Need Wireless Printer Recommendation

I've had consistently bad luck with wireless printers. We have 2 iMacs and 3 MacBooks in my house. I want to buy a good printer that can work with them all wirelessly. HP seems to subscribe to the "printer of the month" idea and don't offer support to older machines. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Ken,
HP comes out with new consumer models 1x per year the same as Canon, Epson and most others. They also have the broadest selection of WiFi printers to suit all different types of needs. Without knowing anything about what you really want besides wireless it's tough to recommend. Can you give us an idea of printing habits (photos, email, web pages, spreadsheets), scanning needs, guess of pages per month, do you want to save paper by having duplexing, etc...

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hey folks, hoping someone might be able to suggest a recommendation for our business. We’ve had an OkiData color laser printer that’s lasted over 6 years but it’s been giving us some trouble over the last year and yesterday it stopped printing with an error we can’t resolve. Would have to bring a tech in to fix and we’d basically already decided that once this thing bit the dust we’d move on to something else. It’s time.
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Wireless Printer Recommendations?

Hey all,
I have been unable to connect to my home office network with my MacBook Pro to print documents. So, I am looking for a decent (preferably small-ish) printer for use with my MBP. I'd prefer to sans an Airport device and connect to a "wireless" printer instead. I am printing quality color documents, but not photos.
Budget: $100-$200 (less is always good however)
I'd appreciate any recommendations you might have.
Cheers,
~ J

I have the older Canon IP5200R. Once I set my wireless network I then connected the printer (by Canons instruction manual) via USB, setup it for wireless WPA (my Airport Extreme is use WPA2 wireless security) the printer work wirelessly perfect. The only drawback is if I change Airport Extreme wireless security I must re-connect the printer via USB, to set the printer up for the new wireless security setup.
When you get a wireless printer, make sure you READ the Manual's wireless setup instructions.

Looking for all-in-one wireless printer recommendation.

Running iPhone 5, iPad Air, MacBook with Snow Leopard and a PC running XP. Anyone???

Need more info...
Primarily for text? For photos?
Is speed most important or quality?
Price range???
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I have 3 Epson printers.
An R380 direct printing via USB, an R380 wireless via an Airport Express and an Epson Artisan 810 wireless via my Airport Extreme. The 810 also has bluetooth capabilities.
_So I have three avenues to print wireless:_
Through the Airport Extreme
Through the Airport Express
Through the Bluetooth capable Epson 810
... BUT the iPad provides no way for printing.
When I purchased the device I assumed that printing was a given.
The newly announced beta IOS4.2 only allows printing on HP printers...WHY?
There are other printer manufactures out there.
I chose Epson because it allows for printing on DVD’s and CD’s

I think only certain HP printers will have a direct print ... but that any printer on the same network as your iPad will work. From the AirPrint press release:
"AirPrint automatically finds printers on local networks and can print text, photos and graphics to them wirelessly over Wi-Fi without the need to install drivers or download software. HP’s existing and upcoming ePrint enabled printers will be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices... iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users can simply tap to print their documents or photos wirelessly to an HP ePrint printer or to a printer shared on a Mac or PC.”
So if your Epson is on a network, you can print to it.

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I am thinking of getting one of these Officejet 4315s. I'll be using it as a regular sheet feed fax, wireless not necessary, but will need wireless printing.
On IFelix's Unofficial printer compatibility list with AEBS and AX, the Officejet 4215 is listed, as long as only the older drivers are used (thanks HP for those upgrades); so i'm wondering if the 4315 is just a newer evolution of the 4215 and if it too will print wirelessly with AEBS/AX, whether with old or new HP driver or with HPIJS. Any information or opinions about this?

Hi Judy, I posted this in another thread about using an HP Officejet 4215 but have pasted it below since you might find it useful. I have used my 4215 wirelessly via USB on my Airport since OS 10.2 and it works great. Lost it due to my 10.5 upgrade for a few days but now it's fine again. Best of luck.
The solution to using your HP 4215 (and MANY others) with an Airport (print only, of course) is found here:
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/hpijs
You need to install 3 items to make the printer print through the Airport:
1. hpijs-2.7.10-UB
2. Foomatic-RIP
3. ESP Ghostscript
Everything is found or referenced at the above Open Printing link. In fact the hpijs driver will not install at all unless it finds both #2 and #3 so do them first (or try it and find out for yourself ).
It's all explained at the link but here is how I did it:
Installed the 3 items above then go into System Prefs, then Print & Fax, then find and double-click on your printer, select Info, then select Driver, then find the Foomatic/hpijs driver that is recommended for your printer. Voila! Airport printing works again, under 10.5.1 even! Or you could wait for HP to write a new driver...
Hope this helps. Good luck!

Printer RECOMMENDATIONS/Suggestions

I would love one or all of your wireless printer recommendations.
I had an HP and it wasn't great. Now I have a Cannon PIXMA and the colors are pale and can't scan wirelessly and just doesn't interact well with the Mac.
What are your best suggestions for a wireless all-in-one printer?

I've had good luck with my Epson Artisan 810.

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I have an Apple Retina Pro Notebook and am looking for the best compatible wireless printer to use with it. Do you have any recommendations?

"WiFi Wireless Printer" seems to give Users the feeling that they somehow print directly from their computer to the Printer. That is NOT how it works.
To make a WiFi Wireless Printer work, you need to make it a participant on your network, by providing the Network_name and the Password. It then becomes a peer of your MacBook on your home Network, and you can create a Print Queue for it in Add-a-Printer.
There is no particular advantage to this over, say, an Ethernet Printer -- except that you don't have a Physical cable to string.

Wireless Print Server Recommendations

I have a MacBook (10.4) and a Dell Inspiron Notebook. I'm getting ready to purchase a wireless print server, which wireless print routers do you recommend that will be Mac friendly (i.e easy to set up with both my Dell & MacBook).

It is really a question about the printer and its driver. The Mac situation is different from Windows. Most non-postscript printers come with Carbon drivers, where the comm protocol is written into the driver. USB non-postscript printers come USB-only drivers. To use the OS X built-in protocols, you need CUPS drivers (or postscript driver/printer).
Except for one or two models out there, nearly all print servers use the industry standard comm protocols LPD, IPP, HP jetdirect or appletalk.
Apple print servers are yet a different situation - they have firmware that works like Mac-to-Mac print sharing (so they can use USB-only drivers).
HTH

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I am a new iPad (wi fi version) owner but not the new iPad 2. I have a home wireless network and have a HP Officejet J6480 wireless printer. I print from my iMac and Powerbook directly using the wireless network and want to print directly from my iPad also. Do I need a special app for this or can I do this with something already "built-in" to the operating system of the iPad.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
If you're comfortable going 'under the hood', this thread originally started in November 2010 contains a minor tweak to OS X that might work for you:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2658720?threadID=2658720&tstart=0
It allows devices on iOS 4.2 or newer to print to shared wired and wireless printers as long as the Mac is on and awake.

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I need to connect my wireless printer (HP LaserJet CP1025nw color) to the internet. I recently have changed my name and password of my modem. Since the change I have lost connectivity between my computer and my printer. What do I need to do to regain connectivity? I am using Windows 7.
Trydell

I think you mean your password on your router right? Changed your SSID and/or password?
Try here.
http://www.hp.com/global/au/en/wireless/reconfiguring-system-help3.html
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If my post resolved your problem, please mark it as an Accepted Solution ...
I worked for HP but now I'm retired!

HT1695 I am trying to print wirelessly and get no air printer found. I have a new hp 3523 wireless printer but can't make it work with the new iPad. Do I need a special driver or is there another way for it to work

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Hi,
The printer do support AirPrint (the HP Deskjet 3525 is part of the 3520 Series).
Make sure your printer connected to the same router as your iPad and it shold be listed..
Be aware that you need iOS 4.2 or higher and your router should support Multicasting for AirPrint to work..
If the printer isn't listed please clarify your router brand and model, some routers don't offer Multicasting or have the protocol disabled by default.

HT1443 I need to upgrade from 10.5.8 to 6.0 or better to use a new HP wireless printer. How do I find the right item to download?

I need to upgrade from 10.5.8 to 6.0 or better to use a new HP wireless printer. How do I find the right item to download?

There is no download; you need to buy a Mac OS X 10.6 DVD.
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Do I need Airport to connect a wireless printer to my new Mac Book Pro?

No and you don't have to use the wireless card in your MBP either.
A wireless printer connects to your wireless router. Any other device (computer) that is connected to the router either by wire or wireless will be able to use the printer.

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