On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:47 AM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Pluggers, > > In the next couple of months I'll be buying a new printer. I'm looking for > some recommendations for a printer that can be used for my system. The > features I'd like to see are: > > Multi-Function (required, fax isn't important as I won't use the fax > feature if present) > Color (required) > Laser (preferred, but Inkjet is not completely out of the question) > Duplex [dual-sided] print capable (required) > Multi-paper tray support (preferred, not required) > Ethernet and/or Wi-Fi connectable (preferred) > Good Linux Support (obviously required, especially in the scanner portion) > An Auto-Document Feeder on the scanner would be a nice plus, but hardly a > requirement. :) Especially as I'm not 100% sure I could tell the scanner > via Linux/SANE to scan multiple pages via the ADF. :S > > I've used HP printers in the past, to good effect. But I have never used > one of their MFPs, let alone a color laser, so I don't know how they stack > up on that field. The chatter on the list several months ago about HP > putting page counters in the cartridges to force people to change the > cartridge even when it's not quite empty worries me though. As far as > inkjet printers, my experience has been exclusively Canon and HP. Of the > two, I found HP of a superior print quality, but found the Canon printer > was nicer in that it let me replace each color independently rather than > just a "color cartridge".
We had an HP color laser MFP at my last company that I purchased (about $700) and it was a disappointment compared to HP high volume black and white lazer printers. After only a couple of months it started putting lines on the paper. The ink was expensive and ran out fast. It was not as well built as my black and white Brother MFP at home. If I had anything nice to say about the HP was that it could be configured to scan files to a folder on a network server (including using a login with active directory) and it could be configured to scan to email via SMTP. I would echo what another person said about inkjet -- they dry up and clog if you aren't regularly using them. -- Chris Wood -=-=-=-=-=-=- /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
