I want to buy a printer, what brand is the best?

HP laserjet will printout the best quality and save you money because the toner cartriges last a long time and no drying out print heads.

Cannon inkjets are the most reliable and cartriges can be easily refilled and don't have a chip in the ink cartrige so you can use generic cartriges.

Sick with a new one and avoid Epson or lexmark as the ink cartriges cost more and with the chip in the cartrige you can't buy lower cost generic or refilled cartriges.

asking this question is like asking people steelers or cowboys?? ford or chevy?? we all have our opinions. i have had a lexmark inkjet and totally loved it. i used it til it died and now own a laser mfg by hp. will use it til it dies, also.

the absolute best advice i could give you is this: find out who has the best support, if you encounter problems. in order to do the fairest comparison, i'd consult consumer reports. magazines are available at the local library, or bookstore and they also have a .com. choice is yours. as far as new or refurb. . . .take cost and support into play. you may be able to get a new lower end unit for about the same price as a higer end refurb unit. what are you looking for? how much do you have to spend?? usually, new is better, because you have warranties to consider. on occasion if you get a refurb from the mfgr you can also find warranties. search hard and long do not make hasty choices. you are wise to ask about problems, but as with cars, each make and model varies. consumer reports is a great place to start. hope this helps - good luck

Have been using HPs for 13 years. On my third just because I like wireless technology. The others never quit on me. Used HPs at work, also. I would avoid Brother, if they still make them. I have never purchased a reconditioned, so can't give my opinion.

i in my view think of that Epson's photograph printers are the superb for basic shade stability , yet Canon has heavily narrowed the hollow extra desirable than any producer. Canon is somewhat low priced in ink, yet the two modern Epsons and Canons use separate ink tanks for each shade as a substitute of a mix CMY ink cartridge. in case you do no longer print lots in shade yet print a brilliant style of stuff in black and white, i could permit you recognize to get a black and white laser printer to bypass alongside including your shade ink jet printer. A Black and white laser printer may well be offered for as low as $70. examine down decrease than approximately toner cartridge life as against ink cartridge life. in case you do a lot of shade printing, you may ok opt for to contemplate a shade laser printer. they are extra costly in the start ($500 or with the objective to initiate, finding on sort) and toner cartridges seem as though they are extra costly ($a hundred or so each and each, on typical, as against $25 for ink jet cartridges), yet evaluate that the typical black toner lasts 5000 pages and the typical shade toner lasts a minimum of 2500 pages, if not extra (some manufacturers have black and shade toner that lasts even longer). Ink jet cartridges are many times marketed for between 250 and 500 pages, yet maximum do no longer make it that long. (in the previous i offered a used HP LaserJet 4+, I have been given perhaps 2 hundred pages in step with black ink cartridge on an Epson R2500, using financial equipment mode to shelter ink; i offered that printer 2 years in the past and have yet to get a clean toner cartridge for it.) so which you will get extra pages revealed between cartridge adjustments and with laser, as quickly as the printer warms up, you would be getting extra copies revealed at a lots speedier fee than you may with ink jet, many times with lots extra factor and extra valuable shade tone high quality. All at a low fee in step with website, basic. regardless of you do however, don't get a Lexmark, except you get the cheapie Lexmark printer that expenditures decrease than the ink cartridge that it comes with. Lexmark printers ruin incredibly, and their drivers suck.

new one.

canon, cheap to buy ink. and easy to refill. (but cost more on printer price)

epson, cheap on printer cost, but cost more on ink, not easy to refill.

laser type, save on ink, because it will not dry like inkjet if you not use it in long time.

Get a HP and no other

epson is the best