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He is looking at a laser, and the black laser cart seems like a pretty good deal, $30-$45 for a 2200 page cartridge.
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Yeah, initially I thought about two completely new printers as well. Specifically grabbing a Brother 2270DW for the B/W, but then I wasn't really liking what I was seeing as an option for color+scanner+fax combination (I really don't want more than two printers in the office). I don't know if a few pages of color every day is enough to offset buying a lower end inkjet color printer either, I didn't think so off the cuff. So that's how I got to the combination laser printer I linked and the toner+drums seemed reasonably priced too. The other alternative is I keep our 7 year old xerox laser B/W printer/fax machine right now (I mean it's passable) and just look for an exclusive color/scanner, which was my original question actually. The combined laser still looked like the best long-term solution.
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The wireless doesn't need to be built into the printer for your wireless devices (iPhones, laptops on WiFi) to talk to it. Plug the printer into your WiFi router. However, the wireless can make it easier to find a good spot for your printer. Its placement isn't determined by where you have network drops available. If you decide to upgrade to a wireless printer, make sure it's for the right reason.
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Rascyc posted:Yeah, initially I thought about two completely new printers as well. Specifically grabbing a Brother 2270DW for the B/W, but then I wasn't really liking what I was seeing as an option for color+scanner+fax combination (I really don't want more than two printers in the office). I don't know if a few pages of color every day is enough to offset buying a lower end inkjet color printer either, I didn't think so off the cuff. Consumable costs can run higher on color lasers even if you're using them almost exclusively for B&W. For instance, on that model, drum replacements only come as a four-pack. I'm not sure whether you can substitute C/M/Y units for black; if you can't, you're going to pay for a lot of color drums you don't need. Color printers also usually have a transfer belt to worry about, but that's not going to be that big of a deal with your print frequency. It is still another $100 expense every once in a while, though.
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I'm looking for a monochrome laser printer to replace a freebie color inkjet that's finally given up. The printer will be plugged into a mac mini set up as a htpc in the living room so that all the laptops on the networks + the iPads and iPhones can print as well. would like to spend less than $100
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wanderlost posted:I'm looking for a monochrome laser printer to replace a freebie color inkjet that's finally given up. The printer will be plugged into a mac mini set up as a htpc in the living room so that all the laptops on the networks + the iPads and iPhones can print as well. Brother hl-2270dw. It's wireless, so you don't even need the mac mini, but it wherever you want.
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My mom's HL-4070CDW has been blopping the yellow and blue toner on the pages since we put new cartridges in it. Opened it up today and all three color carts (TN-115s) are leaking like mad. I called up Brother and they're sending me new cartridges with 3 day delivery, I was on the phone less than 15 minutes. Brother customer service owns.
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pienipple posted:My mom's HL-4070CDW has been blopping the yellow and blue toner on the pages since we put new cartridges in it. Opened it up today and all three color carts (TN-115s) are leaking like mad. I called up Brother and they're sending me new cartridges with 3 day delivery, I was on the phone less than 15 minutes. That's because it's a known issue with faulty leaky cartridges. If you call back and ask if someone can come to your location to clean and vacume the excess toner they will, if they offer to email you the steps refuse and say you want someone to do it, and they will oblige and schedule a technician to come clean it up for you for free. I used to love when I got that call, an easy 5 minute call.
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Brother HL-2270DW is on sale again, $80 at Newegg. I hate having to support a printer in every drat office, but these guys make it tolerable.
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Rascyc posted:I was thinking of a Brother MFC9125CN. Since it has a FAX machine, I can probably junk our second B/W Laser Printer/Fax combo from like 7 years ago and just ask that everyone do all printing to the Brother (this will change the 5-10 pages a day to about 10-15 pages a day I'd guess) Only drawback was the driver for the printer wasn't included in Windows 7 so I had to setup some stuff for the drivers and also route people to the full control suite if they wanted the scan-to-pc (the simple "print/scanner" drive link on the page is really only the print driver). Oh yeah and that usual iphone guy who complains that the printer doesn't support airprint or whatever.
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I had a local printer supplier come in today and give me a quote for one large (Small really, but large for us) C360 Konica and two C35 Konica MFP's. For a 60 month lease, all supplies and maintenance included with a 4h response time, they wanted $350/m. This seems high to me. Has anyone else used this series? We had a C360 at our old job and it worked great. Are there other units I should be looking at?
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I need a suggestion, I'm looking for something that fits this - Black and white only is fine, maybe 5 pages at most a month. Mostly printing forms/contract type things. - Scanner is a huge plus, will be used to scan art & photos. - 35mm negative scan ability is crucial - it's only used in one room, by one device so wireless connectivity isn't that important and any printing from anything else can be done over the network -speed...it would be replacing a beat up hp psc that has to be at least 5-6 years old I figure my needs are mostly the opposite of most people in here..budget isn't an issue..within reason. Thanks!
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zer0spunk posted:I need a suggestion, I'm looking for something that fits this You won't find a very good device that'll do both of those all that well, really you're looking at entirely opposite market segments. For the printer: Brother HL2240D - $84: Dead reliable laser, double sided printing! For the scanner: Canon CanoScan 9000F: Great quality scans, reasonable price, can do negatives and slides really well.
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 The Brother HL-2270DW is $81.98 now. Cheap printing on this one, a long history of reliability in the Brother monochrome lasers, and the combination of double sided printing and wireless networking make this a total killer of a deal.
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Matlock posted:
Ha, it looks like Brother is just giving up on the 2240D (the none wireless version of the 2270DW, posted above) and pushing everybody to this model. A drat good idea if you ask me.
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I have a friend who's asked me about all-in-ones. He's especially interested in this Epson 4530, which is on sale at Staples for $215: http://www.staples.com/Epson-WorkForce-Pro-WP-4530-All-in-One-Printer/product_344778 Any thoughts? Pros and cons on Epson? He's budgeting around $300. Not sure if color is important but knowing him I'd guess he'd like it.
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Hello old reliable printer thread... I need a stand alone fed scanner for copying a bunch of boring law firm documents to pdf. Black and white is fine if that's even an option in scanning anymore I don't know. The last time I used a scanner was the late 90's.
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The Brother HL-2240 (Bascially a little brother of the Brother HL-2270DW) stood no chance against my printer curse. I thought I would be free of it for sure by ditching inkjets and going laser. The printer would make awful jamming noises every time it attempted to print a paper. After 3 weeks of it staying powered down, useless on my desk, my friend comes over. He immediately removes the toner and exposes a nickle lying wedged between two pieces of machinery. Oh. I have no business calling myself a goon 
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Jihad Me At Hello posted:Hello old reliable printer thread... I need a stand alone fed scanner for copying a bunch of boring law firm documents to pdf. Black and white is fine if that's even an option in scanning anymore I don't know. The last time I used a scanner was the late 90's. What is your budget? We use a handful of Fujitsu Scansnap S1500s at work for scanning documents. It does duplex color scanning. The only catch is that it's not TWAIN-compliant. You have to use their software to do the scanning. The software isn't terrible though. About $415 at Newegg right now.
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I'm a design student that is sick of dealing with printers that couldn't give a poo poo about quality control when it comes to printing, plus I want to be able to print at 3am the night before my projects are due if need be. I was wondering if you guys would be able to give me any recommendations of a printer that can print at least A3 sized documents (420mm x 297mm)  and produces high quality results. Price is an issue, but I don't have a particular budget and I'm willing to save up rather than skimp on quality.
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KongGeorgeVII posted:I'm a design student that is sick of dealing with printers that couldn't give a poo poo about quality control when it comes to printing, plus I want to be able to print at 3am the night before my projects are due if need be. They don't make laser printers that large so you're looking at large-format inkjets or plotters. Likely costing at least thousands of dollars US. I have very little experience with them so I can't recommend any models.
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KongGeorgeVII posted:I'm a design student that is sick of dealing with printers that couldn't give a poo poo about quality control when it comes to printing, plus I want to be able to print at 3am the night before my projects are due if need be. They do make A3/Tabloid size laser printers. However, they won't be cheap. Australia will have a different product lineup than the US, did you have any printers in mind?
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One of our copiers just poo poo the bed, so we're looking to lease or buy a new one. I'm wondering if anyone in here could recommend a decent model to me. Here's the requirements I was handed: -2 trays -1000 pages/day capacity -Multiplexing -Good service plan (so I don't have to gently caress with it) Thanks.
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I ordered a Brother DCP-7065DN (Amazon has them on sale for $130) and spent some time googling+reading the various manuals Brother has online, but it's not clear: can one scan over the network using the TWAIN or WIA driver? I.e. I want to be able to use Adobe Acrobat or some other program to scan instead of the included software, and not have to be plugged in via USB.
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ChiralCondensate posted:I ordered a Brother DCP-7065DN (Amazon has them on sale for $130) and spent some time googling+reading the various manuals Brother has online, but it's not clear: can one scan over the network using the TWAIN or WIA driver? I.e. I want to be able to use Adobe Acrobat or some other program to scan instead of the included software, and not have to be plugged in via USB. Yup, it will scan over the network via TWAIN or WIA.
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psydude posted:One of our copiers just poo poo the bed, so we're looking to lease or buy a new one. I'm wondering if anyone in here could recommend a decent model to me. Here's the requirements I was handed: I don't know how it is everywhere else but around here the only place that leases copiers offers just one brand (Canon) so there isn't much choice except different models. The service plan is basically they fix everything that breaks and provide free toner. We pay for the electricity, paper and a fixed cost per page with a monthly minimum of $50.
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KongGeorgeVII posted:I'm a design student that is sick of dealing with printers that couldn't give a poo poo about quality control when it comes to printing, plus I want to be able to print at 3am the night before my projects are due if need be. What are you actually printing? Design layouts? Photographs/renders? We just purchased a Canon iX 6520 for work, and I've been fairly happy about the output. I haven't tried anything but copy paper and its still halfway decent. On actual good presentation matte or a nice photo paper, I have high hopes that it would be pretty great. It prints borderless up to A3, and will print up to a max size of 13x19 inches. We picked ours up for around $185USD. Looks like the closest comparable model on the Canon AUS site is the iX6550. I had a couple Epson Stylus Photo 1280s back when I was studying, and I loved them. Don't know how the current replacement stacks up, though (Epson Artisan 1430 I guess).
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Does anyone have experience with the HP LaserJet P3015DN? I'm currently looking at replacing a bunch of older HP LaserJet 4000/4050 printers because we're getting sick of using refurbished equipment. We have had lots of problems with reconditioned printers that barely last and we've bought from 2 or 3 different vendors with limited success. We're a small business and obviously looking to save money. I noticed that with this model and using re-manufactured hi-yield toner from LD, the cost per page is actually slightly cheaper than the 4000 series. We want something comparable and all we really do is print letter size documents and occasionally labels.
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Oh hey, this thread is exactly what I was looking for. What's the most reliable all-in-one with the lowest long-term cost? I don't mind paying a little more up front if it means I don't have to (for example) buy a new $50 ink cartridge every few months. Wifi enabled would be a huge plus but isn't necessary if the printer's compact enough. Color isn't necessary but again would be nice.
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You're going to find anything Brother make come highly recommended for running costs and quality (hardware and drivers).
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Another vote for Brother. If you want the lowest costs for consumables, get a B&W laser. I am looking for a suggestion for an inkjet that can print on CDs and DVDs. The plan is to just have some simple text, so print quality is not a huge concern. I would like to keep the price down as much as possible. Our print volume will be very low.
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I've used a Canon Pixma (specifically an IP4200) in the past to do this, very happy with the results. Lined them up perfectly each time, and the software wasn't terrible.
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Cross-posting from the Enterprise Printing thread in hopes that someone here may know something - Shot in the dark here, but does anyone use software for batch printing documents? Basically, something like a watch folder that will go through and print common document types. We used SilentPrint years ago, but I was less than impressed. Now we are implementing something that will need it and I'd love to find something that isn't a piece of poo poo.
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taqueso posted:I am looking for a suggestion for an inkjet that can print on CDs and DVDs. The plan is to just have some simple text, so print quality is not a huge concern. I would like to keep the price down as much as possible. Our print volume will be very low. My Epson Stylus Photo R280 has been printing cd's and dvd's like a champ. I'm very happy with the unit.
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What's 2270W replacement with duplex that everyone want now?
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EVERYTHING I SAY ABOUT JAPAN OR LIVING IN JAPAN IS COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'LL 
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kapalama posted:What's 2270W replacement with duplex that everyone want now? The 2270DW?
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I've got the 2270DW and I love it. Duplexing is a lifesaver. That being said, what the hell is the difference between the rest of these? http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/CompareList.aspx?ModelList=HL2230,HL2240,HL2240D,HL2270DW&tab=full I get the 2270DW had duplexing and wireless, the 2240D has duplexing and no wireless, and the 2240 is the no duplexer brother of the 2240D. So what the hell is the 2230? Why isn't it 2270, 2270D, and 2270DW?
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FISHMANPET posted:I've got the 2270DW and I love it. Duplexing is a lifesaver. HL2270DW = Duplex, Wireless/Network interface, slightly faster print speed, more memory. HL2240D = Duplex, USB Only. HL2240 = USB Only. HL2230 = Same as HL2240 but different color panel on top. I believe it's sold in a different region then the 2240
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Vitae posted:HL2270DW = Duplex, Wireless/Network interface, slightly faster print speed, more memory. I looked at the 2200 series brochure (linked on the 2230, 2240d, and 2270DW) and those three (as well as a higher level) are the same family, and the 2240 is the weird step stepchild of the family I guess.
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Vitae posted:HL2270DW = Duplex, Wireless/Network interface, slightly faster print speed, more memory. Is the universal driver going to be updated to support the MFC-7460DN? I just got one to demo and I was a little disappointed to find it unsupported.
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