On 8/11/10 5:22 PM, Jason Hayes wrote:
> Looking to pick up a sub $500 all-in-one color laser printer
> (print/scan/copy/fax). Anyone out there have any suggestions?
>
> - Compatible with Linux always a plus (currently using Kubuntu 9.10 -
> planning to upgrade to 10.04 in a few months)
> - wireless would be nice, but isn't essential
> - network ready
> - low cost toner replacement is big too
>
> Have read good reviews so far on HP CM1312nfi and the Brother MFC-9320CW and
> Staples has both on sale right now.
Brother has typically had good Linux compatibility. I have Brother
MFC-9420CN that has worked 100% in Linux "out of the box". It's also
rock-solid. I actually dropped the printer from a distance of 3 or 4
feet and all 40-50 or so pounds of it came crashing to the floor! Some
of the plastic bits snapped, but the machine itself showed no ill
effects. Everything still worked perfectly. Amazing!
Still... dunno that I'd get a color laser again. It's just too
ponderous. It takes a good minute or so to get going and makes quite
the racket while doing so. Sure, it can print quite a few pages per
minute once you get going... but if you only want to print off 1 page,
it's pretty inconvenient to have to wait so long for that page. Also,
it sucks down electricity like you wouldn't believe. If you don't have
it on its own circuit, then it'll rob the power from everything else on
the circuit. Lights dim; UPSes beep; computers falter; stuff like that.
So my next printer is going to be an all-in-one wireless auto-duplex ink
jet.
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