Home office printer recommendations?

[Aaron C. de Bruyn]

I'm partial to the HP Officejet Pro K550.  It can connect via USB or
over the network (depending on the model you get).  My wife uses it for
printing pictures, and I occasionally dump an email or HTML receipt to
it.  If I remember correctly, the printer was around $350 (for the
network version) and it works out of the box with Ubuntu.  The only
thing that seems a little odd is that Ubuntu keeps telling me I'm low on
ink when I reach about 50%--although it could be the printer reporting
that instead of Ubuntu.

The only drawback is that it's a CMYK printer and  costs about $100 to
get the 4 cartridges of 'official' HP ink.  If you buy off-brand you can
usually get them for around $40.

As for wireless, I know HP has a few options--the K550 may even support
it.  If not, you can always plug it into a wireless access point or buy
specifically a wireless print spooler.

Hope that helps.

-Aaron

> Hello again Ubuntu gurus,
> 
> My wife needs a color inkjet to replace the cheap one we have that's
> dying.  This is for a home office and will be used extensively, so it
> needs to be of good quality.  (And because of some of the material she
> is printing on, it does need to be some sort of inkjet.)  And I would
> greatly prefer something supported by Ubuntu out of the box.
> 
> Do any of you out there have any recommendations?
> 
> ...And is there such a thing as a wireless networked printer?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
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