I want a plain-jane printer that just prints

[vapidbuster]

I bought a cheap-ass Lexmark printer about 20 years ago at KMART for about $59, and it worked like a beast from day one for about 10 years. I don't want anything fancy. I don't care about fancy warning lights or codes that I have to look up online, or an owners manual that I have to print myself that's 100 pages long. I would like a printer with some kind of display. This one has six light-up things, none of which have words on them. When they are NOT lit up, they are virtually invisible. I don't care about wifi printing--it's nice, I guess, but if the **bleep** thing won't print 85% of the time, what the hell is the point?? I got this as a gift from my spouse, so I feel obligated to try to make it work, so I don't look like a heel or an ingrate. I have hated printers in my time (I am a retired teacher of 30 years), but this one is the absolute worst. I don't want to join some ink club that's a money grab. If I want to buy recycled cartridges from Office Depot or 123inks, that's my business--it's my printer. HP is essentially telling me what to do by saying, "( the blaring sound of nothing )" and by the way, this is a recycled cartridge, so we don't think it should work in OUR printer. Does any honest person know of a simple, basic good quality--but not fancy, printer that just works?

[Repairatrooper]

Buy a brother, no cartridge tracking.