After owning a number of inkjet printers, and number of which were HP multifunction, I swore off ever purchasing another inkjet-based printer.
Early in 2013 I purchased a Canon MF8380cdw for ~$380, and have been really pleased with it. So far it's just my wife and I using it for miscellaneous printouts for the household, no business work. But I do use it for digitizing photos (scan into Photoshop Elements as TIF, for example) and documents (scan directly to my home server into PDF format). The automatic feeder only chokes on the flimsy, crinkly pages - otherwise, the scans of documents have been excellent. I haven't had to replace the toner yet, but do not intend to blow a wad of money on them either -- instead, I intend to try out the toner-refill kits, for a fraction of the cost. And if that doesn't work, buying laser-printer toner is *still* going to cost me less than inkjet toner. It seems that as soon as people start printing things in color, all bets are off and the toner cartridges never support anywhere near the estimated page counts. I haven't yet tried faxing from it yet, but everything else about the Canon product seems solid and reliable. It looks like Amazon is selling a slightly less expensive model the MF8280cdw for ~$250, which appears to differ mostly in that it doesn't do duplex scanning or printing. If that's not important, this could be perfect for you. It has an amazing list of features, including support for Google Cloud Print. http://www.amazon.com/imageCLASS-MF8280cw-Wireless-Multifunction-Printer/dp/B00BS6WYHC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1392001998&sr=8-3&keywords=canon+mf8380cdw Mike On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Frank Bulk <frnk...@iname.com> wrote: > When our last color MFC failed I ended up buying both a MFC (Epson > Workforce 845) and a laser printer (Brother HL-2270DW). I ran the numbers > and figured it was cheaper to get a separate laser printer which addressed > the bulk of our printing (black and white) than pay a premium for each > black and white page. So far I'm more than happy with that decision. > > > > I purchased both printers based on online reviews. The Epson supports > Airplay, so our Apple devices can print to it, and the Brother supports > Google cloud print. Both have been easy to update their firmware. The one > thing I don't like about the Epson is its scanning. There's no network > scanning and the USB scanning has not been flawless. > > > > Frank > > > > *From:* tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] > *On Behalf Of *Tom Limoncelli > *Sent:* Sunday, February 09, 2014 1:18 PM > *To:* Ted Cabeen > *Cc:* t...@lopsa.org > *Subject:* Re: [lopsa-tech] SOHO printer advice requested > > > > I bought a printer last year. My criteria was it had to support google > cloud print (its really worth it to me), duplex, and scanning. I have been > happy with my HP 8600 N911a (the one with a big tray and duplexing, but not > the duplex scanning). I generally like HP because in the past their Mac > software has been a lot better than other manufacturers.. The 8600 > updates its firmware over wifi, has an "app store", and I can scan to > directly to my mac. > > > > I feel dirty for buying inkjet printers since I know their low > purchase-price is a trick to get you to buy expensive ink. That said, my > current and previous printers were inkjets and I've been happy with their > performance. > > > > >
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