Wireless printers

[aesthete8]

Are they worth the extra cost?

Or am I better off saving a bit of money by buying the wired version?

 

[default]

Are they worth the extra cost?

Or am I better off saving a bit of money by buying the wired version?

Have you researched prices lately? I don't think there's much price
difference between equivalent wireless and wired printers of the same
features, if you can even find a non-wireless version. When I shopped for
a home printer last summer, it seemed all the newer models had wireless.
All the wireless printers we looked at also had ethernet and USB
interfaces.

There is no general answer possible to your questions. It depends
entirely on your situation. Only you know. Wireless gives you a slight
extra degree of flexibility that might come in handy later, even if you
don't think you need it now. But if you are sure you will never want it
within the lifetime of the printer (which may not be all that long), and
can save some money, or maybe upgrade some other important feature, then
by all means don't get it.

BTW, we got a wireless printer, but use it wired all the time!

 

[tomcas]

Are they worth the extra cost?

Or am I better off saving a bit of money by buying the wired version?

Yes, they are worth it. The prices have come down to point where there
is barely any price differential and they configure and work well. Even
remote scanning from multifunction printers work good.

 

[DK]

Are they worth the extra cost?

Or am I better off saving a bit of money by buying the wired version?

I won't buy non-wireless printer for home. I use desktop connected
to printer by USB but there are three more people in the house,
each with a laptop. Wiring ethernet would be a lot more bother than
simply installing the driver and security key on each laptop.

If you are interested in wireless, here is a fantastic deal:

Canon USA Direct store has refurbished (basically means
open box) Pixma MP640R Wireless for $69.99 plus your state
sale tax with free shipping. This printer has been selling for $200
not long ago and it has cartridges for which chip resetters are
widely available.

http://shop.usa.canon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10051_247809_-1

DK

 

[Andrew Smallshaw]

Are they worth the extra cost?

Or am I better off saving a bit of money by buying the wired version?

Last time I bought a wireless bridge it was around £12. That's
the price I can convert a non-wireless network printer to wireless
for.

I would guess the chances of me wantign to convert a cabled printer
to wireless during the course of its life as being perhaps 20% at
the maximum. In that case a premium of more than £2 isn't worth
it, assuming of course there are directly comparable wireless/wired-only
printers in the range you are looking at.

 

[B]

Are they worth the extra cost?

Or am I better off saving a bit of money by buying the wired version?

Depends on your environment and equipment. If you are using a desktop or
tower compucer then why would you vant a wireless printer unless you don't
have room for it near your equipmont. If yoi use a laptop then you might
find a vireless printer useful as you wonder around the house, or if you
hawe multiple computers.

I'm not aware of an ability to print to a network printer fron a phone or a
tablet - yet.