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Portable printer recommendations?

I will be doing some traveling and hope to have a printer I could carry easily, and perhaps even stick into a suit case.

I would print envelopes, normal sized pages (8.5X11) and sometimes precut Avery labels.

What things should I consider?

Thanks.

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Joe Winograd

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curiouswebster

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Does thermal look like the old fax pages, that roll up? What are the various print technology choices?

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curiouswebster

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The HP looks nice. But seems pricey.

What s the lowest cost inkjet technology?

I fear the thermal might look like a fax and I need to send out business correspondence.

John

The printer is portable and battery operated. Price in US dollars would be less because of currency conversion.

It uses regular paper which is business correspondence ready.

curiouswebster

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thanks

John

You are very welcome and good luck when you select a printer.

Joe Winograd

Hi newbieweb,
Sorry I didn't respond until you already closed this...been a busy morning. I don't have a current model of the Brother mobile printers, so can't speak to their current quality. I have an older one (and a Pentax thermal portable, too) and was happy with it years ago when I travelled a lot, but was not using it to send out business correspondence...used it just for myself, and the thermal printout was adequate for my purposes. As I mentioned at Mal's question, HP makes a line of portable printers and I think that all of them are inkjets...and I see that's what John recommended. Regards, Joe