Hi Gerald, I couldn't disagree more.
I currently own a Brother MFC-685CW, an all-in-one inkjet printer that scans, prints, copies, PC-faxes and acts as a stand-alone fax machine with handset and digital answering machine and in colour. Granted, there is a rather large LCD screen to it, where you can view printable objects inserted into it's many interfaces, such as USB, SD-cards and other flash media, but, Brother's tech support has been unprecedented, and they were able to actually help me label the various buttons on the machine, telling me which buttons were which, which I could then label with my Braille labeler. The best part about this all-in-one is that you can access the printer's set-up on your computer, using the Control Center icon on your system tray. True, the window shows up as inaccessible, but with a bit of mouse cursoring, either with the Jaws cursor, or one of the other screen reader equivalents, you can left click on the link to take you to the printer's set-up screen where you can configure the answering machine, what type of connection you want to use, USB, LAN cable, LPT1 or Wi-Fi, and various other settings that most printers don't allow you to have access to. Once the settings are made, you press the "Ok" button, and the program sends the settings configuration to the printer, which takes affect immediately. Also, the printer's manual is in PDF readable format, so if you happen to activate a process on the printer that requires the LCD screen operation, you know which buttons to press in order to accomplish the task without sighted assistance. Of course, one of the hardest parts and the most inaccessible operation of the printer is changing the ink cartridge. Not so much in the physical aspect of changing the cartridge, but knowing which of the four cartridges must be changed, as there are four, black, cyan, magenta and yellow, though you can get each cartridge for as little as $7.00 for a four cartridge combo pack. In any case, I would not give up my all-in-one for anything, and would heartily purchase one again. I must say though, that the price I paid for it was rather outlandish, as I paid just under $300.00 for it at our Canadian Best Buy equivalent, Future Shop, and later found out that I could have purchased it through my company for a measly $100.00. LOL. Anyway, I don't regret paying that much for it, as the printer has more than paid itself off in lack of interface headaches. Smiles. Scorpio For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
