Printer to print both sides of paper automatically

[Pghpooh]

HI
Looking for a printer that will print BOTH sides of the paper automatically.
A few years ago I had a HP Photosmart 7100 or 7200 series printer and I installed a duplexer on the back of it so I could print both sides of the paper automatically,
The printer broke and I have bought two cheap printers. One worked ok but broke! The one I have now is a HPD1320.
It will not print two sides no matter what I do. I don?t mind having to flip the paper around to print on the second side. The D1320, no matter what I do will NOT even let me do that. I updated the drivers, talked to HP, etc and the !@# will not work right.
I hate to waste paper and want a two sided printer that works. I have always bought HP printers but my luck is running out with them.
I need some suggestions. I just print normal documents. There are times when I would like to print a larger spread sheet.
I rarely print pictures.
I had a thought of a combination printer/scanner/copier unit.
A automatic duplexer would be nice but I will flip pages as long as it works.
Any suggestions??

 

[nsafreak]

Originally posted by: Pghpooh
HI
Looking for a printer that will print BOTH sides of the paper automatically.
A few years ago I had a HP Photosmart 7100 or 7200 series printer and I installed a duplexer on the back of it so I could print both sides of the paper automatically,
The printer broke and I have bought two cheap printers. One worked ok but broke! The one I have now is a HPD1320.
It will not print two sides no matter what I do. I don?t mind having to flip the paper around to print on the second side. The D1320, no matter what I do will NOT even let me do that. I updated the drivers, talked to HP, etc and the !@# will not work right.
I hate to waste paper and want a two sided printer that works. I have always bought HP printers but my luck is running out with them.
I need some suggestions. I just print normal documents. There are times when I would like to print a larger spread sheet.
I rarely print pictures.
I had a thought of a combination printer/scanner/copier unit.
A automatic duplexer would be nice but I will flip pages as long as it works.
Any suggestions??

A budget would be nice to know. I have several reliable duplex capable printers in mind but it would be nice to know your budget .

 

[Pghpooh]

HI
A budget???
I just finished paying bills before I posted before and there ain?t nothing left to spend! LOLOL
Right now I could spend $150 to $225 or so. Over the past few years I have saved all the Best Buy gift cards my family has given me and If I can buy a printer there I will. Otherwise I?ll spend at Newegg and save the Bestbuy cards for another purchase such as a new monitor to replace my 10 to 11 year old crt monitor.
After my first post I remembered that I moved my desktop computer to another part of the house and it is connected to my hone network via the Ethernet cable from my modem.
I primarily use my laptop now and there are many times I forget to turn on the old desktop unit.
A printer with network capabilities and or wifi would be nice so I can print without turning on the old desktop,
Thanks
Pghpooh

 

[Zepper]

Most Canon general purpose printers (like the iP4000 series) can do manual duplexing (flip the stack and thru again) very well and they also have auto duplexing, but it is glacially slow, so I almost always used the manual method (I did first side from the paper cassette, then put the second sides back thru from the top bin. The auto is good for a web page or so but I wouldn't use it for any lengthy output. My HP K5400dtn has auto duplex which is also constipated and it really doesn't offer a manual method. I really miss my Canon when I want to print out a PDF manual or such. If you end up looking at Canon, go with one that uses the older series of tanks: PGI-5 and CLI-8. The new 4600 uses a whole new tank design that is both smaller in ink volume and more expensive to boot - yuck. The newest one I'd consider is the iP4500 or the equivalent iP3x00 that uses the same generation of tanks. Get a 4000 series (5 tanks) if photo printing is very important to you, the 3000 series (4 tanks) if photos aren't so important as they use composite black in photos and even some text printing.

.bh.

 

[nsafreak]

I own a Canon (the IP5000) and it does a good job overall, mine even does automatic duplexing pretty quickly. However for the op it looks like he mainly does just document printing. For that job I'd recommend the Brother HL-5250 and OfficeMax has it on sale for $150. The printer is network capable and can do duplex printing as well.