Hey Pluggers, In the next couple of months I'll be buying a new printer. I'm looking for some recommendations for a printer that can be used for my system. The features I'd like to see are:
Multi-Function (required, fax isn't important as I won't use the fax feature if present) Color (required) Laser (preferred, but Inkjet is not completely out of the question) Duplex [dual-sided] print capable (required) Multi-paper tray support (preferred, not required) Ethernet and/or Wi-Fi connectable (preferred) Good Linux Support (obviously required, especially in the scanner portion) An Auto-Document Feeder on the scanner would be a nice plus, but hardly a requirement. :) Especially as I'm not 100% sure I could tell the scanner via Linux/SANE to scan multiple pages via the ADF. :S I've used HP printers in the past, to good effect. But I have never used one of their MFPs, let alone a color laser, so I don't know how they stack up on that field. The chatter on the list several months ago about HP putting page counters in the cartridges to force people to change the cartridge even when it's not quite empty worries me though. As far as inkjet printers, my experience has been exclusively Canon and HP. Of the two, I found HP of a superior print quality, but found the Canon printer was nicer in that it let me replace each color independently rather than just a "color cartridge". I don't plan on printing very many photos or anything, so I don't anticipate super expenses on the color ink/toner. It would be awesome if the separate colors could be replaced independently, but somehow I doubt that's going to be likely in a laser system, which just sucks (but I freely admit I could be wrong). It will mostly be for printing documents, plus web pages and the like. Maybe a few photos every year on the outside. I can afford to spend a bit on this printer if I need to, but I would still prefer to keep the price as low as I can, as I'm sure everyone can understand. I can easily spend $250, and if absolutely necessary, I think I can stretch that to $400. But $400 is my absolute maximum! Less is greatly preferred, as long as print quality and ink/toner usage doesn't suffer because of it. Any recommendations are appreciated. --- Dan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
