On Aug 6, 2013, at 7:33 AM, "Edward Ned Harvey (lopser)" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> So I'm acknowledging that the Canon Inkjet and the HP Laserjet are both low
> cost, reliable, fully featured. The thing that to me is a differentiator, is
> as follows:
>
> Canon PIXMA driver, including network print, scan, fax: 24MB
> HP Laserjet 276nw driver: They say 47MB for basic, or 110MB for full featured.
>
> My experience so far (maybe this is the first exception) is that HP printers
> come with completely overblown invasive driver software, that constantly
> harasses you to do upgrades and tries to install with parasite software like
> bing bar and ask toolbar and junk like that. Maybe that basic driver is good
> enough nowadays - maybe they've finally turned a corner. But I'm certainly
> not giving them credit or assuming they've improved.
I can speak only to the Mac drivers, but I've not found the HP drivers to be
"invasive" at all. But the full-featured driver is fairly nice (print-to-fax,
proactive notice of needing toner, etc.).
Some other differentiators are:
+HP the HP has a higher PPM count (especially on color,
less so on B/W),
+CANON the Canon has a higher print resolution for color printing
+CANON higher scanning resolution
+HP(?) "Scan to Email" is a hellishly nice feature that I don't see
listed on the Canon, but I'll concede might exist
+HP Toner doesn't smudge, really (At least not NEARLY on
the scale that inkjet ink does).
The reality is I think - as you say - both fairly reliable full-featured
devices. Depending on where a person's particular needs lie, either of them
could be a great solution.
D
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