# PC printer recommendations for my mom **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 23, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-printer-recommendations-for-my-mom/954816 "2021-11-23T17:49:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-printer-recommendations-for-my-mom/954816/4 "2021-11-23T18:26:15Z")
If she doesn’t need color, a small B&W laser printer might be the best bet for “simple, reliable, and inexpensive.” Beyond that, I personally have no recommendations, but here are a couple of relatively recent threads about printers: > [@Help me buy a new multi-function laser printer (2021 version)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-new-multi-function-laser-printer-2021-version/941159): > > Our HP laserjet 1536dnf printer seems to be dying, and we are in the market for a new one. We need it to: Be a laser printer. not negotiable. photocopy, print, and scan have a document feeder do duplex automatically (two sided printing) fit on our 20"x15" table (the current one has trays that stick out, so maybe it’s closer to 20"x20", but all the weight is on the table) talk to the home network, so all the computers can print on it Nice to have color: Are color laser printers reliable and … > [@One of the more aggravating things in life: consumer electronic reviews, and printers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-more-aggravating-things-in-life-consumer-electronic-reviews-and-printers/948965): > > Is trying to shop for small appliances and electronics. I’m in the process of trying to replace my printer and it’s just painful to do research on them. It appears that HP printers now have chipped cartridges that will just cease to function when THEY think it’s time. Other printers get some one-star reviews that are blood-curdling in their venom. I just need a multi function that will work with an iMac. Is this too much to ask? I don’t even care if it has color. Easy set-up and functionality sh… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-printer-recommendations-for-my-mom/954816)._