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| Thread ID: 60533 | 2005-08-04 20:35:00 | multifunction printer purchasing advice | FAB (6923) | Press F1 |
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| 378322 | 2005-08-04 20:35:00 | Morning/Afternoon/Evening all Our old HP multifunction printer up and died, so in the market for a new one. I'm looking for some advice here - I've got a few requirements, and some things I don't need. We run the accounting stuff for our business (a car valet) from home We home school so lots of resources are photocopied I print invoices etc, my wife uses the photocopy function often We print maybe max 50 copies/prints per week Colour nice but would prefer laser for running costs and qualtiy of print Need 10/100 port Don't need WLAN ADF nice but not essential Fax would be nice Don't care about a colour LCD display - have no intention of printing photos Camera card reader handy but not essential. Has anyone here purchased one lately to these specs? I read the April issue of PCW, which helped as it showed the huge difference in print times, but I'd prefer to spend around $500 on a unit. I realise I may have to go to inkjet to stay in this price range. Any help would be great, thanks. |
FAB (6923) | ||
| 378323 | 2005-08-04 22:03:00 | A freind of mine has one of these and is very happy with it Cheapest here: Here for $382 (www.softwareshop.co.nz) Next best price here Uncle Dickies for $448 (www.dse.co.nz) HP's are pretty heavy on ink though |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 378324 | 2005-08-05 00:43:00 | If photos are not a problem, because this printer CAN do them, but has a little trouble with the thicker stock for the prints, then I recommend the DELL 962 AIO . It can fax, copy and print without even having the 'puter on, but it also has a scanner and seperate black and color cartridges so you don't waste the colors trying to print black . I just wish the photo print paper didn't have to make such a sharp turn to get into the print area, as the feeders have trouble pushing the paper in . . . and it jams all the time . :mad: If one puts a little curl on the leading edge of the photo papaer, and pushes to help the feeders, then all works 100% . . . but the engineers screwed up here . If you can live with this part, as you said no photos work is involved, then go for it . No other problems are noted, and like I said, except for that one design glitch, it is a really good and fast unit . :nerd: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 378325 | 2005-08-05 00:48:00 | That Dell is just a Lexmark with a Dell badge on it. Lexmark would not be considered a "top end" printer in NZ (being conservative in that statement). Probably in the same quality bracket as Brother. |
godfather (25) | ||
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