On Sunday, November 11, 2018 11:07:23 PM CET Dale wrote: > Wol's lists wrote: > > On 11/11/2018 14:29, Dale wrote: > >> Thanks for the info. I figured someone may have a little better idea on > >> this. After some more digging, I found a ScanJet 4570C which is > >> actually a little better than the others I was looking at. So, I bought > >> it. It shows complete but appears to be still maintained. > > > > I've got an HP MFP 477 (not cheap - nigh on £400), but it has what I > > call "push scanning". Configure samba, point the printer at it, and > > when you hit "scan" it dumps a pdf, or jpeg, or whatever, in the samba > > folder you told it to. > > > > Cheers, > > Wol > > I thought about a all-in-one approach, since I need a printer too. > Thing is, printers seems to break a lot. The cheapos may last a few > years, from past experience, but die shortly after the warranty does.
I have the same experience, when using ink-based printers. My current Laserprinter doesn't seem to want to die. > So, I wanted a stand alone scanner that I hope will last me a long > time. Plus, this scanner can do negatives and such with a adapter which > I can get later. I tried that once, the quality of the results was really bad. I ended up borrowing a proper negative-scanner from a colleague. That was a windows-only one, but the quality of the scans more than made up for having to use that. (And using VirtualBox, I got better performance, eg. scanspeed, than when using windows native) > Also, I plan to get a color laser printer later on. > From what I've read, they can last for many years and it's cheaper for > the toner than all those cartridges etc for ink jets. I got a colour laser all-in-one, it's nearly 8 years old and not had any problems with it. Would like to replace it for a double-sided (print and scan) version though. > Now if someone local wanted to give me something that is like a fancy > copy machine that prints, scans and maybe even washes dishes, I'd take > it. I'm not sure where I would put it but still. ;-) Try old office buildings, they do remove them as cost-saving exercises on occasion, you might be able to pick one up? (you do have a big car/van/truck to move it?) > One thing I've figured out. Cheaper on the front end, pay for it on the > backend. Pay a little more on the front end, more dependable and > cheaper later on consumables. Hey, at least I'm figuring it out. lol It's a hard lesson to learn, but once learned, it sticks. :) -- Joost PS. glad your mom is doing fine
