1. Doesn't need to be wireless, prefer USB.
2. Needs to work with W10.
3. InkJet is fine.
4. Home use--no mobility required.
5. Needs to be easy setup.

Will be used mostly for converting about 180 old low quality paper photos to digital.


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Recommendations?

If you're just converting photos to digital, you can download "Photoscan" by Google on the App Store and you can actually use your phone to scan the photos and save them. Works perfectly actually and it's incredibly easy to use.

Here's an example I did:



Other than that, I don't have any suggestions. Hope this helped some.

Edit: The photo is a little bigger than I thought.

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quote Originally posted by rbell2915: If you're just converting photos to digital, you can download "Photoscan" by Google on the App Store and you can actually use your phone to scan the photos and save them. Works perfectly actually and it's incredibly easy to use. Here's an example I did: Other than that, I don't have any suggestions. Hope this helped some. Edit: The photo is a little bigger than I thought.

Not with MY phone I can't. It's strictly for making phone calls and taking poor quality photos on very rare occasions. It's a flip type 'dumb' phone.
Besides, I also need a new printer. My current printer is 4-5 years old and has been giving me problems for several months.
But thanks for the suggestion.

Most consumer printers are design to rip you off and force you getting more high $ ink or toner.
Example: Brother and some others run "Cleaning" cycles even when off and run themselves out of ink doing so. Many people don't print enough to notice and just get more.

Others print full page of picture that also run out of ink fast. Very fast on printer w/ small cartridges.

"Page count" of ink is based on printing text and very small color items... Ink per page for this means ~2.5-5% of total area on 8.5x11 page.

If you want best inkjet printer output that last... Most are Dye inks and all fade. Some very fast others are better but all will fade. Worse if sunlight (UV) gets to it.

DIY Refilling ink can be very messy. Refills sold thru Stores can have problems too.

Except for high end HP deskjets I stopped fixing any of them 15+ years ago. Most even then was cheaper to replace then even trying to clean over spray and self cleaning parts. (I still clean some HP Office/Pro inkjet units. Many old HP printers still have current drivers for Windows 7 8.x and 10 unlike most other brands.)

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I've been using a Cannon MG3122 for the last few years with pretty good success.

I really don't know that much about printers, other than I've tried several and they all get you by the short hairs when it comes to ink/toner packs/cartridges.

But this Cannon does everything you mentioned and most of it pretty good, from what I can tell.

The ink isn't cheap, but doesn't seem to be any more than the others I've tried.

I guess an "expert" would probably say it's just consumer level "junk", but unless you're gonna spend a bunch of cash, I think most of them available OTC, are in that category.

I guess there's a whole MG3100 line with variances between specific models, but like I said, I don't much about them in general, only that this one works pretty good and I've never had any problems with it, and the toner cartridges seem to be readily available.


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I am currently using two printers for this specified service. These are an older C5280 and a more modern Po 8620 and they perform the scan function very well and do decent photo prints. Both of them happen to be HP but I have also used Cannon and Epson all in ones in the past. IIRC, I purchased the nicest one (8620) for about $80 on a sale at one of the big box stores.

Nelson