Re: Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer

2014-11-30 Thread Bruce Johnson 

On Nov 30, 2014, at 7:44 PM, Al Poulin  wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Is there a brand that is particularly more Mac-friendly and iOS-friendly than 
> the others?
> 
> We need to replace an old printer. In past years, we have used Canon, Epson, 
> and HP and I know things have changed. Now, I want to look at several brands 
> for both photo and text work: Canon, HP, Epson, and Brother. I want to avoid 
> something that is too PC-oriented.

I've been very happy with my HP Photosmart 6515...it's a few years old now, but 
it's been quite reliable, it uses four single-color cartridges, which are cheap 
to refill at Costco.

Works right out of the box with OS X and IOS. I think the current incarnation 
that Costco sells is a 7285 or something like that just set a friend up with 
one last week.


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Re: Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer

2014-11-30 Thread Tom Coradeschi 
On 30 Nov 2014, at 10:39 PM, Jim Scott  wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Is there a brand that is particularly more Mac-friendly and iOS-friendly than 
> the others?
> We need to replace an old printer. In past years, we have used Canon, Epson, 
> and HP and I know things have changed. Now, I want to look at several brands 
> for both photo and text work: Canon, HP, Epson, and Brother. I want to avoid 
> something that is too PC-oriented.
> Thanks,
> Al Poulin
> 
> I recently decided to cut my paper and ink costs for ordinary black and white 
> printing. I chose to go with a Samsung Xpress M2830DW laser printer. I bought 
> it at Staples for less than $100. It works well with all our various Mac 
> desktops and laptops, as well as with our iOS devices because it’s a native 
> AirPrint printer. It also has a USB port, thus is hard-wired to my main 
> desktop iMac. It’s fast, and will accept just about any paper/printable 
> material you can feed into it. The black text and other images are super 
> sharp and crisp, unlike whiskery inkjet printers. What’s more, it can be set 
> to automatically print on both sides of a piece of paper, and it does so 
> quickly with its built-in duplexer. The OEM toner cartridge will print about 
> 1200 pages, and I have a 3000-page toner cartridge bought on Amazon for $40 
> sitting on the shelf when the time comes. Really nice machine, and it’s also 
> NFC ready, so that when I get an Apple Watch or an iPhone 6 I can just tap 
> the device on the printer to print out whatever strikes my fancy. 

+1 on all of that. I bought a 2835DW this past summer, because my high-school 
aged kids were eating me alive on bills for ink cartridges for the Canon MP810. 
The only real issue was needing a windows pc to be able to do a firmware update.



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Re: Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer

2014-11-30 Thread Dan C 

On Nov 30, 2014, at 09:44 PM, Al Poulin wrote:
Is there a brand that is particularly more Mac-friendly and iOS- 
friendly than the others?


iOS' requirement is that the printer support AirPrint.  My reaction to  
that pft - yet-another Apple Tax.


Find a printer you like.  Then install Printopia on your Mac.
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/printopia/
We need to replace an old printer. In past years, we have used  
Canon, Epson, and HP and I know things have changed. Now, I want to  
look at several brands for both photo and text work: Canon, HP,  
Epson, and Brother. I want to avoid something that is too PC-oriented.



How much printing do you do?

I've been rather impressed by the quality of this year's color laser  
printers.  Yea, they cost more up front.  But the per-page cost is far  
lower than inkjets.


fwiw,
- Dan.

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Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer

2014-11-30 Thread Jim Scott 
Hello,

Is there a brand that is particularly more Mac-friendly and iOS-friendly than 
the others?
We need to replace an old printer. In past years, we have used Canon, Epson, 
and HP and I know things have changed. Now, I want to look at several brands 
for both photo and text work: Canon, HP, Epson, and Brother. I want to avoid 
something that is too PC-oriented.
Thanks,
Al Poulin
I recently decided to cut my paper and ink costs for ordinary black and white 
printing. I chose to go with a Samsung Xpress M2830DW laser printer. I bought 
it at Staples for less than $100. It works well with all our various Mac 
desktops and laptops, as well as with our iOS devices because it’s a native 
AirPrint printer. It also has a USB port, thus is hard-wired to my main desktop 
iMac. It’s fast, and will accept just about any paper/printable material you 
can feed into it. The black text and other images are super sharp and crisp, 
unlike whiskery inkjet printers. What’s more, it can be set to automatically 
print on both sides of a piece of paper, and it does so quickly with its 
built-in duplexer. The OEM toner cartridge will print about 1200 pages, and I 
have a 3000-page toner cartridge bought on Amazon for $40 sitting on the shelf 
when the time comes. Really nice machine, and it’s also NFC ready, so that when 
I get an Apple Watch or an iPhone 6 I can just tap the device on the printer to 
print out whatever strikes my fancy. 

I learned about the Samsung through an article here: 
> The Wirecutter actually 
recommends the Samsung Xpress M2835DW, but the M2830DW is virtually identical 
and is the model sold by big chains like Staples.

About a year or so ago I was looking for a good color inkjet printer with 
AirPrint capabilities so we could print wirelessly from various spots around 
our home. I bought Canon MG6220, which prints photos as well as text pages, and 
also copies and scans. It works well as an AirPrint device. I also have it 
hard-wired via USB into my local LAN. Like the Samsung, it also has a built-in 
duplexer and saves paper by printing on both sides. Again, I buy ink cartridges 
in bulk from Amazon at very reasonable prices. It has 6 ink cartridges (Cyan, 
Yellow, Magenta, Black, Grey and photo Black) and prints very good photos as a 
result. New models of the MG6220 have the same form factor and capabilities, so 
you’ll have to do some research. As far as inkjet multifunction 
printers/copiers/scanners go, this Canon is the best one I’ve ever used.

Good luck in your search.

Jim Scott in Eureka, CA

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RE: Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer

2014-11-30 Thread Brandon Nichols 
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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 18:44:39 -0800
From: alfred.pou...@gmail.com
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Subject: Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer

Hello,


Is there a brand that is particularly more Mac-friendly and iOS-friendly than 
the others?
We need to replace an old printer. In past years, we have used Canon, Epson, 
and HP and I know things have changed. Now, I want to look at several brands 
for both photo and text work: Canon, HP, Epson, and Brother. I want to avoid 
something that is too PC-oriented.
Thanks,
Al Poulin




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Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer

2014-11-30 Thread Al Poulin 


Hello,


Is there a brand that is particularly more Mac-friendly and iOS-friendly 
than the others?


We need to replace an old printer. In past years, we have used Canon, 
Epson, and HP and I know things have changed. Now, I want to look at 
several brands for both photo and text work: Canon, HP, Epson, and Brother. 
I want to avoid something that is too PC-oriented.


Thanks,

Al Poulin

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