Hi Scott,
You may also wish to look into Canon. Most canon printers are
compatible with the MacOS and also tend to have less expensive ink.
If they have a model that meets your needs, it would be worth looking
into in my opinion. I find the HP units to have more expensive ink
although they do do a nice print job. The epson's seem to sell a lot
but I've never really liked them myself. I've had good and bad with
Brother although by the sounds of others on the list, things are much
better than the past. Sorry for throwing another wrench into your pot.
Later...
On 6-Jan-08, at 2:26 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
Folks,
I've been doing some research on all in one printer, scanner, and
fax machnes. I have found a Brother MFC-5460CN and a wireless
version of this unit which is an ink jet and the MFC-9840 series
which is wired and wireless units and this is a color laser. Now
what made me consider this particular brand is the fact that
apparently you can utilize the scanner, printer, and fax functions
from the Mac. I'd like to know a few things.
1. Does anyone know if there is an Epson or HP unit that would
allow the same abilities.
2. Do you know if Brother is a reliable brand like HP.
3. It seems that although laser is more expensive, does provide a
little better quality print, it does out last ink jets in terms of
those cases where you don't print as much since the ink jet uses
liquid ink which is of course going to dry up at some point.
Does anyone know if the ink jets have improved to make it worth
paying less for the unit up front and then just replaces cartriages
every six to eight months? Actually the one thing that Brother does
offer and I think some of the more expensive HP printers allow you
to replace some cartriages as opposed to all of them since they are
split into multiple cartriages of different colors.
tnx
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
