HP printers

[Kurokage]

Just a suggestion, but could you get an USB external hard drive to save all your receipts on, rather than having to print them out? A friend of mine's Father who was of a similar mind set, started to receive digital bills and had killed a small forest in prints. He didn't like the idea of just having 1 copy on his laptop, so my friend bought him a hard drive he could plug in and have a separate copy. 
It seemed to do the trick. Less money on ink, paper and electricity.

[David64]

Don't get a Canon, they're just as bad as the HP. I've owned both and they are shit.

[Quantum12]

Oh!  How I despised those things. 
So temperamental.   Noisy.  Often hard to read. And pulling off those edges with the holes.

The worst printers. So annoying. My printer would jam and I would have to use tweezers to remove the paper mess. Lol

[Kurokage]

Ive found your next printer!!

[argentus]

Just a suggestion, but could you get an USB external hard drive to save all your receipts on, rather than having to print them out? A friend of mine's Father who was of a similar mind set, started to receive digital bills and had killed a small forest in prints. He didn't like the idea of just having 1 copy on his laptop, so my friend bought him a hard drive he could plug in and have a separate copy. 
It seemed to do the trick. Less money on ink, paper and electricity.

That is an excellent idea Kurokage, thank you.   I have an EHD, which also has all my treasured photos on it.   

Still, there are just things I need to print sometimes.   I will use your suggestion, and consider cyber filing my elderly receipts and stuff, and make the printer just occasionally work.   I am entering into a phase where I want to print and sell some of my photos.   I have the paper.   I need a photo quality printer.   That's a whole 'nother ball game.

ETA:  There is this freaky thing about people my age.   We like physical things.   We like to own music files, not pay a streaming service for accessibility.  We like to hold receipts in our hands, so when things go wonky, we can hold the receipt and scream "AAA-HAAA!"   In short, many people my age are freaks, but well-meaning ones.   I am an avid reader, and consider it a personal victory that I've moved past actual books into Kindle books.   Kindle is my salvation.   I can wait out anything, if I have my books, and now with the Kindle AP on my phone, I am truly free.   Still, there are those rare books I treasure that have never made the cut to Kingle, like Brules by Harry Combs.   I like the book so much that I've ordered a dozen of them in the past and sent them to my friends.   I think this book was the basis for the movie Jeremiah Johnson. 

[argentus]

Ive found your next printer!!

[Video: https://youtu.be/Qx9rawM38-U?si=2LWI6ouiK_UF_U5V]

HA!   I like it!  I hope it comes with a crew of four who cook their own meals.

[KKLoco]

Don't get me started! These fucking things require wifi. Don't ask me why, because it's getting a directive from your computer. Which is already connected to wifi. They also make it INSANELY difficult to connect to the wifi. With zero instruction in the manual on how to do it. So, you have to call them to guide you through the process -- for $20 every time you do it. I'm about $100 invested in now. Almost what I paid for the damn printer. AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[DontTreadOnMe]

HA!   I like it!  I hope it comes with a crew of four who cook their own meals.

And do windows 

[argentus]

We used this one at the last hotel I worked at. Hundreds of pages printed a day. Maybe more. No issues.

https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/9...1562820545

HA!   I clicked on your link and GIANT letters appeared which read, OFFICE DEPOT is not available in your country.      The bastards!

[sahgwa]

Okay, I'm really done in with these fuckin' things.   They work fine for a couple of years, and then then fail with "printer offline".   What do you have to do to fix this condition?   Turn it off and turn it back on.   Turn off the printer, AND unplug it.   No telling why this makes a difference, but it does.   Turn off your computer.   Unplug your router.   Wait at least 30 seconds.   Plug things back in in this order:   Router, Computer, Printer.   Sometimes it will be back [vulgar expletive] online.   Often times not.   

So that didn't work today.   I had to print our phone bills, because they are due today.   Well, that didn't happen.   I resorted to threats.    I said within earshot of the printer, "well, if this Goddamn piece of shit won't work anymore, then maybe we better get rid of it, and buy something better."   Didn't work.  It was not afraid. 

I really, REALLY  needed to print my Mom's phone bill;   Her [really vile expletive ending in ing] printer -- an HP -- has the same problem, but all our works....   updating the drivers, HP smart do-diddling, ALL the suggestions on HP, no dice.   Mom's printer is six months old and dead in the water.  

Out of desperation, I stroked the printer gently.   I said, "I'm sorry what I said before.   You've always served us both for years and years.   I'm sorry I was a shit.   Please, dear, sweet, printer, please print my Mom's phone bill.  I will shine you up like you've never been shined if you do this one thing."

And it worked.   It printed the sonofabitchen thing.   I don't want the printer to know, but I'm actively shopping for a different printer that is not a fuckin' HP.   The printer probably already knows, since it is viewing this post.   I blame Google, which has entrenched itself in all of our systems.   

Savor the flavor printer.   You're soon to be catapulted into the dump.  With prejudice.  However, as promised, I will shine you first, as you've never been shined before.

I am a fan of Canon printers.
We have a Canon Pixima that also scans and has a rear tray for card/glossy. It does very nice photos on glossy and also I have printed many books on it.  
The only caveat with it is the tubes that go from the ink wells to the print head are kind of narrow, and long, so often times if you dont use it for a few weeks to months the colour doesnt come out right and you have to do an Ink Flush which wastes an awful lot of ink.
Luckily you can get ink bottles for this model on Amazon for all 3 colours for only $16 :) So its cheap.