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Do you use a printer?

Do you still use a printer?

  • Yes, I still use a printer!

    Votes: 29 74.4%

  • No, I do not use a printer anymore!

    Votes: 5 12.8%

  • I use the printer at work for all my work and ahem home printing needs.

    Votes: 3 7.7%

  • Printer, what is that?

    Votes: 2 5.1%
  • Total voters
    39
  • Poll closed .
Freis968

Freis968

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Mar 1, 2007
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Ocoee, Florida
I was curious to see how many of you out there still use a printer. I quit printing pictures approx. 5yrs ago. I just got sick and tired of wasting money on ink and really never bothered with any photo service.

In regard to printing documents I find myself only lately having used my printer to print out the weekly 33-40% off Border's coupons and the odd ticket confirmation page such as the one I printed out this past week to visit the new Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersberg, FL but other than that I really don't see the need nowadays for a printer. In fact, the Border's coupon says that I could just show the coupon to the cashier on my iPhone! I could just do that.

So, I have told my story and would be interested in reading yours.

Do you still use a printer? If you do, is it an all in one, is it laser, ink jet, etc? When did you stop using a printer if you actually stopped using a printer.

PS I wanted to get rid of my Kodak ESP 7250 AIO printer and go back to the Brother Laser Printer, Monochrome, Wireless printer so I put the Kodak one up for sale and a friend is planning on buying it next week. I just started thinking about if I needed to actually buy a printer or not again and thought I would pose the above question just out of curiosity.
 
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I still have a wireless monochrome laser printer for 99% of any text documents I print out (which, admittedly, are far fewer than they used to be...still good for taxes, resumes, coupons, etc.)

I do still have my Epson R1800 color inkjet, which is almost strictly for photo printing. I use Photoshop a lot in my free time, and enjoy editing and printing photos. I don't really use print services, as I like to have full control of the whole process - I calibrate my monitor, use color profiles, color-managed workflow, etc.

Sure it may cost more, but there's something to be said for doing it yourself :)
 
I've got a wonderful HP Color LaserJet 2605dn, my workhorse for years. I print flyers for fundraisers and documentation for teachers, but never photos. I don't have any use for printed photos anymore!
 
After I graduated from school, I never needed it my parents bought it and long gone.

The only reason why I even have a printer today was because it was free when I bought my 24" iMac a few years ago.

After printing BS things like coupons (LOL) and ran out of ink, it's just collecting dust underneath my desk.
 
We have an HP inkjet and a b/w laser printer (both are connected to every computer in the house) so we all print accordingly. We also have a 968w by Dell which is an AIO, but we haven't bought ink for it in a while ... now its mainly use for scanning.
 
Yeah, both a printer and typewriter (which I use for letters, CV's, and first and final(ish) drafts of stories). While I find a computer very useful for storing and processing information, the end still has to be something tangible!
 
Just got a new one. Wife wanted it to print papers for her graduate classes. She also does a bit of scrapbooking so it's nice to be able to print pics on demand.

Me? I probably never would have bought another one.
 
I have a HP all-in-one ink jet printer. I use it mainly to have hard copies of important documents, order confirmations, Best Buy Reward Zone certificates. Rarely used for photos.
 
I have not had cause to print anything for personal use since getting my iPad last year. If I have to take a document with me I can just make a PDF of it & upload it to Dropbox.
I still use a printer for work (Xerox Phaser 8650DN) but noticeably less. All my quotes/delivery notes/invoices are electronic now.
 
I think we still have a long way to go before printers disappear. I think many people have been calling for the death of the fax machine the same way, but it's still around, even with the amount of scanners and copiers and smartphones out there.
 
My printer gets a lot less use now that my Girlfriend and I are both out of College. I can pretty much print anything I need at work, but it is still nice having a printer at home. It's one of those things that you take for granted and if I didn't have one I'd want to print stuff all the time.

I have an HP PSC 1610 all-in-one that I got before I started College 7 years ago. I highly doubt I will buy a new printer until this thing dies though.
 
I rarely use a printer, but when I do, I use the Canon color printer that is connected to my windows computer.
 
I bought an all-in-one in December and still haven't opened the box although I did buy it do primarily scan things. I also have a laser printer that kicks out maybe 20 pages a month.
 
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