ECN Forum Forums Technical Discussion Re: Computers and the Internet I've given up on HP Printers

After years of having HP Printers I've had enough of them losing IP addresses, not waking up and "missing printhead errors". Has anyone else had this experience?

I got rid of my HP (ink) printers 20 years ago. I have had good luck with Brother Lasers. I have 2 that use the same cartridges so supplies are easy but a laser cartridge seems to last for years. One is just a printer that does duplex and the other is a printer copier fax I got in a auction for about $30. I got an HP PCF ink printer at the same auction house, bundled with 2 HP laptops for $90. I kept one laptop, gave one to my grand daughter and I sold the printer for $50. It made the laptops $20 each. They run W/11. I did have to reload them since they were password locked and I couldn't find a hack that opened them. They both had valid MS validation for W/10 so it was pretty painless and MS cajoled me into the free w/11 upgrade.
That HP printer ink subscription is really a scam.

I went with an Epson All in One model largely because it still had supported Drivers for my Windows 8.1 PC.
It set up easily via wireless connection but has since lost communication once already. I'm thinking I may have to connect via Cable if it happens again.

My 2 printers are hard wired to the router but my wife can still get to them through the WiFi in the router. I don't use WiFi much myself. I actually have 2 separate routers with different network access. I have one for guests that only connects to the internet. My network is on another router.