Current Recommended Printer/Scanners that Work with Tiger?

Have scoured this forum and have been reading of the problems of printers that don't work (seems to be primarily Epson).
My dad-in-law has an older (non-Intel) iMac w/10.4.11 installed.
His HP printer/scanner failed, and we need a new one.
Preferrably under $150. (His failed printer is still available but at a cost of over $400.)
Taking his iMac beyond Tiger is not a great solution for us. We are dealing with an elderly gentleman,
and, well, changes are difficult to make for him.
Any recommendations? Epson? HP? Canon?
We've already tried a new Epson Work-Force...being told by sales guy it would work, and it clearly didn't (and confirmed by Epson). That was the wf-2520 in case anyone cares.
Thanks kindly everyone!

For future readers of this thread, here are a couple of other avenues to look into. Refurbished models from some of the big box retailers on-line may be older discontinued models that support older OS versions.
To find out if a particular older model supports the OS you need, check the support web site from the printer manufacturer to see what driver downloads are available. You might be able to find drivers for OS 9 or 10.4, for example for an HP or Brother refurbished printer on staples.com, for example.

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