[NFBCS] Printer Recommendation

[Brian Buhrow]

	hello Chris.  Curtis may have already answered this question, but in case he has not, the
reason you want a laser printer over and ink jet printer if you only print occasionally is
that, as Jim mentioned, ink jet printers have a tendancy for their ink to dry up after they sit
for a long period of time unused.  Worse, the printers will function as though they're working,
but will produce blank or unusable pages without complaint.  Depending on how dry things get,
it can also be insufficient to just replace the cartridges.  Depending on the design of the
printer, it can be necessary to replace the printer to get it working because the ink has dried
up and clogged the print head.  Monochromatic laser printers do not have this problem.  They
can sit for long periods of time, unused, and print just fine when needed.  

	Also, it's worth noting that if your wireless and wired networks are bridged, i.e. have
the same IP address range, you do not need to buy a wireless printer for iOS to use it.
The wired printer's advertisements, the ones that let the iOS devices see it, will be
transmitted over the wired and wireless links.  If you have a wired network and even if you have
printer capable of wireless operation, you  will probably want to use the wired connection both
because it will be more secure and because it will be easier to set up as a blind person.  Most
printers will, by default, when plugged into a wired network, try to acquire an IP address via
DHCP.  Assuming you have access to your DHCP server, it's usually the same device that serves
as your Internet router, you can easily determine which IP address belongs to your printer and
you can very quickly point your browser at it and get started setting it up.

-thanks
-Brian