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. Tom On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Ted Cabeen <t...@cabeen.org <mailto:t...@cabeen.org> > wrote: I just bought both the HP 8600 and the Epson 4530 for local non-profits, and I think I'd give the edge to the Epson. They're both excellent printers, but the Epson has a traditional paper path and a true manual-feed tray, which means it can print directly on envelopes much better than the HP. The HP achieves slightly faster print speeds by printing sideways, but I think the more standard paper path beats out the speed for most cases. --Ted On 2/9/2014 10:02 AM, unix_fan wrote: > Also posted on FB, but want my LOPSA peer's advice. > > My HP 4215 printer is kaput, I'm in search of a new "All in one" > printer. I'm not decided or biased on laser vs inkjet. We mostly print > text, forms, letters, but my budding actor son occasionally needs head > shots printed (i.e., photos). > > A catalyst here: my wife is starting a business and was extremely > frustrated getting business forms printed. "I want a working (reliable) > printer for Valentine's Day day, nothing else". We all know the > importance of a happy SO/spouse/partner. > > Budget: $300 max, $150-$200 expected > > Current contenders: > Epson 4530 (OfficeMax has a sale plus tradein bringing the cost way down > to $140), HP 8600. > > Lasers I'm not finding a clear contender. All in one form factor often > drives price up over my $300 budget. > > Other considerations: HP approach to ink - engineer against third party > source irks me. Also, I think their quality has gone down. I haven't > owned an Epson, don't know how they fare. I've been reading reviews, > they seem OK. We might also just use Vistaprint for head shots and not > worry about the occasional photo job. One other thing is my previous > experience is that HP inks tended to dry up quicker than expected in the > cartridge. I also want a wired connection, and have no need for NFC, > cloud, etc, monkey business. It can come with that stuff, but it will > remain disabled. > > As for the old printer, I believe in "make it do, use it up, wear it > out". I tried taking it apart and seeing if a good cleaning would do the > trick, but the flimsy paper takeup mechanism seems to be past its > service life. > > Thanks in advance, > Mario > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org <mailto:Tech@lists.lopsa.org> > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org <mailto:Tech@lists.lopsa.org> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/ -- Email: t...@whatexit.org <mailto:t...@whatexit.org> Work: tlimonce...@stackoverflow.com <mailto:tlimonce...@stackoverflow.com> Skype: YesThatTom Blog: http://EverythingSysadmin.com
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