Need recommendations for a new printer

Canon Pixma would be my recommendation. Lots of positive feedback about various models here on the Board.

Does the pixma do well for printing photos, too? I also need a new printer but want it to do a lot, lol! Photos, stickers to cut with my silhouette, and prints to foil.

A year ago I stopped buying the $60-$80 epson "home" printers and dealing with the game of having to go spend $30 on colored inks just to print black...

Lots of research later I forced myself to be an adult and put good money into quality product. A year later...not only does this thing still work...zero times have I run a head cleaning, messed with alignment bs OR refilled the ink!

Its a Canon Pixma...shows G6000 when I pick a printer to use on drop down. Its hooked up to my wifi. Has a print tray, but most of the time I use the one that pops out of the back as I print my journaling and its easier to run it straight vs around a roller.

Came with full size ink bottles and an extra for black. Again, color is still full and black is maybe 75% full.

Hands down worth the $200ish I paid for it JUST not having to play the ink cartridge game anymore.

OH and its been awesome with our bs school stuff by allowing me to save on paper as it does double sided!

Thank you. My computer monitor is calibrated so I get pretty good results with photo labs, but printing at home is another story. I don't really know what I'm doing wrong, I tried pretty much everything. 

Does size matter?

I have a Canon Pixma 922 that I use for general printing. Craft prints for Print & Cut with my Silhouette Cameo, office documents for our business, etc.
It has a great scanner/copier feature which is fantastic for my office needs (and some crafter stuff). I can toss a bunch of sheets in the document feeder and it copies/scans front and back.  You can also lift the lid and use it as a flat bed printer. 
It can print double sided easily and automatically. 
It has a great print quality, especially if you set the quality to HIGH before printing. It can be used wirelessly - but I currently have mine connected by a cable.
It did take me some time to get the scanner setup to scan and place the documents where I wanted them - but after that initial time, it has been a good solid printer for me.
It is limited to standard printer size - so basically 8.5"x11.. and it does have a photo paper tray, so I keep 4x6 photo paper in that.
Works great with our iPhones to send and print wirelessly from them.
I use that feature a lot to print some pictures, but to also print business documents and PDF's that I get in an email.
* It does not handle heavier paper well. It is a bottom feed printer, that pulls the paper up through the printer. It doesn't like heavy cardstock, etc. 

I have a Canon i8720 larger format printer. I can print up to 13x19.. but it is easy to print smaller documents/photos also. I do print a lot of 12x12 for using with Print & Cut on my Cameo. It does NOT print a borderless 12x12 (which you don't want for Print & Cut anyway).. but if you are looking for a borderless 12x12 printer - Canon does have a 'crafter model' that does. Very few will print a true 12x12 borderlessly.

It's a top feeder, so heavy papers go through great!


For both the 922 and the i8720 I use aftermarket ink. EZ Ink -it is CHEAP but I have been using it for a few years with great success. It is approx. $1 per tank of ink. Amazing price.

I also have a Pro 100. I use this for high quality (Semi) professional photo printing. This one can get expensive - the ink is not cheap. I was able to get the printer itself at a great discount, but the ink is salty!