My wife and I have been networking with our ten year old Epson printer. The old printer works as well as it ever did but I got tired of running up and down stairs for printing and scanning. The new printer is an Epson Stylus NX400 three in one unit that will scan, copy, and print. A few months back I looked at laser printers but they didn't impress me except for how much they've dropped in price over the last couple years. Anyway, the new printer works fine and I would say that now is the time to buy a printer if you need one.