[TriLUG] Best printer?

[Peter Neilson]

A couple of years ago I bought an HP 6500 "all-in-one" to replace an aging  
Canon 4400. I've been less than pleased. Replacing an ink cartridge  
generally takes one to two hours as the machine complains, "Ink cartridge  
missing or damaged" when the cartridge is actually brand new and properly  
inserted. It is not possible (for instance) to print in b&w if a color  
cartridge isn't right, or even to do scanning. Eventually it magically  
starts working correctly.

Right now all the cartridges are in place correctly, but the machine fails  
to print black ink. My computer room is on the second floor of my house,  
and the nearby window is tempting me to test the 6500's abilities in  
aviation.

The "usual resources" thus far have provided me with no definitive answers  
of wireless printers appropriate for Ubuntu 12.10 or even for other Linux  
systems. Horror stories are available for every model, as far as I can see.

Does anyone have any solid recommendations? I'd like print/scan/copy.  
Don't need fax. I fully expect the cost of buying the thing to be much  
like owning a horse, where the initial cost is always swamped by the cost  
of the ink or horse feed.