Can you suggest a good black and white printer for OS 9?

I'm going to be using OS 9 for a while and was wondering if anyone could suggest a good black and white printer that I can connect to my Lombard laptop running OS 9. New or used doesn't matter to me as long as I can still get some ink cartridges for it. Thanks a ton for the help.

Okidata printers are the only ones I know of that are current models that have Mac OS 9 drivers.
http://www.okidata.com/mkt/html/nf/b2200-b2400home.html
And I think these are laser printers, not inkjets. I don't have personal experience with them.
For older models that you may find used, HP made good printers. For their inkjet printers, HP put the printhead on the ink cartridge, which ensure that key part will not wear out or get clogged on a older printer.
Make sure the model is not too old; you need USB. To check on a specific model, go to hp's support site. Look up the model by it's name or number on this web page.
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=support
From the next page, you can see the specs and open a page with a listing of printer drivers. If there is a driver for Mac OS 9, that model would work.
You can do the same type of evaluation with other brands, such as Epson, Canon, etc.

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