Portable printers

Rondavoo · Member

Portable printers

ST391GQ · Senior Member

Rondavoo wrote:
Hi All,
Wondering if anyone has a portable wireless printer and what brand they choose and why.

Cheers Keith

brian · Guru

I have a little Canon BJC85 portable bubble jet printer.

I have had it for about 15 years and it's still going strong.

I can leave it unused for months and it will still print with no ink dry out.

It is 240v only, which is not a problem these days with inverters readily available.

Don't know if they are still current, but a good little printer.

Sheba · Guru

ST391GQ wrote:
Rondavoo wrote:
Hi All,
Wondering if anyone has a portable wireless printer and what brand they choose and why.

Cheers Keith

What sort of a reply is that Keith ? I don't think I'll be the only one who hasn't got a clue what you mean.

Cheers,

Sheba.

Landfall · Guru

We have a Canon i70 which has its own battery pack and is very reliable and easy to use.

Ink cartridges seem to last a long time and are cheap and easy to get from USA.

Ken

Baz421 · Guru

brian wrote:
I have a little Canon BJC85 portable bubble jet printer.
I have had it for about 15 years and it's still going strong.
I can leave it unused for months and it will still print with no ink dry out.
It is 240v only, which is not a problem these days with inverters readily available.
Don't know if they are still current, but a good little printer.

OMG brian,,,, surprised to see this model still going,, we had one eons ago,,,,,the later canons had ink problems IMHO.

You must be extremely kind to it,,lol

Rondavoo · Member

Thanks everyone for your input, seems I have a lot of research to do

KevinC · Senior Member

I've only ever used USB and would choose it over wireless every time unless there was a compelling reason not to.
Are you intending to travel with it?

ST391GQ · Senior Member

Sheba wrote:
ST391GQ wrote:
Rondavoo wrote:
Hi All,
Wondering if anyone has a portable wireless printer and what brand they choose and why.

Cheers Keith
What sort of a reply is that Keith ? I don't think I'll be the only one who hasn't got a clue what you mean.
Cheers,
Sheba.

Well...what do you do when you are waiting for the pictures to start at intermission then??? You eat bloody popcorn don't you....or drink a cup of coffee.....so just sitting there waiting...... .Well...I wanna know about printers too...so I,m just sitting here waiting.......

Cheers Keith

Rondavoo · Member

Yes Kevin C I do intend to travel with the printer.

I mostly use my ipad so they don't have usb ports, so thought wireless would be the go

native pepper · Senior Member

We use a Samsung CLP-365W laser printer, does a great job and most of the time just plug in a USB and it prints from that. Much cheaper running costs than ink jets in my opinion and the colour rendition is excellent. Have found sometimes when on the road, sometimes its wifi seems to lose a few bits, that's why we us a USB stick mostly. Get sick of reprinting because there was a break in the wifi transmission.

oldbobsbus · Guru

Rondavoo wrote:
Yes Kevin C I do intend to travel with the printer.
I mostly use my ipad so they don't have usb ports, so thought wireless would be the go

We carry a Canon MP640 wireless printer/scanner and have no problems with it, we do have a good supply of cartridges as we do a lot of printing and we also have a really good supply of 240v power from our solar system.

You will find Hardly Normal or Uncle Dick have some good deals on printers from time to time but be aware that it is sometimes cheaper to buy a new printer than to buy original ink.

Do a search on eBay for ink before buying..

Ink for our printer costs around $30 for the Canon ink and $2.50 for generic ink

KevinC · Senior Member

Rondavoo wrote:
I mostly use my ipad so they don't have usb ports, so thought wireless would be the go

Sounds compelling enough for me!

spida · Guru

I have a wireless HP inkjet with scanner that cost $58 2 years ago. Does need power though but I find the scanner vital for documents that need to be emailed. The ink costs as much as the scanner. I do my business cards as well. It is very light and fits in a cupboard easily.