any idea - on what is the best printer

a lot brand out there and they are very good too but I used HP InkJets for years, until they started making them cheap with poor quality. So I've switch to Canon. Here's why. 1. Color is awesome. I know professional photographers that swear by the color. 2. The ink is cheapter. Get a model with the three separate colors. You won't waste ink when just one color runs out. 3. Canon inkjet printer pauses for you to change an empty cartridge, then resumes printing. 4. The Canon printers that I have seen, seem very reliable. The paper feeds well, and keeps on working. With the Canon that I am actually using, I've never had a paper jam, like my old HP would sometimes have. It isn't the cost of the printer that kills you, it's the ink. Go to STAPLES and look for the Canon PIXMA iP4300

I don't know what could be wrong. I have a Lexmark and love it. I had one that was 7 or 8 years old and upgraded about a year ago to another Lexmark. I have never had a problem with them.

I guess you are looking for injet....Here is the top 5 1)Canon PIXMA™ MP830 All-In-One InkJet Printer All-In-One, Color Printer, Inkjet Printer, Color Resolution: 9600 x 2400 dpi, Black Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi, Speed: 30 ppm 2)Hewlett Packard Photosmart C5180 All-In-One InkJet Printer All-In-One, Color Printer, Thermal Inkjet Printer, Color Resolution: 4800 x 1200 dpi, Black Resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi, Speed: 23 ppm 3)HP PhotoSmart C3180 Inkjet Printer The HP PhotoSmart C3180 All-In-One delivers laser-quality black text and brilliant color color photos with up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi. View and print your photos without a PC using the color LCD, HP photo proof sheet, memory card slots and PictBridge connector. The PhotoSmart C3180's memory card slots support CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Secure Digital/MultiMedia and xD-Picture Cards. 4)Epson Stylus Photo RX580 Inkjet Printer The Epson Stylus Photo RX580 All-in-one brings superior photo printing home with full-featured scanning and copying plus Ultra Hi-Definition printing. Get total performance for your photos, documents and CDs with or without a computer. Precision 6-color printing with Claria Hi-Definition Ink produces the ultimate combination of photo quality and longevity. You can feel confident about sharing and displaying stunning, borderless photos that are smudge, scratch, water and fade resistant, up to 200 years album storage. Best of all, the RX580 races through every project, printing black and color text up to 30 ppm and 4x6 borderless photos in as fast as 13 seconds or better than lab quality in as fast as 32 seconds. 5)Canon Pixma MP510 Photo Allinone Now, you can print beautiful, long-lasting photos and laser-quality text with the Canon Pixma MP510 Photo All-in-one . The included Dual Color Gamut Processing Technology (DCGPT) ensures copies will be true to your original's images and text, and you'll also be able to scan photos, family recipes, even thick notebooks. The two paper trays let you keep both plain and photo paper ready for printing, so you do not have to keep changing the paper. Furthermore, the 1.9" color LCD display lets you view and enhance images for better results. You can even print direct from compatible memory cards, digital cameras, Bluetooth devices, and camera phones

i have a canon (dont know the model number) but its fairly new and came with my laptop it scans fast,prints good and fast so i'd say canon is a good brand!