I would personally run far away from Dell. They used to be rebranded Lexmarks, but were proprietary in their ink config. Their cartridges and toner seem to be more expensive than some of the others and like someone else mentioned, hard to come by without ordering direct from Dell.
We have had great luck over the years with HP, but I agree that some of the later stuff has been a little shaky. I'll add one more plus for Epson - they seem to really be moving to the head of the pack with inkjet and officejet level printers. IMHO HP is still then best in the laser printers though. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:50 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printer recommendations I was considering their Office Jet Laser series, but was hesitant to spend even more money on an HP when they've continually failed me. One of my clients has dozens of the Dell laser printers and MFPs. They seem to do well for them. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 11/23/2010 8:32 AM, Robert West wrote: > I see the same issues with the OfficeJets but only with the Inkjet models. > The laser models work flawlessly for me but they are only black and white, > at least the ones I have. I only use the InkJet Hp for printing of maps and > it's usually a fight even with a static IP set in the thing. > > As far as Dell, they used to be made by Lexmark but I've seen some that were > HP. I'd actually steer clear of Dell and just go with whoever makes the > Dell model you're looking at due to their hard to find proprietary ink. > > I HAVE had some luck with the Kodak printers now that they seem to have > their firmware figured out. The ink is way cheap as a bonus. Not a heavy > duty machine but they seem to do the job. > > Bob- > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:01 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] OT: Printer recommendations > > I've used HP OfficeJets for most of the previous decade. I've used HP > printers period for... 20 years? > > However, the OfficeJets continue to have paper handling and other > issues. They are used far less than their service duty allows. I also > have a problem with the printer disappearing on some computers. > > I was recommended to Dell all in one printers, but their user interface > for the scanning, faxing, etc. features is horrible. > > I need something that works, does copy, fax, scan, print, and is easy > enough for non-techies to use. Recommendations? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
