Dear All,

I would like to purchase an all-in-one printer for home and cannot decide
between 2 models:

Brother IntelliFax 2820
http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Intell.../dp/B000816CE4

and

Canon imageCLASS MF3240
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-imageCLA.../dp/B000EILTCQ

I'm mostly interested in reliability and minimizing costs of supplies,
while requiring acceptable fax and copying quality. Our desktop runs
under Vista Ultimate, but we can connect them to an older Win XP laptop too.

I have up to $250 to spend on the thing, are there any other models in
the price range worth of attention?

Thanks,

Vadim

In article <ha54k6$3ca$(E-Mail Removed)>, Vadim Igorev <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I would like to purchase an all-in-one printer for home and cannot decide
> between 2 models:
>
> Brother IntelliFax 2820
> http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Intell.../dp/B000816CE4
>
> and
>
> Canon imageCLASS MF3240
> http://www.amazon.com/Canon-imageCLA.../dp/B000EILTCQ
>
> I'm mostly interested in reliability and minimizing costs of supplies,
> while requiring acceptable fax and copying quality. Our desktop runs
> under Vista Ultimate, but we can connect them to an older Win XP laptop too.
>
> I have up to $250 to spend on the thing, are there any other models in
> the price range worth of attention?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vadim

Let me tell you, Brother stuff at this level just absolutely rocks.

A much better choice would be the Brother MFC-7840N:

http://www.amazon.com/Brother-MFC-78...ess-Interfaces
/dp/B0016ZQ566/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1254519865&sr=1-1

wireless, document feeder with flat copy glass (a huge benefit when you
have a book or magazine to copy), color scan, scan to network, and all
the printing and faxing you'd need.

I've had its older brother, the 7820N, for a few years now. Brother
software absolutely rocks.

On Oct 2, 11:01 am, Vadim Igorev <jhR...@SMkdCb.edu> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I would like to purchase an all-in-one printer for home and cannot decide
> between 2 models:
>
> Brother IntelliFax 2820http://www.amazon.com/Brother-IntelliFax-Laser-Machine-Copier/dp/B000...
>
> and
>
> Canon imageCLASS MF3240http://www.amazon.com/Canon-imageCLASS-MF3240-Monochrome-Printer/dp/B...
>
> I'm mostly interested in reliability and minimizing costs of supplies,
> while requiring acceptable fax and copying quality. Our desktop runs
> under Vista Ultimate, but we can connect them to an older Win XP laptop too.
>
> I have up to $250 to spend on the thing, are there any other models in
> the price range worth of attention?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vadim

A $40 laser and about the same on a flatbed scanner would do it.
Should be suitable software to run faxes, though might have to hook up
an old serialport 56K modem. Probably need a weblink provision
upload, or specialty VOIP 125K modem to hit another fax, minor semi-
pain, as providers seem more into controlling dedicated "inhouse"
modems these days. Possibilities and alternatives, fun and grins, or
things to pull your hair out over on old-style rainy days. Most would
go with an all-in-1 push-button setup.

On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:45:57 -0400, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:

> Let me tell you, Brother stuff at this level just absolutely rocks.
>
> A much better choice would be the Brother MFC-7840N:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Brother-MFC-78...tion-Wireless-
Interfaces
> /dp/B0016ZQ566/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1254519865&sr=1-1
>
> wireless, document feeder with flat copy glass (a huge benefit when you
> have a book or magazine to copy), color scan, scan to network, and all
> the printing and faxing you'd need.
>
> I've had its older brother, the 7820N, for a few years now. Brother
> software absolutely rocks.

Indeed, it seems to be much better offer for money, do not know how did I
overlook it. It has 111 reviews on Amazon with 4 out of 5 stars. Thank
you for this suggestion!

On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:30:05 -0500, Airman Basic wrote:

> Been using the Brother 2820 for a couple of years now, as a printer and
> a fax machine. Works well. Good toner life. Notice a newer model with a
> faster fax speed, but twice the price. Both are in your range, though:
> http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...ory=351&page=1

Very cheap, do not know what to do now - go for 7840 at Amazon or the
above model at Newegg.

On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:39:40 -0700, Flasherly wrote:

> A $40 laser and about the same on a flatbed scanner would do it. Should
> be suitable software to run faxes, though might have to hook up an old
> serialport 56K modem. Probably need a weblink provision upload, or
> specialty VOIP 125K modem to hit another fax, minor semi- pain, as
> providers seem more into controlling dedicated "inhouse" modems these
> days. Possibilities and alternatives, fun and grins, or things to pull
> your hair out over on old-style rainy days. Most would go with an
> all-in-1 push-button setup.

somebody else already advised me against all-in-one, but being lazy
bastard I'll still go for it :-) Concerning my fax connection, I use an
older sipura 2000 box and plan to get a full-featured digital line
(currently it's an outgoing only without local number assigned) from
Diamondcard for a few dollars/year and see if I may be able to get my fax
running.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
Vadim Igorev <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> somebody else already advised me against all-in-one, but being lazy
> bastard I'll still go for it :-) Concerning my fax connection, I use an
> older sipura 2000 box and plan to get a full-featured digital line
> (currently it's an outgoing only without local number assigned) from
> Diamondcard for a few dollars/year and see if I may be able to get my fax
> running.

I got my fax working on my VoIP line; the Brother handles it just fine.
I set it to "overseas mode, max compatibility".

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
Vadim Igorev <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:30:05 -0500, Airman Basic wrote:
>
> > Been using the Brother 2820 for a couple of years now, as a printer and
> > a fax machine. Works well. Good toner life. Notice a newer model with a
> > faster fax speed, but twice the price. Both are in your range, though:
> > http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...ory=351&page=1
>
> Very cheap, do not know what to do now - go for 7840 at Amazon or the
> above model at Newegg.

I couldn't imagine NOT having a flat glass to copy/scan with. A
standard fax machine feeder is very restrictive.

The best combination is a flat glass for handling books and photos and
miscellaneous pieces combined with a document feeder for handling stacks
of standard pages.

Hence, the 7820/7840 idea.

On Oct 4, 8:48 am, Vadim Igorev <jhR...@SMkdCb.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:39:40 -0700, Flasherly wrote:
> > A $40 laser and about the same on a flatbed scanner would do it. Should
> > be suitable software to run faxes, though might have to hook up an old
> > serialport 56K modem. Probably need a weblink provision upload, or
> > specialty VOIP 125K modem to hit another fax, minor semi- pain, as
> > providers seem more into controlling dedicated "inhouse" modems these
> > days. Possibilities and alternatives, fun and grins, or things to pull
> > your hair out over on old-style rainy days. Most would go with an
> > all-in-1 push-button setup.
>
> somebody else already advised me against all-in-one, but being lazy
> bastard I'll still go for it :-) Concerning my fax connection, I use an
> older sipura 2000 box and plan to get a full-featured digital line
> (currently it's an outgoing only without local number assigned) from
> Diamondcard for a few dollars/year and see if I may be able to get my fax
> running.

I hear you. Got two Diamond Supra units stored in boxes, new, from
when they were offloading them at $15 from CompGeeks (bottom feeding
site). Had VOIP w/ a small outfit locally, (10 years prior of dialup
service), but after two years VOIP got tired of them treating me like
an idiot (about their sending me pieces of crap for replacement
modems), and switched to a national/syndicated VOIP carrier. Whoa --
the "automated" procedure for 1st-time setup of their VOIP modem
connected to a service center in Manila, Philippines. (What the hell
is this, I was thinking) ...asked permission, I downloaded their
remote terminal software -- they took control of my computer and
flashed their modem for optimal settings. VOIP's reality today, nice
$15-monthly performance -- tho' do miss some aspects of a roll-your-
own independence from 56K dialup modems. I'll wait some months more
to start angling them for another modem - whatever it takes, a
backup. Bloody nightmare when I lose the inet with ties all over the
place. Btw - NewEgg should have a pretty good selection of reviews for
an all-in-one. ($250 sounds like $150 too high to me, offhand, for
inkjet flavored all'n'ones).

In article
<14bac073-f259-4d3a-bacb-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Flasherly <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> NewEgg should have a pretty good selection of reviews for
> an all-in-one. ($250 sounds like $150 too high to me, offhand, for
> inkjet flavored all'n'ones).

Who in the hell was talking about inkjet AIO units?

We're talking lasers here.