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This year I made an investment in a wireless printer that was probably one of the best investments that I have made when upgrading one of my computing components. I have set up our wireless newtwork with the latest wireless-N router and the access points and speed that we saw when upgraded was very impressive. We have two laptops and three other PC’s throughout the house that our entire family can use to access the internet and surf, check out facebook,  or playgames. What I found is that there many times when my kids or wife wanted to be able to print something out and this caused a great deal of aggravation. Since we only had one computer that was hooked up to the printer our options were to save the file to a memory stick, or physically hook up the laptop or PC to the printer.

This is where the wireless printer purchase came in. You can find them on sale at sites like buy.com for less than $100 and with free shipping. The one that we purchased also had the faxing and scanning features which were great additions. The scanning feature allows you to scan any image to any computer that is connected to the network. Plus the fact that this wireless printer was so easy to install we just followed the instructions that came with it and had all 5 computers hooked and printing within 30 minutes total. Now my kids can do their homework from the dining table together and if there is any research that they need done they can simply print it off without the hassle. We have even given limited access to neighbors so that if they need something printed in color they can just send it on over. The security on our device is very impressive and the quality is just as good as any other ink jet printer.