Expert: Bobbert - 1/17/2008

Question
I had a photosmart 1100, great tool it had an envelope feeder, that was great.  It went bad...looking for another HP with envelope printing capabilites.  Most of the printers dont list envelopes as part of what they do.   What can you recommend to get my envelopes printed again.

Answer
Most MFPs or business class printers will feed envelopes through the normal paper track, and most basic printers are targetted at a value segment (if the ink or USB cable costs more than the printer, don't buy the printer) or photo printing (devices which are generally too expensive to operate for office tasks, like printing large documents, envelopes, etc (their inks are too expensive)).

Something like this should be fine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828104523

You may have to define envelopes in the Windows print configuration (just select Paper Type, and find the size envelope you're using) to print to envelopes, however thats fairly standard for modern equipment (excepting very high end laser printers or MFPs).

-bob