All-in-One Color Printers?

[Charliec]

Well, my hp officejet d145 all-in-one color printer died on me.
Speaking to HP Technical Support was advised that it would cost more
to repair the printer, then it would to buy a new one. So, I need to
replace it.

I looked at HP's color laser all-in-ones, but while they copy, scan,
etc, they do not have fax capabilities (I need that!). Their
Officejet line has fax also, but was hoping for a laser maybe.

Question, what is a really good color all-in-one laser printer at a
reasonable price that will print, copy, scan, and fax and also has
memory card slots.

If no lasers fit, what would be a really good officejet type printer
performing the above functions. I'm going to research Canon and
Brothers and review their printer, but would like to get some opinions
here.

Thanks for any input/suggestions (I did a Google search of newsgroups,
but did not find much there).

Charlie
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Charliec

 

[Hawker]

If it were me I would stick with the laser all in run and run the fax
machine on a computer. This way you can save all the incoming faxs and
only choose to print them if you needed. You also keep an archive for
this. The scanner will allow you to scan in to fax out via the computer.

My $0.0183 - not even worth 2 cents.

Hawker

 

[andmalc]

Charliec wrote:
[snip]

If no lasers fit, what would be a really good officejet type printer
performing the above functions. I'm going to research Canon and
Brothers and review their printer, but would like to get some opinions
here.

Can't tell you much about the lasers, but some of the inkjets are
pretty efficient. About how many pages do you print per month? Would
built-in networking, which allows multiple computers to print & scan to
a central printer, be useful? Do you print photos much or mainly
office documents?

 

[Charliec]

I did some more research on Canon and HP and decided to stay with HP
(their Officejet 7310 all-in-one). I don't print a lot of photos, but
do a fair amount of faxing and copying. Don't use the built in
scanner that much as I have a standalone scanner. The price was
reasonable.

Thanks
Charlie

On 21 Jan 2007 15:55:57 -0800, "andmalc" <[email protected]> wrote:

Charliec wrote:
[snip]

If no lasers fit, what would be a really good officejet type printer
performing the above functions. I'm going to research Canon and
Brothers and review their printer, but would like to get some opinions
here.

Can't tell you much about the lasers, but some of the inkjets are
pretty efficient. About how many pages do you print per month? Would
built-in networking, which allows multiple computers to print & scan to
a central printer, be useful? Do you print photos much or mainly
office documents?

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Charliec

 

[Bob Headrick]

I did some more research on Canon and HP and decided to stay with HP
(their Officejet 7310 all-in-one). I don't print a lot of photos, but
do a fair amount of faxing and copying. Don't use the built in
scanner that much as I have a standalone scanner. The price was
reasonable.

I think you will find this a good replacement for the Officejet D145. I had
one at work and a similar Officejet 7410 at home. Among the nice features
(at least for me...):

- The duplexer for automatic two sided printing ( optional on the 7310?)
- Photo printing is better than the D series, and even better with the
optional photo cartridge.
- If you are printing photo's from a camera card you can zoom and crop the
picture on the LCD.
- You can scan (or copy) from the glass directly to a camera card. This
can be useful in some applications.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

 

[Steven Toney]

I'm very tempted to replace my aging G95 with a 7410 from HP. I use the G95
as a network printer from 4 PC's in my home netwwork -- it has worked ok for
the 4 or so years I have had it...

The officejet 7410 seems to get mixed reviews -- some hate it -- some love
it -- so it is hard to decide -- most compliants are around the PC software
for the 7410

Comments on this pathway for me?? users experiences

The 7410 has been around awhile -- is a major replacement from HP due within
a year????

 

[Ar Q]

Well, my hp officejet d145 all-in-one color printer died on me.
Speaking to HP Technical Support was advised that it would cost more
to repair the printer, then it would to buy a new one. So, I need to
replace it.

I looked at HP's color laser all-in-ones, but while they copy, scan,
etc, they do not have fax capabilities (I need that!). Their
Officejet line has fax also, but was hoping for a laser maybe.

EPSON CX5800F has print, copy, scan and fax capabilities. Last week Compusa
had it on sale, only $70 (after $20 rebate). You can also check epson.com. I
have good experience with epson's on-line store. It is the only color
printer in EPSON lineup to have fax capacity.

 

[Charliec]

Thanks for the reply Bob.

According to the specs, the duplex printing is automatic on the 7310
as well as the 7410. When comparing the two, I would not find much
difference in the two printers, so I opt'd for the 7310 as it was a
bit cheaper.

Charlie

I think you will find this a good replacement for the Officejet D145. I had
one at work and a similar Officejet 7410 at home. Among the nice features
(at least for me...):

- The duplexer for automatic two sided printing ( optional on the 7310?)
- Photo printing is better than the D series, and even better with the
optional photo cartridge.
- If you are printing photo's from a camera card you can zoom and crop the
picture on the LCD.
- You can scan (or copy) from the glass directly to a camera card. This
can be useful in some applications.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

******************************************************
Charliec

 

[Bob Headrick]

I'm very tempted to replace my aging G95 with a 7410 from HP. I use the
G95 as a network printer from 4 PC's in my home netwwork -- it has worked
ok for the 4 or so years I have had it...

The officejet 7410 seems to get mixed reviews -- some hate it -- some love
it -- so it is hard to decide -- most compliants are around the PC
software for the 7410

Comments on this pathway for me?? users experiences

The Officejet 7410 is a nice sturdy printer that should be a pleasnat
upgrade from your current G series. I used an OJ 7410 for some time on a
home network and prior to that had a G55 on an Jetdirect (similar
functionality to the G95). The 7410 is noticably faster than the G95.
Operating costs are similar, the #96 cartrige in the 7410 is rated about the
same page yield as the #45 in the G95. The OJ 7410 will copy double sided
automatically which can be a handy feature. Compared to the G95 the OJ 7410
has a larger input tray capacity (it comes with an additional input tray for
400 sheets), double sided copying, card slots for printing from a camera
card (or scanning directly to a card), a color LCD that allows zooming and
croping directly from the unit, a wireless networking in addition to the
wired network connection, faster printing and better photo capability. I
also like the automatic document feeder better on the 7410, the G95 version
is comparitively bulky.

The 7410 also supports an optional photo cartrdige which provides better
photos than you can get with the G95. The 7410 with the standard color and
black cartrdiges will have similar photo quality as the G95. The 7410 also
accomodates an optional gray cartrdige for improved B&W printing.

The 7410 has been around awhile -- is a major replacement from HP due
within a year????

I do not know. In general there is always something "new" coming. It seems
that HP printer product introductions tend to happen in the spring and fall,
with new stuff announced in roughly February and August.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

 

[measekite]

The Officejet 7410 is a nice sturdy printer that should be a pleasnat
upgrade from your current G series. I used an OJ 7410 for some time
on a home network and prior to that had a G55 on an Jetdirect
(similar functionality to the G95). The 7410 is noticably faster than
the G95. Operating costs are similar, the #96 cartrige in the 7410 is
rated about the same page yield as the #45 in the G95. The OJ 7410
will copy double sided automatically which can be a handy feature.
Compared to the G95 the OJ 7410 has a larger input tray capacity (it
comes with an additional input tray for 400 sheets), double sided
copying, card slots for printing from a camera card (or scanning
directly to a card), a color LCD that allows zooming and croping
directly from the unit, a wireless networking in addition to the wired
network connection, faster printing and better photo capability. I
also like the automatic document feeder better on the 7410, the G95
version is comparitively bulky.

The 7410 also supports an optional photo cartrdige which provides
better photos than you can get with the G95. The 7410 with the
standard color and black cartrdiges will have similar photo quality as
the G95. The 7410 also accomodates an optional gray cartrdige for
improved B&W printing.


I do not know. In general there is always something "new" coming. It
seems that HP printer product introductions tend to happen in the
spring and fall, with new stuff announced in roughly February and August.

You never seem to recommend Epson printers.

You never seem to recommend Canon printers.


I guess an HP employee would only recommend HP products.

 

[mark_digital©]

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I do not know. In general there is always something "new" coming. It
seems that HP printer product introductions tend to happen in the spring
and fall, with new stuff announced in roughly February and August.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

Two different HP printers I used to have left traction marks along the
margin area. HP sent me replacements but those models left traction marks
too. HP's marketing campaign was big on the speed, capacity, and "photo
quality" of these two models yet the only time traction marks weren't
visible was when cheap quality FAX paper was fed through. Did anybody care
when the go ahead was given to produce these machines? Newer models came
along and people posted the same traction mark problems. I became so bitter
about this problem and other problems I gave up on HP inkjets altogether. If
I worked for a company like yours I'd hang my head in shame.

mark_

 

[Bob Headrick]

Two different HP printers I used to have left traction marks along the
margin area. HP sent me replacements but those models left traction marks
too. HP's marketing campaign was big on the speed, capacity, and "photo
quality" of these two models yet the only time traction marks weren't
visible was when cheap quality FAX paper was fed through.

It is difficult to respond since you do not mention the model you had issues
with, but I have never seen this problem on the Officejet 7310, Officejet
7410, Photosmart 2610, Officejet G55 or PSC 950 units I have used
extensively over the years.

If I worked for a company like yours I'd hang my head in shame.

I do not happen to work for any company, I have been retired for some time.
I am currently volunteering six days a week at a local high school robotics
team, but they are not building any printers. Where do you work?

- Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

 

[measekite]

It is difficult to respond since you do not mention the model you had
issues with, but I have never seen this problem on the Officejet 7310,
Officejet 7410, Photosmart 2610, Officejet G55 or PSC 950 units I have
used extensively over the years.


I do not happen to work for any company, I have been retired for some
time. I am currently volunteering six days a week at a local high
school robotics team, but they are not building any printers. Where
do you work?

Being paid (retired) by HP and still singing tghe corporate song I only
have seen recommendations of HP equipment; never Canon or Epson. But
that is OK. All of HP is not bad but one should know that many in this
ng have interests in what they recommend.

Some say I work for Canon while others say I work for Epson.

 

[Steven Toney]

thanks for a the info

The Officejet 7410 is a nice sturdy printer that should be a pleasnat
upgrade from your current G series. I used an OJ 7410 for some time on a
home network and prior to that had a G55 on an Jetdirect (similar
functionality to the G95). The 7410 is noticably faster than the G95.
Operating costs are similar, the #96 cartrige in the 7410 is rated about
the same page yield as the #45 in the G95. The OJ 7410 will copy double
sided automatically which can be a handy feature. Compared to the G95 the
OJ 7410 has a larger input tray capacity (it comes with an additional
input tray for 400 sheets), double sided copying, card slots for printing
from a camera card (or scanning directly to a card), a color LCD that
allows zooming and croping directly from the unit, a wireless networking
in addition to the wired network connection, faster printing and better
photo capability. I also like the automatic document feeder better on the
7410, the G95 version is comparitively bulky.

The 7410 also supports an optional photo cartrdige which provides better
photos than you can get with the G95. The 7410 with the standard color
and black cartrdiges will have similar photo quality as the G95. The 7410
also accomodates an optional gray cartrdige for improved B&W printing.


I do not know. In general there is always something "new" coming. It
seems that HP printer product introductions tend to happen in the spring
and fall, with new stuff announced in roughly February and August.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

 

[Steven Toney]

I 've been using my HP G95 for a bit over five years now -- it has worked
very well for me to date

I'm feelng the need to upgrade -- want an all-in-one to share on my small
home network -- for printing, faxing, scanning to PDF's or picture files.

I also want the network interafce to be in the printer so I can reduce the
clutter of the jetdirect box / power supply

Some picture printing may happen on occasion, but I'likely to get a
dedicated photo printing to do 10x12 or 11x13 size prints if I decide to
play with that in house

it's easiser for me on the small size prints to simply go down to wallmart

 

[mark_digital©]

It is difficult to respond since you do not mention the model you had
issues with, but I have never seen this problem on the Officejet 7310,
Officejet 7410, Photosmart 2610, Officejet G55 or PSC 950 units I have
used extensively over the years.


I do not happen to work for any company, I have been retired for some
time. I am currently volunteering six days a week at a local high school
robotics team, but they are not building any printers. Where do you work?

- Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

Retired for some time. As far as my past employer and products to which I
speak I must walk a fine line. I do not hold you to a higher value than for
which I was held.
mark_

 

[measekite]

Yes he is retired from HP. They are now paying him for the rest of his
life. This is not to say that HP products are bad but as for printers
Canon is better and Epson may be as well. As for their computers they
just put so much software junk and the configuration is not thought out
well. What is supposed to be easy for a novice is a nightmare to solve
problems on.