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Brendan R. Wehrung
I'm looking for suggestions on what to buy to equip a small office. Right
now it's getting by with an old HP printer that works sometimes, and an
old fax machine that doubles as a copier (up to 10 sets of pages at a
time). Aside from weekly office printing from the computer (spreadsheets
for schedules, ect.) there are applications for events (runs of up to
200), stall leases (runs of 50 or so--it's a farmers market), and copies
at any time. Add to that the future need for 2-sided brochures. The main
use of the scanner would be for copies, but needed for occasionaly
graphics uses.
I've advised against an ink-jet based all-in-one because of cost for large
runs and full-color brochures. A color-laser-based all-in-one seems like
a better choice, but I'm not sure they are really made for week-after-week
output like we expect to see. And there's the need for copies at any
time, even when the computer isn't on. There are larger copiers that can
handle the other tasks, but probably beyond our budget. We really need
equipment tht can sit on a counter, and it has to be very reliable.
Anybody got a suggestion? One that occured to me is an all-in-one backed
up by a color lazer. Our library has a Dell that never seems to break
down and makes thousands of (mostly black and white) prints a week. It
has a seperate drum from the toner carts so consumables are reasonable to
replace.
Brendan
now it's getting by with an old HP printer that works sometimes, and an
old fax machine that doubles as a copier (up to 10 sets of pages at a
time). Aside from weekly office printing from the computer (spreadsheets
for schedules, ect.) there are applications for events (runs of up to
200), stall leases (runs of 50 or so--it's a farmers market), and copies
at any time. Add to that the future need for 2-sided brochures. The main
use of the scanner would be for copies, but needed for occasionaly
graphics uses.
I've advised against an ink-jet based all-in-one because of cost for large
runs and full-color brochures. A color-laser-based all-in-one seems like
a better choice, but I'm not sure they are really made for week-after-week
output like we expect to see. And there's the need for copies at any
time, even when the computer isn't on. There are larger copiers that can
handle the other tasks, but probably beyond our budget. We really need
equipment tht can sit on a counter, and it has to be very reliable.
Anybody got a suggestion? One that occured to me is an all-in-one backed
up by a color lazer. Our library has a Dell that never seems to break
down and makes thousands of (mostly black and white) prints a week. It
has a seperate drum from the toner carts so consumables are reasonable to
replace.
Brendan