How To Buy A Printer (Easy Buying Guide 2024)

[@BestPrinters]

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[@shawn06239]

If you print quite a bit but may have lapses of weeks in between printing, stay away from the tank printers. You will constantly be buying his cleaning kit because the ink dries up way too often. I’m going to a laser printer. With decent color laser jets now down under $500, it’s a no brainer for my situation. I regret buying the Eco Tank and figured I’d share my experience in case others have similar printing habits.

[@wildbill23c]

I have an Eco-tank and a Mega-tank printer, the Eco-tank doesn't print borderless photos, the Mega-tank does...but yes, if you don't print often avoid them as well as avoid the cartridge type printers....the ink cartridges are ridiculously expensive....if you must buy a cartridge type printer buy one with individual ink cartridges...black, magenta, cyan, and yellow cartridges, DO NOT buy those tri-color cartridge printers, most times you run out of one color before the others and you are forced to buy a cartridge because the printer won't print without all the colors....The tank type printers are great if you print often and print a lot, but just like cartridge printers the heads get clocked if you let the printer sit for days on end....even if you print a test page every few days it'll keep the heads clear, but if not you'll quickly hate the thing as you start going through ink trying to clean the printheads. A laserjet printer is great for the seldom user.

[@elmarty4803]

I was looking for a review which talked about the proprietary nature of the ink cartridges...HP currently is requiring only HP print cartridges (which are more expensive ) and will disable the print function if you try to use it. The software has an option to turn it off but that no longer appears to work....as in my current HP printer which won't recognize anything but HP cartridges.

[@gtdemille]

Thanks for the video. I have an HP m283 laser printer. It is a super good quality printer but it will not go to a thrift store now. I tried after market ink cartridges and have had problems with them. Tried two different brands of cartridges, either would work for very long. To buy a 4 pack of new HP cartridges costs about $464. The printer new from Costco was only $500. HP's policy and the chips that they use in their products to prevent you from using third party affordable ink is the reason there are so many negative comments about HP. I hope this helps someone looking for HP, they can be great if you do not mind spending the high cost for their replacment ink. I am now looking at Canon Mega Tank or Epson Eco Tank printers.

[@lorraineregan3000]

Printer GUY - I want to thank you for your comments and understanding, I am so glad I purchased the Epson 2400 Eco Tank printer, a little confusing right now but as with anythng , it takes time to get use to new items. I just don't understand why there isn't a printer icon on th bottom along with the volume control. I will watch more of your tutorials. Thank you Printer Guy you are # 1 for me !

[@BestPrinters]

Thank you, yes it will take some time to get used to.

[@pamelawing5747]

I got an epson last year and HATE it. I got it on a special so not out a lot. Donating and getting an HP, I'm just done with that Epson.

[@The_Head_Of_CountDooku_Records]

Trying to decide between the Canon G7020 for $194 and the Brother INKvestment MFC-J4335DW for $179.99. My wife is a teacher and prints a fairly decent amount. She would probably print less during the summer. The Brother seems to have faster printing speeds and still seems to get good print amounts per cartridge while the Canon is a Tank Printer. Both are compatible with Apple AirPrint. Want it to print mostly documents and some photos at fairly decent speeds while keeping costs down. Any help between the two?

[@BestPrinters]

Hi for a teacher, I would definitely recommend the brother tank printer.

[@jcstevegigs]

Will I be able to hook up a “new” printer to an “old” computer? My old HP inkjet T45 just died. I use it with my 15 year old iMac which won’t allow me any more updates from Apple.

[@BestPrinters]

50/50 chance there

[@cometahyakutake9375]

Thank you! It was really really helpful. I was undecided between the EpsonET3850 and the 4850 and for a few pounds difference (in the UK) I am going for the latter, with the touchscreen, you made me think about that. Thanks again.

[@BestPrinters]

Great!

[@lorraineregan3000]

Hey Printer Guy - thank you for answeriing my email - The part about the no name brand ink really made me feel great - for all I have been hearing is no don't buy that or it will ruin your printer, thank you for the prices of name brand Epson is outrageous, I haven;'t used the no name yet but you are the best in my book, I will watch you and enjoy your comments. What is your opinion about the GEEK Squad??

[@mildreymena3455]

Very helpful video and you explain so well.

[@BestPrinters]

Ty

[@Kazy_RU]

The lower the price, the higher chance it will break or the liquid inks are expensive and rather small. I do have personal beef with HP, a company that makes both commercial and residential products will often put some kind of its residential technology aspect into its commercial machine which is never a good thing.

[@BestPrinters]

Thats good to know.

[@wildbill23c]

Those cheap printers typically have replacement ink cartridges that cost more than the printer did...just a throw away printer at that point, who would spend $100 in ink for a $50 printer....and you are right the cartridges are usually small, and not even close to full, even the so called XL cartridges are maybe 1/2 to 3/4 full if you are lucky....I would buy a tank style printer before wasting money on a cartridge based printer....now, if you can find a cartridge based printer that uses individual ink cartridges its not nearly as bad because you simply replace whatever color is empty, but those printers that have a black cartridge and the colors are in 1 cartridge (tri-color) those things are a huge waste of money as one color runs out and typically the printer won't print until you replace it, and you throw away 2 colors of ink in the process. The downfall to inkjet printers as a whole whether cartridge or tank based, is the print heads clock up if you don't use the printer often, say every few days....a laserjet printer solves that issue, but there are a lot more consumable parts in a laser printer that need attention/replacement....also, toner cartridges are quite expensive, especially if you get a color laserjet where now you are buying 4 toner cartridges which oftentimes are over $100 each....on top of that you have the drum, fuser, etc. that will require periodic replacement and those parts are not cheap at all, might as well buy a new printer when its time to replace those parts.

[@nonameiiii]

Do you have to use HP cartridges with the low budget inkjet printers? Can they be off brand and work? Would you choose HP over Epson brand wise? Had a eco tank epson ET-2750 and only lasted a year and a half before it stopped printing ink. Tried the cleaning and now having a main board error. So done with it.

[@BestPrinters]

The biggest issue with HP is they do not allow third-party Inc. for the most part. Epson and brother are the only printer brands now a days that will allow third-party Ink.

[@TalkingTalk-fn6wb]

I found that most Epson printer models have different names across regions. For example, Epson EcoTank 3850 and 15000 in the US are roughly the L6270 and L14150 respectively from where I come from. It’s the same with Asia and India, as far as I know. If you correlate this with your future videos, you might get better reach globally.

[@BestPrinters]

That is great to know, thank you!

[@angelsacco6249]

Whats your thoughts on the epson ecotank 4810? I can't find alot of reviews on it. Also, why is the 3850 more than the 4810? I will be printing reciepes, photos and letters basically.

[@GiseleSilva-sk9vj]

What printer do you suggest for a small business stationary that makes planner, notepads and stuff? I’ve tried the wf and et tank, but the ink on WF runs out in less then a week, and the ET doesn’t print fast and colors aren’t to good for me. Which print do you recommend that prints fast, have good quality of colors and don’t run out of ink fast. Thank you

[@MikeBeeTV]

Thank you for the video. It's a good overall look at printers and printer types. I do wish you had the ability to long-term test all of these printers because the real issues only come up after using a printer for a bit of time. Thanks again for the good info.

[@BestPrinters]

The way I usually find out how a printer works out long-term is by reading various reviews on the printer model

[@robertbutler8004]

What Printer has the clearest ink view? I have a Epson 2810 and it is garbage I can't see how much ink is in the ink chamber.

[@BestPrinters]

Most Eco tank models have a pretty clear view. I would invest in a 3850 and higher.

[@wildbill23c]

I have the Epson Eco-tank ET-4550, and aside from the tanks being on the side, they're pretty easy to see...the only complaint I have is the terrible display which you need a flashlight to read most of the time, for the price I expected a much better printer overall...it don't even print borderless photos....the paper tray always gets stuck while trying to push it back in after loading paper, the auto document feeder no longer works on it, and it has ok image quality in general printouts....really expensive printer for its very lackluster operation, and the duplex feature prints the back side upside down from the front side, so you flip the page over and then have to turn it around no matter what settings you pick it always prints that way in duplex mode...I now have a Canon Mega-Tank Printer as well which works very well, prints borderless photos, duplex function works as designed, it also has dual paper trays, so I keep the front tray loaded with regular paper, and the rear tray loaded with photo paper, you tell the printer in the setup menu what paper is in each tray, and the printer software on the computer the same settings and it figures it out from there. Borderless photos come out great, and its pretty quick overall. The ink chambers on it are right on the front, and very easy to see the ink levels...I'd recommend a Canon Mega-Tank over the Epson Eco-Tank printers, at least with my experience, the Canon tends to print things more closely to what you see on your monitor the Epson seems to darken images for some reason, no matter what the settings are set to....and the Epson doesn't do photo prints in a borderless setting anyways, but in general printing it doesn't do so well with photos involved.

[@philiporme5436]

Hi the printer guy, I use Linux, (M X Linux) that is Debian based, would the Epson ET3850 be able to work on Linux? regards Philip.

[@BestPrinters]

Hi Philip, unfortunately Epson does not support Linux at this time. If you would like to find a printer that is compatible with linux I will try another search engine that will tell you which printers are compatible.

[@carolisichi6310]

Very helpful, please would you talk about ink refilling on different printer models and the

[@BestPrinters]

Can you finish the sentence and open a new comment so I can see what your reply is

[@azie43]

​@@BestPrintersI am a first grade teacher with a son entering Kindergarten. I print black and colour daily. What printer do you recommend no more than $300? I've spent waay to much on ink so far😩

[@craigvelardi7420]

I have an old HP 4700 Color LaserJet Printer that does everything I need. It prints letter and legal size paper from 20# to heavy card stock. It prints double sided and I use it for printing books with color photos. I am now having problems with it, as it has around 500k copies on it and I need to get another printer. What do you suggest that I can use to print books with quality color photos, as well as heavy card stock?

[@BestPrinters]

The M283 is a great option. It should hold up like your older HP LaserJet pretty much all of the LaserJet printers you can use aftermarket toner on. You'll save so much by going that route.

[@wildbill23c]

I have a Canon Mega-Tank printer that does well for everything it seems, and it has dual paper trays, front I just keep regular paper in, and the rear is loaded with photo paper....so find a printer with dual paper trays, it makes printing on different paper a breeze as you don't have to swap the paper out, then try and remember to put the other paper back and change the settings every time. That heavy printing of books a tank style printer would be a great upgrade...otherwise a laser printer would be another option, but they do require some additional maintenance over time as not only do you have toner cartridges that have to be replaced, the drum units, fusers, etc. all require periodic replacements and are often expensive, if you can even get the parts....toner cartridges are usually quite expensive too and since you are printing books with photos you'd need/want a color laserjet which is more expensive and now you'd be buying 4 toner cartridges which are usually $100 or more. The plus side to laser printer is you can leave it sitting for weeks or months and not have to worry about clogged print heads. Laser printers are around the $200 and up range, lowest cost being your basic black/white (monochrome) style....and you are going to be in the $400 and up range to get into a color one.

[@ohmyjesus89]

Hi. I'm from the Uk and create cards as sell as other things. I have had my canon pixma 5050 for a few years now. But now its saying the ink absorbers are nearly full. So i know its prob on its last legs. I print from light to heavy card stock so this printer served me well. But now I don't know what to buy. I don't want to spend a fortune on inks as I use non compatible on mine so no great expense. I can't afford to not have a working printer.

[@BestPrinters]

I would go with an Epson eco-tank printer because they function well and you can get really inexpensive ink if you're printing a lot

[@ohmyjesus89]

@@BestPrinters but they only print up to 275gsm and I use mainly 300+

[@Sulfen]

I always go for brother when it comes to lasers and epson for ink tank printers. Thermal are more forgiving but I do prefer zebra or brother.

[@BestPrinters]

Thank you for sharing

[@wildbill23c]

My Color Laser Printer is a Brother MFC, does great, only downside is toner cartridges, drums, fusers, etc. are expensive to replace in a laser printer, and not something you have to do in an inkjet printer....but I like the laser printers because you can leave them set unused for months and not have to deal with clogged printheads LOL. The newer laser printers do a better job with photos too, not the best option, but can do pretty decent if needed. My Epson Eco-Tank Printer was one of the first ones they made, so it doesn't have borderless photo capability, but my Canon Mega-Tank printer does, and it does a great job...hundreds of photos printed and just had to fill the ink tanks at the end of last month and I've had the printer for about a year. Definitely would go with a tank style printer over the cartridge ones in terms of ink costs the tank printers are a lot cheaper to operate over time than buying ink cartridges....the ink bottles are quite a bit cheaper, and you can glance at the printer and know how much ink is in it, where you can't do that with cartridges.

[@juamiglio]

OEM vs Remanufactured...what I read was that companies that make the remanufacured ink don't have access to the "same" materials that OEM does. Do you have insight to this?

[@juamiglio]

I had (for 5yrs an HP laser printer) & was purchasing remanufactured toner & could not get even decent quality color labels for my products

[@BestPrinters]

Remanufactured ink is essentially the same as oem, similar quality similar results. What OEM sells you is the brand name. I have found there is almost no difference especially with tank printers.

[@billloveless6869]

​@@BestPrintersIf your using a Brother brand, I've noticed a big difference. Since I use it mostly for documents, I can live with it.

[@FelinaFaerlaingal]

Question about the ecotanks: what about the waste tank? I heard that was the new "scam" because you can't just change it, you need to reset a thing in the printer and there is no software to do that?

[@BestPrinters]

It depends on what model the higher models do have a waist tank that you can change out.

[@frankgrant4784]

@@BestPrinters I have the Epson ET-2800 and the waste tank replacement locked me out. So add that to HP as companies I will no longer purchase in the future.

[@rojoroj9777]

U skipped two major points while considering to buy a printer. 1. Quality of Ink (dye based, pigment based) some model of epson printer support Pigment BK , and rest color are dye CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW - Epson Ecotank L14150 model. Hybrid Ink system 2. Number of nozzles in Print head. Canon printer support maximum no of nozzle i.e. 4352 in Maxify printer compared to Epson Ecotank L15160 with only 3200 nozzles . I expect you to explain more while buying Printer, that nobody talks even company too in their model Brochure. Also I would like you to explain Emulation features that support PDL (Printer Description language), how is it effective in printing speed process. PCL, Postscript , ESC/P-R Raster

[@BestPrinters]

I very much appreciate your comment, however for the average consumer adding this info can be a bit overwhelming.

[@wildbill23c]

Waste of time for most users, who barely understand how a printer works let alone all the technical specifications that for most users are irrelevant anyhow.

[@vincentlavallee8255]

I am age 84 use printer to print garden information wook working information and copy page from books. So what is the best for me with a bnudget of 300 to 400 dollars vincent

[@BestPrinters]

Hey, I wouldnt spend over $250, you can get by with an Hp Envy model such as this one, geni.us/JMRGQLk

[@elainebates6967]

Canon PIXMA Home TS9565 A3 Multifunction Wi-Fi Printer+MG101+ What is your opinion for crafting with this printer?

[@wildbill23c]

You'll find its expensive to keep buying ink cartridges for it...just like most cartridge based printers, if you use them a lot it'll quickly eat your money in ink cartridge costs.

[@simpleretirementbenefits]

Planning on printing heavy cardstock (oversize postcards) to send via regular mail. I know I want some sort of tank printer but there is almost NO information on how well the different printers handle cardstock. My top features are that it can handle cardstock (not photo paper) then duplexing and I don't care after that - I don't need fax or scanner or anything else. Any advice?

[@BestPrinters]

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[@chrishalle1982]

Thats an envy? in europe the envy you showed is sold as officejet.

[@BestPrinters]

Oh wow

[@nothingtodo58]

"The ink price is reasonable." Compared to what?? All ink jet printers, as far as I know, use a substantial amount of ink clean their print heads at start up. I once had a Canon Pixma, rarely used it for anything other than black and white copies, yet I was frequently replacing the color cartridges just because of constant head cleaning. And it would've been even more expensive if I had been making color copies. A fundamental design flaw, in my opinion.

[@MatthewTaylor-j3s]

very informative !

[@BestPrinters]

Thank you!

[@preshizmp5797]

At 08:47 you said you’re going to explain why you don’t use tank printers…and then you never did 🙄

[@BestPrinters]

15:25

[@preshizmp5797]

Thanks 👍🏼

[@slingshotcrabbing]

See my post above. Tank printers have many problems that go beyond just cheap ink. They have hard coded timers that just pop up and say your done.

[@jamesj4150]

Lost me, soon as you started recommending HP.

[@vincentlavallee8255]

thanks for the informatiom will I need your cleaning kit thanks again vincent lavallee

[@BestPrinters]

You bet!

[@brendamills546]

Very helpful, thanks!!!!!!!

[@BestPrinters]

Glad it helped!

[@pamelawing5747]

I have an Epson and I hate it. The screen is so small you can't see anything on it. Aligning the printer and checking the ink is nuts. It's not printing color properly and I have to do steps and then wait 24 hours before I can continue and I doln't have time nor do I want to spend the time for that. With my HP it was so easy to align, and print. I'm going to go back to an HP. I see below people hate them, will each to their own. The ink cost for HP is hideous for sure but luckily I'm not working anymore so I don't use a lot of in, I print recipes, and receipts when I order products and that's about it.

[@wildbill23c]

Check out the Canon Printers as well...I've had a few of them over the years and have had good luck with Canon...They have a Mega-Tank line which uses ink bottles rather than cartridges but you have to use the printer frequently just like a regular inkjet printer the print heads get clogged if you let them sit too long....aside from that I prefer these tank type printers....ink bottles are much cheaper than cartridges and you typically get several months to a year worth of ink with the bottles. I've had a few HP printers over the years too, never had any trouble they just die from use LOL.

[@pamelawing5747]

@@wildbill23c THANK YOU!!

[@BabyJesus66]

You cant call yourself the printer guy if you use HP. 😂😂

[@BestPrinters]

I can and I will

[@janietallman6950]

gREAT VJDEO THANKS

[@BestPrinters]

Wow, thank you

[@GreyBeatle]

There's far more to it than this.......unfortuantely...and you talk a bit to much about what you you you do and like....but what is best for business, and what is best for the individual...scan speeds, and amounts that can be loaded aren't elaborated on enough, and getting into specifics about it....what's best for small business or people in the world dealing with large amounts of scanning with a printer scanner color copier combo....ther eis so much to it...Epson usually does good....double sided printing AND scanning is important to and the speeds it works at for mass prints and scans....there is lots to this and I don't feel you were quck enough at addressing it all truly and informing the public of all options as there are many and many are better than others.....for doing everything as well.....of course getting into just scanners and just printers matters...Laser Jet and Lazer Printers.and lazer jet printers......it all matters.....and why it matters is costs for ink and toner cartridges and costs associated with them....and you didn't get into that at all.......i'm dissapointed with wasting my time with this video...if you post....get concise...is my advice.

[@BestPrinters]

You should make your own video, since you're so knowledgeable.

[@dean7292]

He says you talk and explain to much then writes a book 😂😂🤣🤣

[@edub_82]

i iwll buy anything but HP

[@maryearle01]

I agree! I had an HP several years ago and it disconnected from Wifi, shut off by itself, finally could never reconnect to Wifi. Anything but HP for me too!

[@charleslamont2963]

The HP Envy is terrible quality. Horrible. The replacement HP sent for a defective printer was also defective rignt out of tne box. Quality assurance is NOT there.

[@BestPrinters]

Sorry to hear that

[@beautifulenigma1724]

I can't even print normal sized photos bc they made the photo tray 10cm x 15cm, which is NOT 4" x 6" (it's 3.93" x 5.91"). So I either have to cut slivers off of both top and side of every photo I want to print, or jam it in there and try it a bunch of times to get it to finally be able to grab and pull it out. But even then, the print quality sucks. It's absolutely ridiculous that they actually built and still sold a product when they don't know how to convert cm to inches. It also refuses to listen if I try to change the size of something and tell it to print the photo tray. Every setting will say photo tray, but it'll print from the letter tray anyway. And this isn't even taking into account how proprietary their systems are, and how they will essentially brick your printer if you don't use their brand of ink. Also for OP, you could make your videos a lot more concise if you didn't have multiple intros, including telling us what's coming up in multiple sections. Just a short intro at the beginning briefly saying what you're going to cover, and then just tell the info. I had to keep skipping forward (plus all the damn ads)

[@sandorclegane4635]

Stopped watching when i saw hes using an HP😢

[@BestPrinters]

lol

[@billloveless6869]

I use a HP printer and have no issues with it. I will say if I need to replace it, it will be with an Epson.

[@eddiec5036]

Their printers are probably fine, but their practices I hear about with ink and toner are reprehensible.

[@billloveless6869]

@@eddiec5036I know what you mean. I use mine for photo printing only so it lessen the hurt.

[@benjaminmathew4108]

HP printers are the worst. I am trying to get the right Catridge for the model I use..even though it’s made in Malaysia it’s not available in the local market..I have to ship it from Dubai and end of the day it won’t work..the full set catridge cost same as printer cost..I will never ever buy any HP

[@solovjud]

Brother?

[@BestPrinters]

Yes

[@Nogeimz]

Hp Envy are garbage. Just bought new ink and all it does for me is do the alignment test and when i try printing my wanted items it all of a sudden gets jammed. So it goes back to alignment and it is a very annoying cycle that wastes ink and paper. Stay away from HP.

[@AA-bh3bz]

You are goingg alllll over the show in this video. Bunch of yap

[@benjaminmathew4108]

HP printers are the worst. I am trying to get the right Catridge for the model I use..even though it’s made in Malaysia it’s not available in the local market..I have to ship it from Dubai and end of the day it won’t work..the full set catridge cost same as printer cost..I will never ever buy any HP

[@PsychoZenn]

Oh my! 😢 Which printer do you use now? And which printer would you recommend?

[@GloriaW888]

HP anything is horrible

[@BestPrinters]

OK!