Looking for 'Portable' Printer

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EINREB

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I have a need for a small printer that can be moved easily. Ten years ago, I had such a printer, made by HP, and it was sold as a USB Ink Jet photo printer. It was the size of a big loaf of bread (approximately), and the paper feed had a limited capacity, and was located in the back standing upright. It did not have a front tray, and if I remember it right, you had to slide out a small platform to catch the printed paper.
What I am looking for is a single duty small "Portable" printer, of which the dimensions are the most important feature. It should be easily picked up and put in the back of a car for transport when needed. I am not after a true portable one, it should not have to run on batteries or be light weight for example.
Any suggestions, comments?
 
Guess I'm not allowed to post links to stores with good variety of small printers?

EDIT: Anyhow, because someone got their panties in a twist today, I'll revise my original post that was deleted for no reason.

I've had good luck at office depot, they usually got good deals and weekly sales on small ones.
 
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Dimension Measurements
Weight 5.3 kg (11.6 lb)
Height 196 mm (7.71 in)
Depth 238 mm (9.38 in)
Depth 410.21 mm (16.15 in)
Width 349 mm (13.74 in)
 
EINREB said:
Do you know what its dimensions are?




I have tried to shop online, but they never tell you what the dimensions are.
(See my answer above.)
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I hear ya on that, I often have to cross check the retail listing to the manufacturers website.
 
There's a bunch of brands you can look into. Brother, HP, Canon, Epson...etc. They're all "good enough" for a compact laser printer which will all hover around the $100 mark.

What you probably want to do is check out how much the replacement toners cost per page and probably buy the printer with the lowest $/page toner cost.
 
voyagerfan99 said:
Dimension Measurements
Weight 5.3 kg (11.6 lb)
Height 196 mm (7.71 in)
Depth 238 mm (9.38 in)
Depth 410.21 mm (16.15 in)
Width 349 mm (13.74 in)
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Which makes it at least 16X13 inches, too large for what I have in mind. Too bad. Thanks.

Looks like I have to do some searching. I want to exclude printers with flatbed page scanning, for that makes one of the dimensions at least 8.5X11 inches, which is too big for my purpose. As a matter of fact, scanning is not one of my requirements, just standard printing and possibly photo printing.
 
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