Which all in one printer to buy?

[Keithstv]

I've had four Epson printers, the first was the most reliable but eventually failed. I replaced it with another Epson which failed not long out of warranty. This was replaced by another Epson, must be a glutton for punishment, which also failed not long out of warranty. I now have a Canon which has been more reliable in the 5 years I've had it than any of the Epsons. I also had a secondhand Epson connected as a network printer which, after many years reliable service, decided it had reached the end of its service life. All attempts to revive it failed so it was sent to the tip. As the majority of the printing does not need colour I bought a cheapish HP laser printer for the network printer retaining the Canon for colour printing. I won't go into the fun and games and endless frustration I had trying to get the HP laser to work reliably on our network via a network to USB adaptor. I came to the conclusion that this printer was not suited to networking and bought a network ready Brother laser printer that just works. Turn it on and press print and away it goes.

The HP printer was given to my son to use with his laptop at uni. When my daughter went to uni I bought her a cheap laser printer which has proved reliable. If they had inkjet printers I'm sure There would be a constant stream of calls to say it's not working and trying to fix it remotely is no joke.

For a scanner I've now got a Canon 4400 which has had no issues since I bought it nearly 6 years ago. It can scan straight to pdf which is a great advantage for scanning magazine articles for posting on forums.

One thing that I've noticed is that the chances of a printer expiring are increased if you've just bought a set of cartridges for it. It happened with three of the Epson printers.

Keith