Macbook and printing

hi there,
can anyone recommend a really good printer for wireless printing with my intel macbook.
i have a dell photo 964 but understand they cannot work with a mac.
thank you for your help,
Joanna

I've been doing a lot of research on printers and have found the hp photosmart 7180 to have the latest wireless features. Check into it. It might be too high up, but it has everything. They may have a similar model not so completely full of functions.
ibook G3 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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